Election held to fill a political office that has become vacant.
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Examples for "by-elections"
Examples for "by-elections"
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Certainly we would want to see free and fair by-elections, she said.
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On Thursday the party gained another seat in Norwich City Council's by-elections.
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In by-elections in 2012, contested by the NLD, it won one seat.
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Following the mess in Tlokwe, other by-elections throughout the country were postponed.
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Drapier: Bertie Ahern made an uncharacteristic error on the timing of the by-elections.
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Far longer than in any of last year's municipal and special elections.
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Some of the special elections success reflects startup progressive groups rallying voters.
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The race was the latest of several closely watched special elections ahead of November's contests.
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Republican lawmakers praised the high court's action to throw out the order requiring special elections.
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Despite the string of losses in special elections, some Democrats said there were reasons to be encouraged.
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A special election will be scheduled to determine a replacement for Franks.
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A special election to fill the seat has not yet been scheduled.
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A special election to fill Coburn's seat will be held in Oklahoma.
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A special election was held in November, 1874, to fill that vacancy.
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I know he's sick or we wouldn't be having this special 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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Perhaps the Government would consider having the by-election date on a Friday.
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Australia's coalition government has lost its one-seat majority after this weekend's by-election.
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A second defecting MP is expected to win another by-election this month.
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The official count of votes for the by-election will be held tomorrow.
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The Clerk of the Dail reads aloud the result of the by-election.
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The two main parties have announced their candidates for the Mana by-election.
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The by-election to replace Mr Goff will be held on 3 December.
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The Northland by-election was won by New Zealand First leader Winston Peters.
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On any count this was a by-election National should not have lost.
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The announcement was clearly made to influence the outcome of the by-election.
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Winston Peters has announced he's going to stand in the northland by-election.
