Sentences with phrase «election in the country since»

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Tim Farron's party has reaped the rewards since becoming the country's leading anti-Brexit party, including a stunning victory in December's by - election in Richmond Park, where the Tory to Lib Dem swing was a huge 21.73 %.

France's youngest leader since Napoleon swept the presidential elections in May, obliterating the two - party system that had governed the country for generations.

In the days since the presidential election, states across the country have seen increased incidents of racist or anti-Semitic vandalism and violence, many of which have drawn directly on the rhetoric and proposals of President - elect Donald Trump.

The wave of demonstrations, that kicked off in second city Mashhad on December 28 and quickly spread, is the biggest in the tightly controlled country since unrest over a disputed election in 2009.

In his first interview since Macron was elected, the outgoing Finance Minister said that Macron could achieve a majority despite stiff competition from right - wing politicians when the country goes to the polls once again for its parliamentary elections on June 11 and 18.

Trump railed against China on the campaign trail but has done little in the way of taking firm action against the country since his election.

If he goes, he'll be in good company: Almost every crisis - hit European country that has held an election since disaster struck in 2009 has thrown out its...

Since the last provincial election Cam has worked to elect conservatives in 3 countries, 5 provinces, and across Alberta at all levels of government.

We here in Yemen our Unity day celebration is on 22 May since 1990 to date but this time because of the troubles in the country related to changes we are threatened by the oppositions that they would make of it a bloody date marching towards the presidency to remove the president against the will of many who prefer having the president finish his legal ruling period rather than those coming to rule by coup rather than legal honest elections... Honestly what a mess we are in by those oppositions who what to take over what the youth have achieved and will be using those youth as their slaughter sheep for them to reach the ruling chair and then again when they both oppositions fight among them over it...

It is not the first attack on Christians in recent times in the country - there has been an escalation of violence since the election of the Hindu Nationalist party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (the BJP, «Indian People's Party») in 2014.

I believe this country is Election Weary in ways I have never seen in all my life, and I've been around since Kennedy was President; which was the last time that religion played such a role in the presidential campaign.

«However, it is not only for economic reasons that I am delighted to welcome president Hugo Chavez of Venezuela to London next week... since 1998 he has won ten elections in eight years - an unprecedented record of electoral success in any country.»

As none of these policies were put to voters before the election, this could well be the year that the country starts to say «no» to government in a way that they have not since middle Britain made a previous Conservative government abolish the poll tax.

The constituency has gone to the winning party in every general election since 1951, making it the country's most reliable bellwether.

One reason for this failure is arguably that although unemployment has increased in many rich democracies, this has not made it is easier for center - left parties to reconcile the interests of insiders and outsiders: it is not possible to win elections without considerable support from insiders, who, in many countries, have not faced a significant risk of unemployment even in the difficult economic circumstances since 2008.

Voters in Uganda went to the polls this morning (Feb. 18) to vote for the country's next president in what is considered to be the most competitive election since the advent of multiparty democracy a decade ago.

Although turnout was high, the 2012 national election was special, both in marking 10 years since independence and the country's first nationally run election.

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.

George Weah's recent election as President of Liberia is not only noteworthy for being the first peaceful transition of power in the country since 1944.

«Trump's alarming foreign ties, his refusal to put the country above his business interests or even disclose his finances, and his disdain for ethics laws have been clear since before the election,» Nadler writes in the email.

By using this rare historical data from Botswana — a country where, unusually for Africa, elections have been held consistently since independence in the late 1960s — the project team will be able to separate the impact of electoral competition from the changed donor pressures of the 1990s.

The second parliamentary and presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since independence in 1960 in a few days time on 28 November 2011 are a crucial indicator for the state of the country.

SNP leader Alex Salmond declared a «wind of change» was blowing through the country, predicting Labour was on course to lose an election in Scotland for the first time «since 1995».

It is the sixth presidential election since the country of more than 45 million people embraced a multi-party democratic system in 1992.

While stating that Jonathan made history by conceding defeat after the March 28 election, he further noted that the former president did what no Nigerian leader had ever done since in the history of the country.

