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In the first all-German elections in 1990, the PDS won only 2. 4 % of the nationwide vote, but under a one-time exception to Germany's electoral law entered the Bundestag with 17 deputies led by Gysi, one of Germany's most charismatic and articulate politicians.
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In the 1990 electionsthe first free, fair and democratic all-German elections since the Weimar Republic eraKohl won by a landslide over opposition candidate and Minister-President of Saarland, Oskar Lafontaine.
The question of “ using ″ Article 146 to draw a new constitution, and hold a referendum, was left to the twelfth ( and first all-German ) Bundestag, who after considering the question decided against a new draft.
The following month, the first all-German free elections since 1932 were held, resulting in an increased majority for the coalition government of Chancellor Helmut Kohl.
Constitutionally, the Basic Law ( Grundgesetz ), the West German constitution, provided two pathways for a unification, the first including an implementation of the constitution in the East, the second the implementation of a new all-German constitution, safeguarded by a popular referendum.
In the first post-reunification all-German elections, he was elected to the Bundestag, and served there until 2000.
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King Muhammad 5, was known to be most sympathetic to the formation of local self-government and made the first firm promise of elections on May Day, 1957.
Although the government was probably prepared for elections by mid-1958, the first decision was no doubt made more difficult as party strife multiplied.
From the rather tortuous history of electoral planning in Morocco an important point emerges concerning the first elections in a developing country and evaluating their results.
" The Republicans gained majorities in both House and Senate for the first time since Democrats in the 1856 elections, they were to be seated in numbers which Lincoln might use to govern, a national parliamentary majority even before pro-slavery House and Senate seats vacated.
After two years of Democratic Party control, the Democrats lost control of Congress in the mid-term elections in 1994, for the first time in forty years.
After the fall of the communism in 1990, the former communist party changed to Bulgarian Socialist Party ( BSP ) and won the first post-communist elections for the new constitution in 1990 with a small majority.
Meanwhile, Zhelyu Zhelev, a communist-era dissident from the new democratic party-Union of Democratic Forces, was elected President by the Assembly in 1990, and in 1992 won Bulgaria's first presidential elections and served as president until 1997.
The country's first post-communist Assembly elections, in November 1991, made the winning new pro-reform Union of Democratic Forces ( UDF ) to make government alone, having won 110 out of the 240 seats in the assembly.
Unlike the communist parties in most other East European states, the BCP ( changing its name to Bulgarian Socialist Party ) retained majority power after the transition in Bulgaria by winning the first free national elections in June 1990.
After the six-year voting ban on Bal Thackeray was lifted in 2005, he voted for the first time in the 2006 BMC elections .< ref name =" Voting ban lifted ">
Déby won the country ’ s first multi-party presidential elections with support in the second round from opposition leader Kebzabo, defeating General Kamougue ( leader of the 1975 coup against Tombalbaye ).
Cameroon's first multiparty legislative and presidential elections were held in 1992 followed by municipal elections in 1996 and another round of legislative and presidential elections in 1997.
In 1991, following growing pressure for a more pluralistic society, multi-party elections were held for the first time.
Much of the resources for these first democratic elections since independence came from locally represented donors and agencies called the " Groupe informel des bailleurs de fonds et representants residents " ( GIBAFOR ).
" An era of peaceful democracy in Costa Rica began in 1889 with elections considered the first truly free and honest ones in the country's history.
Several smaller new parties that participated for the first time in the 2006 elections include Partido Unión Patriótica and Partido Alianza Democrática Nacionalista.
Costa Rica was among the first to call for a postponement of the May 22 elections in Peru when international observer missions found electoral machinery not prepared for the vote count.
Following the collapse of the ruling Communist Party in Yugoslavia, Croatia adopted a new constitution in 1990 – which replaced the 1974 constitution adopted by the Socialist Republic of Croatia – and organised its first multi-party elections.
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The first emissions trading market was established in the United States by enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.
In 1990, the Popular Front held its first National Congress, which formed a committee to draft a national constitution.
This was the tallest building in Hong Kong and Asia from 1990 to 1992, the first building outside the United States to break the 305 m ( 1, 000 ft ) mark, and the first composite space frame high-rise building.
During the off-season the club hired Leigh Matthews, who in 1990 had delivered Collingwood its first premiership since 1958.
Under Palmer, the team advanced to the playoffs for the first time since 1990 in the 2005 season, which also was the first time the team had a winning percentage above. 500 since 1990.
The 1982 Chinese Census was much more thorough and well-conducted than the first two, and similar censuses have been conducted decennially in 1990, 2000, and 2010.
In 1990 Alston's bust of Martin Luther King, Jr. became the first image of an African American displayed at the White House.
In 1990 Alston's bronze bust of Martin Luther King Jr. ( 1970 ), became the first image of an African American displayed in the White House.
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