9 sentences with 'election'
Example sentences and phrases with the word election and other words derived from it.
• « Other free citizens could vote in many cases either in the election of officials or in the passing of laws, the latter of which were usually created by a council of elders (all of whom were aristocrats) - the elders were called archons. »
• « Meanwhile, in 1206 the Mongols elected a leader named Temujin (b. 1167) "Khan", which simply means "lord" or "warlord". The election was the culmination of years of battles and struggles between Temujin and various rival clan leaders. »
• « After his election as khan, he established his sites in the lands beyond Mongolia and eventually became known as Genghis Khan, meaning "universal lord". »
• « The result in the spring of 1789 was a surprisingly democratic election, with the majority of the male population voting for delegates to the Estates General. Many hoped that the meeting would result in real intervention in a number of perceived injustices, not just more money for the state. »
• « Ironically, however, individual socialists could still stand for election and campaign for socialism. Bismarck's response was typically pragmatic: he supported social legislation, including workers' pensions, in an attempt to prevent socialists from attracting new members and becoming even more militant. »
• « In 1932 the Nazis won 37% of the national vote, the most they had ever won in a free and legal election. »
• « Indeed, 1932 represented both the high point and what might have been the beginning of the Nazis' decline as a party. In that year's presidential election Hitler lost to Hindenburg, who had been president since 1925, despite his own contempt for democracy. »
• « Likewise, since the election of Vladimir Putin in 2000, Russia would soon adopt the model of authoritarian capitalism, with a single political party controlling the state and exercising enormous influence, if not outright control, over the press. »