| polit. |
run for election (Bullfinch); stand in the election (The people who stand in the election hoping to be chosen as Members of the Scottish Parliament are known as Prospective Parliamentary Candidates. • Four candidates were successfully nominated to stand in the election. • Nigel Farage confirms he will not stand in the election as he promises to 'traverse the length and breadth' of the UK.); fight an election (e.g. The mayor has decided against fighting another election Anglophile); take part in the election (В.И.Макаров); contest (о кандидатах) |
