Finally, there is also an urgent need to step up support for democracy and elections.
Congressional Democrats will block passage, but the issue will then become embroiled in the elections.
The Samajwadi party candidate is the first woman to contest elections from the city.
If they do, the state government would surely collapse, precipitating early elections, which Congress could easily lose.
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Two earlier Scottish by-elections registered swings of 11.3% (Paisley South) and 22.6% (Hamilton South) from Labour to SNP.
Efforts to heal the rift and hold elections in both territories have repeatedly failed.
The Conservatives have retained control of Northamptonshire County Council in the 2013 local elections.
Indeed, Maliki reportedly plans to postpone local elections in the Sunni-majority provinces of Anbar and Ninevah.
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"A delay to the elections is the solution, " he wrote on his Twitter account.
Khatami, a leading reformist, had indicated for weeks he intended to run in the June elections.
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Over the weekend two Spanish regions, Galicia and the Basque country, are set to hold elections.
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Summers will rejoin the Harvard University Economics Department afterr the November elections in 3 weeks.
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So why does Mr. Khamenei, the paramount leader, even bother with the charade of popular elections?
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It is the kind of politics that lost Labour many elections in the 1980s.
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But this week, Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said the Palestinian elections were democratic.
Could anyone tell the rest of the world that having elections does not mean democracy.
So I think that, look, this is - general elections are different than primaries.
Meanwhile, many expect the Bank of Japan to raise rates sometime after this weekend's elections.
In the mid-term elections in 2002 the Republicans relentlessly portrayed the Democrats as weak on terrorism.
With the 2006 midterm congressional elections, Latinos may be returning to those traditional priorities.
In 1994, South Africa held its first all-race elections for the national assembly and provincial parliaments.
Instead, the Administration announced last Friday it would wait until after the 2012 elections to decide.
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Mr. Hadi was given the task of creating a unity government to administer elections next year.
But that isn't a reason to despair that elections have happened in the Middle East.
And now we have a very, very disastrous situation of a terrorist organization winning elections.
Kesri has called on the rebels to attend the long-delayed party elections early next year.
Results from all the elections across England will begin filtering through early on Friday morning.
Observers say the results give an indication of political support ahead of next year's parliamentary elections.
The attack happened less than three weeks before regional elections in the Basque Country.
Why have elections if the mouthbreathers in the electorate will have their desires dismissed?
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