Party leaders are conducting a 'postmortem' of the election to try to find out what went wrong.
A 'postmortem' showed that the man had been poisoned.
a 'postmortem' examination
(..) - What? It's a positive match. Why the fuck would Gellar cut off his own hand? Well, the cut looks to have been made postmortem. Gellar's most likely dead. So student offs professor? Why? Good way to, uh, get rid of an accomplice. (..)2011 TvShow: Dexter Title: Talk to the Hand Season: 6 Episode 11