Sentence examples for Contesting the election from inspiring English sources

Mr Speight, contesting the election under his Fijian name, Ilikimi Naitani, was elected with 51% of the vote from his home constituency of northern Tailevu, on the largest island, Viti Levu.

They are barred from contesting the election or even voting.

Mr. Miller had the option of appealing a federal ruling or formally contesting the election results.

"If he even hints at contesting the election result in 2020. . .

Brough stood down from the ministry in December and is not contesting the election.

Renzi is contesting the election as leader of the centre-left Democratic party.

Update: Partia Razem was added to the list of parties contesting the election.

It will not be Mr Zardari or Mr Sharif, both of whom were barred from contesting the election.

With 48 parties contesting the election, the opposition votes were fragmented; so, arguably, Mr Wahid will reflect many voters' aspirations.

They came in fourth out of 12 parties contesting the election, not enough to win any seats in Parliament.

But what makes Trump's challenge different is that he is contesting the election before it has happened.