The total, 95 million, was also "the third-highest number of votes in the show's history," according to the network.
He holds the record for the third-highest number of stage wins in the Tour de France (after Mercx and Hinault).
His 104 walks were the third-highest number recorded in the minors in 2003.
A moderate leader, Mohammed Nabi Mohammedi, who received the third-highest number of votes, will now have the potentially important defense ministry and two others.
Curtis Martin rushed 369 times in 1998, the third-highest number of carries in the N.F.L.
Germany is home to the third-highest number of international migrants worldwide.
Scholes made over 700 appearances for United, the third-highest number of appearances by any player for the club.
In syndication, "Yesterday's Enterprise" outperformed most of the third season's episodes with a 13.1 ranking, the third-highest number for the series at the time.
In total, Thorpe has won eleven World Championship golds, the third-highest number of any swimmer.
South Korea, with 37,130 students, sends the third-highest number of students, behind Japan and China.
