Ros Scott.
Yes she's the next President of the Liberal Democrats.
What you thought I was late in with the news about some other election?
Don't be silly, the Americans take forever to count the vote. That doesn't stop them somehow declaring a winner beforehand!
Oh and here are the results:
Ros Scott 20,736 votes (72%)
Lembit Öpik 6,247 votes (22%)
Chandila Fernando 1,799 votes (6%)
Spoil ballots 49
Turnout: 47.8% (+0.4% on last time)
![Not the winner](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7332/870/200/opik.jpg)
Lembit Democrats Losing Here.
So where will the Curse of Lembit strike next? There's an interesting thread (well as interesting as any Lib Dem thread) at Liberal Democrat Voice: What next for Lembit? Lembit Öpik doesn't seem to know if he's rising star, would-be elder statesman, celebrity politician in the Charles Kennedy mould or the "character" of the party. The result is he gets treated as alternatively the Clown Prince of the party or a privately hated figure.
Does this lack of enthusiasm for him have any bearing on how well his campaign to hold his parliamentary seat will go?
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