"stand" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- It plans to stand 12-15 candidates in the 2009 general election.
- The Democrats stood 50 candidates in the 1935 election, but none of them were successful.
- During the 1979 general election, they stood two candidates who received 1,033 votes between them.
- In the 2005 general election, it stood two candidates who won a total of 1,850 votes.
- The Alliance stood candidates in the 2005 election but won less than 1% of the party vote.
- The party stood several candidates in the 1985 local government elections, none of whom were successful.
- The party stood two candidates in the 2008 election, who gained 58 and 16 votes.
- In the 2008 election, the party stood three candidates, gaining 222 votes.
- However, political parties are not permitted to stand candidates for these posts.
- Three new parties stood candidates for the first time.
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