Sentence examples for equivalent elections from inspiring English sources

In the equivalent elections in 2009, it had 17 councillors elected.

In the equivalent elections in 2007, the Liberal Democrats polled 26% of the vote, about twice its current poll level.

Italians also showed their irritation by staying at home: the turnout was seven points down on equivalent elections five years ago.The clearest losers were Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom party and the xenophobic Northern League.

And the voter file data about the electorate from the last equivalent election is what sets the rules for the next one.

If democracy was equivalent with elections in general, Iran would be considered a democracy, wouldn't it?

For another, several Democrats argued that Mr. Bush was taking a chance in leaving the White House to campaign, noting that President Bill Clinton did much the same thing in 1994, when the Democrats lost 52 seats in what was the equivalent Congressional election of his presidency.

For those for ever striving to regain the intoxication of having been a gilded god at 18, a cabinet post shines as the equivalent of election to Pop, and the prime ministerial job as the ultimate combination of head boy and victor ludorum.

"Plaintiffs' argument is that minorities are entitled to either the equivalent of election law affirmative action or practices that are favored by political organizations dedicated to maximizing Democratic turnout," defense attorneys wrote in their trial brief.

"Plaintiffs' argument is that minorities are entitled to either the equivalent of election law affirmative action or practices that are favored by political organizations dedicated to maximizing Democratic turnout".

The Tories fear that they might lose the bulk of the 900 council seats they gained in the equivalent round of elections in 2007.As for the Lib Dems, if they lose ground to Labour in the north of England ceding control of places such as Newcastle and Stockport the country will look increasingly divided between a prosperous, pro-coalition south and a resentful north.

The entire election season for a national election (the equivalent here would be a presidential election year) will be, as usual, exactly one month long.