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He has vowed to hold within the two years elections for which foreign governments have seemed ready to tolerate the suspension of democracy.

The turnout tends to be low in special elections, as elsewhere; but politicians can usually depend on older voters to make the effort.

If the elections are to be the beginning of a new foundation for Myanmar politics, they don't want to be left watching from the sidelines.

And with the fall of the Iron Curtain, elections indeed swept the world. Yet democracy doesn't seem to have delivered on its promise.

Yes, the President was just speaking to its "destroy all humans" base. -It happens every elections cycle, Robbie, you know that.

It is the beginning of a new politics, in which party loyalties are breaking down and elections could be fought over issues, not identities.

The Bush administration says it has no plans to end economic restrictions against Cuba without changes like free elections.

If you were fired up in the last elections, I need you more fired up in this election.

The new Antipope will get a considerable boost in piety, making him one of the top-candidates for the next papal elections.

The Calman commission was set up in London after his Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) edged out Labour in the Scottish elections of 2007.

Some of the body's leading lights have aired the idea of a power-sharing agreement, as in Kenya and Zimbabwe after disputed elections.

International monitors say the last-minute changes increased voter turnout, but did not undermine the elections legitimacy.

He made no mention of disputed presidential elections in Iran in which hard-line president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the winner.

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

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

The party is threatening to stand on its own in future elections, an option that would look more realistic if the ANC were to split.

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

A week after elections, Brazilian women bloggers continue to shout out in chorus: yes, she can.

but elections are won in the centre and, with the federal deficit bulging, reforming the state could be one of the main issues next year.

The current, anti-Thaksin government has said it isn't ready to call elections soon but might do so at the end of the year.

it is hard for a party to win national elections in a country that it seems to dislike.

However, Mr. Kan continued to deny any intention to leave office, even as he conceded the DPJ's defeat in the April elections.

In both India and Indonesia, elections loom next year, and inflation still remains something of a bug-bear.

He said he would let the Bush-era tax cuts expire for the rich, but backed down after the mid-term elections.

It looked as if he would either have to form a more broad-based government of national unity or call elections.

With the local elections over, the protests will probably fizzle for a while. But Mr Rajoy should have no illusions.

Politicians have become more attracted by the wicked bankers line as time has passed and elections have had to be surmounted.

One of his first moves as prime minister was to cut funding to the Palestinian Authority after Hamas's victory in legislative elections.

At the time, he warned Western diplomats not to interfere in Zimbabwe's elections, which he said would be held next year.

Instead the body said conditions for free and fair elections did not exist and that it was a matter of deep regret they had been held.

Critics of the dictatorship denounced the trial and verdict as an attempt to exclude her from elections due to be held next year.

The vote on China currency was one of the last items on the congressional agenda before the midterm elections.

A week before elections are due, Egypt is facing its biggest crisis since the revolution in February.

"The only thing that will work is an orderly transition process that begins right now" and leads to free and fair elections, he said.

He said the hill people had carried me through three elections, but I would have to get my votes in the cities now.

During that period, the Party member concerned has no right to participate in voting or elections or stand for election.

He said he was not told when elections will be held or when an anticipated election law governing the vote will be announced.

She said that there had been a 'very strong negative attitude towards elections in general' but that turnout was unexpectedly strong.

Another youthful force which did well in the elections was Your Party, formed less than a year ago by disgruntled LDP and DPJ types.

After long conflicts, the second set of elections is often a story of unrealistic expectation turned to disillusion and apathy.

With time running out before attention turns to mid-term elections in November, Mr Dodd's place in history is still in the balance.

It also agreed to set out a "road map" for violence-free and fair elections to be held, probably some time next year.

And there were political considerations too: trying to govern, and win elections, is hard enough without the press being against you.

He said the process must "lead to free and fair elections" but that "details of this transition will be worked by Egyptians. "

We are glad to see that the elections proceeded in a smooth and orderly and are well-received.

Now properly in the chair, he has less than a year to live up to his word before elections due in the first half of 2011.

Mix all this together with long-standing fears about outsourcing, and a potent brew can be concocted before the US mid-term elections.

