"forthcoming election" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to an upcoming election that has yet to take place, such as in the sentence "The people of the town are eagerly awaiting the outcome of the forthcoming election."
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Discussion of forthcoming election.
Best of luck in the forthcoming election".
I am enraptured by the forthcoming election.
So will she be endorsing Labour in the forthcoming election?
We talked about the forthcoming election for a while.
As it happened, the chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, badly needed a theme for the forthcoming election campaign.
Raising the stakes, Ms Gillard insisted that the loser quit politics at the forthcoming election.
Dr Fox went further and acknowledged the possibility of a Labour victory in the forthcoming election.
b) Robert Mugabe's ongoing machinations to fix the forthcoming election in Zimbabwe?
He manages his party's target-seats campaign for the forthcoming election.
CRIME will take a prominent place in the forthcoming election campaign.
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