noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
universal suffrage (= when every adult has the right to vote )
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a democracy based on universal suffrage
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
direct
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The President would be elected on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot for a five-year term.
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The constitutional commission had also agreed that the country's President should be elected by direct universal suffrage .
universal
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The President is elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage .
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The propertied class which called itself liberal was immediately opposed to universal suffrage and to the masses in general.
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All elections are by universal adult suffrage .
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So the concept of a Bill of Rights was not imposed on a parliamentary authority already based on universal suffrage .
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However, the government continued to resist demands for universal suffrage , preferring a power-sharing system.
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There is a unicameral Legislative Assembly of 70 seats, 62 of which are elected by universal adult suffrage for five years.
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It was also the year of the first presidential election held under universal suffrage .
■ NOUN
adult
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Congressional elections are by universal and compulsory adult suffrage with one-third of the senators elected indirectly.
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All elections are by universal adult suffrage .
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There is a unicameral Legislative Assembly of 70 seats, 62 of which are elected by universal adult suffrage for five years.
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The unicameral legislature, the National Assembly, is also elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage .
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There is a Federal Assembly of 42 members, elected by universal adult suffrage for a five-year term.
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Legislative authority is now vested in a unicameral National Congress, with 100 members elected for five years by universal adult suffrage .
movement
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Owen saw as one of the chief evils of the suffrage movement its apparent disrespect for men.
■ VERB
elect
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There is a unicameral Legislative Assembly of 70 seats, 62 of which are elected by universal adult suffrage for five years.
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There is a Federal Assembly of 42 members, elected by universal adult suffrage for a five-year term.
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Executive power is vested in the President, who is elected by universal suffrage for a five-year term.
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The constitutional commission had also agreed that the country's President should be elected by direct universal suffrage .
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They also declared that the president of the republic should be elected by universal suffrage .
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Both houses are elected by universal adult suffrage and for terms of no longer than four years.
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Legislative authority is vested in a 50-member unicameral parliament, which is similarly elected by universal suffrage for a five-year term.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Suffrage reforms took place in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
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Even now, not every country in Europe has universal suffrage .
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There was a fierce struggle for women's suffrage in Britain early this century.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It was also the year of the first presidential election held under universal suffrage .
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Legislative authority is now vested in a unicameral National Congress, with 100 members elected for five years by universal adult suffrage .
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On the suffrage there was no substantial difference between the two.
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Popular suffrage meant that rival factions would shout for their own candidate.
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She also worked for women's suffrage and employment, writing and lecturing on these and other contemporary subjects.
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The constitutional commission had also agreed that the country's President should be elected by direct universal suffrage .
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The President is elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage .
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There is a unicameral Legislative Assembly of 70 seats, 62 of which are elected by universal adult suffrage for five years.