1998 Municipal Elections Representation of both men and women, by region, in Municipal Assemblies.

In 2005, the first municipal elections were held.

The Lebloggers are now covering the Lebanese Municipal Elections.

Municipal elections were planned for 2006 and elections to the national parliament for the following year.

Recognizing with satisfaction also the organization and holding of general elections in Guatemala at the end of 1999, of municipal and parliamentary elections in El Salvador in March 2000 and of municipal elections in Nicaragua in November 2000,

Twenty one women won seats in Saudi Arabia s municipal elections, the country s first ever elections open to female voters and candidates.

There are municipal elections every four years since 1990 and regional elections every four years starting in 2000 in the autumn.

The results of Iran s recent municipal elections were humiliating for Ahmadinejad and his supporters.

They will also be allowed to nominate themselves and vote in municipal council elections.

However, due to huge election costs, mayoral and municipal elections have never been held.

It is offered to all voters in all federal, provincial, and most municipal elections.

To this end, preparations are under way to hold municipal elections by April 2006.

Parliamentary and municipal elections in Mauritania took place on 19 November and 3 December 2006.

The first municipal elections to be held in Bahrain after independence in 1971, was in 2002.

The first municipal elections to be held in Bahrain after independence in 1971, was in 2002.

The 2004 municipal elections led to a small increase in the presence of women in politics.

Thus, for example, Saudi women, but not convicts, are barred from participating in the forthcoming municipal elections.

He is also member of the launching committee of the Civil Campaign for Municipal Elections in 1997.

Hamas entered electoral politics only recently, but its massive victory was preceded by wide success in municipal elections.

The last parliamentary and municipal elections were held in 2010, achieving a 67 per cent voter turnout rate.

In the December 21, 28 1919 municipal elections the multiracial lists of PRSI won in all four municipalities.

The reporting period saw the first municipal elections to be administered wholly by local institutions, in October 2004.

She was pleased to note, however, that local and municipal elections had been held on 6 May 2005.

On the other hand, in the municipal elections in 2000, the proportion of women elected as mayors and deputy mayors fell in comparison with the 1996 elections.

The implementation of the above was put to the test in the recent Municipal and Prefectural elections in Greece.

By the standards of Western, and even emerging Third World democracies, the Saudi municipal elections are an extremely modest affair.

Many Saudi women left their homes today to take part in municipal council elections and it all seemed very normal.

The subsequent law 2910 2001 provides 1 3 participation of each gender as candidates in the Prefectural and Municipal elections.

While some of Canada's biggest cities, such as Montreal and Vancouver, have permanent political parties that contest municipal elections only, most of Canada's cities and towns do not have fully functioning municipal political parties.

But in the Gaza Strip local elections soon afterward, radical Islamists who use terrorism won seven of the ten municipal councils.

The latest round of municipal elections has just been conducted. The Quartet commends the Government of Israel for facilitating the operations.

The subsequent law 2910 2001 stipulates participation of 1 3 of each gender as candidates for the Prefectural and Municipal Elections.

Communal elections were held on 3 June 2005, with over 70 per cent of the registered voters voting for municipal councillors.

When the ruling SPS refused to accept its defeat in municipal elections in 1996, Serbians engaged in large protests against the government.

Their struggles for recognition and participation in publicly held positions such as in Parliament, Municipal and Provincial elections have always been difficult.

In this context, the Government of Lebanon organized municipal elections in mid 2004 throughout the south and in its formerly occupied villages.

During the first videoconference, held on September 15, 2004, the discussion centered on the candidature of women in the 2004 municipal elections.

The established quota for election to municipal councils assemblies was applied in 2000, when 595 or 17,9 women were elected (only 2718 men were elected), while at the municipal elections in 1997 only 5,4 of women were elected.

His popularity ratings are plummeting, and his party, the conservative UMP, is predicted to fare badly in the municipal elections in mid March.

The opposition participated in municipal elections in January February 1994, and in subsequent Senate elections most recently in April 2004 and gained representation at the local level, as well as three seats in the Senate.

We held municipal elections and have begun preparations for legislative elections, which will be held early next year, with a view to firmly establishing the foundation for pluralism, democracy and the peaceful transfer of authority.

Moreover, the recent municipal elections in Iran have shown that betting on diplomacy and a transformation of Iran from within is a realistic option.

However, on the local level things were different, as in the municipal elections the number of votes was tied to amount of tax paid.

The website has guidelines on the recruitment and selection of women and ethnic minority candidates, initially geared to the municipal council elections in 2002.

Earlier this year, they staged partial, and tightly regulated municipal elections, with no independent opinion permitted to influence when and how the ballots were held.