Sentence examples for opposition votes from inspiring English sources

VENEZUELA: VIOLENCE ERUPTS AS OPPOSITION VOTES Opposition leaders are claiming that pro-government militia fired on voters participating in a symbolic vote against President Nicolas Maduro's attempts to rewrite the country's constitution.

The deal was passed with opposition votes.

The government reached the less ambitious target of passing the measure without needing opposition votes.

A new antiterrorist law -- passed last year with opposition votes -- allowed leniency in return for testimony.

"As a government, you can't consistently rely on opposition votes to carry you through," says McDonnell.

With 48 parties contesting the election, the opposition votes were fragmented; so, arguably, Mr Wahid will reflect many voters' aspirations.

Mr Piñera's advent seemed at first merely to split the opposition vote.

The conservative opposition voted against the EU-IMF package, although it has backed some individual measures.

And Mr Alemán's refusal to back Mr Montealegre split the opposition vote.

Instead, polls suggest that the opposition vote is split down the middle.

But constant bickering among small parties also means that they divide the opposition vote.