The prefectural governor got the upper hand in the July elections.
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Elections
//ɪˈlɛkʃ(ə)nz//
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investiturelegitimate successionmajor ordersmandatory primaryminor ordersnominationnonpartisan primaryopen primaryoptionoptional primaryordainmentorderordersordinationpartisan electionpickplebiscitepolitical electionpollpredestinarianism
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The U.N. monitored the country's elections.
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In most elections, whichever candidate gets the majority of the votes, wins the election.
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The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.
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