The most recent elections to the House of Representatives were held on 12 March 2009.

On the parliamentary elections in 2009 the newly established personalistic party of Boyko Borisov-Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria ( GERB ) won the elections, securing 116 seats out of 240, which enabled it to form a cabinet alone.

The next congressional elections are scheduled for December 2009.

A news story appeared in April 2009 claiming that the CNP had reformed following a conference in Bodmin, however it did not contest any elections that year.

Labour further increased its number of councillors at the 2009 local elections and currently has the largest number of TD's from the city ( 10 out of 22 ).

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

Meanwhile the parties in the ED subgroup were growing restless and finally left following the 2009 elections, when the Czech Civic Democratic Party and United Kingdom Conservatives formed their own European Conservatives and Reformists group on 22 June 2009, abolishing the ED subgroup from that date.

Many French people are uninterested in such matters: only 40 % of the French electorate voted in the 2009 European Parliament elections.

In the 2009 European Parliament elections, Debout la République obtained 1. 77 % of the national vote, and Libertas 4. 8 %.

They include the Parti de Gauche and the French Communist Party, which formed the Front de Gauche for the 2009 European Parliament elections and obtained 6. 3 % of the votes.

The Citizen and Republican Movement, a left-wing eurosceptic and souverainist party, did not participate in the 2009 elections.

It received 16. 5 % of the vote at the 2009 European Parliament elections, putting it in second place ahead of the then governing Labour Party.

The FDP retained their seats in the state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, which was held six months after the federal election, but out of the seven state elections that have been held since 2009, the FDP have lost all their seats in five of them due to failing to cross the 5 % threshold.

At the 2009 Local elections held on 5 June 2009, Fine Gael won 556 seats, surpassing Fianna Fáil which won 407 seats, and making Fine Gael the largest party of local government nationally.

At 2009 European Parliament election held on the same day as the Local elections, which saw a reduction in the number seats from 13 to 12 for Ireland, the party won four seats, retaining the largest number of seats of an Irish party in the European Parliament.

Fianna Fáil joined the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party on 16 April 2009, and has sat in its associated Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group in the European Parliament since the 2009 European elections.

In 2009, following the elections in Iran, protesters ( who regarded the electoral result as rigged ) began to deface banknotes with slogans such as " Death to the dictator ".

In the 2009 federal elections, the party won 10. 7 % of the votes and 68 out of 622 seats in the Bundestag.

In the 2009 elections however, PASOK became the majority party in the Parliament and George Papandreou became Prime Minister of Greece.

Gradually, each of the Warsaw Pact nations saw their communist governments fall to popular elections and, in the case of Romania, a violent uprising.

During this time, the 1954 elections were held which saw the complete defeat of Pakistan Muslim League led by Nurul Amin by the nexus of Communist Party, Marxist-Leninist Party allying with the Awami League.

The 2004 Indian elections saw the INC winning the largest number of seats to form a government leading the United Progressive Alliance, and supported by left-parties and those opposed to the BJP.

After a turbulent year in office in which he saw his approval ratings plummet to the single digits, Prime Minister Mori agreed to hold early elections for the LDP presidency in order to improve his party's chances in crucial July 2001 Upper House elections.

The Gilberts obtained internal self-government in 1977 and held general elections in February 1978 which saw Ieremia Tabai elected Chief Minister as only age 27.

The elections saw a landslide victory for the LCD, gaining 79 of the 80 seats contested in the newly expanded Parliament.

The period after the elections saw increased human rights abuses, corruption, and ethnic tensions.

The 2010 general elections saw the victory of a MLP-MSM-PMSD coalition ( known as " L ' Alliance de l ' Avenir ") and the maintaining of Navin Ramgoolam as Prime Minister.

The 2006 elections saw the PRI fall to third place behind both the PAN and the PRD.

This year saw another set of elections ; on 6 December, with Dionisio Anzilotti elected President and Charles Andre Weiss elected Vice-President.

In 1995, after the 1993 riots in Mumbai in which Balakrishna alleges " Shiv Sena took part ... in a big way ", which saw a polorisation of votes, the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance, won state assembly elections and formed a government.

Saudi Municipal elections took place in 2005 and some journalists saw this as a first tentative step towards the introduction of democratic processes in the Kingdom, including the legalization of political parties.

23 – 26 July 1993 saw the first multiparty presidential and legislative elections held under the new constitution, as well as a resounding victory for President Rene.

However, the elections of 2001 saw the party's share of the popular vote climb to 75 %, winning 82 of the 84 seats.