«Those who have been following the unsavoury developments in some parts of the country since the last general election would have noticed that MEND, its paymasters and other unscrupulous elements in the South - South region have been striving fruitlessly to exploit the ensuing confusion by surreptitiously working for the fulfilment of its yet - to - be declared political agenda.

Martz, who resigned as deputy director of the Adirondack North Country Association on Tuesday, has been involved in progressive activism since last fall's election, and formed a grassroots group called Now What?

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«Since the election there have been a number of incidents across the country in which minorities, including Muslim Americans, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Jewish Americans, have been the targets of violence, harassment and intimidation,» the letter reads.

Prof. Yakubu observed that since the next polls were only 470 days away (from 3rd November, 2017), early passage of the legal framework for the conduct of elections in the country would assist the Commission in planning adequately.

He explained that since the Ekiti State governor's tenure and his counterpart's in Osun State will expire on 15th October and 26th November 2018 respectively, Section 178 (2) of the country's 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Section 25 (8) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) had stipulated that election into the office of governor should be held not earlier than 150 days and not later than 30 days before the expiration of the term of office of the last holder.

This will be the 5th Election in the East African country since 1991 when it ended its one party state rule.

The sanctuary cities debate has surged to the top of the agenda for states and localities across the country since November's presidential election, and it has been amplified in recent weeks amid a perceived crackdown on undocumented immigrants by the Trump administration.

According to Charly Boy, the group considers it worrisome that the country has repeatedly failed to convince millions of Nigerians, through relevant reforms, to trust the electoral process which results in the steady decline in voters» turn - out since 2003 general elections.

The election ended in Britain's first hung parliament since 1974, but Cameron still became prime minister of the country within days as the Conservatives formed a coalition with the Liberal Democrats.

The Ashanti region is considered the electoral World Bank of the NPP since the region has voted for the party in all major elections in the country.

Ian Jobling is believed to be one of the first councillors in the country to switch sides since the May elections.

The eleven point lead for Labour in the capital represents a swing of 4.5 points to Labour since the election, suggesting a smaller swing to Labour than in the country as a whole (it would be the equivalent of a 2 point national Labour lead), and significantly less than YouGov's recent London polls.

The best bellwether seats in the country now are Dartford and Chorley which have both been won by the party that won the general election since 1964.

Mundell's continued tenure as Scottish secretary was one of the more simple decisions for May, given that since the 2015 election he has been the only Tory MP in the country.

As a grassroots activist who organized for Bernie Sanders in four different states — and have since joined NYPAN and the Democratic Socialists of America — I've heard from hundreds of Americans who are fed up with way the country runs its elections.

He said since the NPC was saddled with the responsibility of getting the data of people in the country, it would collaborate with the INEC to make the 2019 elections hitch - free.

Sunday 25 October is the day of elections in Ukraine, and any political advertising in the country is prohibited since yesterday.

Just days after he boasted about the size of his nuclear button in response to North Korea's leader, President Trump said Thursday that he has President Donald Trump suggested on Saturday he's done confronting Russian President Vladimir Putin over his country's election meddling since

Mr Panahi has been banned from travelling outside Iran since he was arrested for participating in «propaganda against the regime» in 2010 after supporting mass protests over the country's disputed 2009 election.

The picture also questioned the wisdom of fixing foreign elections in this fashion, since very bloody, civil unrest subsequently arose in Bolivia, anyway, which forced Goni to flee the country for asylum in the U.S. a year into his administration.

Panahi has been banned from traveling outside Iran since he was arrested for participating in «propaganda against the regime» in 2010 after supporting mass protests over the country's disputed 2009 election.

Since this was all happening in the midst of our presidential election, we decided to have students take part and choose the mascot that would represent their school, as we adults chose the president that would represent our country.»

Since the election in November when American citizens voted forward thinking legislators and governors into office, education reform has made great strides across the country.

Some political observers and many Egyptians in travel and tourism are optimistic that the calm following the election of President Abdel - Fattah el - Sissi in May will inspire visitors to return to the country in large numbers, following a 35 % drop in arrivals since 2010.