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He previously stood unsuccessfully in the 2011 general election in Dublin South Central.
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He stood unsuccessfully for Dublin South-West in the 1989 general election.
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In 1987 he stood unsuccessfully for the National Party in the Eden electorate.
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Ms Willis, who turns 37, stood unsuccessfully for the Wellington Central seat last September.
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He served as president of the Oxford Union and stood unsuccessfully for Camden council elections.
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He had two unsuccessful tilts at the Manukau mayoralty, and twice stood unsuccessfully for the ACT party.
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Hutchings was later selected as an A-list Tory candidate and stood unsuccessfully last year against Chris Huhne in Eastleigh.
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Mr Tava quit the Green party after standing unsuccessfully in the leadership contest which elected current co-leader James Shaw.
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He stood unsuccessfully as US President in 2008 and had been a senator since 1984.
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But one of two independents who stood unsuccessfully in the election, Roshika Deo, fears the status quo will largely prevail.
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Esther Igo was one of 167 females, or five percent of total candidates, who stood unsuccessfully for parliament last year.
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Wiranto stood unsuccessfully in Indonesia's 2004 presidential elections and is expected to run again in 2009.
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Mr McCarten, who stood unsuccessfully for the Mana party in the 2010 Mana by-election, is the head of the Unite union.
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Standing unsuccessfully for the presidency earlier this year, he was no doubt relieved not to have made it to the second round.
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Uhlmann stood unsuccessfully for a seat in 1998 on a ticket with Christian independent Paul Osborne, and then worked as his senior adviser.
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While standing unsuccessfully in the Te Tai Tonga and Dunedin North electorates at polls since, she has maintained a high ranking on the party's list.