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* ''Series/{{Blackadder}} the Third'' featured a by-election in the rotten borough of "Dunny-on-the-Wold"; Baldrick was elected by 16,472, with zero votes cast in opposition. Not surprisingly, the election was fixed; Blackadder took the place of the only eligible voter (who [[CutHimselfShaving "accidentally brutally cut his head off while combing his hair"]]) ''and'' the returning officer (who [[CutHimselfShaving "accidentally brutally stabbed himself in the stomach while shaving"]]).

* A landslide is predicted at the end of ''Don Quixote, U.S.A.'', when the narrator has assumed the identity of a Caribbean insurgent, overthrown the dictator, and announced free elections. He refers to Johnson's election and says he'd be happy with sixty percent of the votes; his right-hand man says they'd have to run a crooked election to get '''less''' than ninety percent. The actual election results are never shown, but the narrator is still president years later. (''Film/{{Bananas}}'' was partly inspired by this book, though obviously with a rather different ending.)

''Fanfic/CheatingDeathThoseThatLived'': For the 1st Quarter Quell, the districts are ordered to vote for their tributes and they have there months to do so. District 8's tributes are so hated that the District knows exactly who to vote for and wraps up their voting within one day. District 2 also tries to organize a completely unanimous vote for their most formidable two tributes, but Rook votes for two wimpy pre-teen kids just to annoy his hated mentor Olga.

-> ''And the results are in: for "Sideshow" Bob Terwiliger, 100%, and for Joe Quimby, 1%. And we remind you there is a 1% margin of error.''

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

* ''[[Literature/TheStainlessSteelRat The Stainless Steel Rat for President]]'': When [[GuileHero Jim DiGriz]] runs for president against the incumbent [[TheGeneralissimo Generalissimo]] Zapilote, who rigs the elections as a matter of course, he makes such a nuisance of himself that Zapilote publicly claims to have won every vote but two -- [=DiGriz=] and his running mate. This backfires on Zapilote, as it's such an obvious farce that [=DiGriz=] has grounds to contest the results and advance his own schemes.

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** The main opposition party disintegrates due to internal dissension and a general lack of organisation and purpose. One party will win all the major elections until a viable replacement for the opposition can be found.

* In the SchoolFestival arc of ''VideoGame/Persona4'', the class votes on what they want their activity to be. The player is given several options to vote for, but [[ButThouMust it doesn't matter which one you pick]], because "Group Date Cafe" wins by an overwhelming majority.

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* In the film version of ''Literature/TheLastHurrah'', [[LoveableRogue Frank Skeffington]] expects to win re-election handily, and we are given little reason at first to suppose that he won't win by a landslide. In the end, the vote ''is'' a landslide victory- for Skeffington's opponent, [[BrainlessBeauty Kevin McCluskey]]. The change in mood at Skeffington's headquarters as the returns come in is a highlight of the film.

* The "Election Night Special" sketch on ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' featured a possible example; Silly candidate "Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F'tang-F'tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel" defeated Sensible Candidate Alan Jones, 58% to 42% - quite a big swing considering that the Sensible Party previously held the seat. Both men thoroughly crushed the "Slightly Silly" independent, Kevin Phillips-Bong, who received ''zero'' votes.

* The ''Series/{{Skins}}'' election for student president; Naomi is the intelligent, politically inclined, idealistic, injustice hating candidate who thinks she might be able to use the position to make a difference - up against Cook, whose slogan is "vote for me - I don't give a fuck either", and UpperClassTwit Crispin. Since all the students know that the election is largely a show for something that'll look good on the school's OFSTED report, they buy into Cook's anarchic philosophies instead. The teachers attempt to rig the result by stuffing the ballots for Cook into Harriet's bra, and declaring Naomi the winner. Naomi overheard their whole plan though, and since this is injustice hating Naomi we're talking about she pulls out all the votes in front of everybody and gracefully concedes defeat. And Cook promptly starts a riot.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' has Rocko running against Ed Bighead for dogcatcher. Ed bolsters his image with comically large shoulders and launches [[AttackOfThePoliticalAd a giant smear campaign against Rocko]], blaming him for everything from the fall of Rome to the sinking of the Titanic. Ed ends up getting 256,724 votes while Rocko gets only two - Rocko himself and Filburt - Heffer breaks down and admits ''even he'' couldn't vote against Ed after his campaign. Fortunately, LaserGuidedKarma comes back to bite Ed in the butt when an amendment was passed that resulted in him [[PyrrhicVictory being reduced to a glorified pooper scooper]].

** Incumbent President Kelsey Grammar (R-CA) wins renomination in the 2016 primaries nearly unanimously, not losing a ''single'' primary and only losing 27 non-bound delegates.

* When we first meet Haruka in ''Anime/MaiHime'', she's the student council's disciplinary executive which appears to be a means by which she can foist her own ideas about "morals" and "values" onto the rest of the student body. Neither the Student Council President or Vice President (Shizuru and Reito) seemed inclined to stop her. As an omake and subsequent episodes show [[spoiler: Haruka originally ran against Shizuru for Student Council President, largely on the same platform that she's enforcing now. She lost by a landslide (817 votes for Shizuru vs. 12 votes for her) since the average student isn't particularly interested in a MoralGuardian hovering over them. Shizuru keeps Haruka around to do the unpleasant tasks for the Student Council so she can keep her hands clean. An early hint that Shizuru is not quite all sweetness and light.]]

* In ''FanFic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace'', Mitchell Deacon wins his seat as governor by a landslide, and it's predicted former governor George Cochran will easily win his bid for President.
* In ''FanFic/BruceHasAProblem'', there is a five-way race for Mayor of Gotham City, between Commissioner Gordon, current DA Garcetti, a slimy stooge for Gotham's mafia, Quincy Sharpe, a lunatic advocating for a draconian police state, the incumbent Mayor Garcia, who's been widely criticized for running on inertia since several decades before, and ''Two-Face'', a reformed supervillain who can't even vote. The mayoral debate is such an entertaining disaster that Garcetti, Sharpe and Garcia are all indelibly discredited, allowing Gordon an easy win. And even then, Two-Face's so popular even after dropping he still receives a considerable amount of votes.
* ''WebComic/ScarletLady'' has the Weather Girl competition in "Stormy Weather". Alec taunts Aurore by commenting on how she lost by "half a million votes... or was it a million?" As it turns out, though, [[spoiler:the station deliberately rigged things so Mireille would win, and only produced merchandise for her]].
* Tanya von Degurechaff's ruling coalition breaks some dozen chapters into ''FanFic/AYoungWomansPoliticalRecord'' when the Germanian Nationalist Party leaves over her [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Beetle People's Car]] government enterprise. Seeing as this comes after a glorious victory against [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Ruhr the Francois forces occupying the Rhine]], getting the Allied Nations to repeal the Treaty of Triano and getting started on Imperial Reunification with the Osterrian plebicite, not to mention her reputation as a great leader and charismatic hero, Tanya and her Germanian Workers' Party gets over seventy percent of the vote in the emergency elections even when she put no effort into campaigning.

* In ''Film/IMarriedAWitch'', Wallace Wooley, who has married Jennifer the witch (he thinks she's joking), is a candidate for governor. Jennifer uses her magic to make ''every voter in the state'' vote for him. A horrified Wally realizes that she wasn't kidding about being a witch.