Sentence examples for split election from inspiring English sources

In Hungary, however, there was a split election; John (János Zápolya), voivode (governor) of Transylvania, was chosen by an opposition party, whereupon war broke out between the two candidates.

This pattern explains why disappointment awaits the editorialists and Democrats who are saying that Bush should read in the split election result a demand that he ditch some of his agenda.

In New Mexico, they settle split elections with a round of five-card poker.

The rest of America was split this election, but virtually all the stars on the stump supported Hillary Clinton and Al Gore.

Georgia could, too.The big task for both sides is to repair the split the election has opened up in Georgian society between winners and losers of the past eight years.

5. Could the Coalition split before the election?

But the rift runs much deeper and threatens to make the party irrelevant.The MDC, at its top level, is almost evenly split over the election.

The opposition to his populist campaign was split; if the election had gone to a second round he would almost certainly have lost to Mr Montealegre.

Kenya is still stumbling out of the disaster of late 2007 and early 2008, when a disputed election split the country along ethnic lines and set off widespread bloodshed.

In many places the election split families in two, with the older generation sticking with the PRI and the younger people going for the opposition.

Dati stayed faithful to Cécilia during the couple's first public split before the election campaign, and then enjoyed Cécilia's public backing on her return.