Sentences with phrase «for election of»

He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Chippenham constituency in Wiltshire from the 2010 general election until 30 March 2015, when parliament was dissolved for the election of May 2015, at which he was defeated by the Conservative Party candidate Michelle Donelan.

In some more sparsely populated areas of the state, the districts are further divided into subdistricts for the election of delegates.

Stephen Twigg recommends experiments with compulsory voting and closed primaries of Labour supporters for the election of its candidates.

The PNC becomes the latest party to announce plans for the election of their presidential candidate for the elections in 2016.

It is, perhaps, an indication of how weakened the parliamentary Labour party (PLP) has become that the only fight left is for the election of the shadow cabinet by MPs.

We need to fight for the election of a Labour govt on the basis of a socialist programme.

The Ekiti Professionals in Politics rooting for the election of Opeyemi Bamidele has advised delegates against allowing money to influence their choice in the May 5 All Progressives Congress governorship primary.

Tinubu also said his support for the election of President Muhammadu Buhari before and after the 2015 polls was his personal decision.

The meeting was also used to firm up the date and venue for the election of the NPP's national executives which is set to take place in June 2018.

Gee, that's a new one: Newt Gingrich taking credit for the election of a Republican governor in New York against an incumbet Democrat icon.

The senator's largest donation during that time was the $ 4,000 that came from Friends for the Election of Dean Skelos, the Senate Republican minority leader.

The Leader of the Progressive People's Party (PPP), Paa Kwesi Nduom, slammed President Akufo - Addo for postponing the timeline for the election of Metropolitan and Municipal District Chief Executives (MMDCEs).

The Leader / Founder said the committees would prepare the grounds for the election of constituency and regional executives, «the leadership has declared 2018 as the year for the national delegates» congress where national executives as well as Presidential Candidate would be elected».

The supplementary vote system will be used for the election of Combined Authority regional mayors.

The European Parliament election of 2004 in Greece for the election of the delegation from Greece to the European Parliament took place on June 13.

The nation will gain a lot from a further reform of the campaign financing process, to give room for the election of more competent and qualified persons for the betterment of the nation.

Where preferential voting is used for the election of an assembly or council, parties and candidates often advise their supporters on their lower preferences, especially in Australia where a voter must rank all candidates to cast a valid ballot.

Several persons including flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Akufo - Addo and flagbearer of the Progressive People's Party (PPP) have all argued for the election of MMDCEs.

Plans began to be made for the election of community school boards, which were to have been held in May 2010.

The other factional leadership of the House is expected to do same to pave the way for the election of new principal officers of the Assembly.

But AV, used for the election of the London mayor, is not seen as a fully proportional system, and academics debate its impact.

After another almighty row over whether the Iraq inquiry would take evidence behind closed doors, as Brown suggested, the Commons became the focus of attention for the election of the new Speaker.

The intelligence reveals that, the consultant who worked with the Nigerian All Progressive Congress to get Buhari elected were subsequently drafted to Ghana to work for the election of Nana Akufo - Addo.

Part of the petition read «The party's own rules that guided the conduct of the primaries provided that a member of the NDC shall not qualify to contest any primaries in any of the parliamentary seats if that member does not satisfy the requirement for election of a Member of Parliament as provided in Article 94, Section 1 (a) of the 1992 Constitution.»

By the time the Civil War began in 1861, 24 of the 34 states had an elected judiciary, and every state that entered since provided for the election of some — if not all — of its judges.

The leader of the biggest opposition party also made a firm commitment to introduce a regime that will implement a policy for the election of District Chief Executives (DCEs) explaining that: «The time has come to bring accountability to local government through competitive politics.

Even before the National Executives of the opposition National Democratic Congress gives the go - ahead for the election of a flag bearer for the 2020 elections, a nationwide research conducted by The aL - hAJJ indicates former President John Mahama has an edge over his potential competitors.

Nebraska uses a Top Two system but without party labels on the ballot at all for the election of its nonpartisan state legislature.

The procedure is similar to that for the election of Speaker232 except that the Speaker presides, not the Clerk.

In a press statement issued and signed by acting General Secretary, Mr John Boadu on Monday, the party said the conference would not be for the election of party executives.

In a ballot for the election of Deputy Speaker or Second Deputy Speaker, when there are only two candidates, with each receiving the same number of votes, the Speaker then exercises a casting vote.174 There is no instance of the Speaker exercising a casting vote in these circumstances.

«Conservative backbenchers suggest international aid budget might be used to limit cuts to BBC World Service Main 21 Tory rebels object to supplementary vote for election of city mayors»

Analysts believe that President Buhari's moves suggest that he is laying the foundation for his re-election or for the election of the person he will nominate to succeed him should he wish to pass the opportunity to go for second term to someone else.

The group Friends for the Election of Dean Skelos, who is the Senate's majority leader, has kicked in $ 10,000 to Serino's campaign, and Cathy Young for Senate, the campaign committee for Sen. Cathy Young, R - Olean, has added another $ 10,000.

Mr. Silver, a top ally of the mayor, was forced to resign, paving the way for the election of Mr. Heastie, the body's first African - American speaker.

The alternative report claims the government proposals for the election of a second chamber in its draft bill do not set out any proposals to limit its powers.

As we have explained elsewhere, the degree of competition in the system for the election of committee chairs and members is limited by a number of factors that inhibit the potentially transformative effect of the 2010 reforms — including the absence of frontbenchers from candidacy and electorate, the fact that candidates from opposing parties can not compete against one another, and the large number of uncontested chairs.

The Taraba State Congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the election of the state officials of the party has been suspended, following crisis that rocked the exercise in the state on Saturday.

The campaign for power - shift to Anambra North was the reason for the election of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, candidate Chief Willie Obiano and Comrade Tony Nwoye one of the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

«Are you up for the election of 2017?

AV IS NOT WANTED - EVEN BY THE YES CAMPAIGN: Before the general election, Nick Clegg described AV as «a miserable little compromise» and the Electoral Reform Society said they did «not regard it as suitable for the election of a representative body, e.g. a parliament».

The extent to which the state controls the primary election machinery appears from the Texas statutes, as follows: Art. 3118, Vernon's Texas Statutes, provides for the election of a county chairman for each party holding a primary by the «qualified voters of the whole county,» and of one member of the party's county executive committee by the «qualified voters of their respective election precincts.»

must be submitted to the Electoral Commission not later than noon on the date specified in the writ for the election of constituency candidates as the latest date for the nomination of constituency candidates; and

No withdrawal of a list of candidates under subsection (1) shall have any effect unless it is lodged with the Electoral Commission not later than noon on the date specified in the writ for the election of constituency candidates as the latest date for the nomination of constituency candidates.

Socially conservative groups like Slattery's could be the deciding factor in the Democratic primary, much in the same way the socially conservative religious voting bloc came out in force for the election of Congressman Bob Turner in Queens and Brooklyn.

Senator Skelos, through his Friends for the Election of Dean Skelos committee, received at least $ 100,000 from Glenwood.

Labour's ruling National Executive Committee meets in five days time to decide the timetable for the election of its next leader.

Though the details of their discussion was not made public it was gathered by the Nigeria Politics Online that the two further discussed the reconciliation process in the All Progressive Congress and the recent decision of the party to go for election of new officers.

The Seventeenth Amendment restates the first paragraph of Article I, section 3 of the Constitution and provides for the election of senators by replacing the phrase «chosen by the Legislature thereof» with «elected by the people thereof.»

Sen. Abu Ibrahim, and four others had filed a suit claiming that the Senate standing orders used for the election of Saraki and Ekweremadu had been forged and so the election should be nullified.