Sentences with phrase «seat elections under»

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In 2012, the first election under those new maps, Republicans won a 33 - seat majority in the U.S. House even though Democratic candidates across the country received 1.4 million more votes than their Republican opponents.

The GOP holds just a one - seat majority in the chamber after the surprise victory of Democrat Doug Jones in last year's Alabama special election; that means they can lose just one Republican vote, even under reconciliation (Vice President Mike Pence would cast a tie - breaker in the case of a 50 - 50 split).

Under provincial elections law, he does not need to resign his federal seat until he is a registered candidate in a provincial election.

Jones himself will not be up for re-election until 2020, at which time he will likely be the Democrats» version of former Senator Scott Brown, the surprise Republican winner of a 2010 Massachusetts special election, who was unable to hold the seat under more normal conditions.

Under this Fourth Republic, we have been lucky to have managed our differences so well that despite the high profiled bitter contest of 1998 in Sunyani, Candidate J.A Kufuor who emerged as our flagbearer courted the support of other opposition parties to win the 2000 first and second round elections to become the second President of the Fourth Republic with an appreciated votes at the presidential level for the party and increased seats in Parliament that we occupied the Majority side of Parliament.

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).

An election petition relating to the allocation of seats by the Electoral Commission under sections 191 to 193 may be presented to the Court of Appeal in accordance with sections 258 to 262.

The latest opinion polls indicate that a new party under her leadership would garner some 10 Knesset seats in the January 22 elections.

At any general election any secretary of a political party that is registered under Part 4 may forward to the Electoral Commission a list of candidates for election to the seats reserved for those members of Parliament elected from lists submitted under this section.

Under first - past - the - post, they have fared less strongly in general elections, typically recording around one per cent of the UK - wide vote (although a slightly higher average in the seats they contest); in 2010, the Greens won 0.96 per cent of the vote (1.81 per cent in the seats where they put up a candidate), and returned an MP to the House of Commons for the first time, as Caroline Lucas wrested Brighton Pavilion from Labour.

Between 2010 and 2015, under Miliband, Labour increased its vote share in Labour - held seats at by - elections by 16.4 % (Manchester Central), 14.6 % (Middlesbrough), 13.5 % (Barnsley Central), 12.2 % (Leicester South), 11.2 % (Wythenshawe), 10.8 % (Feltham & Heston), and 10.2 % (Oldham East).

Personally I can't forget Littleborough and Saddleworth, because I spent the full five weeks of the campaign in that Yorkshire seat as - in the first significant by - election under Blair - Peter Mandelson attempted to personally mastermind a Labour shock win, and came close.

We begin our tour in London, in three seats that illustrate the complicated dynamics of this election: Bermondsey & Old Southwark, which the Liberal Democrats are aiming to take back from Labour; Twickenham, now a Tory seat which is under threat from the Lib Dems; and Brentford & Isleworth which, if Labour lose it to the Conservatives, will have changed hands three elections running.

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.

Schaffer came under fire from progressive activists for failing to back Pellegrino in her successful Assembly bid and for taking a hands - off approach to elections for Republican - held state Senate seats in Suffolk.

He has spent three decades in the party, more than John Prescott when he took the same role under Tony Blair, and had ringside seats for the general election defeats of Neil Kinnock - twice - Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband.

The European elections are held under a proportional voting system which gives smaller parties a better chance of winning seats than in general elections.

Basically, under the current first past the post (FPTP) system, if you are a normal non-member and live in a safe Labour seat or an area where we have no chance of winning, the chances are you will be barely aware a local Labour party exists until an election comes along — and maybe not even then.

Had the 2010 election been fought under the new boundaries, Labour would won 28 fewer seats — while the Tories would have been down only 8.

He has produced a table listing 32 marginal seats that the Tories ought to be targeting at the next election (defined as requiring a 5 % or under swing from red or yellow to blue).

The Labour Party returned to government with a 4 - seat majority under Wilson in the 1964 general election but increased its majority to 96 in the 1966 general election.

If the Dems pick up both seats in the special election, the two sides, under the proposed deal, will create their own majority coalition with members from each side serving as co-leaders of the chamber.

Under the leadership of Tony Blair, the governing Labour Party was re-elected to serve a second term in government with another landslide victory, returning 413 of the 418 seats won by the party in the previous general election, a net loss of 5 seats, though with significantly lower turnout than before — 59.4 %, compared to 71.3 % in the previous election.

Quebec separatists routinely dominated Canadian federal elections (held under first - past - the - post) within their province after two defeated independence referendums, usually winning two - thirds of Quebec's 75 seats.

