Seemingly unhappy career amongst those who got elected (2,5)
I believe the answer is:
in tears
'those who got elected' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'seemingly unhappy career amongst' is the wordplay.
'seemingly unhappy' becomes 'ins' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'career' becomes 'tear' (I've seen this in another clue).
'amongst' indicates putting letters inside.
'ins' going around 'tear' is 'IN TEARS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for in tears that I've seen before include "Very unhappy" , "Crying" , "Weeping" , "Maudlin" , "sadly" .)