• An uncontested election is an election in which the number of candidates is the same as or fewer than the number of places available for election, so that...
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    2020 elections, Santokhi was the sole nominee for president of Suriname. On 13 July, Santokhi was elected president by acclamation in an uncontested election...
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    except the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), potentially creating an uncontested election. However, Bagyo Wahyono, a tailor by profession, registered as an...
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    Walkover (redirect from Uncontested)
    to the small blind). Chopping is not permitted in tournaments. An uncontested election is often referred to as a walkover, when it is also referred to as...
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  • Acclamation (category Elections)
    An acclamation is a form of election that does not use a ballot. It derives from the ancient Roman word acclamatio, a kind of ritual greeting and expression...
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    Santokhi was elected on 13 July 2020 as president by acclamation in an uncontested election, and inaugurated on 16 July on the Onafhankelijkheidsplein in Paramaribo...
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    "George Galloway wins Bradford West by-election". BBC. Retrieved 30 March 2012. "Parliamentary by-election Manchester Central Constituency". Manchester...
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  • previous election held in 2018, an uncontested election where the none of the above option won a majority. The 2020 election saw the previous incumbent mayor...
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    Assembly in the 2020 elections. He was elected as Chairman of the National Assembly of Suriname on 29 June 2020, in an uncontested election. Dew Sharman was...
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    Singapore from 2017 to 2023. Halimah won in the 2017 presidential election in an uncontested walkover due to ineligible candidates. She is the first female...
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  • Regional People's Representative Council, was the only candidate in an uncontested election. Incumbent mayor Mohammad Ramdhan Pomanto initially registered to...
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    Liga after an uncontested election in which he was supported by 32 of the 42 La Liga and Segunda División clubs. Prior to the election, Tebas had promised...
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    Azerbaijan in an uncontested election. He was ousted from power in May 1992 when he tried to cancel the forthcoming presidential election. Mutallibov was...
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    ineligible to seek re-election. Halimah Yacob who served as Speaker of Parliament from 2013 to 2017 was elected in an uncontested election after she was the...
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  • Ambassador to the United States from 1990 to 1996 and was elected in an uncontested election due to the lack of eligible candidates. He was sworn in as the sixth...
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    September 2014. Ananth, Venkat (22 April 2014). "The explainer: Uncontested elections". Livemint. Retrieved 30 May 2014. "The Constitution (Twenty-Third...
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    candidates have been elected uncontestedly. Bangladesh Nationalist Party-BNP had already expressed their disinterest in the election, as they were already protesting...
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    The 1792 United States presidential election was the second quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Friday, November 2, to Wednesday, December...
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    Nathan was the only candidate to stand nominated and thus was re-elected uncontested due to the lack of other eligible candidates. S.R. Nathan previously...
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  • Unlike most Westminster by-elections, ministerial by-elections were often a formality, uncontested by opposition parties. Re-election was required under the...
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    2014. "The explainer: Uncontested elections". Livemint. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014. "Statistical report on general elections, 1977 to the Sixth...
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    Public Instruction. There was also an uncontested election for Wisconsin Supreme Court, three uncontested elections for Wisconsin Court of Appeals, and...
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    parish wards, with separate elections for each ward. The timing of the election cycle is usually linked to that of the election of a district councillor...
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    On 13 July, Santokhi was elected president by acclamation in an uncontested election. He was inaugurated on 16 July in a ceremony without public attendance...
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    Kerry–Limerick West and Cork Mid. In the 1921 elections, Sinn Féin had won all seats in uncontested elections, except for the four in the Dublin University...
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  • the regional elections of 2011 for the municipality of Bello, Antioquia, 56.7% of voters picked None of the Above, defeating the uncontested candidate and...
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  • An indirect presidential election was held in the Parliament of Sri Lanka on 7 May 1993, following the assassination of president Ranasinghe Premadasa...
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    An indirect presidential election was held in South Africa on 22 May 2019 following the general election on 8 May 2019. Cyril Ramaphosa of African National...
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  • candidate per seat; in other terms 20% of seats would be won in an uncontested election (i.e. numbers of candidates is as same as numbers of seats). Later...
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    four-year term (through January 2026) garnering 98.8% of the vote in an uncontested election. Gonzalez grew up in the neighborhoods of East New York and Williamsburg...
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