Sentences with phrase «by incumbent prime»

Having governed Malaysia without interruption since 1957, the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) appeared poised for a historic defeat on May 5th, when it appeared the ruling coalition, Barisan Nasional (BN) led by incumbent Prime Minister Najib Razak, might lose the general elections for the first time in Malaysia's history to the opposition coalition, Pakatan Rakyat (PR), headed by long - serving political firebrand and ex-political prisoner, Anwar Ibrahim.

During the 2015 Canadian federal election, the Conservative party led by incumbent Prime Minister Stephen Harper was accused of communicating «code» words in a debate to appeal to his party's base supporters.

The centre - right National Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister John Key, was re-elected with 47.0 % of the vote and 60 of the 121 seats.

The 2013 elections produced a highly fragmented and deeply polarised parliament, in which the strongest list — the right - wing Likud - Beiteinu, headed by incumbent prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu — secured just over one quarter of the Knesset's 120 seats.

In October, the Latvian people voted in a coalition headed by the incumbent prime minister Valdis Dombrovskis, whose government had savaged social benefits, cut pay and inflated unemployment in 2009.

Not exact matches

The currency's movement was in response to a massive 34 - hour protest staged by tens of thousands against the incumbent Prime Minister Najib Razak on an alleged scandal involving a $ 700 million cash transfer into his personal bank account.

@Stuart White: The Cabinet Office rule - book (draft of chapter 6, approved by the House of Commons Select Committee on Justice and drawn up in consultation, I understand, with the party leaders and with constitutional experts) lays it down that after an election the incumbent prime minister has a duty, as well as a right, to remain in office until there's clear and incontrovertible evidence that someone else is definitely in a position to command majority support in the house of commons.

After the election on 8 June 2017, incumbent Prime Minister Theresa May remains in office until such time as she resigns (or, theoretically, is dismissed from office by the Queen).

«Under [incumbent Prime Minister Recep Tayyip] Erdogan, the police have become increasingly powerful and are allegedly dominated by members of a tightly knit religious brotherhood headed by the controversial Pennsylvania - based imam Fethullah Gulen.

Lindsay Grant led the People's Action Movement in an election in January 2010, but ultimately lost to the incumbent Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Denzil Douglas, in an election that reportedly experienced irregularities.