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
Francesc de Paula Rius i Taulet Mayor of Barcelona
Gordon Coates Member of Parliament in New Zealand
Governor of Mendoza Mendoza provincial elections via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Paul Biyoghé Mba President of Gabon
Lesley Laird UK general election seat for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Grzegorz Napieralski President of Poland
Fabien Roussel President of France
Nicholas F. Brady United States Senate seat from New Jersey
President of the Parliament of Catalonia constitutive session of each legislature of the Parliament of Catalonia via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Ernest Hollings President of the United States
Mayor of Cologne Cologne mayoral election via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet seat in the National Assembly of Gabon
Tokyo Sexwale President of FIFA
Lizzie Fletcher Texas's 7th congressional district
surface form: United States House of Representatives seat for Texas's 7th congressional district
Zimbabwean general election, 2013 President of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean general election, 2013 members of the National Assembly
Zimbabwean general election, 2013 members of the Senate
Zimbabwean general election, 2013 local government councillors
Prince George, Duke of Cambridge none
Second Judicial District
surface form: Second Judicial District (Illinois Supreme Court)
Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court
Makoto Yamashita Governor of Nara Prefecture
Debbie Wasserman Schultz U.S. House of Representatives seat from Florida via predicate surface "office contested"
Florence Harding role of First Lady of the United States
1920 United States presidential election President of the United States
1920 United States presidential election Vice President of the United States
Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych Orthodox opposition in Polotsk
Governor of Yap Yap state elections via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Alexander Bustamante Prime Minister of Jamaica
2022 Glasgow City Council election Glasgow City councillor
Václav Nosek member of the National Assembly of Czechoslovakia
Keith Self United States representative for Texas's 3rd congressional district
1990 Connecticut gubernatorial election Governor of Connecticut via predicate surface "positionContested"
1986 Philippine snap presidential election President of the Philippines
1986 Philippine snap presidential election Office of the Vice President of the Philippines
surface form: Vice President of the Philippines
Shen Yiqin Delegate to the National People's Congress
David Davis Leader of the Conservative Party
Gnaeus Papirius Carbo consulship of the Roman Republic
Emil Seidel Vice President of the United States
James Puxley Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner
surface form: Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley
Brad Lander New York City Comptroller
John
surface form: John C. Calhoun
President of the United States
John
surface form: John Kerry
President of the United States
John Culberson Texas's 7th congressional district
surface form: U.S. House of Representatives seat for Texas's 7th congressional district
Fifth Judicial District Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court
John Hall (politician) New York's 19th congressional district
surface form: United States House of Representatives seat for New York's 19th congressional district
John Hall (musician) United States House of Representatives
2007 Labour Party leadership election Leader of the Labour Party (UK) via predicate surface "positionContested"
Pete Sessions Texas in the United States House of Representatives
surface form: United States House of Representatives seat from Texas
2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut United States Senator from Connecticut
New York City Council District 32 New York City local elections via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
surface form: New York City Council elections