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2008 Bhutan holds it's first public election
2007 Nicolas Sarkozy wins the French presidential election 2006 Stephen Harper, wins the election in Canada and is the first conservative Prime Minister in 12 years 2004 Ukraine re-elects Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich. but the election results were thrown out after large protests about the way the election was conducted 2000 Al Gore concedes presidential election, George W. Bush named president 1995 Thailand: Banharn Silpa-Archa's party wins election 1995 Jacques Chirac wins French presidential election 1995 Finland Social-Democratic Party wins parliamentary election 1995 Congress party loses India national election 1995 Estonia Centrumlinkse Coalition party wins parliamentary election 1994 Socialist Party (ex-communist) wins Bulgaria parliamentary election 1994 Nepal Communist party Dutch Communist Party-UML wins election 1994 Leftist coalition wins Marcedonia parliamentary election 1994 Botswana President Ketumile Masires BDP wins parliamentary election 1994 Vladimir Meciars HZDDS wins Slovakia parliamentary election 1994 Parliamentary election in Ukraine 1994 Sweden social-democratic SPD wins parliamentary election 1994 Parti Quebecois wins parliamentary election 1994 Ernesto Zedillo wins Mexican presidential election 1994 H Emans Arubaanse Peoples Party wins parliamentary election 1994 Parliamentary election in Aruba 1994 Hungary's Socialist Party wins parliamentary election 1994 Bakili Muluzi's UDF wins Malawi presidents/parliamentary election 1994 D66/Dutch Liberal Party win Dutch 2nd Parliamentary election 1994 1st multi-racial election in South Africa ends [3 days] 1994 1st multi-racial election in South Africa begins [3 days] Dr. Nomaza Paintin is 1st black South African to vote 1994 Armando Calderon Sol wins El Salvador presidential election 1994 Inkatha ends boycott of South African multi-racial election 1994 Italy's right-wing alliance under Silvio Berlusconi wins election 1994 El Salvador's 1st President election following 12-year-old civil war 1993 Carlos Reina wins Honduras presidential election 1993 Canada Liberal Party/Bloc Quebecois wins parliamentary election 1993 Parliamentary election in Poland 1993 Nigerian presidential election 1993 Liberal-Democratic Party loses Japan's parliamentary election 1993 Parliamentary election in Morocco 1993 Jamaican premier Percival Patterson wins parliamentary election 1993 Conservatives win French parliamentary election 1992 Bill Clinton wins U.S. presidential election over President Bush 1992 Rabin wins Israeli parliamentary election 1991 Colorado party wins Paraguay parliamentary election 1991 Albania offers 1st multi-party election in 50 years 1990 Lech Walesa wins presidental election in Poland 1990 1st parlimentary election in newly reunified Germany 1990 Lech Walesa wins in Poland's 1st popular election 1990 Eugenia Charles' Dom'n Freedom Party wins election in Dominica 1989 Brazil holds 1st free presidential election in 29 years 1989 Eastern Europe's 1st somewhat free election in 40 years held in Poland 1989 Madagascar AREMA party wins parliamentary election 1989 Michael Manley's Socialist Party wins Jamaica parliamentary election 1988 Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto's PPP wins parliamentary election 1987 Belgium Christian Democrats (CVP) loses parliamentary election 1987 Bettino Craxi's Socialist Party wins election in Italy 1986 Premier Nakasones Liberal Democr Party wins Japan's election 1986 Democratic Labor Party wins parliamentary election in Barbados 1986 Joaquin Balaguers PRSC wins Dominican Rep parliamentary election 1986 Ferdinand Marcos wins rigged Philippines presidential election 1986 Philippine Corazon Aquino defeats incumbent dictator Ferdinand Marcos but fraudulent returns gave the election to Marcos 1985 PNP/MAN win Antilian parliamentary election 1985 Belgium premier Martens CVP wins parliamentary election 1985 Akali Dal wins Punjab State election in India 1985 Andreas Papandreous PASOK-party wins election in Greece 1985 El Salvador's President Duartes Christian-Democrats win election 1985 French socialists lose election (National Front 9%) 1984 Rajiv Gandhi's Congress party wins election in India 1984 Julio M Sanguinetti wins Uruguay presidential election 1984 South African election for parliament boycvotted 1984 Jose Napoleon Duarte wins El Salvador presidential election 1983 Raul Alfonsin wins Argentine presidential election 1983 Margaret Thatchers Conservative Party wins British parliamentary election 1983 Portugal's Soares' Partido Socialista wins parliamentary election 1983 Austrian socialist party loses parliamentary election 1982 Salvador Jorge Blanco wins presidential election in Dominican Rep 1981 Christian Democrats looses Belgium parliamentary election 1981 Socialists/communists win French parliamentary election 1981 Only candidate Hassan Gouled Aptidon wins Djibouti President election 1980 Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF wins parliamentary election in Zimbabwe 1979 Don Martina's MAN party wins election in Dutch Antilles 1979 Rhodesian bishop Muzorewa wins general election 1978 Victor de la Torre wins Peru election 1977 Ian Smith, espousing racial segregation, wins Rhodesian general election with 80% of overwhelmingly white electorate's vote 1977 Sri Lanka premier Bandaranaike loses election 1977 Dutch social democratic party wins parliamentary election 1977 Menahem Begins Likoed-party wins election in Israel 1977 Christian-democrats win Belgium parliamentary election 1977 Premier Indira Gandhi loses election in India 1977 Social-democrats win Danish parliamentary election 1976 Helmuth Kohl's CDU wins German parliament election 1976 Dom Mintoff's Labour Party wins Malta election 1976 Berlinguers PCI wins election in Italy 1975 Australian Conservatives and Liberals win parliamentary election 1975 Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins 1st free election in Portugal 1975 Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins