Although his ouster from office meant he could not run in this election, the Gilani family is still heavily represented in the race.
But upon his homecoming, Musharraf encountered paltry levels of public support and was disqualified to run in the upcoming election because of his actions while in office.
In the first term, the focus was on headline-hogging conflicts in Ivory Coast, Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan and even a close-run election in Zambia.
Musharraf returned to run in the parliamentary election scheduled for May 11, but was disqualified because of his actions while in power and is spending most of his time battling legal cases.
Apollo 17's Harrison Schmitt -- a geologist at the time, and the only scientist to make the lunar journey -- served a term as U.S. senator from New Mexico, but was defeated in a run for re-election in 1982.
The timing of the IMF loan covers the current term of the centre-left government of President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, and may allow the central bank to lower interest rates in the run up to the election in December 2002.
The conviction was overturned in 2007, allowing him to run in the 2008 election, which he lost.
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The Socialist candidate, Bernard Barrel, who will run in the forthcoming election, is all about supporting local employers.
But he has repeatedly denied that he will run in the general election.
He says he himself will not run in the next election, because he still has work to do as mayor.
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Patrick says it's too soon to say whether he'll name a caretaker or appoint someone who would run in the special election.
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That lingering feeling was a factor behind Jeb Bush's decision not to run in the past election cycle, even though some Republicans urged him to consider a bid, said CNN chief political analyst Gloria Borger.
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Clinton has been ambiguous about her plans to run in the 2016 election, where she would likely be the favorite to win the Democratic nomination, so any public move she makes is bound to be intensely scrutinized.
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Before leaving for Cuba, Chavez acknowledged there were risks and said that if his cancer fight prevented him from staying on as president, Vice President Nicolas Maduro should run in a new election to take his place.
Even if Mr. Musharraf is allowed to run in the upcoming election, the impact of his party, the All Pakistan Muslim League, is expected to be minimal because of the perceived lack of support for the former military strongman.
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But in fairness to their constituents, they should resign their office and run again in a special election.
Trouble has returned to Bangladesh in the run-up to its general election in January.
In 2005 voting intentions changed little in the run-up to the election, whereas in 1970 and February 1974 they changed fundamentally.
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It is hard to see even Mr Kohl ignoring doubts from both, especially in the run-up to a general election in September.
The row over the safety of Belgian animal products continued in the run-up to a general election in the country this weekend.
Pakistan's intelligence agencies now fear that government officials may be the next targets of al-Qaeda in a move to destabilise the country in the run-up to the general election in October.
In the run-up to the first election in yet another new district earlier this year, one academic, Effendi Ghazali, was invited onto a local radio talk show to offer a bit of civic education.
In the election run-off, he had the support of five candidates eliminated in the first round, as well as the backing of fellow musician Wyclef Jean, whose own candidacy was ruled invalid.
American pressure has been stepped up in the days leading to the presidential-election run-off in Kabul on November 7th.
This was especially evident in the 1996 election and in the run-up to the 2000 campaign.
In the run-up to the election, the reaction in U.S. interest rates could introduce unwarranted volatility in emerging markets.
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