Sentences with phrase «election in this constituency last»

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The party expects to own the constituencies that will rally to the progressive theme: specifically women and youth; and, overall, the majority of the 60 per cent who bothered to vote in the last election.

The Alberta Liberal is the only real progressive alternative considering total vote plurality in the last election and considering the number of constituencies that were second place for ALP.

Veteran Israeli politicians expect the Obama administration to give Israel an ultimatum later this year to make peace with the Palestinian Authority» that is, with a political entity that is kept alive on the West Bank by an American - trained militia and the Israeli Army, and that is headed by a prime minister, Salam Fayyad, whose party won 2 percent of the vote in the last elections and who faces a constituency two - thirds of which tells pollsters that it doesn't want any deal with a Jewish state.

For example, in last Sunday's election CDU won 185 constituencies and 15 party list seats, with FDP 0 and 80, respectively.

Remember, there are no truly safe seats: no candidate in the last election got more than half of all the potential votes in their constituency.

Given the huge changes in overall levels of party support for the Liberal Democrats, SNP and UKIP since the last election, voters are likely to be much more unsure of the parties relative standings in their constituency.

On their parts, taxi drivers at Nungua in the Krowor constituency told The aL - hAJJ that, though they supported and voted for Akufo - Addo in last year's election hoping to better their lives as Akufo - Addo promised, they have since regretted.

An astonishing surge in membership after defeat for the Yes campaign in last year's independence referendum was followed by an SNP landslide in May's general election, when the party won 56 of Scotland's 59 constituencies.

My model takes into account five things: the vote share a party received in the by - election constituency at the preceding general election; changes in public opinion towards the party since the last general election; whether the party won the seat at the last election; whether the party is in government; and whether there are «party effects» on by - election outcomes.

This is a poll of constituencies the Tories hold, so at the last election, Labour were slightly behind in all of them.

The former work and pensions secretary, whose resignation from the cabinet and criticism of Gordon Brown last June nearly toppled the prime minister, has told his constituency Labour party in Stalybridge and Hyde he will be standing down as their MP but that his decision is personal and, after 20 years in the Westminster political system, no reflection on Labour's chances at the next general election.

This is the same woman who is alleged to have actively campaigned for an independent candidate against the NDC's candidate in the last elections at the Klottey Korley constituency.

Because Ukip did not contest the constituency at the last election in 2010, it is not possible to calculate any swing from the Tories that could give a clue to impact on the national political map.

[3] The party had come close to taking the Maidenhead parliamentary constituency at the last general election in 2001 and were optimistic of taking control of the council.

If the party had managed to win such slightly higher support levels in the last general election in the 13 constituencies that fall into this category, then Labour would have ended up winning 50 seats at the election, and the overall seat tallies by party would have looked as follows: Fine Gael 73, Labour 50, Fianna Fail 17, Sinn Fein 11, United Left Alliance 3, Others 12.

It has become necessary that the NDC changes the candidate it has been using in the last three elections because it is very clear that our candidate, Joseph Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo, who is the sitting Member of Parliament (MP) for the area has lost his popularity in the constituency.

The Parliamentary candidate - elect of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the Korle Klottey constituency in Accra, Dr Zanetor Rawlings has hailed the decision of the High Court to throw out an application challenging her election in last November's parliamentary primaries.

That could see the nationalists, who won six seats in the House of Commons in 2010, return 47 MPs this time around, with Labour losing all but 10 of the 41 Scottish constituencies it secured in in the last general election.

During the last elections, some neutral party persons in the constituency worked so hard for the victory of the party.

«The electorate, general election, people vote - I was an MP for 10 years but at the last general election I lost my constituency up in Leeds to the Conservatives.

Ms Alexander quit her job last week to take up the role of London's deputy mayor for transport - prompting a summer by - election in a constituency where Labour enjoys a 21,000 majority.

INEC had last weekend moved to conclude all the 22 rerun elections in the state, but was forced to cancel the exercise in two constituencies in Etche.

