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
William Schley Governor of Georgia
John Martin United States Senate seat from Kansas
Egyptian presidential election, 2012 President of Egypt
Mirek Topolánek President of the Czech Republic
Madison Cawthorn 2022 United States House of Representatives election in North Carolina's 11th congressional district
Columbus Delano United States House of Representatives
Aubrey Jones seat in the House of Commons
Rafael Correa President of Ecuador
Thom de Graaf Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Ed Gainey Mayor of Pittsburgh
Ed Gainey Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Meghnad Saha Parliament of India
Ramzan Kadyrov Head of the Chechen Republic
surface form: President of the Chechen Republic
Heath Shuler North Carolina's 11th congressional district
surface form: U.S. House of Representatives, North Carolina's 11th congressional district
Ben Bernanke Chair of the Federal Reserve
Robert Barton Dáil Éireann
surface form: Dáil Éireann seat
Mayor of Lucknow Lucknow municipal elections via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
John Sandfield Macdonald House of Commons of Canada election
Seamus Mallon President of Ireland
Steven Fulop Governor of New Jersey
Richard J. Riordan Mayor of Los Angeles
Gwen Moore United States House of Representatives via predicate surface "office contested"
Bill Bryant Governor of Washington
Margaret Guilfoyle Australian Senate elections
surface form: Australian Senate seat for Victoria
Richard Schweiker United States Senate seat from Pennsylvania
Newton D. Baker Democratic presidential nomination
William Wyndham Grenville Member of Parliament
Tom Foley United States House of Representatives elections
Douglas F. Gansler Governor of Maryland
Alan Cranston President of the United States
Mike Quigley Illinois's 5th congressional district
surface form: U.S. House of Representatives seat for Illinois's 5th district
Bruce Harrell Mayor of Seattle
A. Mitchell Palmer President of the United States
United States presidential election, 1912 President of the United States
United States presidential election, 1912 Vice President of the United States
S. W. Burger presidency of the South African Republic
Jud Ashman mayor of Gaithersburg, Maryland
Henry McMaster Governor of South Carolina
Premier of Prince Edward Island general elections in Prince Edward Island via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Charles F. Brannan United States Senator
surface form: United States Senate from Colorado
Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras none
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir Member of Parliament (UK)
Mehdi Bazargan President of Iran
Yogananda Pittman (acting)
surface form: Yogananda Pittman
Chief of the United States Capitol Police
Andrew Bonar Law Member of Parliament for Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown
Andrew Bonar Law Member of Parliament for Dulwich
Andrew Bonar Law Member of Parliament for Bootle
Andrew Bonar Law Member of Parliament for Glasgow Central
Andrew Bonar Law Member of Parliament for Birmingham Central
Jean-Baptiste Darlan national political office in France