Sentences with phrase «parliamentary election held»

In the parliamentary election held under the same system, fewer voters supported minor parties and the total percentage of disenfranchised voters fell to about 12 %.

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof, Mahmood Yakubu has led a six - man delegation on a Study Visit to observe the Norwegian parliamentary election held on 11th September, 2017 at the invitation of the Norwegian government.

Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu (3rd left), Norwegian Minister of Local Government and Administration, Mr. Jan Tore Sanner (left), National Commissioners Baba Shettima Arfo (2nd left), Muhammed Mustafa Lecky (2nd right) and Chief Technical Adviser to the INEC Chairman, Prof Bolade Eyinla during the Norwegian Parliamentary election held on September 11, 2017.

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.

Parliamentary elections held three years later saw Zanu - PF lose it majority for the first time in 28 years and in September 2008 a power - sharing agreement was signed with the opposition.

Not exact matches

In Turkey, new parliamentary elections will be held November 1.

This new regime went ahead to introduce multi-party democracy and the arrangement of parliamentary and presidential elections to be held on June 18, 1979.

After Mubarak gave up power, the interim military government held parliamentary elections that yielded an Islamist supermajority comprised of the Muslim Brotherhood and the extreme Islamist (Salafist) Alliance.

If a new treaty is signed before the French (parliamentary) elections in June, and public opinion does not grow more favourable to the EU, then pressure to hold a referendum will be high.

The parliamentary elections of 2011 provided an opportunity for protest from opponents of the regime who held a variety of grievances.

In response, secular factions under the leadership of General Khalifa Hifter launched a military assault against the GNC to force it to hold parliamentary elections.

In the event, the parliamentary elections that were held in December 2011 provided the focus for significant protest against the regime.

In response to the protests, Borisov resigned prompting new parliamentary elections which were held on May 12, 2013.

On the first of October, 2012, Georgia held parliamentary elections.

This time Ukraine's parliamentary elections, held back at the end of October, started quite well.

According to Egypt's newly adopted constitution, those elections are to be held before the end of April, with the parliamentary polls held before end of July.

Thus, Turkey remained a parliamentary system with a ceremonial president until the first popular presidential election was held, and Erdoğan was elected last year.

The 1996 Presidential and Parliamentary elections and all similar subsequent elections have been held on December 7 but there have been arguments that the process does not make ample room for the organization of a run - off and the subsequent handover on January 7.

Ghana's first Presidential and Parliamentary elections in 1992 were held on separate days in November and December respectively.

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.

The Electoral Commission has given approval for the 2016 Presidential and Parliamentary elections to be held on November 7 as part of proposals for electoral reforms.

And we demonstrated it in Eastleigh in the only parliamentary by - election that was held on our turf.

The party has also held a parliamentary candidate selection blitz since the referendum — fearing a snap general election — so many candidates for 2020 seats have already been selected to try to win back those lost in 2015.

• Elections to be held on a regional basis, using partial open lists, in a similar electoral system as for European parliamentary eElections to be held on a regional basis, using partial open lists, in a similar electoral system as for European parliamentary electionselections.

He held various party political appointments, including deputy chairman of the party, parliamentary private secretary to Margaret Thatcher during the 1983 election campaign, and ministerial appointments in transport, energy and environment.

If there is a hung parliament after a general election, then the Parliamentary arithmetic will be such that the Lib Dems will have everything to gain by holding out for full PR and everything to lose by settling for AV.

In the run - up to the Scottish parliamentary elections due to be held in 2016, The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) is calling on Scotland's political parties to prioritise the four tax principles of Adam Smith: equality, certainty, convenience and economy, in their design of a new council tax system.

In 1991, as group leader, he led the Lib Dems to victory in the District Council elections and became the first ever Lib Dem leader of the Council, a post he held from 1991 to his parliamentary victory in 1997.

The council election was held on the same day as the national General Election, when the Labour Party government lost power and the Watford parliamentary constituency was won by the Conservativelection was held on the same day as the national General Election, when the Labour Party government lost power and the Watford parliamentary constituency was won by the ConservativElection, when the Labour Party government lost power and the Watford parliamentary constituency was won by the Conservative Party.