The demonstrators believe he lacks legitimacy and want him to call fresh elections, but Mr Abhisit has refused to step down.

Huawei has become a hot-button issue leading up to the U. S. Presidential elections as well.

So far, the only elections Saudis have been allowed to vote in have been for half the seats on town councils.

The elections are shaping up to be a very tight race, and no single party is expected to score a majority of seats.

The 1983 elections were held a year early, and were a direct result of an abortive military coup attempt on August 1, 1982.

There's been a setback for the German Chancellor Angela Merkel in regional elections a month before voters choose a new federal parliament.

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

He said his opponents should focus on fighting him in elections.

Many activists and individual party officials are calling for the elections to be postponed for at least a few weeks until calm returns.

The army chief behind Thailand's coup said yesterday he would step down in two weeks and promised elections next year.

How much will the economy matter in November's mid-term elections, and which party will gain from it?

It may not be a coincidence that they finally voted for a ban just a month before they face elections.

The intensified market turmoil might have changed the political calculus, even with less than two months left until the November elections.

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

Mr. Berlusconi is hoping for a strong victory in the elections that will show that the scandal is not affecting him politically.

In March he halted bombing, called for peace talks and said he would not run for a second term in elections in November 1968.

Those supervising the elections knew that their task was one of patriotic importance.

A source close to him told the BBC the president would not stand down and would call elections later in the year.

He said Obama would spell them out over the next several weeks and before the midterm elections.

Niger's Consultative Council has suggested that only those with a university degree should be allowed to run in presidential elections.

Next March a series of state elections kick off that will test her popularity and that of her government.

The Obama administration's health care reforms have been a central part of the US political debate ahead of midterm elections on Tuesday.

Relations between the two are still tense though Naypyitaw's first priority is to hold the general elections before year's end.

But it was the result of the 2010 mid-term elections that most clearly revealed entitlements as a driving political force.

Primary elections are held prior to a general election to determine party candidates for the general election.

He never ran for president in the 1996 elections, but might have done well if he had.

Views about just how much trouble will harden after November's midterm elections.

Vice President Biden said he was not trying to influence the elections, saying it is for the Lebanese people to decide on their government.

In an ideal world, the answer to such quandaries would be elections to produce a new leadership with a clear mandate.

The nationalist conservative had said he would seek a second term in presidential elections this fall.

Public trials for both Mr Rangel and Ms Waters are the last thing Democrats want in the run-up to the much feared mid-term elections.

"Before the elections we had so much so-called democracy that it has made us nauseated, " he said.

Iran's ruling mullahs were always ruthless. But they disguised it a bit with faux elections.

As you know, the primary elections are heating up here, and in a few months we'll have the real thing.

Even starry-eyed outsiders who win elections on anti-corruption tickets seem to be captured by the system within months.

As a precondition, all political parties and the media would be set free, and open elections promised within, say, a year.

IN THE poor world, elections often seem to be accompanied by violence, civil war or worse.

He may also be sweating it out, hoping that success in the upper-house elections will enable him to eject his awkward bedfellows.

Some members of his own Democrat Party oppose his plans to call elections a year early.

Mixing the austerity needed to fix Britain's finances with the sort of good cheer that helps to win elections is not easy.

Local elections were due, in which, as an affirmative-action measure, Shahabpur was to be reserved for a dalit pradhan.

Opponents said the call showed that she cheated in the two thousand four elections.

With elections for a new parliament soon to take place, MEPs are unlikely to see the reform through until at least 2010.

Republicans can only hope the move pushes Iraq off the front page as they turn their attention to next year's crucial elections .

The spokesman welcomed the elections, which he said were marked by high voter turnout and a near absence of violence.

But voters have had a chance to see PP politicians in action since the party's victory in local and regional elections in May.

The opposition has demanded the president's resignation and fresh elections to be held within the next three months.

Niger's military rulers have suggested that only those with a university degree should be allowed to run in presidential elections.

In much the same way, one does not wish to be reminded that the next US mid-term elections are just two years and one recession away.

Already some in her coalition grumble that she has lost her knack of winning elections. But she will surely survive as chancellor.

