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古参議員たちは、選挙で参議院の議席を失いそうになりました。

古参(こさん)議員(ぎいん)たちは、選挙(せんきょ)参議院(さんぎいん)議席(ぎせき)(うしな)いそうになりました。
The old guard was nearly voted out of the Upper House.
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選手

せんしゅ
player (in game); team member
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選手権

せんしゅけん
championship; title (of champion)
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選挙

せんきょ
election
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選ぶ

撰ぶ、択ぶ
えらぶ
to choose; to select
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選出

せんしゅつ
election; selection; choice
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落選

らくせん
election loss; rejection
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当選

とうせん
being elected; being selected (to win a prize, etc.); winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)
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予選

よせん
preliminary contest; qualifier; primary; nomination
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選択

せんたく
selection; choice; option