Example sentences of "[adj] elections [was/were] held [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Direct elections were held for the presidency , the vice-presidency and the National Assembly in October 1985 [ see pp. 34146-48 ] . |
| 2 | ‘ The first genuinely free elections were held in the Soviet Union , ’ he pointed out . |
| 3 | National elections were held in 1976 and the two states were formally merged into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam , linked ( from 1978 ) by a twenty-five-year treaty of friendship and cooperation to the USSR . |
| 4 | State and municipal elections were held in Mexico and Hidalgo states in Nov. 11 , 1990 [ see p. 37849 ] . |
| 5 | Presidential and congressional elections were held in May 1989 [ see p. 36652 ] ; municipal elections were held in December 1989 [ see p. 37487 ] . |
| 6 | Presidential elections were held in May 1990 [ see pp. 37450-51 ] ; congressional and municipal elections were held in March [ see pp. 37311-12 ] ; elections to the new National Constituent Assembly were held in December [ see p. 37914 ] . |
| 7 | Parliamentary elections were held in the southern ( Greek-Cypriot ) part of the island on May 19 . |
| 8 | Following political reforms in May 1990 which abolished the leading role of the MPRP , multiparty elections were held for the first time in July 1990 , to the Little and Great Hurals , and to local Hurals in the 18 provinces and three municipalities [ see pp. 37609-10 ; p. 37656 ] . |
| 9 | Mongolia 's first multiparty elections were held on July 29 . |
| 10 | Albania 's first free multiparty elections were held on March 31 , with a second round scheduled for April 7 in constituencies where there was no outright winner . |
| 11 | The domination of Poland 's legislature , the National Assembly , by former communists ended when free multiparty elections were held on Oct. 27 for the 460-member Sejm ( lower house ) , as well as for the 100-member Senate . |
| 12 | Multiparty elections were held in March 1991 [ see p. 38804 ; for June 1989 legislative elections , August indirect presidential elections see pp. 36726 ; 36841 ] . |
| 13 | Groups of primary elections were held in Nigeria on Sept. 12 , 19 and 26 , and were contested by candidates seeking the presidential nominations of the country 's two military-backed political parties — the National Republican Convention ( NRC ) and the Social Democratic Party ( SDP ) . |
| 14 | The final round of primary elections was held on June 2 , with contests in Alabama , California , Montana , New Jersey , New Mexico and Ohio . |
| 15 | Presidential and legislative elections were held on April 2 , 1989 ( see p. 36603 ) . |
| 16 | Legislative elections were held on the same day [ see p. 37766 ] . |
| 17 | Gubernatorial and legislative elections were held on Nov. 8 , 1988 [ see p. 37079 ] , when the PPD won 18 seats in the Senate and 36 seats in the House of Representatives . |
| 18 | Legislative elections were held on March 17 , 1991 , and elections for the President of the territorial government on April 4 . |
| 19 | Legislative elections were held in late July 1987 , and the National Assembly ( one of the two houses of the Congress , the other being the Economic and Regional Council ) held its first session in October ; a new Assembly president , Michel Docko , was elected in April 1989 . |
| 20 | Presidential and legislative elections were held in December 1988 [ see p. 36482 ] . |
| 21 | Legislative elections were held in June 1988 [ see p. 36086 ] . |
| 22 | Legislative elections were held in March 1990 . |
| 23 | The country 's first multiparty legislative elections were held in January 1991 [ see pp. 37948 ] , and presidential elections were held on Feb. 17 [ see pp. 37994-95 ] . |
| 24 | Multiparty legislative elections were held in September , October and November 1990 [ see pp. 37701 ; 37767 ; 37841 ] . |
| 25 | The country 's first multiparty legislative elections were held in January 1991 [ see pp. 37949 ] , and presidential elections on March 3 [ see p. 38084 ] . |
| 26 | Presidential and legislative elections were held in February 1990 , when Caldéron was elected President with 51 per cent of the vote , and the PUSC won an absolute majority , gaining 29 of the 57 seats in the Legislative Assembly [ see p. 37243 ] . |
| 27 | Presidential and legislative elections were held in November 1989 , when Callejas was elected with just over 50 per cent of the vote , and the PN won 71 of the 128 seats in the National Assembly [ see pp. 37038-39 ; 37275 ] . |
| 28 | Presidential and legislative elections were held in February 1990 when Chamorro gained 55 per cent of the votes in the presidential elections , and the UNO gained 51 seats in the National Assembly [ see pp. 37236-37 ] . |
| 29 | Legislative elections were held in November 1991 ; the legislature was due to meet in January 1992 to elect a new government . |
| 30 | Presidential and legislative elections were held in Belau ( also known as Palau ) , the last remaining remnant of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific , on Nov. 4 . |