Sentence examples for The main contest from inspiring English sources

The main contest will pit Mr. Abhisit's governing Democratic Party against the Pheu Thai Party, which is backed by Thaksin Shinawatra, who was prime minister before the 2006 coup.

The main contest for president and vice president has candidates ranging from former US citizen Grace Poe; President Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino's choice Manuel 'Mar' Roxas and Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr thethe late dictator's son.

The main contest is between the Congress and the main opposition BJP.

The main contest in the vote is between the ruling Congress and the BJP.

The main contest in the elections is between the Congress, led by Rahul Gandhi, and the BJP, led by the charismatic and controversial Hindu nationalist leader Narendra Modi.

The main contest in the elections is between the Congress, led by Rahul Gandhi, the latest member of India's influential Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, and the BJP, led by the charismatic and controversial Hindu nationalist leader Narendra Modi.

Voters are then asked what they think of the main contests in the state, and whether they want an absentee ballot or plan to vote early.

The latest result, the only contest reported this week, comes after the party made 11 nationwide gains in the main contests earlier this month including four in the West Midlands at Dudley, Sandwell and Stoke-on-Trent.

New elections will have to be held and it is essential that all the main parties contest them.

Indeed, since Mr Koizumi took over in April 2001, the main political contest in Japan has pitted LDP members who back him against LDP members who despise his fiscal discipline and pro-competition policies.

The main local contest, for mayor of Sofia, will be decided in a run-off on November 2nd between the incumbent, Stefan Sofiyanski, a centre-rightist, and Stoyan Alexandrov, a Socialist.If there is any comfort here for Simeon, it is that Bulgaria's voters are so hard to please.