Jarvis is the overwhelming favourite to win the contest as all of the 14 South Yorkshire constituencies which will take part in the election were won by Labour at the last general election.

In the last General Election seven million people failed to register to vote, and in every constituency over thirty five percent did not votIn the last General Election seven million people failed to register to vote, and in every constituency over thirty five percent did not votin every constituency over thirty five percent did not vote.

The Boundary Commission for England has given details of the 502 constituencies, down from 533 last year, in which elections are likely to be held in 2015.

In only two seats was the change statistically significant, both in Labour's favour: Stroud, where Labour have a high - profile candidate in David Drew, the former MP; and Warrington South, where the constituency question produced a boost for the Lib Dems consistent with the fact that it was at the last election almost a three - way marginaIn only two seats was the change statistically significant, both in Labour's favour: Stroud, where Labour have a high - profile candidate in David Drew, the former MP; and Warrington South, where the constituency question produced a boost for the Lib Dems consistent with the fact that it was at the last election almost a three - way marginain Labour's favour: Stroud, where Labour have a high - profile candidate in David Drew, the former MP; and Warrington South, where the constituency question produced a boost for the Lib Dems consistent with the fact that it was at the last election almost a three - way marginain David Drew, the former MP; and Warrington South, where the constituency question produced a boost for the Lib Dems consistent with the fact that it was at the last election almost a three - way marginal.

Four more candidates have been chosen in the last few days to contest constituencies at next year's Welsh Assembly election.

None of these candidates contested the Dublin constituency at the last European elections in 2009, although Neasa Childers did contest (and win a seat in) these elections in the old East constituency, as also did Jim Tallon.

The judge ruled that the sacked legislators were wrongly nominated by the PDP as they did not emerge as the winners of the primaries conducted by the PDP for the purpose of the last year's House of Representatives elections in their constituencies.

Notional Results are attempts to estimate how a proposed constituency would have voted at the last general election if the new boundaries had been in place.

The party would have won 20 MSPs in the 2007 election if it had been fought on the same constituency boundaries as last Thursday's contest.

Following the very sad death of Labour MP David Cairns last month, a by - election is pending in the West of Scotland constituency of Inverclyde.

When I was pounding the streets of Watford, hardly one of the most salubrious constituencies in the land, at the last general election, I encountered resentment from working class whites.

In the cases, just this last couple of elections, where stem cell politics, for example, has been played out in the electoral process, stem cell research is [has] done better than the winning candidates for offices; and I think, apart from that, I think that we do have a serious problem in general education of the sciences and that accounts for the reluctance of a large segment of the population to accept the principles of evolution and think that there is still a debate about it, which there isn't — and that's a problem we need to solve, — but I still think there is an incredible constituency for science in this countrIn the cases, just this last couple of elections, where stem cell politics, for example, has been played out in the electoral process, stem cell research is [has] done better than the winning candidates for offices; and I think, apart from that, I think that we do have a serious problem in general education of the sciences and that accounts for the reluctance of a large segment of the population to accept the principles of evolution and think that there is still a debate about it, which there isn't — and that's a problem we need to solve, — but I still think there is an incredible constituency for science in this countrin the electoral process, stem cell research is [has] done better than the winning candidates for offices; and I think, apart from that, I think that we do have a serious problem in general education of the sciences and that accounts for the reluctance of a large segment of the population to accept the principles of evolution and think that there is still a debate about it, which there isn't — and that's a problem we need to solve, — but I still think there is an incredible constituency for science in this countrin general education of the sciences and that accounts for the reluctance of a large segment of the population to accept the principles of evolution and think that there is still a debate about it, which there isn't — and that's a problem we need to solve, — but I still think there is an incredible constituency for science in this countrin this country.

Leahy never offered an explanation for his decision to pull the plug, though it's rumored he did so in order to win favor from trial lawyers and other key Democratic constituencies ahead of last year's mid-term elections.