プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
じてん【次点】
彼は次点で落選した
He finished [came in] next after the successful candidate(s).
わずか50票の差で次点になった
Only fifty votes behind, he ended up as runner-up.／He lost by only fifty votes.
次点者
〔選挙で〕the top losing candidate；〔競技などで〕the runner-up ((複 runners-up))；the second-place finisher
当選者のひとりが買収で逮捕され次点者が繰り上げ当選となった
As one of the winning candidates was arrested for vote buying, the runner-up was awarded the election.