Sentence examples for election was selected from inspiring English sources

The museum' director, Zina Davis, said the 1800 election was selected for the exhibition because it was the first in which the presidency passed from one party, the Federalists, to another, the Democratic Republicans.

Only villages where the votes were not close in the previous election were selected.

Individual councillors, listed officially by the parties before the election, are selected on the basis of the parties' proportions of the total national constituency vote.

Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar, who defeated a close ally of Mr. Musharraf's in the February parliamentary elections, was selected as defense minister.

Following the election, Daneshju was selected as Iran's new minister of science, research, and technology in Ahmadinejad's second cabinet.

When Stewart did resign, immediately following the 1921 election, Boyle was selected to replace him.

In November after the 2012 election Cierpiot was selected by House Republicans as the Assistant Majority Floor Leader.

He previously stood for the Green Party at Eastleigh council elections and was selected to be the party's parliamentary candidate.

Over on our side of the aisle, we have Roland Burris, who officially announced today that he won't seek election to a full term in the Senate next year (I simply can't say "re-election" because he was selected -- not elected -- to Obama's old Senate seat, by none other than disgraced Illinois ex-governor Rod Blagojevich).

With Obasanjo unable to contest the election, Umaru Yar'Adua was selected to stand as the PDP's candidate in the April 2007 presidential poll.

Nigel Farage will fight a former Ukip member in next year's general election after he was selected as his party's candidate for the Kent constituency of South Thanet.