Sentences with phrase «candidates votes in parliament»

Maybe in that case the candidate who comes second would have the choice of deducting their final tally from the winning candidates votes in parliament or distributing their final tally to strengthen other representatives, e.g. of their own party from other seats.

Not exact matches

Under this Fourth Republic, we have been lucky to have managed our differences so well that despite the high profiled bitter contest of 1998 in Sunyani, Candidate J.A Kufuor who emerged as our flagbearer courted the support of other opposition parties to win the 2000 first and second round elections to become the second President of the Fourth Republic with an appreciated votes at the presidential level for the party and increased seats in Parliament that we occupied the Majority side of Parliament.

What I don't really see is how the Labour party holding three pilots in this Parliament, or even selecting all of its candidates in some form of primary at the next election or the time after would make any really significant difference to arguments for or against first - past - the - post, the Alternative Vote, AV +, AMS, STV and various hybrids thereof.

Firstly this would mean voters no longer feel that their vote never counted, given it either strengthened or weakened the candidate ultimately elected in parliament.

a constituency candidate for a component party of that party (being a component party that is not listed on the part of the ballot paper that relates to the party vote but is, in accordance with the details held by the Electoral Commission under any of the provisions of sections 127 (3A) and 128A, a component party of that party) has his or her name endorsed on a writ under section 185 as a person declared to be elected as a member of Parliament.

Elections enable people to vote on party policies and the merits of each candidate, to ensure that public opinion is broadly reflected in Parliament.

In November 2009, the NUS persuaded 400 Liberal Democrat candidates, including Clegg, to sign a pledge to vote against any increase in fees in the next parliament and to pressure the government to introduce a fairer alternativIn November 2009, the NUS persuaded 400 Liberal Democrat candidates, including Clegg, to sign a pledge to vote against any increase in fees in the next parliament and to pressure the government to introduce a fairer alternativin fees in the next parliament and to pressure the government to introduce a fairer alternativin the next parliament and to pressure the government to introduce a fairer alternative.

Senior figures, including Mr Clegg and Danny Alexander, wanted to drop the policy of scrapping tuition fees but the party's campaign department ordered every candidate to sign the NUS pledge to «vote against any increase in fees in the next parliament».

In the 1964 general election, the Conservative candidate in Smethwick, Peter Griffiths, stood for parliament with the aid of the most offensive slogan of the modern political era: «If you want a n ** ger for a neighbour, vote Labour.&raquIn the 1964 general election, the Conservative candidate in Smethwick, Peter Griffiths, stood for parliament with the aid of the most offensive slogan of the modern political era: «If you want a n ** ger for a neighbour, vote Labour.&raquin Smethwick, Peter Griffiths, stood for parliament with the aid of the most offensive slogan of the modern political era: «If you want a n ** ger for a neighbour, vote Labour.»

This will be the 2nd time this year that the three - time Presidential candidate will tour the region — a region for which the NPP has set an agenda of capturing at least 3 seats in parliament and 30 % of the popular vote.

The publication, which was in connection with a report that the NDC Parliamentary Candidate for Domeabra - Obom had called on electorates in the constituency to vote against President John Dramani Mahama in the forthcoming General elections for neglecting them, but to vote for her as Member of Parliament (MP), were not borne out of facts.

Mr Buah called on all citizens of Akwatia Constituency not to vote for a candidate who will go and experiment in Parliament.

It is worth noting that Andrew Smith, the Labour candidate, is one of the small number of Labour MPs who voted for a referendum on PR in the last parliament.

Candidates with a strong local grounding can also help put their party in the parliament, even if it has less than 5 % of the vote nationwide.

In the 2012 election, the New Patriotic Candidate for the constituency, Kofi Okyere - Agyekum, who is currently the member of Parliament for the area got 11,683 votes representing 57.93 % of the total votes cast whilst the National Democratic Congress candidate in the 2012 election, Dr. Kofi Agyarko - Danquah, got 6,560 votes representing 32.53 % of the votes casIn the 2012 election, the New Patriotic Candidate for the constituency, Kofi Okyere - Agyekum, who is currently the member of Parliament for the area got 11,683 votes representing 57.93 % of the total votes cast whilst the National Democratic Congress candidate in the 2012 election, Dr. Kofi Agyarko - Danquah, got 6,560 votes representing 32.53 % of the voCandidate for the constituency, Kofi Okyere - Agyekum, who is currently the member of Parliament for the area got 11,683 votes representing 57.93 % of the total votes cast whilst the National Democratic Congress candidate in the 2012 election, Dr. Kofi Agyarko - Danquah, got 6,560 votes representing 32.53 % of the vocandidate in the 2012 election, Dr. Kofi Agyarko - Danquah, got 6,560 votes representing 32.53 % of the votes casin the 2012 election, Dr. Kofi Agyarko - Danquah, got 6,560 votes representing 32.53 % of the votes cast.

The NDC parliamentary candidate for Walewale, Mr Abubakari, for his part, said his six months in office as the regional minister was a clear manifestation of what he could do for the constituency when voted for as the MP for the area and, therefore, urged the people to vote for him massively to represent them in Parliament.

The New Patriotic Party's candidate, Nana Akfuo - Addo beat President Mahama in excess of 1,000,000 votes in the 2016 presidential election with a comfortable majority in Parliament.

The new MEPs will be «elected» on the basis of the first - placed unsuccessful candidate at the 2009 European elections and will officially sit as «observers» in the Parliament without the right to vote (but with the ability to speak and attend committee meetings) until a complex legal protocol is ratified by national governments - expected to coincide with Croatia's accession to the European Union in 2011.

The Akuapem South MP, who doubles as the Chairman of the Subsidiary Legislation Committee of Parliament, urged the electorate to vote for Nana Akufo - Addo and the NPP parliamentary candidates in the December 7, 2016 elections.

This is a small improvement on our current system of first past the post, since it allows voters to rank candidates and reduces the need to vote tactically, but it does not address the crucial unfairness at the heart of our democracy which is that a party's share of seats in parliament does reflect the number of votes it receives across the country - a situation which leads to millions of wasted votes and a shameful system of «safe seats» where a donkey could be elected so long as they were wearing the right coloured rosette.

In 2015 he stood for the UK Parliament as the Conservative candidate for the Dumfries and Galloway constituency where he was unsuccessful and came second to the SNP's Richard Arkless by 11.5 % of the vote.

If he wins a majority this Autumn he will not ratify the reform treaty in parliament, to ensure this is possible he should demand every Conservative candidate includes a pledge to vote against ratification in the Commons.

In 2011, Borys Wrzesnewskyj, the former Liberal Member of Parliament for Etobicoke Centre, lost his seat to Conservative candidate Ted Opitz by a mere 26 votes.

, but whatever happens in the end, and regardless of whether the coalition loses its nerve, given Mr. Harper's unilateral delay of the confidence vote (contrary to his readiness to hold «confidence» votes in the last Parliament, taking advantage of the Liberals» reluctance to go to the polls), and whether the Liberal leadership candidates can indeed work together, the last week or so has been a wonderful lesson — and reminder — about our system of government and its constitutional cleverness.