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The phrase 'abstained from voting' is correct and is used in written English.
You can use it when you want to indicate that someone chose not to vote in an election or other poll, such as a school election. For example, "Many of the students abstained from voting when the new school mascot was chosen."
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Both abstained from voting.
China abstained from voting on the resolution.
Fellow Oklahoma Senator Inhofe abstained from voting.
Nineteen Turkish lawmakers abstained from voting.
Members of the opposition Christian Democratic Movement abstained from voting.
board, abstained from voting for additional aid to Athens.
Mr. Zabel said he abstained from voting on the issue.
The director representing the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, Aventis's biggest shareholder, abstained from voting on the merger.
Ms. Hochul abstained from voting on the clerks' resolution last month.
Eleven members supported the resolution, two opposed it and one abstained from voting.
Mr. Lee, the cranberry grower, missed the settlement meeting, and Ms. Ashmun abstained from voting.
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