The year ended in parliamentary elections in December, which saw the election of a pro-capitalism party to Parliament, while the socialism oriented Sri Lanka Freedom Party retained the Presidency.

The elections of 1990, which had been mandated by the constitution passed in 1987, saw the Bush administration funnel $ 49. 75 million of ‘ non-lethal ’ aid to the Contras, as well as $ 9m to the opposition UNO — equivalent to $ 2 billion worth of intervention by a foreign power in a US election at the time, and proportionately five times the amount George Bush had spent on his own election campaign.

Municipal elections in November 2000 saw a strong Sandinista vote, especially in urban areas, and former Tourism Minister Herty Lewites was elected mayor of Managua.

2007 saw the reintroduction of STV in public elections on the British mainland in elections to Scottish local authorities.

With the Labor Party split between Scullin's supporters and Langites, and with a very popular leader ( Lyons had a genial manner and the common touch ), the UAP won the subsequent parliamentary elections in December 1931 in a massive landslide which saw the two wings of the Labor Party cut down to 18 seats between them, and Lyons became Prime Minister in January 1932.

The democratic socialist leader Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, allied with left-wing parties, participated in General elections held in December 1970 saw the far left Awami League under Mujibur Rahman win an overall majority of seats in parliament ( all but two of the 162 seats allocated to East Pakistan ).

It has been alleged by opposition leaders that the military has gained control of political life in Zimbabwe following the 2008 elections that saw the MDC become the majority party in the Parliament.

" But the 1966 national assembly elections showed a significant swing to the right, and General Lon Nol formed a new government, which lasted until 1967.

The DPP suffered a significant election defeat in nationwide local and county elections in December 2005.

The United Kingdom Independence Party ( UKIP ) was formed in 1993 and focuses on EU-withdrawal as its primary policy and receives significant support in European elections.

Dollfuss was concerned that with German National Socialist leader Adolf Hitler becoming Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the Austrian National Socialists ( DNSAP ) could gain a significant minority in future elections ( according to fascism scholar Stanley G. Payne, should elections have been held in 1933, the DNSAP could have mustered about 25 % of the votes-contemporary TIME analysts suggests a higher support of 50 %, with a 75 % approval rate in the Tyrol region bordering Nazi Germany ).

Election gains of Nazi party candidates in municipal, state and national elections in 1930 and 1932 were significant.

During the process leading up to elections in October 1994, the United States served as a significant financier and member of the most important commissions established to monitor implementation of the Rome General Peace Accords.

These parties had seen significant electoral success in the postwar elections.

Askin's time in office was marked by a significant increase in public works programs, strong opposition to an increase in Commonwealth powers, laissez-faire economic policies and wide-ranging reforms in laws and regulations such as the Law Reform Commission, the introduction of consumer laws, legal aid, breath-testing of drivers, the liberalisation of liquor laws and the restoration of Postal voting in NSW elections.

This significant result led to expectations of a close race in the presidential elections scheduled for November 2001.

One of the most significant ways that States regulate the " manner " of elections is their power to draw election districts.

Since that time, the Labour and Conservatives parties have been dominant, with the Liberal Democrats also holding a significant number of seats and increasing their share of the vote in parliamentary general elections in the four elections 1992.

Despite his lack of significant family connections or success in office, he achieved praetorship in either 39 or 40, at the youngest age permitted ( 30 ), during a period of political upheaval in the organisation of elections.

Menem's presidency was initially bolstered by the significant economic recovery in evidence following Cavallo's appointment as Economy Minister, and his Justicialist Party enjoyed victories in mid-term elections in 1991 and 1993, as well as in his 1995 campaign for reelection.

November 2003 municipal elections were conducted freely, returning a majority of supporters of the president, but also significant numbers of independent and regional opposition figures.

In February 1913, democratic elections were held for the National Assembly in which the Chinese Nationalist Party or the Kuomintang ( KMT ) scored a significant victory.

On 18 March 1990, the PDS lost significant influence in the first free elections in GDR history ; the Alliance for Germany coalition, led by the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ), won the election.

In the 2006 elections, the New Party made significant gains, seating over a dozen members into public office.

Although his campaigning was limited due to fears of violence, elections passed without significant incident.

However, when Peru Possible's rival political party APRA made significant gains in regional elections, the Toledo administration halted its decentralization program by withholding power in the areas of revenue and expenditure.

Professor Charles Zelden faults the per curiam opinion in the case for, among other things, not declaring that the nation's electoral system required significant reform, and for not condemning administration of elections by part-time boards of elections dominated by partisan and unprofessional officials.

The CCC endorsement is very significant ; in most elections, the CCC's candidates are unopposed.