The term "electoral bloc" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to describe a coalition of parties that have a common platform and work together to elect candidates in a political election. For example: "The ruling party formed an electoral bloc with two other centre-right parties in order to win the majority of seats in the parliament."
Putin's support for a new electoral bloc, Unity, ensured its success in the December parliamentary elections.
Putin has ruled out the possibility of holding new free and fair elections; limits have been placed on gubernatorial elections, and electoral bloc building has been banned.
Mr. Maliki's electoral bloc had demanded the recount after finishing narrowly behind a largely Sunni and secular coalition led by Ayad Allawi, a former interim prime minister.
Mr. Maliki's electoral bloc demanded the recount after finishing narrowly behind a largely secular and Sunni coalition led by a former interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi.
Under Iraq's election law, Mr. Hamid will be replaced in the new Parliament by another candidate from his electoral bloc, officials said.
It has emerged as a powerful challenger to the electoral bloc led by Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki and another dominated by Shiite parties.
But electoral blocs are still not allowed on the ballot.
The double ticket was seen as turning off voters.Neither of the two main electoral blocs are expected to win a majority of 61 seats.
Depending on the complicated manoeuvring to form electoral blocs following the elections, the Greens could slide from the fourth largest caucus to the sixth.
On Monday, the National Alliance (a coalition of electoral blocs, including the State of Law bloc, formed the day before the current Parliamentary session) nominated Haider al-Abadi to be prime minister, which Abadi accepted.
Mr. Bush and his political team have also worked hard to court elements of traditionally Democratic electoral blocs, including labor unions and Hispanic voters, without alienating their base of white conservatives in the South and West.
