Sentences with phrase «of subsequent general elections»

The Tories only won one of the subsequent general elections (2010).

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The line represents the number of months between the general election that put the minority government into office, and the next, or subsequent, general election.

After Jimmy Carter defeated Jackson for the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination and bested President Ford in the subsequent general election, the Carter administration adopted the language of an assertive human - rights policy but filled it with New Left content, aiming its criticism primarily at authoritarian American allies rather than at America's totalitarian enemies.

This time, with Sabini weakened by his poor performance in 2006 and a subsequent drunk driving arrest, the Queens Democratic Party dumped him in favor of Monserrate, who was easily elected in the general election.

The applicants were praying the court to declare a violation of their human rights with the non-implementation of the law, and a subsequent order for them to take part in general elections and national referenda while residing abroad.

The experience of 2017 shows that even a major 11 - point lead for a government in the local elections is no guarantee of resounding success in a subsequent general election, even one just a month later.

The resulting general election year PNS then provided a robust baseline for the calculation of the PNS in the local elections that were held during the course of the subsequent parliament.

On Saturday night, Robert Ford, who co-authored a recent academic analysis of Ukip support with Matthew Goodwin, Revolt on the Right, said the findings raised new questions about next year's general election, and suggest Ukip could be even more of a threat in subsequent ones.

«A special election is not necessarily a harbinger of what will happen in the subsequent general election,» he said.

His former immigration spokesman Phil Woolas's shameless tactics in Oldham East and Saddleworth during the last general election campaign, and subsequent ejection from Parliament, have offered a well - timed opportunity for Labour to give the coalition and, in particular, Nick Clegg, a thrashing in the by - election on 13 January - the first significant electoral test of the coalition's popularity.

A refusal by the House to pass such a Bill conventionally leads to either the resignation of the Government (unlikely, since there is usually no alternative Government immediately available) or to a dissolution of the House and a subsequent general election.

[1] Miller won the subsequent 2010 general election with 69 percent of the vote.

The 2016 flagbearer of the Progressive People's Party (PPP), Papa Kwesi Nduom has expressed optimism that Ghanaians will reward the party with victory in the country's subsequent general elections.

The Prime Minister and government would have the option of resigning in order to allow a replacement government the chance to obtain a vote of confidence within the required timeframe, or remaining in office to fight the subsequent general election.

He did not contest the 1987 general election, having been deselected by his constituency party (subsequent to boundary changes in 1983 which added roughly half of the old Wood Green constituency) in favour of Bernie Grant.

As a result, a mojority of primary voters and voters in the subsequent general election, re-elect him as their state Senator.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if they topped the poll in the next round of European elections, and won 4 - 5 % of the vote in any subsequent general election.

A fair point, but it's a fact that scarcely any of them survived the subsequent general election of 2010.

Back in 2008, Barack Obama's success at recruiting an army of online small - dollar donors gave him a tremendous advantage in the long primary battle against Hillary Clinton, and his subsequent general election contests.

Following the 2016 general elections and the subsequent declaration of the winner, not much has been heard from the CPP after it failed to make a significant impact in the elections.

«I do plan to win the primary soundly, for those of you who are not [Green Party Members],» Brisport added, in referencing to the subsequent general election.

The 2013 by - election coincided with the rise of UKIP and saw the Liberal Democrats hold the seat with UKIP in second place, but at the subsequent general election the seat fell to the Tories.

In 2012, she was appointed attorney general of Oregon and has won two subsequent elections to retain that position.