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
Orange County Board of County Commissioners Orange County commission district elections via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Khin Nyunt Prime Minister of Myanmar
Jane Kim Mayor of San Francisco
Jane Kim California State Senate
Albert Clinton Horton Governor of Texas
Kirsten
surface form: Kirsten Gillibrand
President of the United States
2012 United States Senate election in New York United States Senate seat from New York
Jim Callaghan Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Henry Campbell-Bannerman Member of Parliament for Stirling Burghs
John Bell President of the United States
Mayor of Singkawang mayoral elections in Singkawang via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Marc Garneau Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
President of the Council of the Nation internal election within the Council of the Nation via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Ellen Lee Zhou Mayor of San Francisco
Chilean presidential election, 1946 Office of the President of Chile
surface form: Presidency of Chile
Günther Oettinger Chancellor of Germany
Alfonse D'Amato (as U.S. senator from New York)
surface form: Alfonse D'Amato
United States Senate seat from New York
1962 Ugandan general election seats in the Ugandan legislature
2010 United States House of Representatives elections U.S. Representative
2008 United States Senate elections United States Senator via predicate surface "regularClassContested"
surface form: Class II United States Senators
2008 United States Senate elections United States Senator
Quebec general election premier of Quebec (indirectly)
Cyril E. King Governor of the United States Virgin Islands
William Langer President of the United States
Paul Givan Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Lagan Valley via predicate surface "office contested"
2000 Republican Party presidential primaries President of the United States
Qurei
surface form: Ahmed Qurei
leadership positions in the Palestinian Authority
1993 New Jersey gubernatorial election Governor of New Jersey
Cecil D. Andrus Governor of Idaho
Nigel Dodds (acting)
surface form: Nigel Dodds
Member of Parliament for Belfast North
István Horthy Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary
surface form: Regent of Hungary
1996 Ugandan presidential election President of Uganda
Keir Mather Member of Parliament for Selby and Ainsty
Louis Beel Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Popo Molefe internal leadership positions in the African National Congress
2018 Texas gubernatorial election Governor of Texas
Frederik
surface form: Frederik Willem de Klerk
President of South Africa
2001 Ugandan presidential election President of Uganda
Lord Mayor of Marburg municipal elections in Marburg via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Champ Clark President of the United States
Dannel P. Malloy Governor of Connecticut
Gil Avérous French legislative election candidate
Markéta Vaňková mayor of Brno
Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby House of Commons seat for Preston
2018 United States Senate election in Virginia United States Senate seat from Virginia
Dionisio de Herrera leadership of the Federal Republic of Central America
Ichirō Hatoyama Prime Minister of Japan
Lacey Beaty Mayor of Beaverton, Oregon
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (as Prime Minister in 2000)
surface form: Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
President of Sri Lanka
U.S. Secretary of State Christian A. Herter
surface form: Christian A. Herter
Governor of Massachusetts