Example sentences of "elections [be] held for " in BNC.
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1 | Significantly , when elections were held for the new parliament , the German politicians refused to participate . |
2 | In October 1946 elections were held for the Interim Legislature . |
3 | Direct elections were held for the presidency , the vice-presidency and the National Assembly in October 1985 [ see pp. 34146-48 ] . |
4 | At the same time elections were held for 37 of the 46 seats in the Ständerat ( upper house ) in 20 of the 26 cantons and half-cantons . |
5 | 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 ] . |
6 | Also on March 22 the first round of cantonal elections were held for 2,025 general councillors ( including 79 overseas ) , with a second round on March 29 [ for last cantonal elections in 1985 see p. 36705 ] . |
7 | Continuing a process of democratization which began with the election of all 950 members for the Tirupati plenum by the party 's rank and file , elections were held for the first time in more than 20 years for party posts including the 10 elective posts in the party 's most senior decision-making body , the Congress working committee ( CWC ) . |
8 | Elections were held for a number of other posts on Sept. 23-24 . |