Collocations withelection
These are words often used in combination withelection.
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coming election
It is about making race an issue in the coming election campaign.
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competitive election
For district leaders, standing for competitive election would make the position of township chief more secure.
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congressional election
The average (199,685) is derived from total numbers of votes cast in the 1996 congressional election (86,863,000) divided by the number of seats elected (435).
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contested election
This was done, in large part, to accommodate a greater workload, created by an increasing number of contested election cases in the late-nineteenth century.
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disputed election
He gave them the benefit of doubt in disputed election cases.
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election commission
We welcome the recommendations for limits on campaign spending and the establishment of an election commission to police the system of disclosure and reporting.
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election commissioner
The election commissioner and his staff are supervising preparations for the elections.
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election cycle
In addition, the timing of a state's gubernatorial election relative to the presidential election cycle proves important.
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election monitoring
By 2000, both traditional human rights organisations and the more recent election monitoring teams conceived of the 'right to democratic governance' as a human right.
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election official
Under sustained questioning, however, their responses often revealed very serious contextual misunderstandings and fallacies that would have been obvious to any election official.
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election season
My central focus is on the sequential structure of the congressional election season.
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ensuing election
It is highly probable that the ensuing election for the mayor and assembly would be fought on those very issues.
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fair election
If it is not a fair election, an industrial tribunal will be as good a forum as any in spotting that.
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federal election
For the remainder of the nineteenth century it had to be enforced by federal election supervisors and deputy marshals.
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forthcoming election
The audience consisted of politically engaged citizens who had not yet decided how they would vote in the forthcoming election.
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free election
In 1218 the priory had a reasonable expectation of a free election and of choosing a monastic bishop.
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gubernatorial election
In addition, the timing of a state's gubernatorial election relative to the presidential election cycle proves important.
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local election
Have you voted in all of them, in some of them, rarely voted in them or have you never voted in a local election.
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mayoral election
We obtained a freepost for the mayoral election but not a separate freepost for assembly candidates.
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mid-term election
The legislature only gained in autonomy as a result of the 1997 mid-term election and has become more active in proposing and approving legislation, especially in the lower chamber.
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midterm election
A second opportunity occurs during the congressional midterm election.
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mock election
During the general election of 1951, our headmaster allowed the school to hold a mock election.
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multi-party election
We hope that it will be a multi-party election fought on a proper democratic basis.
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municipal election
The 1920 municipal election was held simultaneously with a poll to determine the licensing arrangements in every war.
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national election
This article argues the latter: internationally transmitted economic cycles influence national election timing.
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papal election
He participated in the papal election of 1153 and perhaps also in the papal election of 1154.
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parliamentary election
At least one national parliamentary election occurred in each of these quarters, but only one election was held in most of them.
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preceding election
It was signed by more people - some 3,000 in all - than had voted for any candidate or measure in the preceding election.
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presidential election
In the presidential election example given above only the elected candidate will actually act like president.
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primary election
This will provide the verbal concept in cases such as 'primary election' and 'free trade'.
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provincial election
They will be people who at the next provincial election will lose their own seats.
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recall election
The opponents were able to gather enough signatures to trigger a recall election.
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recent election
By 2000, both traditional human rights organisations and the more recent election monitoring teams conceived of the 'right to democratic governance' as a human right.
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retention election
Judges stand for non-partisan retention election every four years.
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scheduled elections
He remained in office for twenty months, until the next scheduled elections were held.
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special election
A special election newspaper, such as one sometimes has, or an advertisement in an ordinary newspaper, would clearly come under this paragraph.
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statewide election
The method of selecting justices was changed from statewide election to appointment by the governor.
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successive election
That is why his majority has increased at every successive election.
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upcoming election
The regime agreed to immediate but modest reforms focused on the upcoming election.
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