[AnimalMuppet]

An attempt to overturn the results of the election? Yes. A coup? Not really; doesn't fit the definition, though it was far closer than I thought I would ever see. "Very nearly successful"? No.

[coliveira]

A failed coup, since "overturn the results of the election" is pretty much what we may call a coup.

[AnimalMuppet]

Hmm. I went to dictionary.com, looked up coup d'état, and it said:

> a sudden and decisive action in politics, especially one resulting in a change of government illegally or by force.

So, I stand corrected. It does meet the definition of "attempted coup".

[coliveira]

Yes, many people are under the impression that a coup is only the result of military or generalized revolt. In fact most modern coups are staged as a political mechanism to avoid the results of the democratic norm.