electoral mandate

collocation in English

meaningsofelectoralandmandate

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electoral
adjective[before noun]
uk
/iˈlek.tər.əl/us
/iˈlek.tɚ.əl/
relating to ...
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mandate
noun[C usually singular]
uk
/ˈmæn.deɪt/us
/ˈmæn.deɪt/
the authority given to an elected group of people, such as a government, to perform an action or govern ...
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(Definition ofelectoralandmandatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Perhaps what discredited the system more was the implementation of market reforms for which there was noelectoralmandateand which aggravated social tensions.
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In this formulation, anelectoralmandateis a social construction by the community of politics, an agreement to regard a particular election as bearing a message.
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The combination of decisive executive authority with a strongelectoralmandatesuccessfully faced down the coalition of interests that had so effectively blocked previous attempts at economic stabilisation and reform.
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Therefore, there was not a realelectoralmandateto do this, much less a plebiscite.
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Why does thatelectoralmandateno longer count in making a distinction between independent and political members?
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We will surrender lottery money as, byelectoralmandate, we must.
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If one comes on that basis of nomination, one is nominated by someone who himself has anelectoralmandate.
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Theelectoralmandateis undoubtedly there in what was said during the general election campaign.
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We are a party with anelectoralmandate.
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There is noelectoralmandatefor the view.
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The problem is searching for legitimacy in anelectoralmandateas though it were the only legitimacy.
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Theelectoralmandateof the individuals concerned would have expired by the time they came to serve on the transitional council.
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Of course, where there is anelectoralmandate, it is reasonable to refer to it.
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Clearly, if people have noelectoralmandate, there is no justification for their presence, other than allowing them an opportunity to secure such a mandate.
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Whatever the nature of theelectoralmandate, we do not believe that there is a majority in the country for polarisation and division.
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Inclusivity means that if people get the requiredelectoralmandate, they are members of that assembly.
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There was noelectoralmandate, no demand in the country for it.
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It is beyond dispute that there was and is noelectoralmandatefor it.
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There is noelectoralmandatefor a constitutional change of this order.
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Whatever a nation'selectoralmandate, if its laws and constitutions are at odds with the treaty, they will have to be changed.
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