Sentence examples for standing constituency from inspiring English sources

This much is true: in most European countries there is no obvious equivalent of the American religious right in which a large standing constituency spoils for a fight over hard ethical issues.

That few SNP candidates are standing in constituencies where they will gain votes but not seats reduces vote wastage.

None of the candidates from either of these parties are standing in constituencies they are actually projected win, though.

Each constituency page will always name every party standing in that constituency.

Afzal Amin, standing for Dudley North constituency, was suspended by the Conservative party after the paper exposed his extraordinary plot.

All parties standing in any constituency have the right to a free leaflet drop by the Royal Mail.

I am relieved, I was getting nervous about standing in a constituency that is essentially a Tory town.

It still favours larger parties over smaller ones, who indeed are actually being discouraged from standing in the constituency contests".

Ashcroft did not prompt voters by naming candidates, although he did ask voters to think of the candidates standing in the constituency.

Standing alongside the constituency's Liberal Democrat candidate Layla Moran, a physics teacher, Clegg used the occasion to highlight the party's commitment to women's issues.

Among the last to submit papers was the frontrunner Narendra Modi, leader of the BJP, as candidate for Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh (he is also standing for a constituency in his home state of Gujarat, just in case).