Sentences with phrase «elections held»

This database was originally developed for elections held in 2012.

The unionist community, through its political representatives — the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) which has been the largest and most popular unionist party since the last elections held for the NIA in November 2003 — must be satisfied that Sinn Fein: is genuine in its support for the law and order agencies of the province; encourages Catholics to join the police; ensures representatives sit on the local police boards, which supervise and monitor the police; encourages members of the Catholic community to accept the legitimacy of the police as the only law enforcement agency in Northern Ireland; and will co-operate with them in all law and order matters.

In by - elections held in December 1893 the Reformers lost a safe seat to the nativist Protestant Protective Association and a more marginal one to a politicized farmers» organization, the Patrons of Industry [see George Weston Wrigley].

Looked at another way, on Nov. 8, 2016, there were 51 popular elections held (the 50 states, plus the District of Columbia); and Trump won 319 of those popular elections.

The elections held in France over the weekend may not have captured record pay - per view dollars like the DeLa Hoya - Mayweather fight.

In 1965 the country declared its independence with the first free elections held in 1979.

Therefore, in the first free and democratic elections held in nearly twenty - five years, Kenyan citizens voted in a new administration, with Mwai Kibaki (1931 ---RRB- serving as president.

Aren't elections held in November?

The board, whose control slipped out from the hands of ID proponents after elections held in November (ScienceNOW, 8 November 2006), voted 6 - 4 to adopt new standards that scientists say will strengthen the teaching of evolution.

According to the BBC's projected national vote share, the party is three points down on what it achieved in 2017's county council elections but, after eight years in government, it is better than its performance in any of the local elections held between 2012 and 2014 and in 2016.

The boundary changes, coupled with the IRA ceasefire, meant that support for Sinn Féin in the constituency soared to new levels and in all elections held in the seat since 1996 they have taken over 50 % of the vote.

The Council elections held in Wolverhampton on Thursday 3 May 1990 were one third, and 20 of the 60 seats were up for election.

When our President His Excellency John Dramani Mahama was calling me to concede defeat in the best tradition of Ghanaian statesmanship, President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia was renouncing the surprising concession of his defeat in elections held a week before.

At the Bexley local elections held on the same day as the 2010 general election, the BNP and English Democrats took 15 % of the vote between them.

This national electoral calendar for the year 2011 lists the national / federal direct elections held in 2011 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories.

This national electoral calendar for the year 2010 lists the national / federal direct elections held in 2010 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories.

Fielding questions from reporters after paying a courtesy visit to Akeredolu in Lagos on Monday, the Chairman of the group, Chief Wale Oshun, said the body had kept faith with its tradition of endorsing the most competent candidates in all elections held in the South - West.

«This shows that the author has been following with keen interest elections held in the country and the petitions arising from them.

According to the BBC's projected national vote share, the Conservative party is three points down on what it achieved in 2017's county council elections but, after eight years in government, it is better than its performance in any of the local elections held between 2012 and 2014 and in 2016.

The consultation is also coming on the heels of Liberia's general elections held on 10th October, where ECONEC played a significant role, having carried out a Needs Assessment tour several weeks before the polls.

The elections held last Thursday, 5 of May — to elect the London Mayor, London Assembly, Northern Ireland and Welsh Assemblies as well as Scottish Parliament among others — were the first time polls were to be tested since their blunder in the 2015 Westminster elections.

BBC polling expert Professor Sir John Curtice added: «It is thus far from clear that the party has secured a marked revival in its overall performance this year, and its projected share is certainly well down on the 25 % or so of the vote that was routine for the party in local elections held before the formation of the coalition in 2010.»

The Members and Officers of the Board of Directors are elected in separate elections held annually in May.

The campaign forms part of the NDC's strategies toward reorganizing its support base and re-energise party faithful as it plans to recapture power in the next general elections to be held in 2020 after suffering a humiliating defeat in the general elections held on December 7, 2016 at the hands of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).

There were no elections held in the Hednesford Green Heath or Rawnsley wards as those wards elect only two councillors in the other two years of the election cycle.

