Sentences with phrase «next national election»

Germany will hold its next national election as early as August 27 or as late as October 22.

Nearly two - thirds of the time the party that receives the most number of votes at local elections goes on the get the most votes at the next national election.

So as the results are released after the elections on Thursday remember to take them with a grain of salt: history suggests that on average they are likely to be different by 5 points come the next national election.

Using the right techniques local elections can give us a pretty good indication of how well parties might do at the next national election.

Steinbrueck, a Social Democrat who will take on Chancellor Angela Merkel in Germany's next national election in September, has a reputation for gaffes and his remark created the first diplomatic incident of his accident - prone campaign.

Official Announcement Mr. Mahama was also reported to have given the assurance that in due time he would officially announce his intention of leading the NDC as the presidential candidate for the next national elections.

According to Mr. Kyeremanteng, the NPP can not afford to lose the next national elections and that the time has come for the party to give Ghanaian voters a new Presidential Candidate instead of repeating Nana Addo as its flagbearer.

The Declaration is being launched just a few days ahead of Norway's next national elections.

Not exact matches

A regional election in Sicily over the weekend could lift the party of former Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi, as the country gears up for a national vote next year.

«The next crowd is Twitter, Facebook, Airbnb,» said venture capitalist Steve Westly, who served on President Barack Obama's national finance committee during the 2008 election.

With a full German general election in the autumn next year, the AfD at the moment would seem well placed to enter Berlin's national Bundestag parliament by the end of 2017.

The British people will vote next week in a national election to decide the country's fate within the European Union.

If Mr. Xiao's disqualification is upheld by the Conservative Party National Council, it is expected that Edmonton hotel manager Kelly McCauley will be acclaimed as the party's candidate for the next federal election.

«This is a bad move for Ontario and for our planet... keep in mind Montana borders British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan, and air doesn't respect national boundaries,» said Jose Etcheverry, the Green candidate in Markham - Stouffville for next June's provincial election.

The race for New York's 9th Congressional District has attracted national attention because polls give Republican candidate Robert Turner an edge, a potential sign of trouble for President Barack Obama and for the Democrats ahead of next year's election.

As Nigeria begins its transition from a military to a civilian government» the process working its way up from local levels, where civilians are already in charge, to the national level, where elections are scheduled for next year» it faces the possibility of a crisis like the one that almost destroyed the country twenty - four years ago.

The EU Court of Human Rights may reverse a national vote in the next few years, declaring the election of a right - wing candidate a violation of human rights.

Instead, Labour will set out, in our general election manifesto, tough fiscal rules that the next Labour government will have to stick to - to get our country's current budget back to balance and national debt on a downward path.

He also encouraged the youth that their efforts will not be in vain because the National Democratic Congress will come back to power in the next general election.

The National Organizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams has said former President John Dramani Mahama is the best candidate for his party in the next election in 2020.

Such crisis however, will not be solved if each national political party keep worrying exclusively of the results of next elections.

Whoever emerges at the helm of the African National Congress, a 105 - year - old liberation movement that dominates Africa's most industrialized economy, is likely to become the country's next president after elections in 2019.

The National Union of Students (NUS) is drawing up plans to persuade students away from supporting the Liberal Democrats at the next general election.

The Scottish National Party (SNP) has received a major boost ahead of next May's Holyrood elections as a poll finds more than half of voters now back independence.

The Scottish National Party (SNP) is on course to become the biggest party north of the border after next May's Holyrood elections, a new survey finds.

The next general election is not due until 2020 under current laws, but could be staged within months if the next Conservative leader decides to seek a mandate through a national vote.

In all likelihood, next year's local election results will be less bad for Labour than this year's were, perhaps showing a Conservative lead of 10 - 15 % in terms of national equivalent vote share.

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

Nick Griffin, leader of the British National Party, is set to contest the West Yorkshire seat of Keighley at the next general election.

The National Caravan Council (NCC) has welcomed the recognition of tourism in a number of party election manifestos and has urged the next Government to support and grow this vital industry.

From this, the BBC reported an estimate of national vote share of 31 % for the Conservatives, 38 % for Labour and 16 % for the Liberal Democrats, meaning that if these results were replicated at the next general election, Labour would win an 83 seat majority.

If the Liberal Democrats lose the seat it suggests that they will seriously struggle at the next general election (as those who don't understand the drawbacks of Universal National Swing are already fond of predicting).

He's signed up to national tours with David Cameron between the autumn and next May's general election.

The French president, François Hollande, has warned that Europe risks «regression and paralysis» if Eurosceptics and nationalists gain the upper hand in next year's European parliament elections, as an opinion poll for the first time put the anti-immigrant National Front (NF) well ahead of his country's mainstream parties.

Labour dramatically overturned the Scottish National party's (SNP) majority in the Dunfermline by - election last night, in a move which casts further doubt on Alex Salmond's ability to win the Scottish independence referendum next year.

The General Secretary of the main opposition National Democratic Congress, Mr Johnson Asiedu - Nketiah affectionately known in the Ghanaian political circles as «General Mosquito» has dismissed claims by one of his deputies incharge of administration, Koku Anyidoho that he will not seek re-election as General Secretary when the party opens nominations for the next executive contest to run its affairs for election 2020.

Some other party members came out publicly in support of Mr. Mahama with the NDC's National Organizer, Kofi Adams, saying that Mr. Mahama was the best candidate for his party in the next election.

Labour currently holds the seat with a near 9,000 majority vote and would be likely to retain it at the forthcoming election, with a resignation now ahead of a national poll preferable to a departure mid-way through the next parliament when Purnell's move would have triggered a byelection, more high profile and potentially more perilous for the party.

Yes what a triumph it will be for the National Union of Journalists in particular the over 4000 of them that work for the BBC when Labour wins the next election and effectively turns whatever is left of the UK at that time (given the likelyhood of a referendum on independence for scotland before then) into a one party socialist state.

Labour's national executive committee will meet for the first time since the election in the next fortnight and one source close to the NEC said they believed Lavery's comments would be a controversial topic of discussion — particularly on narrowing the spectrum of political views in the party.

As the quest to find a new flagbearer to lead the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the next election in 2020 deepens, former NDC Member of Parliament for the La Dadekotopon Constituency, Nii Amasah Namoale, has indicated strongly that he will be joining the race.

Coverage has also, unsurprisingly perhaps, been very strongly linked to the UK's next general election in 2015, meaning that so much of the communication surrounding the European elections has been presented in national terms, it's difficult to tell the difference anymore.

Ahead of the 2015 election, David Cameron has pledged a tax lock — a law to be passed in the first 100 days of a new government to prevent income tax, national insurance or VAT increases during the next parliament.

The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu has said that having Nigerians in diaspora vote during the next general election in 2019...

On 19 February 2017, during the PD National Assembly, Renzi resigned as Secretary of the party, announcing his candidacy for the next leadership election.

The general membership of the party should bear with the national leadership at this time and remain focused in the hope that the necessary mechanisms are being put in place to ensure that the party emerges victorious in next year's general elections.

The appeal tribunal in it's judgement ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct a fresh election in the next 90 days.

Listen to National Union of Students (NUS) president Wes Streeting explain why he intends to continue the fight against top - up fees, which are due for review before the next election.

According to him, the constituency and regional elections would pave way for the three major national elections namely the Youth Congress, Women's Congress and the main party congress that would elect the next flagbearer.

President John Mahama, who is vying for a second term, told party supporters in the Northern Region where he is campaigning that «God Himself will choose the next president of Ghana... God - willing, I know the National Democratic Congress, being a child of God, will win the elections,» Mr Mahama said.