Yet Australians are proud of their democratic inheritance: the world's first parliamentary elections by secret ballot (in Victoria in 1856), female suffrage (in South Australia in 1894) and so on.
In October 2011, the country held its first democratic parliamentary elections, with some 80 new parties registering to take part.
Say has been a vocal critic of the Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party, which has governed Turkey since it first won parliamentary elections more than a decade ago.
Last September, Law and Justice came first in parliamentary elections.
The country's warring factions have come together for the first time to jointly write a new constitution and prepare for the nation's first free parliamentary elections after three decades of dictatorship.
Concern over Hamas' participation -- and the prospect that it could win many votes in the first Palestinian parliamentary elections in a decade -- had led Israel to warn earlier that voting would not be allowed in East Jerusalem, which is under Israeli control and is mostly populated by Arab Palestinians.
Police muscle helped Egypt's ruling party to dominate the first round of parliamentary elections.
Bhutto's political future will be determined by her ability first to win parliamentary elections, and then, says opposition politician Tahir Hussein Mashidi(ph), on how well she delivers.
But when, at the end of 1991, it won the first round of the parliamentary elections, the elite was panic-struck.
The first stage of the parliamentary elections will include the five governorates of Cairo, Beheira, Minya, Port Said and North Sinai.
Moston is in the North West region, where the BNP hopes its supporters will elect Mr Griffin as the party's first MEP in the European Parliamentary elections on 4 June.
The protesters were part of the same sit-in that has persisted in Tahrir Square since before the successful first and second rounds of parliamentary elections, which began in late November, drained enthusiasm from many of the military's opponents.
Fidel Castro has voted in Cuba's parliamentary elections, the first time the frail ex-leader has been seen in public for several months.
Syria's government hailed parliamentary elections last month, the first to be held under a new constitution, for being pluralistic and drawing in new political parties.
Before his duties as an anchor, Mann was CNN's first Paris correspondent, reporting on the French Parliamentary and Presidential elections, the consolidation of the European Union as well as culture, fashion and food.
In the wake of the June 7 parliamentary polls, the euphoria over the country's first free elections in more than 40 years has given way to anxious tedium as the vote count proceeds at a snail's pace.
Sabahy's performance in the first round indicates that many who voted for the Muslim Brotherhood in parliamentary elections, especially the working classes, were disillusioned with its advocacy of a free market economy and lack of attention to social justice and welfare issues.
After the uproar that ensued following the first video broadcast, Fujimori announced that he would hold new presidential and parliamentary elections in which he, himself, would not be a candidate.
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Morsi won just 5 million votes in the first round of presidential elections, half as many as in the parliamentary election, one of every four votes, and just one in 10 eligible voters.
Yau Yau first rebelled against Juba after he failed to win a parliamentary seat in the 2010 general elections.
Parliamentary elections have already been held and a new assembly dominated by Islamist parties held its first session earlier this month.
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