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unusual facts about General Elections



First Tunku Abdul Rahman administration

The tenure of the ministry extended beyond the independence of Malaya on August 31, 1957 although it was reshuffled with the addition of new portfolios following independence and was only dissolved with the first post-independence general elections was called on August 19, 1959.

General Assembly of Nova Scotia

Like the Canadian federal government, Nova Scotia uses a Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which members are sent to the House of Assembly after general elections and from there the party with the most seats chooses a Premier of Nova Scotia and Executive Council of Nova Scotia.

José Nadal Power

After winning a spot on the 2012 primaries, he was elected on the general elections to represent the District of San Juan.

Legislature of Yukon

Like the Canadian federal government, Yukon uses a Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which members are sent to the Legislative Assembly after general elections and from there the party with the most seats chooses a Premier of Yukon and Executive Council of Yukon.

Libya–Pakistan relations

The new general elections in 1993 revived the comeback of PPP under Benazir Bhutto who was immediately sworned as Prime Minister.

In 1990, the new general elections oversaw the conservatives coming to power under Navaz Sharif, for the first time in the history through a democratic transition.

Luis Daniel Rivera

After winning a spot on the 2012 primaries, he was elected on the general elections to represent the District of Carolina.

Luis Mariñas

On May 31, 1993 moderated the second televised debate between Felipe González and José María Aznar for the general elections to be held six days later.

M. N. Govindan Nair

He was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in the General Elections of 1967 from Punalur Constituency and re-elected to the Assembly from Chadayamangalam Constituency in 1971 General Election.

Manitoba Legislature

Like the Canadian federal government, Manitoba uses a Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which members are sent to the Legislative Assembly after general elections and from there the party with the most seats chooses a Premier of Manitoba and Executive Council of Manitoba.

María Teresa González

After winning a spot on the 2012 primaries, she was elected on the general elections to represent the District of Mayagüez.

Muhammad Tariq Tarar

He lost his first General Elections in 1990 Against Peer Syed Yaqoob Shah.

Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal

Despite its tough rhetoric and demands of authoritarianism, the alliance remained in existence for a short period of time when the JUI(F) left the alliance over the political disagreement on the issues of boycotting the general elections held in 2008.

Quatre Bornes

For the general elections the town is classified as the No 18 constituency known as Belle Rose and Quatre Bornes and the No 14 Savanne and Black River constituency.

Ramón Ruiz

After winning a spot on the 2012 primaries, he was elected on the general elections to represent the District of Ponce.

Rossana López León

After winning a spot on the 2012 primaries, López was reelected on the general elections.

RTÉ.ie

Currently the site employs sectioning of news items, poll features, numerous microsites such as for General Elections, Referenda, and throughout the National Budget.

Şemsettin Günaltay

After Prime Minister Hasan Saka's resignation, Günaltay was appointed by President İsmet İnönü to form his cabinet on January 16, 1949 that lasted until Adnan Menderes's Democratic Party took over the government on May 22, 1950 following the general elections.


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Abdel Halim Muhammad

He was also a member of the Committee of Sovereignty of The Sudan from December 1964 to July 1965 which presided over the interim coalition Government that paved the way for general elections.

Anthony Sammy

In 2007, Anthony Sammy fought the Port of Spain South Constituency, in General Elections for the United National Congress.

Aseff Ahmad Ali

In the recently held general elections, he was returned to the National Assembly for the fifth time after defeating his archrival, the outgoing foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri.

Asif Bashir Bhagat

He has been elected as Member Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in general elections 2008 against PML-N leader Pir Syed Tariq Yaqoob Rizvi and PML-Q's Leader Basma Riaz Choudhry from the Constituency PP-117 (Mandi Bahuddin-II) and is functioning as Chairman, Standing Committee on Sports.

Badruddin Amiruldin

Badruddin was also, until his defeat in the March 2008 General Elections, the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Jerai, Kedah in the lower house of Parliament, the Dewan Rakyat.

Bhutanese National Assembly election, 2013

The elections were the second general elections to occur in Bhutan since former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck ushered in democratic reforms.

Bill Bolling

Running as a Republican, he was elected twice to the position by defeating his Democratic opponent in both the 2005 and 2009 general elections.

Cherokee freedmen controversy

The Cherokee Nation held general elections for Principal Chief between challenger Bill John Baker, a longtime Cherokee Nation councilman, and Chad Smith, the incumbent Principal Chief, on June 24, 2011.

Claude Massop

Before that time, a brutal bloody battle ensued between the two political factions, famously producing more than 800 deaths in the 1980 general elections between the two political parties (PNP and JLP).

Crossroads International

Then she was elected to the House of Commons for the Yukon as a member of the New Democratic Party in a by-election in 1987 and re-elected in the general elections of 1988 and 1993.

D. P. Atapattu

He represented the United National Party from the Beliatte electorate in Hambantota district in the six general elections held between 1947 and 1965.

Dan Wallace

A former customs clerk with the Ford Motor Company in Cork, Wallace was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1981 and February 1982 general elections.

Dawn Gibbons

During the 2006 election season, she was defeated in the Republican Party primary to succeed her husband in the U.S. House of Representatives, finishing in third place behind Nevada Secretary of State Dean Heller, the eventual winner of both the primary and the general elections, and State Assemblywoman Sharron Angle.

Devant Maharaj

In November 2007 Devant Maharaj unsuccessfully contested the Couva South constituency for the newly formed Congress of the People led by Winston Dookeran in the General Elections.

Dominican general election, 2000

General elections were held in Dominica on 31 January 2000 and saw the Dominica Labour Party led by Rosie Douglas take power defeating the previous government of the United Workers' Party led by Edison James, despite the UWP receiving more votes.

