parliamentary elections

He came in second in recent parliamentary elections. Netanyahu wants centrist rivals to join him in a unity coalition.

Votes are being counted in Nigeria's parliamentary elections which had been postponed for a week because of a lack of readiness.

Yet, in terms of votes, the party did significantly worse than it had done in the previous parliamentary elections, in 2007.

According to a leaked document, parliamentary elections were to be held in two rounds, giving the winning party total control.

This move comes just a few days before parliamentary elections on March 7, prompting some to allege that the rehiring step is political.

A woman holds her identification card as she waits to cast her vote during the second round of parliamentary elections in Giza, Egypt.

The president said he'd step down by January next year, but only after organising parliamentary elections.

On Saturday, President Victor Yushchenko said the country will hold early parliamentary elections with no conditions.

With parliamentary elections scheduled for the coming week, the next several days look just as rough as the past few.

The problem is exacerbated by the fact that five months after parliamentary elections, a Lebanese government is only now being formed.

Sunday's result signals continued support for AK in the run-up to nationwide parliamentary elections that must be held by next June.

At least 10 people have been killed in an upsurge of violence in Nigeria on the eve of Saturday's parliamentary elections.

A BBC Baghdad correspondent, however, says critics have questioned the government's timing with parliamentary elections only a week away.

With most of the prominent reformists blocked from competing, the parliamentary elections turned into a contest of conservative factions.

The political opposition must also be able to present credible candidates at next year's parliamentary elections.

The military have conceded for the first time that parliamentary elections due to be held in September might be delayed.

Finally, the conditions to have credible presidential and parliamentary elections do not exist as yet.

Benazir Bhutto was campaigning for parliamentary elections when she was murdered as she left a mass political rally in Rawalpindi .

Any referendum over Kirkuk's status may be at least as dangerous as national parliamentary elections.

Mr. Vejjajiva's reconciliation plan calls for holding parliamentary elections on November 14, about a year ahead of schedule.

In the run-up to presidential and parliamentary elections next year, Mr Erdogan would do well to avoid fanning that mood.

More than a third of Afghanistan's eligible voters turned out on September 18th, defying the Taliban to vote in parliamentary elections.

Analysts say the party is another product of the Kremlin, tested now with a view to being deployed in December's parliamentary elections.

Activists are demanding faster political reform, but the military has said parliamentary elections may have to be postponed.

Egypt is due to hold parliamentary elections in September, although no exact date has yet been given for a presidential vote.

Danish Constitution, at least once every four years parliamentary elections.

Parliamentary elections are scheduled for October, but officials said they might be held a month earlier to speed the transition.

The elections are being seen as a vote on Mister Maliki's leadership ahead of national parliamentary elections to be held later this year.

Demonstrators protested against the number of observers allowed at polling stations during upcoming parliamentary elections.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday the weekend's parliamentary elections were a demonstration of confidence in his rule.

In a live television address, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi said next week's parliamentary elections will not be cancelled.

With one candidate per seat, North Korea's parliamentary elections might appear to offer little prospect of a surprise result.

Egyptians voted in the first parliamentary elections since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak; Islamist parties were the big winners.

As Azerbaijan prepares for parliamentary elections on 7 November, opposition bloggers are unhappy with the conduct of the vote so far.

At present, around the "parliamentary elections and the electoral Act, " the atmosphere of the House of Lords has become extremely fierce.

Putin recently created a "People's Front" to help steer his United Russia party to victory in December's parliamentary elections.

The Egyptian government has rejected calls to allow international monitoring of parliamentary elections to be held next Sunday.

Egyptians began to vote in parliamentary elections that will be spread out over six weeks.

But in December, it dominated parliamentary elections, winning about half of the seats up for grabs.

Turkey holds parliamentary elections. The Tony Awards are doled out in New York.

The group is expected to make a strong showing in landmark parliamentary elections on January 25 .

electoral system for parliamentary elections, the last batch of opinion polls make very grim reading for the Yes camp.

One of Cromwell's generals George Monck, occupied London and arranged for new parliamentary elections.

Mr Maliki, running a small party in an unruly coalition, has both provincial and parliamentary elections ahead.

The latest violence comes as Pakistanis are gearing up for parliamentary elections next month.

One of the panellists suggested the UK parliamentary elections.

Perhaps it was meant to liven up Russian political life before parliamentary elections in December and next year's presidential vote.

Lawmakers approved a measure Thursday allowing citizens to vote by mobile phone in the next parliamentary elections in 2011.

Preliminary counting has begun following presidential and parliamentary elections in the autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq.

Others declared it was backing a call by some opposition parties to boycott parliamentary elections scheduled for next month.

For those who were entitled to the vote, parliamentary elections could be turbulent and lively, sometimes even violent.

But then the King withdrew his soldiers, ended censorship, appointed a liberal Cabinet, agreed to parliamentary elections and fled the city.

The United People's Freedom Alliance, Sri Lanka's governing coalition, won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections.

London's mayor is chosen that way, and Britons this year considered, but decided against, using it for parliamentary elections.

The list for the parliamentary elections produced by the independent election commission was flawed.

With nearly all the votes counted from the parliamentary elections in Hungary, the centre-right party Fidesz has won a landslide victory.

A United Nations official says Iraq's electoral commission plans to announce preliminary results from parliamentary elections on Thursday.

The Islamic militant group Hamas has announced that it will participate in Palestinian parliamentary elections in July.

The number of attacks in the capital began rising after parliamentary elections in March, which yielded no clear winner.

