After her party lost
parliamentary seats in elections last month, doubts have arisen over how long she'll remain prime minister.
Not exact matches
After Yanukovych's ouster, Manafort helped to rebrand his party into the Party of Regions, and made it possible for the party to gain more
seats than expected
in Ukraine's
parliamentary elections.
With Macron having no significant, established political party behind him, we expect those parties whose candidates fell short
in the first round of the presidential campaign to push hard for
parliamentary seats in the June
parliamentary elections in a bid to win influence.
In other words, although King obtained only a minority in the general election, he sometimes had a majority of parliamentary seats during the next four year
In other words, although King obtained only a minority
in the general election, he sometimes had a majority of parliamentary seats during the next four year
in the general
election, he sometimes had a majority of
parliamentary seats during the next four years.
After losing his Glasgow - Govan
parliamentary seat in the 1992 General
Election, Scottish National Party politician Jim Sillars condemned Scotland as a country of «Ninety - Minute Patriots,» willing to support Scotland during a football match but unwilling to take the necessary steps to....
The 72 - year - old Akufo - Addo beat President John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) by over one million votes to win the presidency at the third attempt while his party, the NPP snatched almost 50 of the NDC's
seats to win an overwhelming
parliamentary majority
in the
elections.
The SNP's Callum McCaig has a healthy 9,000 plus majority
in the granite city, but this
seat is
in the Tories» sights this time after a strong performance
in the Scottish
parliamentary elections from candidate Ross Thomson.
As a reminder of Unite's importance though; Unite are still the biggest funder of the party (
in the first week of the
election campaign they gave # 2.4 m of the total # 2.7 m received by Labour), they have upwards of one million members they can encourage to register as supporters
in a leadership
election (and indeed activate
in Parliamentary candidate selections), Unite has three
seats on the NEC and of course Len's chief of staff, Andrew Murray, was seconded to Jeremy's team for the general
election campaign.
In a parliamentary system the party in power is the one with the most votes in parliament and that would always correspond to the party that won the most actual votes in the election, even if they didn't get the most seat
In a
parliamentary system the party
in power is the one with the most votes in parliament and that would always correspond to the party that won the most actual votes in the election, even if they didn't get the most seat
in power is the one with the most votes
in parliament and that would always correspond to the party that won the most actual votes in the election, even if they didn't get the most seat
in parliament and that would always correspond to the party that won the most actual votes
in the election, even if they didn't get the most seat
in the
election, even if they didn't get the most
seats.
In some recent research, Valerie Belu and I show that compared to regular elections (defined as elections which occur within 6 months of the end of a parliamentary term), strategically timed opportunistic elections have allowed governing parties to realize an average vote - share bonus of just under 6 percent and seat - share bonuses of 12 percent, doubling the probability that the Prime Minister survives in office -LRB-.80 versus.40
In some recent research, Valerie Belu and I show that compared to regular
elections (defined as
elections which occur within 6 months of the end of a
parliamentary term), strategically timed opportunistic
elections have allowed governing parties to realize an average vote - share bonus of just under 6 percent and
seat - share bonuses of 12 percent, doubling the probability that the Prime Minister survives
in office -LRB-.80 versus.40
in office -LRB-.80 versus.40).
A review by Sir Eric Pickles into last year's general
election called for parliamentary candidates to be in place in «battleground seats» by June 2018 «to ensure they are well - established within the seat before the next scheduled General Election on 5th May 2022
election called for
parliamentary candidates to be
in place
in «battleground
seats» by June 2018 «to ensure they are well - established within the
seat before the next scheduled General
Election on 5th May 2022
Election on 5th May 2022».
I think activists can work to get Greens and Respect elected
in a handful of FPTP
seats and we must all hope for an embarrassingly massive Tory landslide (300
seats or so) on < 50 % of the vote that will make everyone see what an absurd situation we are
in, make Cameron's
parliamentary party more unruly and nekedly nasty and — crucially — smash the Labour Party so hard that both its right and its left give up all hope of ever winning a FPTP
election again, and destroy the hubris that decrees that they never collaborate with other progressive / left forces.
