Acontested election means that the losing candidate is demanding a

a. re-nomination
b. new election
c. recount
d. public apology

c re count because they may believe that the counts were false and regeged up

classical republicanism, also known as civic humanism, is a form of republicanism  developed in the renaissance inspired by the governmental forms and writings of  classical  antiquity, especially such  classical  writers as aristotle, polybius, and cicero.

answer; negative punishment;