Sentence examples for contested seat from inspiring English sources

"It will be a hotly contested seat," Mr. Manton said.

Under the majority system, the party or candidate winning more than 50 percent of the vote in a constituency is awarded the contested seat.

Since the contested seat had been vacated by the death of another Democrat, Mr Panich's victory will maintain the parliament's precarious state of balance.

The Conservatives, whose MP Craig Mackinlay won the hotly contested seat, took the unprecedented step of trying to oppose the court extension requested by the police.

PAGE B8 Democrats Win in Montana The Montana Supreme Court awarded a contested seat in the state House to the Democrats, giving them control of the governor's office and both legislative chambers.

And as Democrats collapsed across rural America, this formerly narrowly contested seat turned sharply toward Republicans.

McGuinness several times contested seats in the British House of Commons.

See articleIn parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan, the party of Nursultan Nazarbayev won all the contested seats.

The government says just under 40% voted in contested seats; others think much less.

In July the party won only four of 15 contested seats in by-elections.

The opposition won just six out of the 87 contested seats.