Sentence examples for a contested result from inspiring English sources

For the episode airing the day after the election, we shot three sketches: one in case of an Obama victory, one for an Obama defeat, and one for a contested result.

Ms Thirika's fears are shaped by Kenya's experience five years ago when, at the last general election, different ethnic groups turned on one another over a contested result.

Land is one of the contentious issues in the competition to succeed President Mwai Kibaki - five years after the last election when voters from different ethnic groups turned on one another over a contested result.

An impossibly ugly election was followed by a contested result forcing the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene.

In the wake of a contested election result, mobs killed and raped, and torched homes and businesses.

But the closely contested result also highlights the gratitude of many Bolivians for the changes that have been introduced since Morales took power in 2006.

While the election to the new Northern Irish parliament was seriously contested, resulting in a Unionist majority, in the south no other parties dared to stand against Sinn Féin, except in the four university seats.

The country faced the absence and death of its divisive president, Hugo Chavez, which resulted in fresh elections, contested results and an economic crisis.

But, also citing case law, she said that when contested results involve voter error, a confusing ballot and nothing "more than a mere possibility that the outcome of the election would have been affected," no delay from the legal deadline is warranted.

So the waiting game continued on Wednesday, though partial and hotly contested results gave the incumbent a wide and apparently insurmountable lead.

In the event of contested results, aggrieved parties must turn to the courts, rather than to violence or unconstitutional arrangements.