Sentences with phrase «on electoral divisions»

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«Finally, the PDP assures its numerous supporters across the country of the dividends of the on - going rebuilding and re-engineering process in the party to re-position the party for the electoral challenges ahead especially as it has become clear that APC lacks the capacity to handle governance and provide economic direction for the country, but has only succeeded in injecting bad blood and division among Nigerians resulting in the current threats to national cohesion and stability.

«It seems probable that there will be an early general election in a matter of months, so it is more important than ever that we have a strong and convincing leader who can unite the party, capitalise on the divisions in te Tory Party and aert a possible electoral wipeout.

On further inspection this division has existed within the Labour Party since its inception and when electoral reform has appeared on the political agenda in the twentieth and twenty - first centuries, it has prompted debate within the partOn further inspection this division has existed within the Labour Party since its inception and when electoral reform has appeared on the political agenda in the twentieth and twenty - first centuries, it has prompted debate within the parton the political agenda in the twentieth and twenty - first centuries, it has prompted debate within the party.

Yet some of his strongest supporters, who agree that a quieter strategy of «consolidation» would risk making the government look as though it has run out of steam when it seeks a new electoral mandate, also worry that Labour's parliamentary divisions will place a brake on future reform.

Boundary changes to the electoral divisions took effect at this election after a review of the county by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England increasing the number of seats on the council from 77 to 78.

Threading boundaries between and through centres of population on the pretext of ensuring fairness is also a great way to cheat for your own benefit — a practice known as gerrymandering, after a 19th - century governor of Massachusetts, Elbridge Gerry, who created an electoral division whose shape reminded a local newspaper editor of a salamander.

Conversely, the electoral division you live in might be on a knife edge, giving disproportionate weight to the small number of votes that can tip the balance.

(2) If an elector whose name appears on a polling list for the polling division where he or she resides has been appointed to act as a deputy returning officer, poll clerk or scrutineer at a polling place other than his or her own but in the same electoral district, an application may be made to the revising official for a certificate to vote at the other polling place.