How To Use by-election In A Sentence
- Their cunning plan was to turn the by-election into a referendum on the EU. Times, Sunday Times
- Such a renouncement would not trigger the Electoral Act and would not require a by-election to allow the electorate to review the MP's mandate to represent him or her.
- The by-election is unlikely to take place until mid-October at the earliest because the writ for the poll cannot be moved until Parliament is in session.
- But he's pushing ahead: On Wednesday, Mr. Anwar vowed to run for parliament "imminently" in a by-election, with the aim of toppling the government by September. It's Déjà Vu for Malaysia's Opposition Leader
- Political pundits are often accused, usually rightly, of overstating the significance of by-election results.
- Public interest centres on the outcome of next week's by-election.
- It has superintended two general elections, two municipal elections and numerous by-elections.
- The Conservatives made two gains in council by-elections that the previous winning parties did not contest. Times, Sunday Times
- Her persistence was rewarded, however, in 1970 when she won a by-election in West Bromwich.
- Mr Kim's ruling Democratic Liberal Party had easy wins in three by-elections.