Money that could have been used to save thousands of lives was spent to win votes.

The EU observers also announced that the election tally had not met basic international standards.

To the surprise of many, it gained the approval of 55 of those voting.

In the 2005 general election, she received 14,615 votes, representing 38.29 of the votes cast in the constituency.

In effect, 25 of the total electorate gave him nearly two thirds of the seats in the House of Commons.

After constituency boundary changes for the 2010 general election, her majority of 42 votes was one of the closest results of the entire election.

That 29 is about 15 more than populist right wing parties get in very good years (for them) in other European countries.

This month, the new mayors took office without the electoral commission (CSE) having made public 100 of the votes, an open violation of Nicaraguan electoral law.

As a result, many more votes were recorded by the ECK for the presidential race than for the parliamentary race, even though voters were clearly instructed indeed required to cast a vote in both races.

Despite complaints from the Episcopal Conference of the Catholic Church, chambers of commerce and political parties, the CSE has refused to allow a recount of the ballots or scrutiny by impartial observers.

2. If during the election process two nationals of a State Party have become eligible to serve as members of the Subcommittee on Prevention, the candidate receiving the higher number of votes shall serve as the member of the Subcommittee on Prevention. Where nationals have received the same number of votes, the following procedure applies

Parties pay for their own ballots unless they have received more than 1 percent of the vote in one of the last two Riksdag elections, in which case the Elections Authority pays.

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Electoral authority is exercised by the Supreme Electoral Council and subordinate electoral bodies.

During the electoral period, the Office of Public Information would, in close cooperation with the Electoral Assistance Division, significantly expand its coverage of the electoral process.

The extremely tight race Calderón won by 0.5 of the vote and the profound disappointment suffered by López Obrador and his supporters led them to contest the ruling of Mexico s electoral authorities, and to refuse to acknowledge Calderón s victory.

Voting lists are a constituent part of electoral material which, according to the rules of the election commissions, are kept for a certain period of time, and serve for checking the information during the review of submitted complaints for individual election activities.

If a vote is equally divided on a matter other than an election, the proposal shall be regarded as rejected.

If a vote is equally divided on matters other than elections, the proposal shall be regarded as rejected.

If a vote is equally divided on a matter other than an election, the proposal shall be regarded as having been rejected.

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ABIDJAN On December 2, Côte d Ivoire s Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) declared opposition leader Alassane Ouattara the winner of the country s November presidential election with 54.1 of the vote.

Baker managed Reagan's 1984 re election campaign in which Reagan polled a record 525 electoral votes total (of 538 possible), and received 58.8 percent of the popular vote to Walter Mondale's 40.6 percent.

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