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Boris Johnson
Ken Livingstone
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Boris Johnson has been declared the winner of London's mayoral election. ''The Daily Telegraph'' called the victory overwhelming, given how close recent opinion polls had been. Results were delayed by record turnout.

Johnson thanked his family and party activists for helping him win what he termed a "marathon election." The mayor-elect also paid tribute to Livingstone by saying the incumbent had the "thanks and admiration of millions of Londoners" for his years of service as mayor.

The people of the United Kingdom's capital city of London voted yesterday in mayoral elections.

In the London elections voters chose both their first and second preference for Mayor of London. The incumbent mayor is Ken Livingstone.

Many polls were carried out before the election. One of the earliest, carried out by YouGov and the London Policy Institute showed a clear lead for Livingstone. A poll carried out near the end of 2007, however, showed that Livingstone was only one percentage point clear of Boris Johnson. 

More recent polls, including one carried out by YouGov for ''Evening Standard'' showed a narrow lead for Johnson. Other polls, however, like the one taken for UNISON continued to show a clear lead for Livingstone.

Below are the latest results:




 London Mayoral Election 2008 - Results



Name

Party

1st preference

Second preference



Richard Barnbrook

British National Party

69,710





Gerard Batten

United Kingdom Independence Party

22,422





Siân Berry

Green Party of England and Wales

77,374





Alan Craig

Christian Peoples Alliance

39,249





 Lindsey German

Left List

16,796





Boris Johnson

Conservative Party 

1,043,761

124,977



Ken Livingstone

Labour Party 

893,877

135,089



Winston McKenzie

Independent

5,389





Matt O'Connor

English Democrats Party

10,695





Brian Paddick

Liberal Democrats

236,685