In the Cheshire County Council elections held at the same time Conservatives got nearly exactly the same number of votes as in the Westminster election, but Labour did not.

It stated that Oyegun had not committed any offence warranting such calls for his resignation when it was so evident that he had delivered on his mandate as results of different elections held under him had testified.

Who ever your anonymous reader is crazy — check out what they gave to SRCC and ask around about their activity in special elections held last September....

Three seats in Barnet (Colindale) and three in Tower Hamlets (Blackwall and Cubitt Town) were vacancies until elections held on 26 June 2014 in Colindale [3] and on 3 July 2014 in Blackwall and Cubitt Town.

There were the unprecedented seventeen by - elections held after Labour MPs convicted of erroneously charging paper clips to their expenses were each sentenced to 13 years imprisonment.

Instead, MPs wishing to chair specific committees must now put themselves forward for election to the whole House, with elections held within party groupings for the allotted number of seats on each committee.

In 2009 the local elections held on the same day as the European Parliament election were for the 27 English county councils covering all the shire districts, and for seven unitary authorities, including five that were holding their first election after having converted from a two - tier county and district structure.

The Tema High Court will on Wednesday, March 14, 2018, hear an application from four New Patriotic Party (NPP)'s polling station executives calling for the nullification of Tema East Constituency polling station elections held recently.

(c) The terms «President - elect» and «Vice-President-elect» as used in this Act shall mean such persons as are the apparent successful candidates for the office of the President and Vice President, respectively, as ascertained by the Administrator following the general elections held to determine the electors of the President and Vice-President in accordance with title 3, United States code, sections 1 and 2.

«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.

This will exacerbate the effects of years of depletion of local government representation: in those local council elections held on May 7, the Lib Dems lost control of four councils, and 324 council seats.

The state legislature replaced one member of the State Board of Regents, but allowed three others to remain, in elections held for the state's top educational policy board.

Nothing makes this more obvious than the APC ward congresses and Local government elections held last week in which there were accusations of vote buying, harassment, violence, parallel congresses, anti-party activities, and corrupt practices.

The 2019 European Parliament election in France will be held on 26 May 2019, electing members of the 9th French delegation to the European Parliament as part of the European elections held across the European Union.

The APC primary elections held on Thursday and Friday, ahead of the June 3 Local Government polls in Benue, have sparked off protests in some parts of the state.

The New York state Senate met for the first time Wednesday since two Democrats won special elections held Tuesday.

In local elections held in 1998, Voridis stood as a candidate for Mayor of Athens, receiving 0.58 % of the vote.

So far, four national offices of the party filled by elections held during the December 9, 2017 national convention of the party are being challenged before the Federal High Court in Abuja.

He recalled that in the local government elections held to determine the parties that were qualified to stand for election, the party won in 28 out of the 36 states.

INEC declares Bayelsa Guber election inconclusive Following the cancellation of elections in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Bayelsa State governorship elections held on Saturday, December 5, inconclusive.

(c) False information in registering or voting; penalties Whoever knowingly or willfully gives false information as to his name, address or period of residence in the voting district for the purpose of establishing his eligibility to register or vote, or conspires with another individual for the purpose of encouraging his false registration to vote or illegal voting, or pays or offers to pay or accepts payment either for registration to vote or for voting shall be fined not more than $ 10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both: Provided, however, That this provision shall be applicable only to general, special, or primary elections held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the United States Senate, Member of the United States House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, or Resident Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

«We are appealing to the National Executive Committee of our great Party to have the elections held at Ningo Prampram Constituency investigated thoroughly, and if the allegations against Samuel Nartey George are proven, annul the results of the elections and punish him severely for perpetuating such electoral fraud in his bid to short change the will of the people of Ningo Prampram Constituency and bring the NDC Party into disrepute.»

In 2015, President Jonathan ensured that elections held in every local government in Borno states, but last month, the United Nations declared that they could no longer operate in certain local governments of Borno state.

None of the others elections held so far in this Parliament has shown that to be the case.

The term general election in the United Kingdom often refers to the elections held on the same day in all constituencies of their Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons.