[ adj ]
disputed or made the object of contention or competition
<adj.ppl>
a contested election

Contest \Con*test"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contested}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Contesting}.] [F. contester, fr. L. contestari to
call to witness, contestari litem to introduce a lawsuit by
calling witnesses, to bring an action; con- + testari to be a
witness, testic witness. See {Testify}.]
1. To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or
emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to
controvert; to oppose; to dispute.

The people . . . contested not what was done.
--Locke.

Few philosophical aphorisms have been more frequenty
repeated, few more contested than this. --J. D.
Morell.

2. To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to
defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.

3. (Law) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a
suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law;
to controvert.

{To contest an election}. (Polit.)
(a) To strive to be elected.
(b) To dispute the declared result of an election.

Syn: To dispute; controvert; debate; litigate; oppose; argue;
contend.