The phrase
"election defeat" refers to the outcome in which a candidate or party participating in an election loses to their opponents and does not win the election.
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Sentences with «election defeat»
- Tax and spend was the bloody hook upon which four Labour general election defeats were hung. (theguardian.com)
- Some blame New Labour for the mistakes which led to the party's third worst election defeat in its history. (leftfutures.org)
- It has been observed that in most political parties after a bad election defeat the leader is sacked. (totalpolitics.com)
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