Sentence examples for rural election from inspiring English sources

Those searching for an answer to how Japan could reinstall its old guard need look no further than the predominantly rural election district that includes Kanazawa, a small city on the frigid Sea of Japan.

Even limited rural elections have sometimes proved more challenging to party rule than conservatives would like.

Mr Cheng writes that vote-buying and -selling, stuffing ballot boxes and violence have had a "considerable impact" on rural elections.

Participation in urban and rural grassroots elections could be considered as a form of pro-establishment action, but the competitiveness of village election makes it more tolerant on villagers with anti-establishment tendencies.

Ms. Banerjee's opponents are hoping that the voters' anger over the Ponzi scheme will last long enough to affect the panchayat, or rural council, elections that are scheduled for early July.

He officially abandoned Marxism in the mid-1990's and has used the promise of land reform mainly to curry favor with rural voters at election time.

The economic division of the country has widened since the time of the American invasion in 2001, as growth has lifted up some parts of the urban economy while leaving the rural areas behind.This election looks likely to be celebrated by donors in the West and also by most Afghans.

Although a big gap remains between competitive elections in rural areas and neighborhood community elections in urban areas, urban neighborhood community committee to a certain degree is elected by the community residents.

Jo Coburn also spoke to Labour's Michael Dugher and Lib Dem Tom Brake ahead of the Thursday's local elections in rural English counties, one Welsh county, two mayoral elections and the South Shields Parliamentary by-election.

Selective application of the law and closure of radio stations curtailed independent debate in the run-up to the previous elections, in 2011, particularly in rural areas critical to an election win.

And a first-time Democratic candidate just won a show of hands in a special election in rural Ohio.