9 sentences with “election”

Philip IV supported the election of a new pope, Clement V, in 1305.

In 1932 the Nazis won 37% of the national vote, the most they had ever won in a free and legal election.

After his election as khan, he established his sites in the lands beyond Mongolia and eventually became known as Genghis Khan, meaning "universal lord".

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.