No one is likely to win on the first ballot.

A majority was required to win on the first ballot.

May won the leadership with 65% of the vote on the first ballot.

In both cases, he dropped from the race before the first ballot took place.

The first ballot will be held on the Tuesday immediately following.

He placed third of four candidates on the first ballot.

None of the three candidates received a majority on the first ballot.

Most, in fact, are pledged by state law, at least on the first ballot.

As a result, the race seems to be wide open, with no candidate at this point having enough support to win on the first ballot.

To make it on the first ballot says something about you."

But after the first ballot, she said, "it was easier from there on out."

The vote on Tuesday will be the first ballot test of such legislation in the country.

The first ballots results were announced within an hour of the 2:00 p.m. starting time.

At the 2011 leadership convention, he was elected on the first ballot.

Ross finished third on the first ballot, with 55 votes.

If no candidate won a majority on the first ballot, a runoff would be held.

It's been 40 years since a nominee failed to win easily on the first ballot.

Entries that meet the criteria will be included on the first ballot.

Clark placed a surprisingly strong third on the first ballot.

Two elections were held due to a majority not being achieved on the first ballot.

"He's confident he has enough to get through the first ballot and win on the second," the aide said.

The day's first ballot had Hartmann down by two hundred.

More recently, any candidate with less than 5% of the vote on the first ballot is also automatically dropped.

"The Democrats haven't had a convention that's gone past the first ballot since 1932.

Eight: the various observers of the first ballot did not agree in their assessments.