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No, this sentence is not grammatically correct.
The correct form would be "Elections were held." This can be used in written English to describe an event in the past where a group of people voted to choose a leader or make a decision. Example: "In 2020, national elections were held to determine who would be the next president."
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The first round of the 2003 presidential elections was held in April against this backdrop of continuing economic and political turmoil.
The first round of elections was held in October; Moïse, campaigning as the Banana Man, was the front-runner, with thirty-three per cent of the vote.
The first round of elections was held April 5. Abdullah won the most votes but fell short of the majority needed to take the presidency.
The great fear, Mr. Damilano added, is that elections could fail to produce a stable government, as happened in Greece last June before a second round of elections was held.
Diplomatic recognition of the new government was not forthcoming given the stalemate; after talks between Muzorewa, Mugabe, and Nkomo at the Lancaster House conference in London in late 1979, Britain briefly retook control of Southern Rhodesia as a colony until a new round of elections was held in February 1980.
The count for the commission elections was held in Stornoway on Lewis.
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Local elections were held.
Legislative elections were held again in 1985.
(Elections are held every two years).
Free elections were held in 1990.
Early elections were held in March 2015.
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