Ukip leader Nigel Farage was tonight selected by local party officials as their candidate to stand in the South Thanet seat in next year's general election.
Branch members formally chose Mr Farage ahead of three other shortlisted candidates as Ukip's prospective parliamentary candidate for the Kent seat.
Votes were cast after local officials questioned each of the four candidates in hustings at Odd Fellows Hall in Ramsgate.
Mr Farage will now seek to win the seat currently held by Conservative Laura Sandys, who won South Thanet with a majority of 7,617 in 2010.
Ms Sandys announced she was standing down at the general election after one parliamentary term, citing "a wide range of family demands" as her reason.
Mr Farage beat family lawyer Elizabeth Jones, barrister Piers Wauchope and Peter Bucklitsch, a fellow of the Institute of Financial Accountants.
Many had viewed Mr Farage's selection as a formality, but ahead of hustings he insisted he was "no shoo-in" and said that "rank means nothing" in Ukip.
He will now go on to fight for the South Thanet seat against Craig MacKinlay, the former Ukip leader chosen to stand for the Conservatives.
Ian Driver has been selected as the Greens' prospective parliamentary candidate, Will Scobie for Labour and Russ Timpson for the Liberal Democrats.
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