0 an election in which the people living in a country vote to choose the government --
1 a national or state election, not a local one --
2 an election in which all the voters in a country elect the government: --
With a general election approaching in 1998 the party used the opportunity to boost their popularity by showing a leftist profile.
In 1922 labour polled 55.7 per cent at the general election but only 48.8 per cent at the municipal contest.
As the theory expects, primary competition pulls candidates apart while general election competition, as indicated by candidates' relative qualities, draws them inward.
This is to say, the effect of issue ownership may be stronger in primaries than in the general election.
Table 6 reports the results of applying such models to the 1979 general election result in the then-current constituencies.
Finally, only 20 days before the vote, they settled on a college professor from the 4th district as their candidate for the next general election.
The results of the 2000 general election can be interpreted in two contradictory ways.
If defeated, he would immediately call a general election.