local election

collocation in English

meaningsoflocalandelection

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local
adjective
uk
/ˈləʊ.kəl/us
/ˈloʊ.kəl/
from, existing in, serving, or responsible for a small area, especially of ...
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election
noun[C or U]
uk
/iˈlek.ʃən/us
/iˈlek.ʃən/
a time when people vote in order to choose someone for a political or ...
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(Definition oflocalandelectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflocal election

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Have you voted in all of them, in some of them, rarely voted in them or have you never voted in alocalelection.
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Despite these drawbacks,localelectionresults offer an attractive substitute for disaggregated general election results.
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Localelectionresults, however, were far from promising and far from clear.
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Involves local elections, appointments, town meetings, ballots, or election districts; includes bills requiring that legislation go into effect afterlocalelectionratifies.
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However, people also respond to their local economic conditions, thelocalelectioncampaigns and to the strategic situation.
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It requires a situation where the most hotly contested issues, such as absentee balloting andlocalelectionobservers, are addressed beforehand.
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These proposals have appeared at a very appropriate time, during thelocalelectioncampaign.
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If it were, there could be alocalelectionand the decision might be overturned.
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I recognise that it is much more difficult to assign party labels at alocalelectionthan at a national election.
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To have both at the same time might bring the border more into thelocalelectionrather than taking it out.
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We are considering the results of this yearslocalelectionpilots and the implications for the future.
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Withoutlocalelectionand without local finance there can be no responsibility on the part of local bodies.
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If the war lasts for more than three years the whole of the council will fall to be elected at the ensuinglocalelection.
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I do not believe that the referendum turn-out can be regarded as significantly different from the question of turn-out in alocalelection.
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She will know from thelocalelectionreturns and the by-election returns that there is a great movement towards national and regional parties.
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Thelocalelectionresults were only the beginning.
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It would not stand up at a by-election, alocalelectionor a general election.
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They have all lost their seats at thelocalelection.
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It is no surprise therefore that he did not even know when his manifesto launch for thelocalelectionwas to take place.
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The proposals have been argued through twolocalelectioncampaigns.
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