Sentence examples for block the election of from inspiring English sources

The new court soon moved to block the election of four legislators from rural districts, denying the opposition a supermajority in the National Assembly.

In opposition, the two political forces collaborated to block the election of a new head of state, which ultimately triggered Sunday's snap polls.

Most of those deaths occurred in districts where drug gangs were thought to be trying to block the election of candidates dedicated to eradicating the gangs' illegal operations.

The importance of the Russian vote was reflected in the efforts made by Gorbachev to block the election of a man he appears to regard as a dangerous political rival and demagogue.

The Chamber spent $4.4m alone trying to block the election of Democrat Tim Kaine in swing state Virginia, and another $4.3m to keep Democratic senator Sherrod Brown from re-election.

Protests against the company have heightened since last spring when Congressional hearings revealed an I.T.T. offer, rejected by the Central Intelligence Agency, to finance an attempt to block the election of Salvador Allende Gossens as president of Chile in 1970.

The dispute has blocked the election of a president, leaving the country without one for more than a month.

His new-found merit in the eyes of the centre-right was that he might have blocked the election of somebody more closely aligned with the centre-left.

Presidential powers reside with parliament's speaker, a Meciar loyalist, Mr Meciar having previously blocked the election of a new head of state.

That dispute has also blocked the election of a new president, leaving the country without one for more than a month.

The Taliban are trying their hardest to block the election.