(1) By Monday, Campbell was not just the clear front-runner, an uncontested coronation seemed possible.(2) Nazarbeyev's presidency was confirmed in an uncontested election in 1991.(3) All officers were elected uncontested and the following is the new committee of the Kildare Town Residents Council.(4) The separation period before divorce kicks in was reduced from five years to two in contested cases and two years to one in uncontested cases.(5) Five out of the six candidates for the three contested seats were in attendance along with four from the uncontested seats.(6) Like the Scottish Nationalists, the SSP are breaching the convention of leaving the Speaker's seat uncontested .(7) As a result, Mr. Tsang will be declared the uncontested winner, and a planned July election will be cancelled.(8) Our recent history demonstrates that electing a new leader, even in an uncontested ballot, does not guarantee party unity.(9) The idea being that the politicians running have been there for years, are uncontested and they don't achieve anything.(10) The last four come from functional constituencies in which they won uncontested elections.(11) These days the decline of religion in Ireland is uncontested .(12) Returning to office uncontested , the President appears to see her mandate as continuing to work in the same vein as before.(13) Also to blame are election regulations, which should activate a by-election when so many positions are uncontested .(14) On the other hand, Washington was determined to ensure uncontested American primacy within world capitalism.(15) And the clear, uncontested majority of them are not worth obsessing over.(16) As a democrat I don't believe that any election should go uncontested but there is an argument to be put forward in this case.