opposition candidate

collocation in English

meaningsofoppositionandcandidate

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opposition
noun
uk
/ˌɒp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌɑː.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
strong ...
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candidate
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkæn.dɪ.dət/us
/ˈkæn.dɪ.dət/
a person who is competing to get a job or ...
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(Definition ofoppositionandcandidatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The parliament is paralysed, not one singleoppositioncandidatehaving been elected to it.
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School directors were forced to give explanations as to why people in their areas voted for theoppositioncandidate.
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Giroux was the onlyoppositioncandidatein a rural candidate that managed to retain his seat.
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Five opposition leaders were allowed to contest the presidential elections, and the principaloppositioncandidatewas elected.
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Turnout was slightly more than the previous gubernatorial election because there was a somewhat organizedoppositioncandidate.
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Nine other candidates agreed to the terms for holding a primary, confirming their desire to allow the citizens to choose theoppositioncandidate.
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There also were reports of mistreatment of anoppositioncandidate.
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He was the mainoppositioncandidatein the 2007 presidential election.
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Theoppositioncandidatewas elected as mayor in 1996.
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During the same period, he began to emerge as a likelyoppositioncandidatein the lead-up to the 2004 presidential election.
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As such, he was the naturaloppositioncandidatefor the country's presidential election in 1971.
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The party supported the mainoppositioncandidatefor the presidency in 1988.
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He said that tribalism, regionalism, and ethnicity should not be factors in the selection of the jointoppositioncandidate.
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I believe in all sincerity that if you do not deflate theoppositioncandidatebefore your own campaign gets started, the odds are you are doomed to defeat.
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The winning margin was sufficient to deter even the most vociferous opposition candidates from pursuing their claims of malpractice.
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Keta was considered the strongestoppositioncandidate.
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International observers also found substantial irregularities in the conduct of the 1999 presidential election, in which only oneoppositioncandidatewas permitted to register, and the media were censored.
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Secondly, opposition candidates care about winning office.
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Leaving the party and voting for opposition candidates is less a change in voter support than maintenance of existing ties to specific local patrons but with different party labels.
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