Collocations for the word election when used in the Senate during the 1970s
| Collocation | Frequency |
|---|---|
| election campaign | 955 |
| senate election | 633 |
| last election | 531 |
| general election | 394 |
| federal election | 379 |
| state election | 295 |
| next election | 267 |
| election promise | 227 |
| representatives election | 181 |
| election promises | 156 |
| election policy | 130 |
| election time | 115 |
| 1972 election | 96 |
| 1975 election | 87 |
| election campaigns | 83 |
| election pledge | 83 |
| 1977 election | 73 |
| early election | 72 |
| solemn election | 72 |
| election results | 64 |
| election would | 60 |
| forthcoming election | 60 |
| recent election | 60 |
| another election | 58 |
| election held | 58 |
| election year | 58 |
| election day | 51 |
| election last | 42 |
| 1974 election | 40 |
| election issue | 38 |
| australian election | 35 |
| election gimmick | 35 |
| election senator | 35 |
| every election | 34 |
| victorian election | 33 |
| election date | 30 |
| election speech | 28 |
| premature election | 28 |
| election one | 27 |
| previous election | 27 |
| wales election | 27 |
| first election | 26 |
| presidential election | 26 |
| election every | 25 |
| election publicly | 25 |
| coming election | 24 |
| election result | 23 |
| simultaneous election | 23 |
| 1969 election | 22 |
| dissolution election | 22 |
| may election | 22 |
| free election | 20 |
| election platform | 19 |
| one election | 19 |
| election next | 18 |
| election therefore | 18 |
| december election | 17 |
| democratic election | 17 |
| election must | 17 |
| election manoeuvring | 16 |
| national election | 16 |
| 977 election | 15 |
| election speeches | 15 |
| council election | 14 |
| election let | 14 |
| election may | 14 |
| election period | 14 |
| election policies | 14 |
| election without | 14 |
| seeking election | 14 |
| direct election | 13 |
| election times | 13 |
| election undertaking | 13 |
| half-senate election | 13 |
| 972 election | 12 |
| election honourable | 12 |
| election however | 12 |
| election said | 12 |
| election whether | 12 |
| 975 election | 11 |
| disputed election | 11 |
| election budget | 11 |
| election could | 11 |
| election purposes | 11 |
| election undertakings | 11 |
| election whenever | 11 |
| seek election | 11 |
| subsequent election | 11 |
| election although | 10 |
| election comes | 10 |
| election coming | 10 |
| election commitment | 10 |
| election propaganda | 10 |
| party election | 10 |
| election advertisement | 9 |
| election funds | 9 |
| election labor | 9 |
| election night | 9 |
| election perhaps | 9 |
| election statistics | 9 |