NOT the Majority Opinion

What are the implications of a “voting error”? Well, it could be the presidential race in the US. It could also be the nomination of the city to organize the Olympics of 2012, as the following news item indicates.

A senior Olympic figure has told the BBC that London only won the 2012 Olympics because of a misplaced vote. Alex Gilady claims the mistake happened when a vote was cast for Paris instead of the intended recipient, Madrid. Had the vote gone to Madrid, claims Gilady, they would have finished level with Paris on 32 votes apiece in the penultimate round, behind London.
Gilady, from Israel, is a senior member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and a member of the IOC's London 2012 Co-ordination Commission. During the 2012 vote there was a long delay before the result of the third round was announced, which occurred because a Greek IOC member complained about his vote.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/4553116.stm