Sentence examples for elections and needs from inspiring English sources

Likud won 27 seats in the parliamentary elections and needs 61 to govern.

He said the police, the judiciary and the election commission were "not prepared for early elections" and needed more time.

President Obama carried all three states in the last election and needs them in this one.

The bank said in the statement that it was supporting African institutions "in sending the message to President Gbagbo that he has lost the election and needs to step down".

Campbell Robb, the chief executive of the housing charity Shelter, said: "Housing was a key issue for voters coming into the general election and needs to be prominent in the Queen's speech.

If you have not registered to vote or if you're a college student (or anyone else) who has changed your address since the last election and needs to re-register to vote, go to vote411.org.

Mr. Hollande faces parliamentary elections next month and needs to show French voters that he is standing up to the German chancellor.

Between them Italy's two biggest centre-left parties took some 30% of the vote in April's election and needed nine other parties to secure a majority.

The three-party governing coalition holds 61 seats not up for re-election and needed to win at least 63 in this election to hold a majority.

The World Bank has also stopped disbursing hundreds of millions of dollars to the country, saying it wants to send "the message to President Gbagbo that he lost the elections and he needs to step down".

We need publicly financed elections and we need the people deciding how this democracy is run.