Sentences with phrase «parliamentary seats in that election»

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 yearIn other words, although King obtained only a minority in the general election, he sometimes had a majority of parliamentary seats during the next four yearin 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 seatIn 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 seatin 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 seatin 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 seatin 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.40In 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.40in 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 2022election 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 2022Election 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 onIn 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 onin the county in accordance with Sainte - Laguë's modified method with the exception of onin 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 ParliamenIn 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 Parliamenin 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 Parliamenin 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.