On 30 December the official Electoral Commission of Kenya announced that President Mwai Kibaki had won the presidential election over opposition candidate Raila Odinga.〔【出典】アムネスティ発表国際ニュース(2008年1月3日) 〕
In 2009, artists from around the world supported the Green Movement in Iran with their artwork, as protesters defied the Islamic regime over the presidential election results.〔【出典】Global Voices Online◆【英文】Fred Petrossian ◆【和訳】Hitomi Kato ◆【License】CC BY 3.0 〕
「対立候補は自信たっぷりに見えますね」「あれは全くの強がりだ」
"The opposing candidate looks awfully confident." "Pure bluff."
However, the victory of the party in power wasn't absolute: in Irkutsk people preferred opposition candidate Viktor Kondrashov but this was the only case. Despite the increasing wave of protests (like in Irkutsk itself, Kaliningrad, Moscow and others), "United Russia" managed to keep its dominance in all Russian regional legislatures as well as city administration offices.〔【出典】Global Voices Online◆【英文】Alexey Sidorenko ◆【和訳】Junko Cho ◆【License】CC BY 3.0 〕
トムは選挙で対立候補を辛うじて破った。
Tom could nose out the other candidate in the election.
Mr. Bush now faces a two-month election battle with his main challenger, Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry."VOA-S036", "2405704"
一方、鳥取県の片山善博知事は、対立候補が出なかったために、無投票で2期目を得た。
Meanwhile, Governor Katayama Yoshihiro of Tottori Prefecture has won his second term without a vote because there are no rival candidates.〔【出典】Catch a Wave, 2003年4月11日号◆【出版社】株式会社浜島書店 〕
In a remarkable show of party unity, Obama's one-time opponent, Senator Hillary Clinton, asked delegates here at the convention to suspend a roll call vote of individual states."VOA-A134", "2358490"
Also on 30 January, suspected Maoists set fire to a house and a cowshed belonging to Prajapati Joshi, an unopposed candidate for ward chairman in Mahendranagar municipality (ward-7) in Kanchanpur district.〔【出典】アムネスティ発表国際ニュース(2006年1月31日) 〕