multi-party election

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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 ofelectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We hope that it will be amulti-partyelectionfought on a proper democratic basis.
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It will be amulti-partyelection.
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However, the government said that thismulti-partyelectionwas a historic step for comprehensive reform.
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The fall of the one-party state and the holding of multi-party elections are then regarded as the ultimate victory and empowerment of the people.
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A consequence of multi-party elections and democratisation was that the number of newspapers in the country exploded.
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Although the party was defeated 20 to 1 in the election, it was a milestone in that it was the firstmulti-partyelectionin territorial history.
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Nineties multi-party elections are often fairer and freer than in previous decades.
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Only during a political crisis in 1992-3, caused this time by multi-party elections, did her informants begin to speak about what had happened to them 45 years earlier.
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The saving grace is that they were the first multi-party elections after a long period of one-party rule.
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Zambians have been promised multi-party elections next year.
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Yet we have now seen genuinely free multi-party elections and the blossoming of freedom and democracy.
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The military regime is pledged to hold democratic multi-party elections.
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After the first multi-party elections for over 25 years, it faces an uncertain future.
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If the referendum could be genuinely free and fair it would be a welcome first phase in a process towards multi-party elections.
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The 1931 elections were the last multi-party elections in the country until 1990.
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The 1931 elections saw the party win two seats, after which multi-party elections were not held again until 1990.
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This group watched in horror as calls for multi-party elections and other reforms began echoing throughout the country.
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He won multi-party elections in 2002, prior to which he was constitutionally required to temporarily step down in order to run as a candidate.
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