officeContested

P495
predicate

Indicates that a particular office or position is being actively sought or challenged by multiple parties in an election or selection process.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
officeContested canonical 2,621
officeContestedIn 264
positionContested 118

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: officeContested
Generated description
Indicates that a particular office or position is being actively sought or challenged by multiple parties in an election or selection process.

Sample triples (3,061)

Subject Object
Edward Stanley, 23rd Earl of Derby Member of Parliament for Stockbridge
Edward Stanley, 23rd Earl of Derby Member of Parliament for Preston
Edward Stanley, 23rd Earl of Derby Member of Parliament for Windsor
Edward Stanley, 23rd Earl of Derby Member of Parliament for North Lancashire
Bobby Dyer Mayor of Virginia Beach
George Black (Canadian politician) Member of Parliament for Yukon
Sir Arthur Porritt Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party (UK)
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Steve Baker Member of Parliament for Wycombe
Charles Murphy seat in the House of Commons of Canada
United States presidential election, 1900 President of the United States
United States presidential election, 1900 Vice President of the United States
1980 United States Senate election in Idaho Class II United States Senate seat from Idaho
Tina Kotek Governor of Oregon
Andrew Duncan Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby House of Commons of the United Kingdom seat
Lars Leijonborg Prime Minister of Sweden
Catiline consulship of the Roman Republic
W. Dahanayake President of Sri Lanka
Andrew Jackson Donelson Vice President of the United States
Jim Ross mayor of Arlington, Texas
Minister-President of the German-speaking Community elections to the Parliament of the German-speaking Community via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
United States presidential election, 1908 President of the United States
Richard G. Kleindienst political office in the United States
Pierre Poilievre Prime Minister of Canada
Lucius Julius Caesar consulship of the Roman Republic
Ramsey Clark United States Senate from New York
Manuel José Arce President of the Federal Republic of Central America
Ralph Izard United States Senate seat from South Carolina
Abdullah as-Sallal head of state of Yemen Arab Republic
Caroline Lucas Member of Parliament for Brighton Pavilion
Sajid Javid Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
Arayik Harutyunyan President of Artsakh
Clifford M. Hardin none
Portland municipal elections mayor via predicate surface "typicalOfficesContested"
Portland municipal elections city commissioner via predicate surface "typicalOfficesContested"
Portland municipal elections city auditor via predicate surface "typicalOfficesContested"
1884 United States presidential election President of the United States
Albert Lebrun President of France
Philemon Dickerson Governor of New Jersey
Lord Burnett of Maldon none
Cyrus Griffin United States Senator from Virginia
Qazi Muhammad leadership of the Republic of Mahabad
Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army no public election via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Mevlüt Uysal Mayor of Istanbul
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus tribune of the plebs
Chief Justice of Sudan political transitions in Sudan via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
2015 Labour Party leadership election Leader of the Labour Party (UK) via predicate surface "positionContested"
Juan Mora Fernández head of state of Costa Rica
Richard Blumenthal United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2010