Then it was time for the committee's first contested election in 25 years.

"There are more contested elections at the national level than I have ever seen."

By 1832 there had been no contested elections for more than half a century.

The first contested election for chair was at the 2011 conference.

Indeed before 1830 there had not been a contested election in living memory.

He contested election from the Socialist party in 1952 and lost.

The events following last summer's contested election in Iran changed that.

During the 53 year history of this division, there was never a contested election.

The fact that this is the village's first contested election in 30 years makes his point, he said.

Thank God the most fiercely contested election in many years is finally over.

The following year, she was retained by voters in a contested election.

The elections of 1916 resulted in a contested election result.

It was the first contested election for the post in the twentieth century.

Compromise is rare in a country that has never yet held a free, contested election.

Oxfordshire did not see a contested election again until 1826.

However, in practice, contested elections were held only when there was a declared leadership race.

These two camps make up America today and will face off in a fiercely contested election.

This was the first time Yorkshire had seen a contested election since 1741.

"You know this is serious business, it's a tightly contested election."

This is also the way we should settle closely contested elections.

The measure comes during a hotly contested election campaign season.

Polling in seats with contested elections could continue for many days.

Following this humiliating experience, the party never contested elections again.

It may be harder to accommodate Mexico's position as a result of its contested election.

In the early months of 1975, the Senate struggled to resolve two contested elections.