Some independent Social Democrats contested the October 1974 and 1979 General Elections, but none were elected.

Elections were held on December 10 and the fledgling legislature passed its first local legislation on December 31, 1831.

Elections were held on 13 March 2005.

Elections to the new Congress of People's Deputies were held throughout the USSR in March and April 1989.

Elections were held on May 5, 2005, with the ruling coalition maintaining power.

The November 2000 Parliamentary Elections were generally regarded to have been more transparent and better executed than past elections due to judicial monitoring of polling stations.

As the Elections were considered an oligarchic institution and most political offices were filled using sortition, also known as allotment, by which officeholders were chosen by lot.

Elections were used as early in history as ancient Greece and ancient Rome, and throughout the Medieval period to select rulers such as the Holy Roman Emperor and the Pope.

Elections were also used to select rajas by the gana.

The last union-wide elections were the 2009 Parliamentary Elections.

Elections were held in April 1964 with many opposition participants.

Elections were held in April with many opposition participants.

Elections were irregularly held by the Franks, whose successor states include France and Germany.

Elections for the national, provincial, and sub-provincial parliaments were held on 7 June 1999.

Elections for the National Assembly of Iraq were held on January 30, 2005 in Iraq.

Elections for the two legislative chambers — a 35-seat full-time assembly and a 70-seat part-time assembly — were held in February 1995 after campaigns considered remarkably free and open by most international observers, although the election-day proceedings were marred by widespread irregularities.

Elections for the two legislative chambers – a 35-seat full-time assembly and a 70-seat part-time assembly – were held in February 1995 after campaigns considered remarkably free and open by most international observers, although the election-day proceedings were marred by widespread irregularities.

Elections were subsequently held on 10 October 2010.

Elections were held in 1943 and on November 8, 1943 the new Lebanese government unilaterally abolished the mandate.

Elections are usually held on one day.

Elections are held in November and the governor assumes office the following January, except in the case of death or resignation.

* Elections of Japanese House of Councillors, replacing half of its seats, held every three years ( the latest one in 2007 ).

Elections were held under this new system in May 2002, and the LCD won again, gaining 54 % of the vote.

Elections were held on 15 October 1985 in which Doe's National Democratic Party of Liberia ( NDPL ) was declared winner.

The Elections for Representatives in the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia is held in October.

The then MLP Leader Alfred Sant said that the General Elections that was to be held within a month would settle the affair.

Elections must be held at least every 5 years and the electoral system used is single transferable vote.

Elections are held by means of the system of proportional representation using the single transferable vote.

Elections are held every four years in universal suffrage ( for all citizens above 18 ), with each of the twenty-four constituencies ( see below ) electing one or more representatives ( senators ) to the lower house of RMI ’ s bicameral legislature, the Nitijela.

Elections were held in March 2007, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was elected president and Vall stood down.

Elections are conducted every spring in May.

Every year in early spring the Student Elections take place nationwide, during which students vote for their representatives.

Every year in early spring the Student Elections take place nationwide, during which students vote for their representatives.

Elections are generally held in either the fall or spring.

Elections were held in late spring of 2005.

The Regiment deployed to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010 ( Operation Herrick 12 ) to assist in bringing stability to Central Helmand and to provide security for the countries second Presidential Elections.

Elections for SGA are held twice a year, once near the close of the spring for all positions, and then at the opening of the fall for the freshman senators and remaining vacancies from the spring elections.

The party had no success in winning election to the National Assembly of Quebec, and in the spring of 1990, asked the Direction of Elections of Quebec to dissolve the party because it no longer had enough members to form an executive committee.

History of American Presidential Elections, 1789 – 2000 ( various multivolume editions, latest is 2001 ).

* " The Monarchy and the Procedures for the Elections of 1789 ," The Journal of Modern History Vol.

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** Elections 1860-1912 as covered by Harper's Weekly ; news, editorials, cartoons ( many by Thomas Nast )

The lifespan of parliament is limited by the constitution to five years and, though the governor general may still, on the advice of the prime minister, dissolve parliament and issue the writs of election prior to the date mandated by the Canada Elections Act ; the King-Byng Affair was the only time since Confederation that the viceroy deemed it necessary to refuse his prime minister's request for a general vote.

The 2007 Parliamentary Elections have shown an improvement in the scores of the Reform Party, gaining 12 seats and reaching 31 MPs ; the Centre Party held, while the unified right-conservative Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica lost 16.

; Elections: The monarchy is hereditary.

Each Burlington County Freeholder oversees a particular area of service: Administration & Natural Resources ; Education & Justice ; Public Works & Veteran Services ; Public Safety & Health and Human Services ; and Hospital and Medical Services & Elections.

United States presidential election, 2000 | Election 2000 ; Close-up view of satellite truck s parked by the Florida Capitol during the 2000 Presidential election vote dispute On November 8, 2000, the Florida Division of Elections reported that Bush won with 48. 8 % of the vote in Florida, a margin of victory of 1, 784 votes.

Elections are held every two years for four spots on the Council ; the three candidates who receive the largest number of votes are given four-year terms, while the candidate with the fourth highest vote total is given a two-year term on the Council.

Bexhill is the home of Rother District Council ; District Council Elections are held every four years.

*** Lee Ying-yuan 李應元 / 李应元 ( 1953 ; ancestral Zhao ' an, Fujian ; born in Lunbei, Yunlin, Taiwan ), Secretary-General, Executive Yuan, 2005 ; Secretary-General, Democratic Progressive Party, 2008 ; Ran and lost to Ma Ying-jeou, Taipei Mayor Elections, 2002

** Teresa Kok 郭素沁 ( 1964 -; Huizhou, Guangdong ; born in Malaysia ), Member of Parliament, 1999 -; Won by the highest majority among 200 seats contested in the 2008 General Elections

Elections to the 20 county councils ( landsting ) and 290 municipal assemblies ( kommunfullmäktige ) – all using roughly the same electoral system – are held concurrently with the legislative elections on the second Sunday in September ( with effect from 2014 ; until 2010 they had been held on the third Sunday in September ).

Elections for the 62 deputies of the diet were held in many stages ; members representing the rural communities were elected in two-tiered elections in May-June, while the town representatives were elected in July-August, 1917.

A report commissioned by Ohio ’ s top elections official on December 15, 2007 has found that all five voting systems used in Ohio ( made by Elections Systems and Software ; Premier Election Solutions ( formerly Diebold Election Systems ); and Hart InterCivic ) have critical flaws that could undermine the integrity of the 2008 general election.

Blackwell ordered an investigation by the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections ; Ohio Democrats demanded that Blackwell, who was also the Republican gubernatorial candidate in 2006, recuse himself from the investigation due to conflicts of interest, but Blackwell did not do so.

* 2005 January-The United Iraqi Alliance, triumphs in the January 2005 Elections ; Dawa leader Ibrahim al-Jaafari becomes Prime Minister.

As a result of the 2010 Synchronized National and Local Elections, three major factions emerged: the Akbar block, still formidable, albeit splintered and severely weakened from within after the assassination of clan patriarch, Rep. Wahab Akbar, of the Administration Lakas-Kampi-CMD ; the Hataman block, suddenly a potent force to be reckoned with province-wide, under the new administration's Liberal Party ; and a third force headed by former Akbar ally and Ungkaya Pukan Mayor Joel T. Maturan, of the Nacionalista Party and former Lakas-CMD stalwart Salapuddin.