Sentence examples for swiss election from inspiring English sources

According to Swiss election officials, Federer received fewer than 207 votes[ii] in the second round of the election.

FACT This was a Swiss election poster in 2007.

This was a Swiss election poster in 2007.

This evening, Bin Hammam used his website to reproduce a letter he received from Blatter in June 2008 thanking him for his efforts in the Swiss' first successful election campaign in 1998.

There was an unusual moment ahead of the vote when Blatter welcomed Gill onto the Fifa Congress stage to announce him as vice-president, fully knowing that he had threatened to refuse the job should the 79-year-old Swiss win the election.

Smaller Swiss cantons elect judges, and appointed justices on the Japanese Supreme Court must sometimes face retention elections, though scholars there say those elections are a formality.

Last week's indictment by the US authorities covered claims of bribery in selecting South Africa for the 2010 World Cup and the 2011 presidential election, while Swiss authorities simultaneously seized documents and bank details concerning the controversial bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

The decision means that Blatter's 17 years at the helm of world soccer will end in disgrace, and spells the end of Platini's hopes of replacing the 79-year-old Swiss in a presidential election in February.

In 2007, the Swiss government even secured its election results with QKD technology.

His position opposes that of Uefa president Michel Platini, his possible rival candidate in next year's Fifa presidential election, when the Swiss will be standing for a fifth term.

Prince Ali bin al-Hussein was beaten by Blatter in last week's election as the Swiss earned a fifth term in office.