The special elections to fill vacant seats in congress are fundamentally different from early general elections in a parliamentary system, in which every seat in the affected house is contested. (politics.stackexchange.com)
Socialist prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has called for early general elections to be held on November 20, instead of the initial plan to hold them next March, in the hopes that revenue from tourists this summer, which will also temporarily boost job creation, will give his party an edge. (gfmag.com)
Mutterings in the newspapers about a possible early general election following a coalition ripped apart by its own divisions are nonsense — but they are indicative of unease. (labour-uncut.co.uk)