Sentence examples for despite election from inspiring English sources

(So pre-election tests and early voting gave no indication that something would go wrong on Election Day, despite election official and voting machine company claims that such tests protect against such problems!).

Mr. Gbagbo has refused to step down despite election commission results showing he lost to Mr. Ouattara, a tally certified by the local United Nations mission.

What's more, Russians face hikes in their utility bills coupled with cuts to social spending and pensions, despite election promises to the contrary.

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (Reuters) — The leftist prime minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, said on Sunday that he would try to form a new cabinet despite election results showing center-right opposition parties had won a majority in Parliament.

Most of the eight million Haitians are without jobs or live on less than $1 day, despite election promises from Mr. Aristide, a former Roman Catholic priest who had vowed to bring dignity to the poor.

Polls indicate the Liberal party, which despite election losses spanning the past decade has long considered itself to be Canada's "natural governing party", is now within reach of an electoral win.

But, despite elections, Egypt is still in revolution.

The change of heart from the government in the Netherlands was first signaled six months ago, and took place despite elections last week that have left the country with a caretaker administration.

They have never done so before, despite elections in 2002 and 2005 that were widely believed to have been marked by rigging and fraud, but that his regional peers declared legitimate.

Despite elections in April, Iraq's political coalition has still not decided who to put forward as its next prime minister.

Libya's first free national vote in six decades has been hailed as a success by observers despite election-day violence that claimed at least two lives.