Sentences with phrase «parliamentary elections by»

The mischief embarked upon by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to discredit the Electoral Commission (EC), has backfired in the party's stronghold of Ashanti Region, with many people disenfranchised from voting in the 2016 Presidential and Parliamentary elections by the Supreme Court decision in the Abu Ramadan and Evans Nimako case, against the electoral body.

A declaration that the proper instrument within the meaning of the relevant laws of the Republic of Ghana in charging a deposit and or fees for conducting a Presidential and Parliamentary Elections by Electoral Commission is a statutory instrument and not constitutional instrument.

Following a boycott of the December 1992 Parliamentary elections by the main opposition party, the New Patriotic Party, under allegations of malpractices in the presidential, there was a decision to hold both elections on the same day so as to be able to prevent a similar boycott in the future.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, last month marked the largest show of dissent since the fall of the Soviet Union, when tens of thousands took to the streets over alleged tampering by Putin's United Russia party with parliamentary elections.

Macron's enthusiastic persona and his image as a «winner» — having been elected with a 66 percent majority, followed by a landslide victory in parliamentary elections giving him full constitutional powers — has charmed and impressed Donald Trump.

NEWSMAKERS By K.A. Badarinath Fourth - generation Nehru - Gandhi family scion, Rahul Gandhi, looked set to enter the political fray as ruling Indian National Congress nominee for prime minister ahead of parliamentary elections this May.

It is now almost two years since the BJP, led by Narendra Modi, won a landslide victory in India's parliamentary elections.

MILESTONES: AZERBAIJAN By Justin Keay Baku: Enjoying the fruits of Azerbaijan's mineral wealth Azerbaijan's parliamentary elections in early November ended in controversy, with critics claiming the opposition parties were prevented from being able to properly challenge Yeni Azerbaijan,...

In the recent parliamentary elections, rightfully fed - up Venezuelans responded by ousting members of Hugo Chavez's United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), giving the opposition party, the more - centrist Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD), a supermajority that could challenge President Nicolás Maduro.

The strong demand for the issue was somewhat surprising, given that parliamentary elections in the spring of 2018 will likely be followed by additional political instability.

By a modest extension of the duration of that procedure, we can consider also the complex of Parliamentary elections, political maneuvering, and economic change that accompanied its emergence from 1830 to 1832.

The «social market» program put forward by Konrad Adenauer, the leader of the Christian Democratic Party in the Federal Republic's first parliamentary elections in 1949, was a key element in this social and political transformation.

Its status as a record of Parliamentary history means that the pieces are conservative by nature as Swire explains: «We're discussing the forthcoming general election and how we can record it.

Manhyia North is one of the new constituencies created by the Electoral Commission ahead of the 2012 presidential and parliamentary elections.

In parliamentary systems, that compromise is often made by politicians after elections, when they form coalitions to choose a prime minister.

Since 1991, all candidates of parliamentary or presidential elections, as well as candidates for the Assembly of Experts, have to be qualified by the Guardian Council in order to run in the election.

The 72 - year - old Akufo - Addo beat President John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) by over one million votes to win the presidency at the third attempt while his party, the NPP snatched almost 50 of the NDC's seats to win an overwhelming parliamentary majority in the elections.

Jeremy Corbyn has proven his election - winning credentials by sweeping to victory in the Parliamentary Beard of the Year contest.

Yet Mugabe was determined to retain his office and did so by any means necessary — including alleged violence and corruption — winning the vote in the 2005 parliamentary elections.

But it later emerged that the party's rules allow the selection of a parliamentary candidate to be decided by its national executive council in consultation with the constituency committee in the case of by - elections.

Following her release, Suu Kyi was not only allowed to go on a triumphant international tour — in Oslo she finally collected the Nobel Peace Prize awarded in 1991 — but also to run in parliamentary by - elections.

No doubt, there should be a thorough parliamentary debate on the issue, but instead of forcing a decision in this parliament, which could well be as controversial and divisive as the ill - fated referendum, I strongly agree with Nick Clegg that by far the best and most dignified way out of the current mess would be to ask the people in the proper constitutional way by calling an snap general election:

The Clangers have been resurrected and returned to children's telly (now narrated by Michael Palin, who — like parliamentary elections - surely embodies all that is nice and good about Britain).

The suspended Parliamentary Candidate of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) party for Ejisu - Juabeng in the November elections, Gloria Huzey has cursed the Ashanti Regional Executives of the party for denying her, her share of an amount of money and Christmas present allegedly donated by President Mahama.

As a reminder of Unite's importance though; Unite are still the biggest funder of the party (in the first week of the election campaign they gave # 2.4 m of the total # 2.7 m received by Labour), they have upwards of one million members they can encourage to register as supporters in a leadership election (and indeed activate in Parliamentary candidate selections), Unite has three seats on the NEC and of course Len's chief of staff, Andrew Murray, was seconded to Jeremy's team for the general election campaign.

