The general election's dead candidate didn't finish last

Voters preferred a late Eurovision singer to pension reform

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A dead man who stood for election received 113 votes in his constituency, beating live candidates.

Ronnie Carroll, a former Eurovision singer who sadly died several weeks before the general election, still managed to garner support from local voters.

His 113 votes beat that of living rival Robin Ellison of the U Party, who stood in the hope of bringing pension reform but finished bottom with 77 votes.

The support for Carroll, who stood as "The Eurovisionary Carroll", came in spite of him obviously having been unable to campaign.

A quirk of election rules meant that his passing did not affect his name appearing on the ballot paper.