Sentence examples for general elections between from inspiring English sources

He led the Labour party in five general elections between 1977 and 1996 and failed each time win an outright victory.

But statistics compiled by the state's own board of elections show that out of a total of 32 million votes cast at the ballot box in general elections between 2000 and 2012, only two fraudulent in-person votes were recorded.

Osborne can take comfort from the fact that, looking at the run up to general elections between 1996 and 2010, the polls show little to no movement around budget day.

In the five general elections between 1992 and 2010, it received 1.5%-2% of the national vote, but was rewarded with just 0.5%-1 0.5%-1% seats in Westminster.

Eastleigh ought to be natural Conservative territory – it is a constituency which, in the 11 general elections between 1955 and 1992, returned a Tory MP every time, on seven occasions with an outright majority of 50% plus.

Almost all parliamentary general elections between and were held under the first-past-the-post voting system.

That leaves us with a general election between two serious and certifiably sane candidates.

We are now barreling towards a general election between a former secretary of state and a former judge of Celebrity Apprentice.

Polls before the primary predicted a close race in the general election between Mr. Barnes and either Mr. Deal or Ms. Handel.

FOR months, our political punditry foresaw one, and only one, prospective gender contest looming in the general election: between the first serious female presidential candidate and the Republican male "warrior".

"We would like to see a general election between John McCain, Bill Bradley and the Reform Party nominee," said Russell J. Verney, a Perot aide and former party chairman, "so that the debate will be about the future of the country instead of the status quo".