Sentence examples for stand for election from inspiring English sources

Candidates need five nominations from national federations to officially stand for election as president.

"I stand for election every four years and I either get elected or I don't.

They never stand for election.

Women can both vote and stand for election.

But don't stand for election and it's almost as bad.

He does not plan to stand for election again.

Directors must stand for election every three years.

Mr. Monser and Mr. Paull will stand for election at Air Products' annual meeting next year, the company said, while Mr. Ghasemi will stand for election in 2015.

They grumble that old-fashioned politicians heed voters only when they stand for election.

He doesn't say that hereditary MPs are bad, nor that they should not stand for election.

One potential explanation is that the MPs exposed as having made the most egregious expenses claims anticipated electoral punishment and therefore declined to re-stand for election at the 2010 general election.