Officials have said they expect an increase in violence as Iraq's January 30 election date approaches.
Campaign rules require 17 working days between the dissolution of Parliament and the election date.
However, this seems unlikely to happen, if at all, until a new election date is set.
Now he seems to be clearing his diary to make the final adjustments before announcing the election date.
Papandreou and opposition leader Antonis Samaras are expected to agree on a new prime minister and election date tomorrow.
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The initial estimate of GDP in the first quarter will be published on April 23rd, close to the most likely election date, May 6th.
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As parliament was dissolved on 5 October and the election date was set for the 25th the Tories were enjoying a strong poll lead.
But Mr Abhisit, whose term ends in late 2011, said in a speech on May 23rd that his commitment to an election date no longer applies.
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As Greek politicians set a new election date Wednesday, Merkel said she regretted the suffering of the Greek people in the face of harsh government budget cuts.
The ruling military - the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (Scaf) - headed by Field Marshal Tantawi, has been under pressure to bring forward the election date to May.
Because meddling in the elections of democratic allies is not good policy, I hope our new president prudently waits to make a post- election date to reassert our special relationship with whomever the British choose as their prime minister.
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Legislative legal analysts said Mr. Christie had three options: calling a special election for Mr. Lautenberg's seat in October this year, calling one for this year's current election date of Nov. 5, or waiting until November 2014, when Mr. Lautenberg's term would have expired.
Indeed, when I was first elected for Yeovil in 1983, I promised myself that I would not do the job beyond my 60th birthday and would stand down no later than the first general election after that date.
Egyptian election officials have failed to confirm the date of the first presidential election since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak.
Mr Johnson would probably pull back in some disillusioned English voters, maybe avoiding the utter, fissiparous general-election rout that now seems likely (it would help if he were to set a date for the election straight away).
There is a vague commitment to hold a national election at a later date, if these early votes go well, but no timetable.
The legislation limits the prime minister's power to call an early general election, setting the date of the next poll as 7 May 2015.
Nearly 2, 500 seats are up for grabs in less than two weeks' time in an election that will be closely watched as a barometer of public opinion two years before the scheduled date of the next general election.
That would set the earliest date for the election of the new mayor in 2000.
Unlike Tony Blair, however, Mr Vajpayee cannot pick the date for an election.
Look, the only thing that really actually matters is not the date of the election, but what's the election about.
The Vatican said that it was waiting for five more cardinals to arrive before setting the date for the election.
Members voted to reinstate him after an investigation found he was misled by out-of-date guidance for election candidates published in Welsh.
Both statutes agree that the governor is authorized to set the date for such an election.
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Policy plans adopted now would either be backward-looking, out of date by the next election, or stolen by Labour.
The prime minister is expected to announce next week that this will also be the date for the general election.
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