Under proposed constituency boundary changes announced in September 2016, ahead of the next general election, the seat's boundaries will be extended.

Steiner said Cuomo was obliged to set a special election date for a congressional seat under federal law, but state law allows the governor to set one for a state legislative vacancy at his discretion, so a court challenge might not be successful.

While there are considerable pickup opportunities for Democrats under the court's map and no staunchly safe Republican seats, there are a number of ways a map drawn by the Democratic - controlled state Assembly and pushed through the Republican - held state Senate by Cuomo could have helped Democrats come away from the 2012 elections with more seats.

The election tribunals and Court of Appeal ordered the re-runs, after voiding the returns for most of the Rivers legislative seats, federal and state; before the Supreme Court, in a bizarre verdict, endorsed the governorship poll, held the same day, and under the same bloody conditions, as the state legislative elections.

But Flanagan, who continues to be under fire from the right for voting «yes» on the controversial gun control law, is unlikely to approve funding any time soon — especially not with the special election for ex-Deputy Senate Majority Leader Tom Libous» seat this fall and the 2016 rematch for control of the majority looming.

According to the Rallings and Thrasher projection, the seat would have returned a Conservative MP at the last general election with a majority of a little over 500, if it had been fought under the new boundaries which are about to come into effect.

He said it's unlikely he will seek election under any circumstances to the state Senate seat he has held since 1992.

He is under no set timetable to issue an election proclamation declaring the seat vacant but once he does the special must happen within 40 days.

«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.»

At the 1997 election, the contrast would have been even more stark: under the AV system, the Tories would have had 95 fewer seats and the Lib Dems 69 more.

After losing seats at the 2001 election, the National Party lost one frontbench position under the Coalition agreement, Scott becoming the sacrificial lamb.

If anything, the special election to fill the seat of Weiner, who resigned under the cloud of a sexting scandal, is the opposite number of the special election to fill the seat of Rep. Chris Lee, who left office after sending sexually explicit photos on the Internet.

He was selected to contest his hometown seat of Newcastle - under - Lyme following the retirement of the Labour MP Llin Golding at the 2001 General Election, and he held the seat comfortably with a majority of 9,986 and remains the MP there.

Note that this list is exhaustive, it contains every case where Labour MPs could compete against each other under the selection rules... but in some cases it will be easily avoided through either agreement (there are enough seats to go round) or retirement (an MP will be well over 70 come the general election and possibly considering retirement anyway).

Those advocates of preferential voting for UK General Elections should take note of what is going on Down Under in the previously safe Tasmanian Labor seat of Denison.

Instead, let's put the Commons numbers under a magnifying glass, and begin by assuming, sadly, that Labour will win the coming Corby by - election and keep the other seats it won in 2010.

Under the U.S. Constitution, Cuomo must call for a special election to fill the vacated seat.

Morgan managed to win enough seats to form a Labour - only administration (the election was held under proportional representation, and Labour won 30 of the 60 seats in the Assembly and the overall majority was achieved when Dafydd Elis - Thomas AM was elected Presiding Officer of the Assembly) and named his cabinet on 9 May.

Academics at Essex University have analysed the 2010 general election results together with survey data on voters» second and third preferences, and estimated that the Lib Dems would have gained an extra 32 seats under AV.

And if the last election could be re-run under AV, the LibDems would improve on the 8.8 % of seats they won, while not achieving the full 23.3 % their share of the poll would warrant.

The Party for Freedom won nine seats in the Dutch House of Representatives in the 2006 general election, came second in the 2009 European parliamentary elections and increased its seat tally in the 2010 general election to 24 — just under one in six.

In the event of Labour securing 290 seats, the leader's pitch would offer the prospect of a return to office if Labour could stay unified under Miliband and make another 30 or so gains at the next election.

Newark is a town under siege from outsiders ahead of Thursday's by - election for a seat in Parliament.

Ahead of the Nov. 8 election, when every seat in the Legislature is up for grabs, the Senate Democrats have found themselves linked to state and federal investigations examining whether New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his allies violated laws as part of an unsuccessful effort in 2014 to bring the chamber under Democratic control.

Under state law, Cuomo will have to determine the date of a special election or keep the seat vacant until November's elections.

Until the Crewe and Nantwich by - election, 2008, the opposition Conservative Party had not gained a seat in almost 26 years, the last being the Mitcham and Morden by - election, 1982, which occurred during the unique circumstances of the Falklands War and the sitting Labour MP defecting to the Social Democratic Party and seeking re-election under his new party label.