Example sentences of "election [be] hold [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Narain Dutt Tewari of Uttar Pradesh could be a contender if he wins the state election being held alongside the parliamentary one ; but he may be beaten by the BJP . |
| 2 | The President is elected by direct popular vote for a five-year term , at the same time as elections are held to the National Assembly . |
| 3 | EFTA does not want to be a ‘ kindergarten ’ for East European countries embarking on the path to market economies , but the looser 23-nation Council of Europe — to which Hungary has already sought entry — might be asked to play this role once democratic elections are held in individual east European countries . |
| 4 | Presidential and legislative elections were held on April 2 , 1989 ( see p. 36603 ) . |
| 5 | The elections were held on Feb. 12 in Manipur and on Feb. 27 in Arunachal Pradesh , Bihar , Gujarat , Himachal Pradesh , Maharashtra , Madhya Pradesh , Orissa and Rajasthan . |
| 6 | Legislative power is vested in a 496-member National Assembly , to which elections were held on April 19 , 1987 [ see p. 35255 ] . |
| 7 | Presidential elections were held on May 16 , passing off peacefully and conducted in a manner described by former United States President Jimmy Carter as " adequate and honest " . |
| 8 | Presidential elections were held on May 27 , amid an unprecedented nationwide security operation mounted in response to the campaign of violence and disruption waged by drug traffickers and right-wing paramilitary groups . |
| 9 | Elections were held on May 6-7 to over 6,000 town councils , and to 87 provincial governments and the regional councils ( parliaments ) of the 15 regions governed by normal statute ( Liguria , Piedmont , Lombardy , Veneto , Emilia-Romagna , Tuscany , Umbria , Marches , Abruzzi , Latium , Molise , Apulia , Campania , Basilicata and Calabria ) . |
| 10 | Elections were held on June 17 to choose 60 provincially elected members for a four-year term in the 72-member unicameral National Congress . |
| 11 | Mongolia 's first multiparty elections were held on July 29 . |
| 12 | Elections were held on a party political basis to the Convention of the Histadrut trade union federation on Nov. 14 , 1989 . |
| 13 | Elections were held on Oct. 14 in the five recreated eastern Länder . |
| 14 | Elections were held on the same day for the 216 elective seats in the ( enlarged ) National Assembly , with voters choosing between two candidates in most constituencies ; eight candidates were returned unopposed , among them six serving Cabinet ministers . |
| 15 | Nationwide elections were held on Oct. 8 to Iran 's 83-member Assembly of Experts , the body first elected in 1982 [ see p. 32098 ] and empowered to appoint the country 's spiritual leader and to interpret its Constitution . |
| 16 | Local elections were held on Dec. 8 — the first elections since the military coup of 1983 — and were contested by the two government-sanctioned parties . |
| 17 | Elections were held on Dec. 9 for a 70-member Constitutional Assembly , due to sit from February to July 1991 with the responsibility of proposing constitutional reforms . |
| 18 | Elections were held on Jan. 27 to nine National Assembly seats which had remained vacant since the May 1989 elections , when the relevant voting papers were spoiled or destroyed , and also to 170 local government posts . |
| 19 | 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 ] . |
| 20 | Legislative elections were held on the same day [ see p. 37766 ] . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Elections were held on March 5 in Greenland , an internally self-governing part of Denmark , to the 27-member legislature , the Landsting . |
| 23 | Elections were held on May 6 for 27 Urban Council ( Urbco ) seats . |
| 24 | Presidential elections were held on March 19 , 1989 , when Cristiani was elected with 53.8 per cent of the vote [ see p. 36520 ] . |
| 25 | Congressional and presidential elections were held on Nov. 11 , 1990 , with a second-round run-off on Jan. 6 , 1991 , for the presidency [ see pp. 37850 ; 37956 ] . |
| 26 | Presidential and congressional elections were held on July 6 , 1988 [ see pp. 36367-69 ] . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Presidential and congressional elections were held on Dec. 14 , 1989 , when Aylwin was elected President with 55 per cent of the vote , and the PDC won 13 seats in the Senate and 38 seats in the Chamber of Deputies , becoming the largest single party in each house [ see p. 37117 ] . |
| 29 | This system was disrupted by the military coup of December 1990 [ see pp. 37912-13 ] and although new elections were held on May 25 , 1991 , the constitutional implications remained uncertain [ see p. 38188 ] . |
| 30 | Elections were held on June 27 for 883 seats on 32 local councils . |