Sentence examples for fails to be elected from inspiring English sources

16 March Nigel Farage announces he will quit as Ukip leader if he fails to be elected as MP for South Thanet.

Party insiders have also raised concern about the prominent role of Essebi's son, Hafedh, and say Nidaa Tounes might unravel if Essebsi either fails to be elected in the 26 November presidential vote or dies while Nidaa is in power.

Although it captured some 13percentt of the total vote, UKIP won only one seat a consequence of Britain's winner-take-all election rules and Farage, who failed to be elected in his constituency, joined the list of resigning party leaders.

Back in January, when Congress reconvened after the election, many thought he would fail to be elected speaker for a second two-year term.

Rove's Crossroads operation spent hundreds of millions of dollars on the 2012 elections, only to see nearly all of his marquee candidates fail to be elected.

Yet despite their revered status as orators, all of them failed to be elected president.

Failing to be elected to the first parliament of united Italy in 1860, Solaro della Margarita retired from politics.

By 1912, however, his policy had been largely discredited, and in October of that year he failed to be elected to the fourth Duma.

In 64 Catiline failed to be elected consul when Cicero was one of the successful candidates, and a year later he was again defeated for that office.

In 1963, the firm became Nixon, Mudge, Guthrie, Rose & Alexander, when the defeated Republican presidential candidate, having also failed to be elected governor of California, joined it.

Farage is a man who has seven times failed to be elected to parliament and resigned and then unresigned as leader of a political party numerous times.