The prisoner asked to see Obama's two books last August, at a time when the US presidential elections were entering the home stretch.

Even if future hacks do see some advantage in trying to skew the odds of future elections, it may cost them dearly to try.

But the elections, now due to take place in April this year, were supposed to be a "transformative moment" in Sudan's history.

For instance, "people may be wary and frustrated . . . with how much talk there has been about educational reform in previous elections. "

"I'm going to be available as much as they need me, " she says, acknowledging the long hours she'll be working ahead of November elections.

'We have to do everything to minimize the efforts of our opponents to delegitimize these elections, ' he said.

Well, anyway that's a little bit of background of previous developer diaries, let's talk a bit more about elections this week.

But in response to growing pressure, King Abdullah this week announced that women would be allowed to participate in the next elections.

President Barack Obama said the American people sent a loud message in this week's midterm elections - the economy is priority number one.

Elections in Israel in February could produce a government opposed to any concessions.

Previously jailed in 2009, Mr Xu had been helping people trying to run as independents in local elections.

On Tuesday, the United States will hold congressional and state elections in a year defined by voter dissatisfaction.

All that said, the wavering of independents is bound to worry Democrats facing mid-term elections next year.

If calm is restored and genuine elections take place in the next few months, Tunisia may yet emerge as a pluralist and peaceful democracy.

Just over a week ago until the mid-term elections and President Bush will again be on the campaign trail today.

Removing direct elections for regional governors in 2004 was one of the key steps in Mr Putin's centralisation of power.

Legal challenges after previous elections have failed to produce a single conviction for electoral fraud.

I was able to witness, first-hand, the elections of our leaders, and I learned a great deal from their campaigns.

The proposed overhaul is a major test of Mr. Sarkozy's capacity to govern, less than two years before the next presidential elections.

"We're speaking about a democracy, and in a democracy you don't guarantee the results of the elections, " he said.

Not only does this deflect some of the heat onto the DPJ's rivals, but it may also put the DPJ in a stronger position after the elections.

With candidates beginning to campaign for elections next January, this is the time to ask what, if anything, can be done about it.

A year from now he'll be paying the penalty in the mid-term elections, just as Clinton did.

But a source close to the president stressed to the Guardian that "early elections are not a foregone conclusion. "

In Kurdistan the reformists of Goran, which did well in regional elections a year ago, failed to make headway.

WHEN a great democracy such as the United States holds elections at a time of war, voters are torn between two instincts.

Also, Russia's still smarting at the humiliation over Kosovo (though May 11 elections show Serbs seem to be getting over it).

A year after that, Libyans should hold their first multiparty elections for a proper parliament.

He took several strong steps to show his leadership in the months following the Democratic defeat in the congressional elections.

Yet, if Africa's recent history is any guide, many of those elections will fail to live up to the name.

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

But otherwise, in most areas, these first Syria-free elections for over thirty years, have been a disappointing stitch-up.

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

On May 3rd he proposed the holding of elections in November, a year before his term ends, as part of a reconciliation package.

Yet Mr Sarkozy faces an imminent political humiliation, as disillusioned voters snub him in regional elections.

Their congressional seats are then filled by special elections. The president and vice president are supported by an appointed cabinet.

Islamists who are not violent, like the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, should be able to contest free elections.

The party of sitting presidents often sees losses in mid-term elections, and with the poor economy, many Democrats had expected losses.

A good showing by the Congress party, which leads the governing coalition, may encourage it to call national elections.

The interim president is required to call early presidential elections within two weeks from the day the president dies.

AMERICA'S mid-term elections are turning into a referendum on the role of the state, and George Bush junior's tax cuts are the litmus test.

The Muslim Brotherhood is a powerful force in Egypt, even if it is not allowed to contest elections openly.

"These types of operations you are going to see continue up until the elections, and after the elections, " said Whitman.

Similarly limited elections for members of the upper house of parliament also are under consideration, he said.

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

The French trained former policeman said he wanted more autonomy for Anjouan and in recent days offered to hold new elections.

Al - Sadr supporters were quick to respond that the prime minister has no constitutional power to interfere with elections .

