Sentence examples for vote widely from inspiring English sources

Mr. Abdullah lost the 2009 presidential elections to Mr. Karzai, a vote widely regarded as fraudulent.

A 1989 vote, widely viewed as fraudulent, helped set off the separatist uprising.

Many Iranians were disillusioned after the 2009 election, when millions took to the streets after a vote widely seen as rigged returned Mr. Ahmadinejad to office.

In a runoff in May, Mr. Fujimori, first elected in 1990, won a third term in a vote widely criticized as fraudulent.

Egypt has elected a new Parliament in a vote widely seen as free and fair, and it has scheduled a presidential election in May, with a runoff to follow in June.

A4 Peru Leader's Appeal to U.S. Four months after he claimed reelection in a vote widely seen as flawed, President Alberto K. Fujimori implored American officials to give him the backing needed to move Peru toward full democracy.

Most experts expect the area to spread its votes widely among the candidates this time.

"Is this how the police are rewarded for their sacrifices?" The first day of voting, widely viewed as a measure of Iraq's still uncertain transition from dictatorship to democracy after the American invasion seven years ago, was one of jarring contrasts.

Looking at the polls, a Yes vote is widely expected.

The vote was widely praised in Poland and warmly welcomed by the Polish government.

The presidential vote is widely seen as a curtain-raiser for a parliamentary election in October.