In a similar vein, this
election also saw MP Steve Rotheram — Jeremy Corbyn's
parliamentary private secretary and occupant of the ultra safe
seat of Liverpool Walton — decide he would rather be Merseyside's mayor.
In the case of parliamentary elections the County Electoral Committee distributes all the seats in the county in accordance with Sainte - Laguë's modified method with the exception of on
In the case of
parliamentary elections the County Electoral Committee distributes all the
seats in the county in accordance with Sainte - Laguë's modified method with the exception of on
in the county
in accordance with Sainte - Laguë's modified method with the exception of on
in accordance with Sainte - Laguë's modified method with the exception of one.
In the wake of the elections, despite doing well in London in the council elections and gaining seven seats in the European parliamentary.
In the wake of the
elections, despite doing well
in London in the council elections and gaining seven seats in the European parliamentary.
in London
in the council elections and gaining seven seats in the European parliamentary.
in the council
elections and gaining seven
seats in the European parliamentary.
in the European
parliamentary...
He had opposed British involvement
in the war at its outbreak
in 1914, a highly principled position to take
in the face of its huge popularity among members of his own party, resigned his position as the leader of the
Parliamentary Labour Party
in consequence and then had his illegitimate birth raised by the newspapers
in an attempt to get him to resign his
seat as an MP (they argued that as he'd used a different name during his life from that on his birth certificate he'd stood for
election on false pretenses and deceived his constituents).
He said he's motivated to lead the party at the regional level
in order to unite all of its members to collaborate to win at least six
parliamentary seats in the region at the next general
elections in 2020.
Following the inability of the Huudu Yahaya - led conflict resolution committee of the National Democratic Congress to effectively deal with grievances arising out of last year's
parliamentary primaries, the governing party risk losing some
parliamentary seats it won or lost to independent candidates
in the 2012
elections, investigations by The aL - hAJJ have uncovered.
The
parliamentary candidate of the National Democratic Congress» (NDC) for the Weija - Gbawe constituency, Obuobia Darko - Opoku says she will not fail
in her bid to snatch the
seat from the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP)
in the 2016
elections.
She spent a year as
parliamentary under secretary of state for public health and innovation before losing her Oxford West and Abingdon
seat in the 2017 general
election.
[11][12] She first stood for
election in the 1992 general
election as the SNP candidate
in the Glasgow Shettleston constituency, and was the youngest
parliamentary candidate
in Scotland, failing to win the
seat.
The party has also held a
parliamentary candidate selection blitz since the referendum — fearing a snap general
election — so many candidates for 2020
seats have already been selected to try to win back those lost
in 2015.
In the
parliamentary elections called for 25 May and 1 June, the National Front plans to stand 566 candidates for the 577 assembly
seats and hopes to poll the 12.5 per cent necessary to proceed through to the second round.
The petition comes
in the wake of calls by the Klottey Korle constituency Chairman of the umbrella family, Alhaji Bashiru Nii Narh Alema, that the party risks losing the
parliamentary seat in the upcoming
elections, should Zanetor Rawlings be disqualified from contesting.
But the defeat of Mandelson by Livingstone
in last year's NEC
election, support for Livingstone for London mayor and black members» use of OMOV to try to select black candidates for inner city
parliamentary seats showed that the individual membership can not be totally controlled by the leadership.
Its most well - known member was John Alderdice, who became leader of the party ahead of the 1987 general
election, contested the Belfast East
parliamentary seat and received 32 % of the vote, the highest percentage ever achieved by Alliance
in an individual
seat in a Westminster
election.
His special adviser James Chapman has quit, while his
parliamentary private secretary Stewart Jackson just lost his
seat in May's hara kiri
election.
On Friday, Mr Murphy said he would remain leader of the party
in Scotland and stand for a
seat at Holyrood
in next year's Scottish
parliamentary election.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's party has won the most
seats in parliamentary elections, first exit polls say.
UKIP did not fight the
seat in that
election but the party soundly trounced the Tories
in the European
Parliamentary elections this year.
