electoral contest
collocation in Englishmeaningsofelectoralandcontest
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electoral
adjective[before noun]
uk/iˈlek.tər.əl/us/iˈlek.tɚ.əl/
relating to ...
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contest
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒn.test/us/ˈkɑːn.test/
a competition to do better than other people, usually in which prizes ...
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(Definition ofelectoralandcontestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofelectoral contest
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About 60 other parties also joined theelectoralcontest, both within and outside the major contending alliances.
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Who can afford to think of the next decade, let alone the next millennium, when the next, crucialelectoralcontestis probably only a year or two away?
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Similarly, when citizens vote for the winners in more than oneelectoralcontest, they should be more trusting than when they voted for the winners in only one.
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Another contributing factor in my view is that in many of these wards there is no effectiveelectoralcontest.
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The present law prevents these officials from becoming directly involved in the inter-partyelectoralcontest.
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Their purpose is simply to clarify matters and to provide an even playing field for the parties in theelectoralcontest.
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I expect the election to be exceptionally exciting because it will cover such a large number of areas which form the basis of any decentelectoralcontest.
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The practice has been to make up in the intervening years to him that which he did not receive for the work he legitimately performed during theelectoralcontest.
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When thatelectoralcontestwas annulled due to evidence of fraud, a second one was held a year later.
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A second mechanism concerns the vulnerability of radical political groups participating inelectoralcontestto state repression.
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While donors generously finance post-conflict or founding elections, funds become scarcer for subsequent electoral contests.
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For challengers, how well they do in electoral contests is directly related to how much campaign money they raise and spend.
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Also, national subsidies tended to be allocated to 'swing' provinces in which electoral contests are competitive.
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Electoral contests are generally won with the influence of money.
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The turnout, greater than 50%, compares favourably with other electoral contests around the world.
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I see the question of rent being brought into the arena of ordinary electoral contests in the municipalities.
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Debate, discussions, controversy and, in due course, electoral contests there will be, and there should be.
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That is a privilege which no one who has had experience of electoral contests can possibly deny to them.
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I firmly believe that the greater involvement of women in political life, especially at the national level, will be assisted by genuinely free competition between candidates in electoral contests.
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Electoral contests and political disputes often have personal overtones and voter sway tends to be based on tradition.
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