Mugabe also said the inclusive government is drawing up a new constitution before new elections.

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

Elections were held a year ago to a provincial council, won by a party representing a faction that split from the Tigers in 2004.

He is probably trying to hold on until the presidential elections in September.

In several elections, Republicans did not even bother to run candidates against these two.

Women will also be able to run in future elections and be appointed to the king's advisory council.

With mid-term elections next autumn, a bill on such a sensitive issue will need to pass before summer. Much depends on the president.

When UN-sponsored elections took place in 2006, the first in four decades, Congo seemed to have embraced democracy.

Empowered at the time of elections, the citizen often feels powerless until the next elections arrive.

Burma's elections are shaping up to be the detestable sham the dictatorship's sternest critics have warned.

If you want any political party to enter parliament, to be won in national elections at least 10% of votes.

For the moment a caretaker government is in power, but new elections must be held in the coming year.

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

The proof was that we wanted to win national elections, something Democrats apparently weren't supposed to do.

Campaigning is drawing to a close across the United States in national elections that will decide control of Congress.

The moment Mr Gaddafi leaves, a "roadmap" for free elections and a constitutional referendum would take effect.

They sound good because what they replace is usually bad: riotous civilian leaders, corrupted institutions, stolen elections.

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

Uruguay has voted in elections which pitted a left-wing ex-guerrilla leader against a former president - and the result too close to call.

Primary elections will continue across the country. The general election is in November.

But historically the party that controls the White House suffers losses in elections halfway through a president's first term.

Free and fair elections will produce a secular government that would have the legitimacy to tackle extremism.

One of his hallmarks was a special effort to meet lots of average citizens who, in the end, really decide elections.

What has looking at online porn after elections got to do with evolution, you ask?

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

Opposition parties are accusing supporters of Mr. Musharraf of trying to rig the elections.

Once the primary elections or conventions conclude, the general election is held to determine who will be elected to hold office.

But you sir seem to be one amongst those 50 per cent Indian's who never cast their vote and treat elections as public holiday.

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

Ms. Palin's decision not to run for a second term may fuel speculation about whether she may make a presidential bid in the 2012 elections.

As Russia gets closer to elections, its budget expenditure (which is already growing by more than 10% a year) is bound to increase.

Her years in detention were a result of her calls for peaceful democratic reform and free elections in Myanmar (Burma).

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.

She added that it was no coincidence the proposals had come before the World Cup and local elections.

Eulalia Garcia-Maturey said the first thing she wanted to do as an American was vote in the November midterm elections.

At least by trying, they reason, they might win the ability to improve conditions in time for the next scheduled elections, in 2015.

And I think Obama came back after the midterm elections, after taking a drubbing, and said, "I'm going to play centrist with you. "

She announced through her lawyers that "she would not even think about registering in the upcoming elections. "

Barak threatened to pull his Labor Party out of the coalition government and force early elections if the Prime Minister does not comply.

President Bush says if new elections are held in Ukraine they must be fair, open and free of any foreign influence.

It is reported that this year she plans to attend Southern hometown of Volgograd region on behalf of the local council elections.

Income disparity and the trade deficit are likely to be big issues in the next congressional and presidential elections.

Back in Mathare, residents were quick to say that they will continue being friends after the elections are over.

Elections in the disputed city of Kirkuk were to be postponed until a separate agreement could be reached.

On Tuesday, Mr. Samaras came out against the idea of a referendum and called for elections instead.

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

President Mubarak has said he'll continue to do his duty under the constitution until power is transferred after elections in September.

The key new demand is to postpone presidential elections for two months to allow a real opposition candidate to run against Vladimir Putin.

With a peace agreement signed, general elections are expected to take place in 2009.

Analysts said the simultaneous elections for the legislature seemed on course to bring a reduced but still comfortable majority for Ma.

Deep in the corridors of the Kremlin, it is clear the starting gun has been fired for presidential elections just under a year from now.

Warnings of foreign influence have often been a feature of U. S. elections, especially in times of economic insecurity.

Still, problems persist, especially in the long run-up to elections.

Mr Cook cautions that the body count would have to rise very sharply indeed to affect the mid-term congressional elections next year.