The only major
parliamentary party that is vocally eurosceptic is the Human Shield, whose candidates came fourth
in the 2016
parliamentary election, winning 8 of 151 available
seats.
The Labour Party was defeated heavily
in the 1983 general
election, winning only 27.6 % of the vote, its lowest share since 1918, and receiving only half a million votes more than the SDP - Liberal Alliance who leader Michael Foot condemned for «siphoning» Labour support and enabling the Conservatives to greatly increase their majority of
parliamentary seats.
Currently, opinion polls suggest the Conservatives will win a maximum of 14 %
in the
Parliamentary election, which would cost them two or three
seats, and probably push them into fourth place.
The
seat, which borders Gordon Brown's
parliamentary constituency, was gained by the Lib Dems (from Labour) at a by -
election in 2005, where the Conservatives remained
in fourth place.
In the last of our series detailing what happened to the original 100 members of the party's so - called priority list of candidates, below we list the 26 who are still seeking a
parliamentary seat for the next
election.
[4]
In total, a mere 29
parliamentary seats changed hands at the 2001
Election.
Sutch came closest with 4.1 % and over a thousand votes at the Rotherham by -
election, whilst Stuart Hughes still holds the record for the largest number of votes for a Loony candidate at a
Parliamentary election, with 1,442 at the 1992 general
election in the Honiton
seat in east Devon.
In November 2013, Philp was selected to be the Conservative
parliamentary candidate for Croydon South, the
seat was held by the Conservative MP Richard Ottaway, who was retiring at the next general
election.
Previous electoral results suggest the party that wins majority of
parliamentary seats in the Region, subsequently wins the national
elections.
After it lost its only
parliamentary seat in the 2015
election, the party has «voluntarily de-registered» from the Electoral Commission.
With their legitimacy and credibility irreparably damaged, Kurdish political elites stand to lose
seats and influence
in Iraq's upcoming
parliamentary elections.
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.»
The NDC lost the Walewale
parliamentary seat in the 2012 general
election to the New Patriotic Party (NPP); the NDC again lost the Kumbungu
seat to the Convention People's Party (CPP)
in a bye -
election held
in 2013 after Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni, the then sitting NDC Member of Parliament (MP), resigned from Parliament to take up an international position.
The People's National Convention (PNC) is targeting 20 out of the 275
parliamentary seats in the 2016 general
elections as it prepares to select candidates.
Though the
parliamentary outcome indeed shows we lost some
seats but we had two
elections, we have the
parliamentary and the presidential so we are positive that we will triumph
in the presidential
election» the party bigwig averred.
In the last
election the NPP party won 129 of the 230
parliamentary seats, followed by the NDC with 93
seats.
The division within the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC)
in the Bolgatanga Central Constituency has hit a top point as
election watchers say the prospect of the
parliamentary seat slipping back to the People's National Convention (PNC)
in the 2016 polls can not be ruled out.
«I organized the first fundraising ceremony
in Accra, and I can confidently tell you, that under my leadership as the regional chairman, we were able to increase the number of
parliamentary seats from One to Three (3)
in the region, and significantly increase our presidential votes
in the 2016 general
election.»
In general elections, voting takes place in all parliamentary constituencies of the United Kingdom to elect members of parliament (MPs) to seats in the House of Commons, the dominant (historically termed the lower) house of Parliamen
In general
elections, voting takes place
in all parliamentary constituencies of the United Kingdom to elect members of parliament (MPs) to seats in the House of Commons, the dominant (historically termed the lower) house of Parliamen
in all
parliamentary constituencies of the United Kingdom to elect members of parliament (MPs) to
seats in the House of Commons, the dominant (historically termed the lower) house of Parliamen
in the House of Commons, the dominant (historically termed the lower) house of Parliament.
«This autumn both David Cameron and Nick Clegg should ask their parties to approve a binding agreement to fight the 2015 general
election as coalition partners... If the voters choose to keep our current system of electing MPs, as I fervently hope they will, the pact would give
parliamentary candidates
in constituencies
in seats held by a coalition party a free run against other parties.