fair election
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffairandelection
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fair
adjective
uk/feər/us/fer/
treating someone in a way that is right or reasonable, or treating a group of people equally and not allowing personal opinions to influence ...
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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 offairandelectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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If it is not afairelection, an industrial tribunal will be as good a forum as any in spotting that.
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What chance is there of afairelectionnow?
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The outcome of both the presidential and parliamentary votes could be close but a peaceful and generallyfairelectionis expected.
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Therefore, we must choose a period that allows for afairelection.
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I suggest that, if you stick to this date, the whole machinery of election will break down and you will not get afairelection.
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Does she think that that is afairelection?
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That is to say, there are certain other elements which affect the running of a free andfairelection.
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While such things are happening there is absolutely no chance of a free andfairelection, and we need an independent electoral commission.
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The absence of afairelectionis precisely what we are all complaining about.
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How can one expect to have a proper andfairelectionunder such circumstances?
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Unless the ceasefire carries, there will not be a free andfairelection, and the negotiations will fall to bits.
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We believe that a period of two months will be fully adequate for afairelectioncampaign.
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None of those actions were the actions of a party confident of its ability to win a free orfairelection.
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We have called all along for afairelection, free from political intimidation.
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Without a free press, it is almost impossible to hold a free andfairelection.
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It is encouraging that this was the result of afairelection.
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These are by no means circumstances in which it is possible to hold afairelection.
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Probably it did not produce the result that was expected, but it is common ground that it was afairelection.
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The only question is, can afairelectionbe held?
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Any election that meets those standards will be a free aridfairelection.
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