Sentences with phrase «seats in parliament in»

That is, roughly speaking, a system that gives parties seats in Parliament in proportion to the number of people who voted for them.

Away from the big - party struggles, the Greens» Caroline Lucas will be doing her best to win her party a first seat in parliament in Brighton Pavilion.

Not exact matches

To what extent Macron can make good on pro-business promises will, of course, depend on how many seats he's able to win in parliament.

The DUP in Northern Ireland obtained 10 seats, which would give Theresa May a majority in parliament.

Polls show the race is tight and that the large «Together for Yes» block formed by pro-independence parties from the rest of political spectrum will need support from the smaller CUP to secure a 68 - seat majority in Catalonia's 135 - seat parliament.

Since Suu Kyi's 2010 release, her political party has clinched dozens of seats in Parliament.

In fact, it would give New Democracy and PASOK 159 seats in a 300 - seat parliamenIn fact, it would give New Democracy and PASOK 159 seats in a 300 - seat parliamenin a 300 - seat parliament.

Since May's election gamble backfired, the Conservatives have only a one - seat majority in parliament thanks to a tactical deal with Northern Irish unionists.

Jónsdóttir was first elected to Iceland's 63 - seat Parliament in 2009 as a member of the Citizens» Movement Party, but when she ran for — and won — her seat again in 2012, she did so under the Pirates» black flag.

The conservatives, liberals and socialists, who command a large majority of the parliamentary seats, will work out a joint motion on Tuesday and expect to debate the issue in parliament on Wednesday and vote on it on Thursday, Tremosa's aide said on Monday.

May stands to gain some 45 seats in Parliament, which could ultimately strengthen her hand to negotiate a hard - Brexit.

Greek TV networks predict that New Democracy will take about 127 seats in the parliament, which when combined with the 32 seats for PASOK, give the coalition more than the 151 seats needed to form a government.

If May is successful in winning more seats in parliament, she would have a stronger hand in Brexit negotiations, and would be more likely to remove the country from the E.U. single market trade zone.

An earlier exit poll indicated that the center - right alliance would gain between 248 to 268 seats in the lower house of parliament, short of the 316 needed for a majority.

«It is realistic that Mr. Stronach's new party will gain seats in Parliament, though he will need a lot of good luck,» he says.

Labour holds two - thirds of Scotland's seats in the British Parliament, and their removal would make it harder for Labour to become the governing party again.

At present, the National Front holds just two seats in the French parliament, out of 925.

Most of the obvious governing options fall short of the 176 seats required for a majority in the lower house of the Spanish parliament.

He emerged from two general elections as leader of the party with the most seats in a minority parliament.

By the early 1990s, the New Democratic Party — the political ally of the labour movement — was in power in three Canadian provinces, including Ontario, and held 43 seats in Parliament.

Given that the party that comes first in the election gets a 50 - seat bonus in the 300 - member Parliament, coming first is crucial,» Martin Koehring of the Economist Intelligence Unit said.

The Left Platform, which holds about 40 seats in parliament and is composed of former communists and others closely aligned with labor unions, could defeat the government if its members vote against the plan.

The coalition is expected to retain power, but a diminished majority in the 222 - seat parliament could leave Najib open to an internal leadership challenge.

The passage of the Reform Bill may be defined in a shorthand way as the procedure of voting by Parliament, and approval by King William IV, of a law changing the qualifications for voting in British elections and redistributing seats in the House of Commons.

In 1998, for the first time, the BJP gained more seats in parliament than Nehru's venerable India National Congress partIn 1998, for the first time, the BJP gained more seats in parliament than Nehru's venerable India National Congress partin parliament than Nehru's venerable India National Congress party.

Arsio: Iranian Jews - those who haven't fled after seeing many of their community hanged as «spies» - have a couple of token seats in the powerless Iranian parliament.

The SNP make up the vast majority of Scottish seats in the Westminster Parliament and all voted against bombing Syria.

They also have seats in legislatures, state assemblies and Parliament so as to allow them greater participation in the country's governance.

By coincidence my visit coincided with that of one of the candidates for the local seat in parliament, an ally of nationalist General Aleksandr Lebed.

In representative bodies which shared in government, such as the emerging English Parliament and the Estates General of France, the clergy had seats and at least in theory endeavored to see that recognition was given to Christian standardIn representative bodies which shared in government, such as the emerging English Parliament and the Estates General of France, the clergy had seats and at least in theory endeavored to see that recognition was given to Christian standardin government, such as the emerging English Parliament and the Estates General of France, the clergy had seats and at least in theory endeavored to see that recognition was given to Christian standardin theory endeavored to see that recognition was given to Christian standards.

In parliament, a majority is achieved when the largest party has more seats than all other parties put together, which requires 326 seats.

It's called a hung parliament because no party won a majority of seats in the House of Commons.

The British National party lost their only remaining seat in the European parliament last night, marking the end of the far - right party as a serious force in British politics.

He also failed to get elected to Parliament for the seat of Sheffield Brightside in 1968, which I then contested in 1992.

It suggests the Tories would remain the largest party in a hung parliament, losing just two seats to end up with 301.

This means that the British government - whoever they may be at the time - will always be happy with the fact that Sinn Féin don't take their seats - this time around, that's 7 opposing votes they don't have to worry about in parliament.

The 2013 elections produced a highly fragmented and deeply polarised parliament, in which the strongest list — the right - wing Likud - Beiteinu, headed by incumbent prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu — secured just over one quarter of the Knesset's 120 seats.

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.

Owusu Amankwah is touted as the key man to increase the party's presidential votes from 37, 853, representing 71.41 per cent in 2012, to at least 40,000 in the next elections according to the party's estimation, and maintain the party's seat in Parliament.

«But having taken responsibility for something that happened ten years ago the only proper course of action for me is to resign my Eastleigh seat in parliament which I will do very shortly.

In 2004 the Sultan announced that for the next parliament, fifteen of the 20 seats would be elected.

Hungary's Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, celebrated a historic victory today after his right - wing Fidesz / Christian Democrat coalition retained its two - thirds majority in the Hungarian Parliament, winning 133 out of 199 seats.

His party, the PRN, received 14 out of 57 seats in parliament.

In the Scottish Parliament election, 2016, SNP saw its constituency vote increase slightly (from 45.4 % to 46.5 %) and its regional vote decrease slightly (from 44.0 % to 41.7 %), leading to a decrease from 69 to 63 seats (out of 129) in the additional member systeIn the Scottish Parliament election, 2016, SNP saw its constituency vote increase slightly (from 45.4 % to 46.5 %) and its regional vote decrease slightly (from 44.0 % to 41.7 %), leading to a decrease from 69 to 63 seats (out of 129) in the additional member systein the additional member system.

Note: for most voting systems currently in use there are already mathematical issues when assigning seats in Parliament.

The party or coalition of parties with the majority of seats in the parliament forms the executive.

[x] The introduction of quotas in parliament for young people under the age of 30 years old — for instance, through reserving 50 seats or more for the age group 18 - 30 years old — could be an important part of the solution for at least 6 reasons.

They elect 3 presidents for each of the 3 ethnicities, and my understanding is that there are a certain amount of seats reserved in the parliament per ethnicity.

Generally, this result would give the majority of seats in the parliament to the united opposition forces and let the opposition form the coalition in the parliament.

The current endeavor by Tory backbenchers to repeal the Act is based on a simple calculation — most forecasts predict that the 2015 general elections will result in another hung Parliament, in which the joint seat share of the two dominant parties, Labour and the Conservatives, will be eroded even further.