Sentence examples for election contestant from inspiring English sources

To prevail under Florida law, an election contestant must conclusively demonstrate that county canvassing boards abused their duly conferred discretion and that either illegal votes were counted or legal votes were not counted in sufficient numbers to overturn the results of the election.

The former shadow chancellor, who lost his seat in parliament last year, said he found waiting to discover how Strictly viewers had voted more tense than the unveiling of results in a general election because contestants were not told who had won before it was announced in front of the cameras.

During the previous Labour leadership election in 2010, the contestants were largely distracted while the Conservatives skilfully laid out the message that Labour overspending in the middle of the last decade helped prompt the financial crash – or at least make it harder for the British economy to withstand its impact.

Throughout the election, we saw the contestants perform in a high-pressure atmosphere, with moderators and judges (the post-debate pundits).

The contestants in this election include: Two national parties, two regional parties and a few sub-regional players.

He will preside over a secret ballot in a running election which will eliminate the contestants until one of them has more than 50% of the vote.

The success of a contestant in online elections has been an area of interest for the research community.

Before the election, several women from a former Apprentice contestant to a PEOPLE writer to a woman who sat next to Trump on a plane accused Trump of sexual harassment or assault.

Even though he is an incumbent and in competition with Mr. Booker's slate of candidates, he predicted that the shared outlook of the younger contestants in the coming election would actually force them together when it's all over.

The main contestants in the presidential election (there are also local and parliamentary polls taking place on Saturday), are the incumbent, Ernest Bai Koroma, and the man standing for the largest opposition party, Julius Maada Bio.

This is the first election since independence where you have keen contestation and equally matched contestants.