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The presidential elections held in 1988 marked a watershed in Mexican politics, as they were the first serious threat to the party in power by an opposition candidate, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, a defector from the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party ( PRI ) and son of former President Lazaro Cardenas, who was nominated by a broad coalition of leftist parties.
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That same year, first parliamentary and presidential elections were held.
However, international observers have questioned the fairness of Armenia's parliamentary and presidential elections and constitutional referendum since 1995, citing polling deficiencies, lack of cooperation by the Electoral Commission, and poor maintenance of electoral lists and polling places.
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 remaining opposition parties regrouped in preparation for 1997 legislative elections and the 1998 presidential election.
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Talks with political opponents in early 1996 did not go well, but Déby announced his intent to hold presidential elections in June.
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 ).
Déby won a flawed 63 % first-round victory in May 2001 presidential elections after legislative elections were postponed until spring 2002.
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.
The MpD candidate also defeated the PAICV candidate in the presidential elections.
Internal and international pressure led to multi-party presidential elections being held in 1992.
Despite these shortcomings, and his promise to step down at the end of the transition, Bozizé contested the 13 March 2005 presidential elections in which all of the leading opposition candidates were allowed to run except for Patassé.
Since then, Costa Rica has held 13 presidential elections, the latest in 2010.
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At the same time, presidential elections were held which were won by a moderate, Stjepan Mesić.
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However, weeks before the UN deadline, Klerides was defeated in presidential elections by centre candidate Tassos Papadopoulos.
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presidential and held
A new presidential election was expected to be held in October 2005.
The most recent presidential election was held on 10 January 2010, and was won by Ivo Josipović.
He merged the military general staff with his own presidential staff and appointed himself chief of staff again, in addition to the positions of minister of defence and supreme commander that he already held.
In the presidential election held April 8, 2005 Ismail Omar Guelleh was re-elected to a second 6-year term at the head of a multi-party coalition that included the FRUD and other major parties.
In the national elections held in early months of 2008 the DPP won less than 25 % of the seats ( 38. 2 % vote share ) in the new Legislative Yuan while its presidential candidate, former Kaohsiung mayor Frank Hsieh, lost to KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou by a wide margin ( 41. 55 % vs. 58. 45 %).
During the following year, three different men briefly held executive power before Galo Plaza Lasso, running under a coalition of independent Liberals and socialists, narrowly defeated his Conservative opponent in presidential elections.
Congressional and first-round presidential elections were held on May 31, 1998.
No presidential candidate obtained a majority, so a run-off election between the top two candidates-Quito Mayor Jamil Mahuad of the DP and Social Christian Álvaro Noboa Pontón-was held on July 12, 1998.
A presidential election was held on 15 October 2006 and November 26, 2006.
In early January 1996 Obiang called presidential elections to be held in six weeks.
In addition to the presidential and parliamentary elections, there are European Parliament elections every five years, and local municipal elections ( held simultaneously in every municipality ) every four years.
In the February 1961 election, held under the new presidential system, M ' Ba became President and Aubame became Foreign Minister.
In the February 1961 election, held under the new presidential system, M ' Ba became President and Aubame became Foreign Minister.
In the February 1961 election, held under the new presidential system, M ' Ba became president and Aubame foreign minister.
An opinion poll conducted by the Georgian weekly Kviris Palitra and published on April 10, 2006 suggested that Salome Zourabichvili would garner 23. 1 % of votes if a presidential election were held today.
President Saakashvili rejected all demands that he resign his position, but announced early presidential elections to be held in January 2008, effectively cutting his term in office by a year.
On November 27 it was announced that a NATO membership referendum and election date referendum will also be held on the election day together with presidential elections.
Vinicio Cerezo, a civilian politician and the presidential candidate of the Christian Democracy Party, won the first election held under the new constitution with almost 70 % of the vote, and took office on January 14, 1986.
Guatemala held presidential, legislative, and municipal elections on November 7, 1999, and a runoff presidential election on December 26.
presidential and 1988
Although the 1988 constitution preserves the external and internal roles of the armed forces, it places the military under presidential authority.
He campaigned for Michael Dukakis in the 1988 presidential election.
Category: United States presidential candidates, 1988
" The election was followed several months later by the Haitian presidential election, 1988, which was boycotted by almost all the previous candidates, and saw turnout of just 4 %.
Kemp as he leaves a meet-the-candidates rally for 1988 Republican presidential candidates in County Stadium in Union, South Carolina, on October 3, 1987.
During the 1988 presidential election, the two antagonized each other.
Category: United States presidential candidates, 1988
Despite coup attempts in 1980, 1983, and 1988, Gayoom's popularity remained strong, allowing him to win three more presidential terms.
Kinnock gained attention in the United States in 1987 when it was discovered that then-Senator Joe Biden of Delaware plagiarized one of Kinnock's speeches during his 1988 presidential campaign in a speech at a Democratic debate in Iowa in August 1987.
Questions about Dan Quayle's experience and temperament did not help the 1988 presidential campaign of George H. W.
** In Omaha, Nebraska, in the only vice presidential debate of the 1988 U. S. presidential election, the Republican vice presidential nominee, Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana, insists he has as much experience in government as John F. Kennedy did when he sought the presidency in 1960.
* September 17 – At a small rally in Harlem, televangelist Pat Robertson announces his candidacy for the 1988 Republican presidential nomination.
Psychotherapist and political activist Lenora Fulani, who was the 1988 presidential nominee of the New Alliance Party, received a second consecutive nomination from the Party in 1992.
Category: United States presidential election, 1988
* French presidential election, 1988
The last two presidential elections where Clark County did not vote for the national winner were 1968, when it voted for Humphrey over Nixon, and 1988, when it voted for Dukakis over Bush.
He unsuccessfully campaigned to become the Republican Party's nominee in the 1988 presidential election.
Category: United States presidential candidates, 1988
Le Pen ran in the French presidential elections in 1974, 1988, 1995, 2002, and 2007.
Antoine Waechter ran in the 1988 presidential elections, capturing 1, 150, 000 ballots ( or 3. 8 %) in the first round of voting.
" ( In 1988, Lloyd Bentsen, the Vice Presidential running mate of Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, and also a Senator from Texas, took advantage of " Lyndon's law ," and was able to retain his seat in the Senate despite Dukakis ' loss to George H. W. Bush.
Schenectady County typically leans Democratic, it has given small to moderate leads to Democrats since 1988 in presidential elections.
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