Two principal reasons have been suggested for the large number of uncontested elections in Singapore.
But an uncontested election is not necessarily a well-run one.
The parish council has seven seats available although only four were filled in the uncontested May 2007 election.
However Churchill was not to face an uncontested election.
In 1999 and 2005, he was elected President in uncontested elections.
This vote broke the 70-year Soviet tradition of uncontested elections.
Under Nevada state law, uncontested elections aren't included on the ballot.
It being an uncontested election, topical political issues were not subject to public debate.
It would be the first election uncontested by the ruling coalition since independence.
He won uncontested general elections in 2008 and 2010.