Sentence examples for competing election from inspiring English sources

The three independents had requested briefings from treasury and finance ministry bureaucrats on confidential estimates of competing election pledges.

For the first time in the party's history, competing elections were held for offices of power.

With few other competing elections happening this year, the Virginia gubernatorial race has comes under a national spotlight.

At the unplanned 15th plenum held 14 16 April, which was held due to pressure by Nguyễn Minh Triết, Nguyễn Văn An and Phan Văn Khải, it was decided that delegates at the upcoming congress had the right of self-nomination and that there would competing elections for the posts of general secretary, prime minister and chairman of the National Assembly.

8. (C) Another idea sporadically under consideration is that Fianna Fail could start competing in elections in Northern Ireland.

Among contemporary Islamist radical movements, Hamas and Hezbollah have expanded their influence by delivering social services, competing in elections, and running hospitals and labor unions.

At the national level the DMK also began competing in elections to the Lok Sabha (lower chamber of the Indian parliament) in 1962, when it won seven seats from Madras state.

In past years, Western countries encouraged rights-respecting states from other regions to compete for election.

Mr. Paul's feelings for some other candidates who have competed this election season are more complicated.

For weeks, at caucuses across the country, thousands of Iraqis competed for election to the conference, and for the say it would give them in shaping the country's political future.

In a simple form of such a scheme, a number of parties compete for election to a legislature that is not divided into geographical districts.