Below you will find example sentences with "election petition". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Election Petition in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: petition
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 23
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 29.9 words

Words in this phrase

election petition

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • election can mean: A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote. Common word
  • petition can mean: A formal written request made by an individual or a group of people to a sovereign or political authority, often containing many signatur... Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 12 start, 5 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

2019 presidential election petition tribunal which 1× an election petition tribunal sitting 1× asked the election petition tribunal to 1× ensuing controversial election petition tribunal 1× kano governorship election petition tribunal 1× lodged an election petition with the 1× of assembly election petition tribunal sitting 1× sokoto governorship election petition tribunal has 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

an election petition 1× apart from the 1× earlier in his 1× further the party 1× he therefore asked 1× in may saharareporters 1×

Common sentence endings:

election petition tribunal 3× 9 governorship election 1× all progressive congress 1× democratic party dp 1× diriyai against ewhrudjakpo 1× for abia south 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

tribunal 18× governorship 15× governor 7× presidential 5× dismissed 5× sitting 5× party 5× court 4× kaduna 4× challenging 4× national 3× assembly 3×

Related phrases

presidential election petition tribunal election day election interference election commission governorship election election officials general election parliamentary election special election

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around petition:

petition tribunal 19× petition filed 8×

Just before it in the phrase index:

election officials election interference election integrity election day election commissioner election commission

Just after it in the phrase index:

elections commission electoral act electoral body electoral college electoral commission electoral commissioner

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

election day election interference election commission election officials election commissioner election integrity

Same ending:

recall petition

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "election petition" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 29.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 2019 presidential election petition tribunal which, an election petition tribunal sitting, tribunal, governorship and governor stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with presidential election, petition tribunal, election day, petition tribunal and petition filed, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with election petition

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kaduna has declared the Kaduna governorship election inconclusive. (15 words)

News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) recalls that the Bayelsa Election Petition Tribunal had in August, dismissed the petition of Diriyai against Ewhrudjakpo. (22 words)

The Kogi state Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has adjourned to allow for inspection of the election materials by the Social Democratic Party (DP). (23 words)

Longer example sentences

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Thursday affirmed the decision of the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which declared Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo as the duly winner of the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Kogi State. (40 words)

The Kano State Commissioner of Police, Mr Ahmed Iliyasu, on Monday, tendered 14 result sheets for Gama Ward results in Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano, for the March 23 governorship election before the Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. (39 words)

Further, the party said: “Following the earlier judgement of the 2019 Presidential Election Petition Tribunal which dismissed in its entirety the PDP and Atiku’s petition, the Apex Court was apt in dismissing the appeal for lacking merit. (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

Apart from the presidential election petition court, there are election petition tribunals set up across the country to hear disputes arising from this year's governorship, National Assembly, and state assembly elections.

The presidential election petition tribunal Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by the Allied People’s Movement (APM) against the election of President Bola Tinubu.

The Kaduna state governorship election petition tribunal will on Monday, September 9, rule on the petition challenging the re-election of Governor Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna state.

The National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia on Wednesday dismissed the petition against the Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, challenging his re-election as senator for Abia South.

He, therefore, asked the election petition tribunal to either declare him the winner of the March 2019 governorship election in Benue or nullify Ortom’s election and order the conduct of a fresh election in the state.

Earlier in his opening address, acting National Chairman of the party, Umar Damagum, said Nigerians are resolute in seeing justice done to the petition filed by the PDP at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.

In May, SaharaReporters reported that the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal had merged the petitions submitted by the various political parties while giving the pre-hearing report on the petition and presenting the trial schedule.

News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) recalls that the Bayelsa Election Petition Tribunal had in August, dismissed the petition of Diriyai against Ewhrudjakpo.

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An election petition tribunal sitting in Abeokuta has ruled against the petition filed by the main opposition in Ogun state, Allied People’s Movement(APM), challenging the victory of of the All Progressive Congress.

Further, the party said: “Following the earlier judgement of the 2019 Presidential Election Petition Tribunal which dismissed in its entirety the PDP and Atiku’s petition, the Apex Court was apt in dismissing the appeal for lacking merit.

The governor’s aide advised the APC to pursue its petition at the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal and “stop distracting the legal process with propaganda”.

The Alliance Party lodged an election petition with the High Court in Belfast after election enthusiast alerted the party to the potential discrepancy, the BBC reported.

The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kaduna has declared the Kaduna governorship election inconclusive.

The Kogi state Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has adjourned to allow for inspection of the election materials by the Social Democratic Party (DP).

The Sokoto Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has scheduled September 30, 2023, as the day when it will announce its judgement in the case challenging the election of Governor Ahmed Aliyu.

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Thursday affirmed the decision of the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which declared Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo as the duly winner of the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Kogi State.

The Election Petition Tribunal in Adamawa has dismissed the case against Governor Umaru Fintiri, thereby upholding his election as the governor of the state.

The Kano State Commissioner of Police, Mr Ahmed Iliyasu, on Monday, tendered 14 result sheets for Gama Ward results in Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano, for the March 23 governorship election before the Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal.

The movie is set against the backdrop of a violent and heavily marred governorship election in Nigeria and the ensuing controversial election petition tribunal.

The People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) has rejected the judgement of the Ebonyi state Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abakaliki which upheld Governor Dave Umahi’s victory in the April 9 governorship election.

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