WITH only three months until parliamentary elections, Indonesia's six-month-old campaign has moved up a gear.

Togo held parliamentary elections with large voter turnout, a peaceful atmosphere, and the participation of several dozen political parties.

They were demonstrating against alleged fraud in this past weekend's parliamentary elections.

The president faces crucial parliamentary elections next year and needs to woo voters.

A group of citizen journalists in Moscow used a similar drone camera to record protests during Russian parliamentary elections.

Australia, Papua New Guinea and Fiji use AV in parliamentary elections, and Ireland uses it to elect its president.

The Islamists failed to capture a single seat in November's rigged parliamentary elections.

However, recent opinion polls, United Russia party in parliamentary elections this year, now difficult to maintain a dominant position.

One volunteer, Anna Bugrova, says reports from friends and family about fraud in the December parliamentary elections made her angry.

Support for Mr Putin has fallen in Moscow since protests broke out months ago over similarly flawed parliamentary elections.

But they have bickered endlessly over who should lead them into the presidential and parliamentary elections due in December.

In Russia , President Vladimir Putin's supporters and allies gain a majority parliamentary elections .

The port is the brainchild of Mr Rajapaksa, whose family won several seats in the district in parliamentary elections last month.

The public mood has shifted to the left before parliamentary elections next April.

"There is no time to waste. Our [parliamentary] elections are two years away. Why can't the government do this [with China] today? "

Presidential and parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe are scheduled for next March.

With parliamentary elections likely in April, India now also faces a policy freeze until a new government is formed in June.

Britain's parliamentary elections are becoming ever more presidential.

An oil law may have to wait until after parliamentary elections next year.

In other interesting DPRK news, North Korea may use parliamentary elections in 2009 to lay the groundwork for the post Kim Jong-Il era.

In June, Karzai appointed a tribunal to re-examine the results from the most recent parliamentary elections.

December 4th was set as the date for parliamentary elections in Russia. A presidential election is due in March.

Not until last year did the Islamists feel ready to challenge Fatah in parliamentary elections.

Parliamentary elections are held every four years, while National Council members are elected indirectly every 5 years.

With parliamentary elections due in September, Ahmed Wali remains a crucial place man.

Parliamentary elections should follow at the end of next year.

The prime minister was talking tough, telling a nationwide TV audience that the parliamentary elections are over, and it's time to move on.

Four years ago, in the last parliamentary elections, United Russia polled 64 percent of votes.

Officials in Pakistan say parliamentary elections will be delayed until next month.

Even if the party finds a way to achieve 50% of the vote in parliamentary elections on December 4th, public irritation will grow.

He will be happy if the momentum grows; if, for instance, opposition parties join his petition and boycott parliamentary elections.

He will be happy if the momentum grows; if, for instance, opposition parties join his petition and boycott parliamentary elections.

Parliamentary elections are due on Monday despite the past week's clashes between protesters and security forces.

Mongolia has parliamentary elections next June.

Clinton expressed hope that Lebanon's June parliamentary elections will be free and fair.

Millions were disfranchised in parliamentary elections in April.

A mere six million voted in parliamentary elections held four months ago.

IT IS the eve of parliamentary elections on October 10th and Kyrgyzstan is in campaign mode.

Parliamentary elections scheduled for the autumn seem a long way off.

With parliamentary elections due in Turkey next year, the government is unlikely to risk nationalist ire by caving into EU demands.

Xinhua News: Haitian presidential and parliamentary elections on 28 early in the morning local time.

Its features were partly visible in the 2005 British parliamentary elections.

On March 9th the state media announced the results of parliamentary elections.

Some in Seoul link North Korea's belligerence to parliamentary elections in the South on April 9th.

Egyptians lined up for hours Monday to take part in the nation's first post-revolution parliamentary elections.

Some 8m Angolans were registered, of a population of 17m, to cast theirballots in parliamentary elections on Friday September 5th.

In the past week, the Kremlin has sharply stepped up its anti-Western rhetoric ahead of parliamentary elections on Dec.

French voters get an early chance to weigh up their decision in parliamentary elections next month.

Mr. Kan will face his first political test in the July 11 parliamentary elections.

for the first time to participate in parliamentary elections, the Democrats lost Shikente Hans competitors.

For the first time in three decades Afghanistan is holding parliamentary elections.

That year, hardliners won a big victory in parliamentary elections.

Turnout for parliamentary elections, which were touted as democratic but have produced little change, fell from 45% in 2002 to 35% in 2007.

The government says the militants want to disrupt the February 18 parliamentary elections.

Some opposition groups think they have a better chance in parliamentary elections due in 2012 or perhaps later this year.

The next parliamentary elections will be held under new rules, adopted last year.

The government held parliamentary elections on November 7, the first elections since 1990.

Mr. Gandhi's strategy there has been to rely heavily on the Youth Congress to supply campaign workers for the parliamentary elections.

And third, he should annul last year's farcical parliamentary elections.

The Democratic Party of Japan won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections in Japan, increasing its seats from 119 to 308.

This year nearly a score of presidential or parliamentary elections or referendums have been scheduled among the 53 members of the AU;

Azerbaijan Prepares to Hold Critical Parliamentary Elections

Registration of candidates for parliamentary elections begins in Afghanistan

Chronicle of Parliamentary Elections and Developments

The roots of the row stretch back to the parliamentary elections,

Palestinians Vote in First Parliamentary Elections

Indonesians Vote in Parliamentary Elections

Parliamentary elections every year, not once every five years

The nationalists win in Taiwan's parliamentary elections