Elijah Mudenda

He was a UNIP member of the central committee in charge of the party control commission when he retired from politics, after the party lost the 1991 general elections to the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) Party.

Erel Margalit

During the 2005 election campaign, Margalit was one of the first businessmen to support Amir Peretz in the general elections.

Frederick Azzopardi

Azzopardi was first elected in 1997 as the Deputy Mayor for Victoria, Gozo's Capital, and later in 1998 contested the General Elections when he was elected in the House of Representatives of Malta.

Guze Ellul Mercer

He was subsequently elected member of parliament at the general elections held in 1951 and 1955.

Hamid Khan Achakzai

His nephew Abdul Majeed Khan Achakzai is also a politician, serving as a member of the Balochistan provincial assembly from 2002 to 2007 and elected Again in General elections of 2013 as MPA from provincial constituency PB-13 .

History of the Republic of Turkey

AKP is the only government in Turkish political history that has managed to win three general elections in a row with an increasing amount of votes received in each one.

House of Freedoms

In February 2006, two months ahead of the general elections of 2006, UDC secretary Lorenzo Cesa and others protested against the inclusion of neo-fascists such as Adriano Tilgher, Roberto Fiore, Alessandra Mussolini, Gaetano Saya and Pino Rauti in the alliance, branding them impresentabili (unsuitable).

Jaime Hernández Méndez

Together with General Mejía Víctores as Chief of State and Minister of Defense and General Rodolfo Lobos Zamora as Sub Chief of State and Chief of General Staff of National Defense, General Hernández started the process for the return to democracy with elections for a Constituent Assembly in 1984 followed with free general elections in 1985.

Kingsley Kuku

President Goodluck Jonathan reappointed him into the same position in July 2011 after the general elections in 2011.

Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena

He is a representative of Matara District for the United People's Freedom Alliance in the Parliament of Sri Lanka, to which he has been elected in 13 consecutive general elections.

Machap by-election, 2007

On March 30, 2007, the DAP announced its candidate for the seat in the 2004 General Elections, 33-year old Liou Chen Kuang, will contest in the by-election.

Maithripala Sirisena

In 1989, Sirisena contested for the general elections from the Polonnaruwa District and became a member of the parliament.

Martin A. Nelson

Nelson obtained the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 1934 and 1936, but lost both general elections to Floyd B. Olson and Elmer A. Benson, respectively.

Mehamn

They received very light sentences in jail and then the following autumn, general elections were held, and the Labour Party, which had fought for the protection of the whales, entered parliament for the first time with four MPs.

Myanmar Airways International

Just before the 2010 general elections, the government sold an 80% stake in MAI to one of the biggest private bank in Myanmar, Kanbawza Bank Ltd and 20% is retained by state-owned domestic carrier, Myanma Airways.

Nakuru

He was however defeated by Lee Kinyanjui during the 2007 general elections beating his close rival Mike Brawan.

National Transformation Movement

The original NTM contested two seats in the 1995 General Elections using the Banyan tree as its symbol.

Nicaraguan general election, 2011

The head of accompanying mission of the European Union (EU), Luis Yáñez called the triumph of Daniel Ortega and the Sandinista Front in the Nicaraguan General Elections indubitable and ruled out any possibility of fraud during them.

Park Gate Iron and Steel Company

After the 1951 General Elections the 1951–57 Conservative Government privatised most of the corporation, and in 1956 Parkgate was sold to Tube Investments.

Politics of Romania

After the FSN Prime Minister Petre Roman's brutal sacking just a few months before the 1992 general elections (following a descent on Bucharest in late 1991 by angry and dissatisfied coal miners), the FSN broke in two.

Rally of Congolese Ecologists – The Greens

In the 2006 general elections, a REC-LES VERTS candidate for the National Assembly, Mpaka Mawete Ruffin, gained the single-member seat of Kimvula in Bas-Congo.

Recognition of same-sex unions in Andorra

General elections were held on 3rd of April, and the Social Democratic Party was defeated by the Democrats for Andorra, with Antoni Martí becoming Prime Minister.

Salahuddin Saeed Khan

In Pakistan's General Elections of 2013 he stood in and is a candidate for Constituency NA-21.

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi

His son Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has built the Murree-Kahuta and Kotli Sattian area as their political stronghold, he won the general elections in 1988, 1990, 1993, and 1997, the latest one being in 2008.

Stuart Coats

He unsuccessfully contested the Morpeth constituency as a Unionist in the 1906 general election and was also an unsuccessful candidate for Deptford in the January and December general elections of 1910.

Swedish general election, 1968

This was due to the Social Democrats' absolute majority in the First chamber and a steady majority for them in general elections and also at large in municipality and county council elections, of which the latter gave them the majority in the First chamber.

Telangana Rashtra Sadhana Front

Telangana Rashtra Sadhana Front, a front of dissident pro-Telangana statehood parties in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, formed ahead of the 2004 general elections.

United Socialist Organisation of India

Ahead of the 1952 Indian general elections, USO comprised All India Forward Bloc, Sarat Chandra Bose's Socialist Republican Party, Bolshevik Party of India, Indian National Army, People's Movement and others and independents.

Wong Ho Leng

On 23 February, he announced that he would not defend for the Sibu parliamentary seat in 2013 Malaysian general elections on doctors' advice.

Woolwich West by-election, 1975

The result of the contest was a victory for the Conservative candidate, Peter Bottomley, who held the seat until its abolition for the 1983 general election; he had contested the seat in both 1974 general elections.