Sentence examples for won constituencies from inspiring English sources

In 1997, the party won constituencies across the south, defying naysayers.

The traditional political map of Scotland has been transformed after the SNP won constituencies in Glasgow once regarded as impregnable Labour seats and, for the first time, won Holyrood seats in the capital, Edinburgh.

While most seats were taken by the NLD, also present were representatives from ethnic parties who had won constituencies: men and women wearing hats and colourful jackets from the northern states of Kachin and Shan, or the simple Burmese longyi skirt in different patterns.

They are holding out for more easily won constituencies.Some heat will be taken out of the row when new names are added to the A-list at the end of July.

Some of his policies, such as electing police sheriffs and using traditional tribal justice to settle local disputes, could go scarily wrong.Messiahs are not enough in Pakistan's electoral system, where elections are won constituency by constituency, and party machines are all.

Ukip is expected to win only a handful of seats but the level of its support could influence the result in key seats where Labour is trying to win constituencies from the Conservatives.

Many in the party are still aggrieved over their failure to win constituencies such as Westminster North (Joanne Cash) and Hammersmith (Shaun Bailey) – seats they felt were there for the taking.

Mr. Guillory pointed out that Republican primaries in North Carolina were still relatively small affairs, with perhaps 300,000 voters, and that candidates had to work hard to win constituencies like gun owners and Christian conservatives.

And he is promising that the imprint will deepen, and provide the basis to win constituency seats in the general election.

What they need is a charismatic leader who can articu- late traditional Democratic ideals in a way that will attract a winning constituency and then govern effectively.

A shrewd politician could take the findings of "Hidden Tribes" and create a winning constituency by appealing to the Exhausted Majority.