How to Use by-election in a Sentence

by-election

noun
  • Khan’s party has done well in by-elections held since his ouster.
    — Mehdi Hasan, NBC News, 26 July 2023
  • In Britain, the small Green Party has won its first by-election.
    — Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The Liberal Party has lost other by-elections over the course of the summer.
    — Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The director said the concept of a by-election provided a compelling framework.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The legislature will face another round of possible shake-ups when by-elections are held later this year.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 28 July 2025
  • If Yoon is removed or resigns, a presidential by-election will be held within 60 days.
    — Stella Kim, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2024
  • If Yoon is removed from office, a presidential by-election must be held within 60 days.
    — Stella Kim, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • That level of attention is all-but unheard of for a midterm by-election to fill one of the 650 seats in the House of Commons.
    — ABC News, 11 June 2026
  • Rayner is another Labour lawmaker to voice her support for Burnham to be able to run in a possible by-election.
    — Callum Sutherland, Time, 12 May 2026
  • Polls opened early in Wigan, part of the parliamentary constituency for the Makerfield by-election.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 18 June 2026
  • Burnham beat both Reform and Restore candidates to win the Makerfield by-election.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 22 June 2026
  • Even if the establishment prevails, anti-system beliefs will leave their mark, as evidenced by the rise of the Reform party in recent by-elections.
    — Clifford Young, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2024
  • In February, the party’s governing body blocked Burnham from running in another by-election.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
  • There are by-elections for three seats in Parliament in the coming months that could provide the Liberals with a majority government.
    — ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Starmer’s exit was all but confirmed late last week following the result of a by-election in the Manchester constituency of Makerfield.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 22 June 2026
  • An earlier bid by Burnham to contest a by-election back in January was blocked by Starmer loyalists in an attempt to head off a challenge.
    — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 15 May 2026
  • While he has been given the green light to contest a by-election in Makerfield, in the north of England, victory is not guaranteed, as rival parties line up to contest the seat.
    — Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 18 May 2026
  • The 2018 election shattered popular confidence in the electoral system, as reflected in the very low turnout in all the local and by-elections that have taken place since then.
    — Ali Riaz, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2022
  • But the scores of journalists from around the world who have flocked to Makerfield during the campaign are evidence that this is no normal by-election, the results of which are due early Friday.
    — ABC News, 18 June 2026
  • Rob Kenyon, a plumber and local councilor, is running as Reform UK’s candidate in Thursday’s by-election.
    — Katie Marie Davies, Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2026
  • Recent public surveys show that governing and opposition party candidates are running neck-and-neck in a possible presidential by-election race.
    — Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Both parties still have relatively few seats in parliament but have won recent by-elections and if opinion polls are to be believed, the British political system is about to be fragmented into four parties.
    — Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
  • Council by-elections through January 2026 show Reform winning 40% of contested seats.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • But his position now seems untenable, days after former Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham won a by-election to return to parliament.
    — Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 22 June 2026
  • The country’s by-elections this week have seen a number of diverse new faces thrust into the national spotlight – which supporters have celebrated as a welcome change to the country’s government, mostly run by conservative older men.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Among the candidates running for the parliamentary by-elections is Han Dong-hoon, leader of the reformist faction who was eventually expelled from the PPP.
    — ABC News, 2 June 2026
  • Burnham was promptly selected as Labour’s candidate, making Thursday’s by-election perhaps the most consequential in British history.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
  • But the media and public accused him of weak party management, and in parliamentary by-elections in April, the LDP lost all three seats being contested in what was viewed as punishment by voters.
    — Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2024
  • His key rival Andy Burham will return to parliament after a decisive victory in a local by-election last week, with dozens of lawmakers and ministers now calling on Starmer to map out his departure timeline.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 22 June 2026
  • In another sign of a seismic shift in British politics last week, Reform came a close third in an unprecedented result in a parliamentary by-election in a one-time industrial heartland outside Glasgow.
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN Money, 7 June 2025

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