Complex sentence: He failed to retain his seat in the 1997 General Elections and in 2001 he failed again at the hustings this time in his old stomping grounds, Castries East on the platform of the National Front.
Split into simpler sentences: He failed to retain his seat in the 1997 General Elections. In 2001 he failed again at the hustings this time in his old stomping grounds, Castries East on the platform of the National Front.