An alliance of candidates of differing political or ideological persuasions, in order to gain electoral advantage.
he recalled the unity tickets which had strengthened unions during their time in office
Example sentencesExamples
- As is well known, the centre of the problem of unity tickets resides in Victoria.
- In a rare unity ticket, opposition and Greens senators yesterday voted down the bill.
- The advertisements by the Communists and the advertisements by the affiliated union advocated support for the same people. It was unquestionably a unity ticket.
- They are on a unity ticket against reform.
- Three months later he weighed into the contentious matter of unity tickets in trade union elections.
- Some of the Coalition senators formed a unity ticket with the Greens to frustrate resolution of this in the Senate.