Sentence examples for the very first election from inspiring English sources

Considering a player's character, he said, "has been there since the very first election of 1936, and it is something that was emphasized by the Hall of Fame itself".

The very first election I voted in was in 1979 and I remember well the excitement and thrill of getting to vote for the President of the United States.

These would be among the very first elections in Iraq, and they were not without risk.

The Social Democrats became the largest party in Parliament, obtaining 80 seats out of 200 in the very first elections (1907).

There were many such local impresarios of bloc voting: the uncle of one politician I spoke to defeated Khan in his very first election in 1997; he had now brought, he claimed, a 25-kilometer-long convoy of supporters from his tribe to the rally.

Women leaders play a key role in India's democratic tradition which granted universal suffrage from its very first elections.

And as we point out, the very first provision in the election code requires the secretary of state to assure uniformity and consistency in the application and enforcement of the election law.

"With the very first vote after the election, Democratic leaders in Congress want to pass a $25 billion handout to Detroit with no promises of reform, accountability or transparency by the automakers and their union base," said Senator John Cornyn of Texas, who is in line to lead Senate Republican campaign operations.

In this photograph of them posing together for a selfie, Clegg looks as jaded and mind-numbed as if he has been on the hustings for five weeks – not a good look for the very first day of the election campaign.

The very first debate of the 2012 election season was May 5, 2011.

From the very first day the AKP won its first elections in 2011, many Turks feared that the AKP, rooted in Islamist parties that were banned by the Constitutional Court for undermining the secular order, would "Islamize" Turkey.