Sentence examples for elections were given from inspiring English sources

Votes may have to be recounted in parts of Macclesfield because some voters in last week's local elections were given the wrong ballot papers.

MEPs who sat in Parliament before the 2009 elections were given the opportunity to keep the previous national system for salary, transitional allowance and pensions, for the entire duration of their membership of the European Parliament.

We are especially encouraged that Sunnis — disenfranchised after boycotting the 2005 election — were given several top posts, including speaker of Parliament.

Critics of a controversial trash-burning power plant in San Marcos who had hoped to block its construction with a special election were given some hope Thursday that the election might still be held, even though a Vista Superior Court Judge in March ruled their proposed ballot measure was illegal.

The southern Sudanese political leaders, by mostly boycotting the national elections, are giving up on their dream of reforming all of Sudan.

"It gives us an understanding of a constituency as a whole and that, combined with the work being done by people like Sarah between elections, is giving us a real edge".

In the wider reshuffle, Sadiq Khan, who was Ed Miliband's campaign manager in the leadership election, was given the post of shadow justice secretary.

The accusation suggested that Mr. Corzine, who has raised money for President Obama's re-election, was given a free pass.

For the first time, the Sunni Iraqiya bloc, which won the largest number of votes in last year's election, was given meaningful positions in the government.

Rather than ending up in the Supreme Court, the 1876 election was given to a commission made up of members of Congress and Supreme Court justices.

Senator Paula Hawkins of Florida, one of the more vulnerable Republicans seeking re-election, was given the plum assignment of managing the drug bill on the Senate floor.