independence, during the Panchayat elections. Prior to the Panchayat elections of 1963, the first ever such election after formation of the Kerala State...

rigged elections. Resistance to his rule culminated in violent rioting in 2003 and 2004. Much to everybody's surprise, free and fair elections were held...

use the rails or chartered the train. These were once common in national election campaigns as a means to transport candidates to "whistle stop" appearances...

federal holidays, and adds Election Day (always on a Tuesday, from November 2nd to 8th). However, there may not be an election in an odd-numbered year,...

constitution and presidential elections, followed by parliamentary balloting in 1997, completed a nominal return to civilian rule. Elections have continued ever...

non-consecutive terms, between 1975 and 2011. Demographic shifts contributed to the election of the city's first Hispanic mayor, Angel Taveras, in 2011. The Mayor of...

England. Minehead is a resort town and was featured in the North Minehead By-Election sketch in Monty Python and the Flying Circus. By motorway, either Junction...

who would have become Gregory XI, if he had not died the night after his election.   Palazzo dei Priori. This originally dates back to 1263. Inside there...

holding democratic elections, ending the era of one-party rule. René himself continued to be president until 2004. The 2020 election was the first time...

50% threshold needed to avoid a runoff election. In 2000 the PRI finally lost its first presidential election when Vicente Fox of the conservative National...

Hezbollah's main area of support, with the group winning a majority in Southern Lebanon in the 2009 parliamentary elections and several previous ones....

unincorporated parts of Minnetonka and Richfield townships. Following an election, the community was then incorporated as the village of West Minneapolis...

highlights. Vancouverutes take their parks so seriously, they hold elections for their parks board! Canada's most popular river for whitewater rafting is the...

countryside for Tsagaan Sar. Also, election days are always public holidays and dry days. Alcohol is not sold on election days or the 1st of each month nationwide...

familiar personalities and families; party switching is not uncommon and election winners tend to be dictated by name recognition rather than ideologies...

the Muslim Brotherhood winning the parliamentary election, largely seen as the first free elections ever in Egypt, as well as the presidency – the Brotherhood...

of the airport (as occurred several times during the 2022 PNG General Election), or feuds with Puma (supplier of jet fuel to airlines in PNG) an alternative...

Protest was held to demand free elections for Hong Kong's chief executive. The Chinese government had proposed elections for the position, but would only...

allies were defeated in 1996, but emerged victorious in 2001. They lost the election in 2006, but won again in 2008, and lost in 2013. Berlusconi is a controversial...

National League for Democracy (NLD) won a majority of seats in the 2015 election. As she is constitutionally barred from the presidency (by virtue of having...