puestos de elección popular
English translation: popular election posts
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|  Selected response from: Harvetta Asamoah United States Local time: 01:54 | ||||||
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| 5 +1 | popularly elected seats/posts |
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| 4 +1 | slots elected by the people |
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| 4 | seats of national election |
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| 5 -1 | popular election posts |
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seats of national election Explanation: Good luck, mgort! |
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5 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1slots elected by the people Explanation: Or "elected by popular vote". Good luck! |
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57 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): -1
peer agreement (net): -1| puestos de elección popular popular election posts Explanation: The Other Side of Mexico 82 - Absenteeism and the Crisis of the ... ... This was reflected in the internal selection of their candidates for the popular election posts, http://www.equipopueblo.org.mx/os82_absteeism.htm Dirección del Secretariado - [ Translate this page ] ... 5.- INFORME DEL SECRETARIO SOBRE DIVERSOS ACUERDOS DEL CONSEJO GENERAL POR LOS QUE SE REGISTRARON LOS CANDIDATOS A PUESTOS DE ELECCION POPULAR Y PROYECTO DE ... www.ife.org.mx/intranet/dirsecre/actas/24jul91d.htm (for example) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 59 mins (2004-03-03 21:36:11 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Mapa de Distribución de los Puestos de Elección Popular/1982 ... México: Distribution Map of Popular Election Posts/1982-1997 Mapa de Distribución de los Puestos de Elección Popular/1982-1997, Political Database of the ... www.georgetown.edu/pdba/Elecdata/Mexico/Dist82-97.html |
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5 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1popularly elected seats/posts Explanation: I would use "seats" if it refers to a large body, such as a legislature or large council. Posts might be used if the phrase refers to a number of individual positions in the government (such as individual ministers). VERY important not to use "popular" as an adjective in any way that implies something "regarded with favor or affection by the people" (like a popular TV show or popular trend). In this context, it means "of the people as a whole, esp. all the citizens of a nation." (citations from Random House) Popularly-elected is a very common way to express this idea w/out ambiguity. Some examples: FROM CNN.COM For the September 2000 election, the number of popularly elected seats in the Legislative Council will be increased from 20 to 24 seats FROM THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ... In June 1988, the Lithuanian Movement for Reconstruction (Sajudis) was established and won 36 of the popularly-elected seats in the all-Union Congress of ... Best of luck! www.cnn.com/WORLD/election.watch/ asiapcf/hong.kong.2.html www.europarl.eu.int/enlargement_new/applicants/ pdf/lithuania_profile_en.pdf |
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