In several of these cases (1951, 1966 and Oct 1974) the parliament was either hung, or the Prime minister had a majority of less than 10 (which is not considered to be a «working majority» in the UK's parliamentary system) and so you can say that they «jumped» to call an election before they were «pushed» by losing a vote of no - confidence.

This year, the East Timorese voted in their country's third parliamentary election since independence — the first to be run by the East Timorese themselves.

The 2014 European elections will be remembered as those that transformed the EU into a sort of Parliamentary democracy by indirectly electing the president of the European Commission, or as those that ditched the whole process and lead instead to the first «coup d'état» operated by the European Council against the European Parliament and the voters.

Electoral results bear out the opposition's resurgence despite the obstacles and obstructions created by the governing administration: It won the majority of the popular vote in the 2010 parliamentary elections, narrowed the gap to Chavismo in the 2012 and 2013nd finally won a supermajority in the parliament in 2015.

The government accepted the Montague review's conclusions and in January 2005 introduced the Crossrail bill (although it had to be reintroduced again in May 2005 after parliamentary business was disrupted by the general election).

Many in the Parliamentary Labour Party still aren't happy but they are cowed by the general election result and the continued polling in the low 40 % range.

The following books by F. W. S. Craig contain a treasure trove of data about British parliamentary election results:

If a parliamentary general election is to take place as provided for by subsection (1) or (3), the polling day for the election is to be the day appointed by Her Majesty by proclamation on the recommendation of the Prime Minister (and, accordingly, the appointed day replaces the day which would otherwise have been the polling day for the next election determined under section 1).

An abstention by Labour would have prevented the PM from reaching a majority of two - thirds of all MPs, forcing her into the awkward position of taking the second path to an early election envisaged by the Act — a parliamentary vote of no confidence in her government.

A review by Sir Eric Pickles into last year's general election called for parliamentary candidates to be in place in «battleground seats» by June 2018 «to ensure they are well - established within the seat before the next scheduled General Election on 5th May 2022election called for parliamentary candidates to be in place in «battleground seats» by June 2018 «to ensure they are well - established within the seat before the next scheduled General Election on 5th May 2022Election on 5th May 2022».

Any kind of by - election - be that a parliamentary one, a police and crime commissioner by - election or a local government by - election - means the electoral returning officers don't have to bother publishing any statistics at all until February 1st.

While by - elections are often used as protest votes against governments and have lower than usual turnouts, this parliamentary contest has a whole number of potentially significant ramifications for British politics.

[9] New expenses rules published by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority coming into force after the 2010 General Election allow employment of one relative but replace funding for a second home with a London Allowance of # 3,760 for MPs with seats within 20 miles of Westminster.

Hitherto, the coincidence of local and general election results provided an opportunity to estimate a PNS for the parallel local elections by comparing the local and parliamentary election results in those constituencies where all the component wards were contested, and then applying the resulting difference for each party to its share of the Britain - wide parliamentary vote.

Interest in this year's European Parliamentary elections has been growing steadily: citizens» groups and political organisations started organising election panels and public debates by January — several...

Away from the local elections, here's Liam Young boasting that Corbyn's Labour has won every parliamentary by - election.

This result is both the highest place gained and the highest percentage of the votes won by any English Democrat candidate in a parliamentary election or parliamentary by - election.

He had opposed British involvement in the war at its outbreak in 1914, a highly principled position to take in the face of its huge popularity among members of his own party, resigned his position as the leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party in consequence and then had his illegitimate birth raised by the newspapers in an attempt to get him to resign his seat as an MP (they argued that as he'd used a different name during his life from that on his birth certificate he'd stood for election on false pretenses and deceived his constituents).

Last month the UK Independence Party came second in two parliamentary by - elections, in Rotherham and Middlesbrough.

By 9 June, the deadline for entry into the leadership election, Miliband had been nominated by just over 24 % of the Parliamentary Labour Party, double the thresholBy 9 June, the deadline for entry into the leadership election, Miliband had been nominated by just over 24 % of the Parliamentary Labour Party, double the thresholby just over 24 % of the Parliamentary Labour Party, double the threshold.

Trudy Harrison has been selected as the Conservative parliamentary candidate for the Copeland by - election.

Following the inability of the Huudu Yahaya - led conflict resolution committee of the National Democratic Congress to effectively deal with grievances arising out of last year's parliamentary primaries, the governing party risk losing some parliamentary seats it won or lost to independent candidates in the 2012 elections, investigations by The aL - hAJJ have uncovered.

The MP's present action is said to be linked to the decision by the NDC vetting committee to disqualify his protégé and preferred choice for the parliamentary seat, Isaac Yibor, who contested the 2012 election as an independent candidate.

«Since my election as leader of our party last year, we've won every parliamentary by - election, some with vastly increased majorities.

The Kincardine and Deeside by - election was a parliamentary election held in Kincardine and Deeside, Scotland, on 7 November 1991, caused by the death of its Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Alick Buchanan - Smith on 29 August 1991.