Sutch came closest with 4.1 % and over a thousand votes at the Rotherham by - election, whilst Stuart Hughes still holds the record for the largest number of votes for a Loony candidate at a Parliamentary election, with 1,442 at the 1992 general election in the Honiton seat in east Devon.

In November 2013, Philp was selected to be the Conservative parliamentary candidate for Croydon South, the seat was held by the Conservative MP Richard Ottaway, who was retiring at the next general election.

Officials said: «We estimate that not holding European Parliamentary elections will save British taxpayers at least # 109 million next year.

On Saturday the 28th October 2017, general parliamentary elections were held in Iceland.

The Electoral Commission hoped to hold this year's presidential and parliamentary election in November instead of the traditional December 7.

Egypt and Tunisia have held parliamentary elections and put into place new constitutions.

This observation and assertion is grounded on the clear understanding and full knowledge of the Traditional NDC Members and even the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the NDC, that the Parliamentary Primaries which was held on the 22nd November, 2015 to elect a candidate was fraught and marred with violence, intimidations, fraud and false accusations spearheaded by Sam George, one of the candidates, for which reason the result of that elections could not be said or taken to represent the Will and aspirations of the majority of the NDC membership in the constituency and the country at large.

Following an election, it is conventional for the government to hold a Parliamentary vote on its legislative programme soon afterwards.

In an election widely touted as the most smoothly held Ghanaian election since 1992, the NDC was walloped in both the presidential and parliamentary polls by their arch-rivals, the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo led New Patriotic Party (NPP).

The NDC lost the Walewale parliamentary seat in the 2012 general election to the New Patriotic Party (NPP); the NDC again lost the Kumbungu seat to the Convention People's Party (CPP) in a bye - election held in 2013 after Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni, the then sitting NDC Member of Parliament (MP), resigned from Parliament to take up an international position.

The U.S. Embassy informs U.S. citizens that on Wednesday, December 7, 2016, Ghana will hold its presidential and parliamentary elections.

«This autumn both David Cameron and Nick Clegg should ask their parties to approve a binding agreement to fight the 2015 general election as coalition partners... If the voters choose to keep our current system of electing MPs, as I fervently hope they will, the pact would give parliamentary candidates in constituencies in seats held by a coalition party a free run against other parties.

Elections are then held as scheduled at the end of the parliamentary term, since the Monarch does not dissolve parliament if an informateur has been able to negotiate a new coalition agreement.

It was the first nationwide referendum to be held for some thirty six years and was legislated for under the provisions of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 and the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 and is to date the first and only UK - wide referendum to be held on a domestic issue.

«Dianne Hayter, chairman of Labour's National Executive Committee, said: «We do not believe a parliamentary by - election should be held at taxpayers» expense to resolve tensions at the top of the Conservative Party... She claimed that Mr Davis had done a deal with Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, who said last week that his party would not contest the by - election, and never intended to put his seat at risk.»

The byelection in Norwich North, held by Labour since 1997, was caused by the resignation of Ian Gibson, who quit after Labour ruled that he would not be allowed to stand at the next election because he used parliamentary expenses to fund a flat which he subsequently sold at a discount to his daughter.

The 2011 AV referendum on the proposal to use the alternative vote system in parliamentary elections is the only UK - wide referendum that has been held on a domestic issue.

Thus, a party that has never won more than 13 % of the vote in a general election and currently holds just one parliamentary seat was able to shape the national and European political agenda.

«In view of the happenings preceding, during and after the parliamentary primary, we are humbly appealing to the National Executive Committee of the NDC to have the elections held at Ningo - Prampram constituency investigated thoroughly and if the allegations against Sam George are proven, they should go ahead and annul the results of the election and punish all deserving parties, especially Samuel George, for bringing the name of the party into disrepute,» Okoe Mensah charged.

The aggrieved branch executives are calling on the national executives to immediately investigate the parliamentary primary held in Ningo - Prampram if the NDC is to retain the seat in this year's elections.

Labour has held its parliamentary seat in Wythenshawe and Sale East, with an increased majority - after a by - election prompted by the death of the former MP Paul Goggins.