Sentence examples for election taking from inspiring English sources

Whether that will get his party re-elected in the coming state election (taking place at the same time as India's general election, see article) remains to be seen in a country where Kellogg's has failed to find consumer acceptance.

She was re-elected in the 2007 general election taking 73% of the popular vote against three other candidates.

This is a general election taking place here.

The tea-party candidate was a factor in the election, taking 9% of the vote.

Support for Ukip surged at the election, taking its vote share to 12.6%.

See articleTransfer of powerJuan Manuel Santos won the run-off in Colombia's presidential election, taking 69% of the vote.

See articleTwo far-right parties did well in Austria's general election, taking 29% of the vote between them.

Slabbert entered parliamentary politics in the 1974 general election, taking the university seat of Ronde- bosch, in the Cape.

Malaysia's ruling BN coalition, which has been in power since independence, won an election, taking 133 out of 222 parliamentary seats.

Its leader, Arvind Kejriwal, held his new job only briefly before resigning to fight the national election taking place in April and May.

Pro-NRW, an anti-Islam party that is standing in the state election taking place on May 13th, wants to display caricatures of Islam near mosques.