Before the elections Mr Rutte had indicated he would like to see a government formed in time to draft and submit the budget in September.

And the seemingly solid legislative majority that ushered him in may fall apart after the November elections.

The unease about job levels have framed many debates leading up to the mid-term Congressional elections that will take place Tuesday.

Asari have no politicians or elections, but a free-wheeling, all-inclusive legislature that citizens can participate in at will.

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

Yet whenever elections come around politicians treat the people at the bottom of the heap as the embodiment of American values.

Fine Punishment elections can be divided into gold, a single fine in addition to a fine, and subjected to punishment or a single gold.

But keep in mind that most of the country would be in a satisfactory position for elections, if they were being held next month.

More than a year before the elections in March, Sadr and his top aides set up an election strategy committee they dubbed the "machine. "

But since the advent of the German elections, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's position has been different.

But yes, elections aren't democracy: An openly contested and fairly decided election is only a precondition to democracy.

Thanks to those issues, the midterm congressional elections are looming larger in importance than is usually the case.

The new local governments that come out of these elections will face very tough economic conditions for everyone.

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

[Elections must not become] the kind of "winner-take-all" contests that now produce factional warfare.

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

And it is too late for him to do anything about this predicament until after November's elections.

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

Free and fair elections are the keystone of any democracy. They are essential for the peaceful transfer of power.

After a week of elections across the country, that still remains the case.

Elections alone do not assure democracy since dictators can use the resources of the state to tamper with the election process.

The question for Russia under Mr Putin has never been about elections or the occupancy of the Kremlin.

We're seeing right now that states and localities are beginning to slash budgets for conducting elections.

With the mid-term elections less than a week away, Democrats are looking for help from the young voters, aged 18 to 29.

'Up until now, our observers have judged these elections peaceful and transparent, ' she said.

An unaccountable SPLM would be perfectly happy to get through to its own referendum in 2011 without elections.

It was rather the challenge to the Kremlin's "vertical of power" ; in Mr Luzhkov's case a hint that regional elections ought to be revived.

President Joseph Kabila said he had fulfilled his promise of organizing elections.

The imminent presidential elections and current downward slope of the American economy are enough to induce fear and anxiety in all of us.

But most Indonesians seem to expect the army to remain neutral during the elections.

When Mr Ahmadinejad and his allies did badly in recent local elections, criticism came into the open.

The Obama administration has struck a more conciliatory tone towards business since the Democratic defeat in November's midterm elections.

We want to see all parts of Iraq participate to the fullest extent possible in these elections, " he added. "

Expect even louder reactions from politicians, especially those facing elections in the next two years.

Opponents said the call showed that she cheated in the 2004 elections.

America's political parties rallied their core supporters as the electorate prepared to vote in the mid- term elections on November 7th.

Iraq also has verbally committed to a compromise by holding free elections to its national committee under IOC observation.

Hurricane Gustav pushed Louisiana's congressional elections back by a month, making them the last ones to be held in the country.

ONCE upon a time Britain had a long-serving Labour prime minister, one who had won four general elections.

The junta refused to honour the result of the last elections in 1990 when Suu Kyi's party won by a landslide.

In the video the young woman gets increasingly excited as she votes for the Socialist Party in this month's regional elections in Catalonia.

Politically, he had wrung out of the Democratic Party some of the excesses that had kept it from winning elections.

The elections were an even bigger setback for her coalition partner, the Free Democrats (FDP).

In 2005 Saudi Arabia held elections (men only) for new local councils (though half the representatives were to be appointed, not elected).

But considering what America and the West have, are the elections really free. . . of money and corruption? What a mess is what I see. ?

In his scarce times of emergence, usually attempting to run in rigged elections, he needed all the protection he could get.

The legislative elections are fairly easy to predict.

Once elections were won, the issues that fired up the base almost always took a back seat to the economic concerns of the elite.

Unlike the last three elections, in which Labour led by Tony Blair sauntered home, this time the outcome is uncertain.

With the local elections over, the protests will probably fizzle for a while.

Opposition groups and El Tigre then teamed up to form an interim government and promised to hold elections in the captain's absence.