"election agitation" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to the fervent or intense political campaigning and promotion that occurs during an election period. Example: The country was gripped by election agitation as candidates traveled across the nation, giving speeches and engaging in debates in hopes of winning the upcoming election.
He succeeded in the 1886 provincial election largely because of his agitation on behalf of Louis Riel, French-speaking leader of the Northwest Rebellion, who was executed in 1885.
The late 1760s was a time of growing radicalism in Britain, and although Johnson did not participate actively in the events, he facilitated the speech of those who did, e.g., by publishing works on the disputed election of John Wilkes and the agitation in the American colonies.
Her agitation made me agitated.
In April 1973, an anti-Chogyal agitation broke out; the agitators demanded the conduct of popular elections.
By nightfall, side-streets off the march route recalled the most dramatic scenes of agitation after the disputed presidential election of 2009, with protesters burning rubbish bins and taunting the security forces.
The election is taking place in an atmosphere of agitation and fear because of suicide bomb attacks on pro-Kurdish activists and demonstrators, which were blamed on Isis.
She acted as his link to the outside world as he kept up his agitation from his prison cell, running for election and at one stage going on hunger strike.
Agitation and propaganda continued legally up to election day.
Agitation for a bridge was renewed with the election of a Labor government at the 1910 State election.
Back in 2009, middle-class Iranians launched a pro-democracy agitation in response to Mr Ahmadinejad's fraudulent re-election, yet many poor and pious Iranians stayed on the sidelines when the protests were crushed.
