How to Use by-election in a Sentence

by-election

noun

• Even if the establishment prevails, anti-system beliefs will leave their mark, as evidenced by the rise of the Reform party in recent by-elections.
  — Clifford Young, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2024
• Khan’s party has done well in by-elections held since his ouster.
  — Mehdi Hasan, NBC News, 26 July 2023
• In 1988, Congress asked Arun Govil, an actor who played Ram in a wildly successful television show, to campaign for the party’s candidate in a by-election.
  — Kanchan Chandra, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2019
• Resentment over proposals to outlaw petrol and diesel vehicles has been building for some time, but has seemingly been brought to a head by a by-election in the constituency in the London suburbs vacated by former prime minister Boris Johnson.
  — Roger Trapp, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
• The country’s by-elections this week have seen a number of diverse new faces thrust into the national spotlight – which supporters have celebrated as a welcome change to the country’s government, mostly run by conservative older men.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 25 Apr. 2023
• Saturday’s attack comes ahead of nationwide local elections, including several by-elections for vacated parliamentary seats, with voting scheduled for April 23.
  — Mari Yamaguchi and Foster Klug, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2023
• Should the committee recommend a similar suspension from Parliament as Ferrier, the former premier could ultimately face a by-election that would jeopardize his political career.
  — Alex Wickham, Bloomberg.com, 6 June 2023

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024