Synonyms
Examples for "by-election"
Examples for "by-election"
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The government lost its majority late last year after losing a by-election.
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The Electoral Commissioner said the new changes worked well during the by-election.
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There were no great shocks in the Tipperary South by-election result yesterday.
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Mrs Goodman said a by-election would remove the issue of vote splitting.
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He said the by-election result had implications that went beyond the electorate.
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Advice to those about to enter Parliament: Elect for a bye-election.
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For a Cabinet Minister, defeated at a bye-election, a seat must be found.
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Campaigning in the north-speaking at a bye-election-lecturingfor the suffrage.
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On the other hand, a defeat at a bye-election equals a victory at a general.
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Better almost to be beaten at a bye-election than to be successful at a General.
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The Government Council shall then immediately order a bye-election.
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We shall have a bye-election-thevery last thing desirable.
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Have you heard the result of the bye-election?
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A bye-election took place in North Roscommon.
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Harcourt and Cardwell were returned; but immediately afterwards Cardwell was raised to the peerage, and a bye-election ensued.
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You don't want the bother and expense of a bye-election (approving murmurs) if it can be avoided.
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At a bye-election in the summer of 1847 he was returned, through the interest of his uncle the Duke of Devonshire, for Derby.
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Wherever the single transferable vote has been adopted bye-elections have been retained.
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It was a sample of all the other bye-elections in 1892.
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The shortening of parliaments would destroy what little value bye-elections possess.
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This possible injustice is avoided in the list systems by the abolition of bye-elections.