Portugal's free election 1974 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election 1974 Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canadian parliamentary election 1974 Valeri Giscard d'Estaing wins French presidential election 1974 Christian Democrats win Belgium parliamentary election 1974 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election 1973 ITT pleads guilty to asking CIA to affect Chilean President election 1973 Sheik Mujib ur-Rahman's Awami League wins election in Bangladesh 1972 Australia Labour party wins parliamentary election 1972 Willy Brandts SPD wins West German election 1971 Dutch social democratic party/D'66/DS'70 win parliamentary election 1970 Salvador Allende wins presidential election in Chile 1970 Conservatives win British parliamentary election 1970 Kreisky's soc-democrats win Austrian parliamentary election 1968 Gaullists win French parliamentary election, 358 of 458 chairs 1966 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election 1964 Harold Wilson's Labour party wins British election 1962 North Korea reports 100% election turnout, 100% vote for Workers' Party 1961 CDU loses West German election 1959 Ben-Gurion's Mapai-party wins Israeli parliamentary election 1959 Conservatives win British election 1959 Hawaii's 1st U.S. election sends 1st Asian-Americans to Congress 1958 Democrats win U.S. congressional election 1958 Belgian christian-democrats win parliamentary election 1957 Adenauers CDU wins parliamentary election in West Germany 1957 Eamon de Valera's Fianna Fail-party wins election in Ireland 1957 Gomulka wins Poland's parliamentary election 1956 Parliamentary election: Dutch Democrates 50/KVP 49 1956 Burma Premier U Nu's Volksliga voor Vrijheid loses election 1956 M Bandaranaike's People's front wins election in Ceylon 1955 Conservatives win British parliamentary election 1954 Francois "Doc" Duvalier wins Haitian presidential election 1954 Boxing Hall of Fame's 1st election selects 24 modern and 15 pioneers 1954 General Zahedi wins election in Persia 1952 Papagos' Greek Concentratie wins Greeks parliamentary election 1952 Dutch social democratic party wins 2nd-Parliamentary election 1952 Nehru's Congress party wins general election in India 1951 David Ben-Gurion's Mapai-party wins Israeli parliamentary election 1951 De Gaulle wins French parliamentary election 1951 Kwame Nkrumah wins 1st parliamentary election on Gold coast (Ghana) 1950 CVP wins Belgian parliamentary election 1950 Labour wins British parliamentary election 1949 1st Belgian parliamentary election where women can vote (CVP gains) 1949 Presidential election in Syria (some women allowed to vote) 1949 NPS/VHP win 1st general election in Suriname 1949 1st Israeli election - Ben-Gurion's Mapai party wins 1948 Indonesia begins it's 2nd political election 1948 KVP wins Dutch Second-Parliamentary election 1947 Hungarian Communist Party wins election 1947 Indonesia begins 1st political election 1946 Communists win many seats at French parliamentary election 1946 KVP wins Provincial National election in Netherlands 1946 1st election for Japanese Diet 1945 The rules are revised for election of modern players to the Hall of 1945 France (PC/PS/MRP win parliamentary election (25/24/23%) 1945 After Labour landslide in general election, Clement Attlee becomes PM 1945 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election 1935 Netherlands election (Musserts NSB wins 8% of vote) 1935 Croatian Farmers Party wins Yugoslavian election 1935 1st election to allow women to vote in Turkey 1932 Arturo Alessandri wins presidental election in Chile 1932 German election - KPD defeats NSDAP 1932 German Election (NSDAP gets 37.3%) 1932 German national election (NSDAP 36.3% in Prussia) 1930 Nazis gain 107 seats in German election 1927 Nicaragua agrees to a U.S. supervised presidential election in 1928 1927 Left wins national election in Thuringen 1925 SDAP wins 4 chairs in Second-Parliamentary election 1925 Belgian Workers Party wins parliamentary election 1924 German election (Social Democrats win/Nazis and Communists lose) 1924 Labour loses British parliamentary election 1924 Cartel des Gauches wins French parliamentary election 1924 German Republic election fascists and communists win 1923 NSDAP 1st election in Munich 1922 British Conservative wins election/Labour 2nd party 1922 1st general election in Netherlands 1915 1st U.S. election by proportional representation, Ashtabula, Ohio 1913 Dutch Parliamentary election (confess party looses majority) 1913 17th amendment (direct election of senators) declared ratified 1913 17th amendment provides for election of senators by popular vote 1913 17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified 1910 1st Washington State election in which women could vote 1908 Belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election 1907 1st federal corrupt election practices law passed 1903 1st direct primary election law in U.S. adopted, by Wisconsin 1897 Liberals/social-democrats win Dutch 2nd Parliamentary election 1894 Roman Catholics win Parliamentary election in Belgium 1894 1st election of Hawaiian Republic 1878 German anti-semitism begins during the Reichstag election 1877 U.S. Electoral College declares R. Hayes winner presidential election 1877 Congress determines presidential election between Hayes-Tilden 1876 President Rutherford B Hayes and Samuel J Tilden claim presidential victory Tilden (D) wins election but Electoral college selects Hayes (R) 1868 Ulysses Grant (R) wins presidential election over Horatio Seymour (D) 1867 Blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South 1867 Blacks vote in municipal election in Tuscumbia, Alabama 1854 1st election in Washington Territory; 1,682 votes cast 1853 Thorbeckes liberals win 2nd-Parliamentary election 1845 1st nationally observed uniform election day in US 1845 Uniform U.S. election day for president and Vice President authorized 1824 House of Representatives begins to end election deadlock between JQ Adams, 1811 George Caleb Bingham, U.S., politician/painter, Country Election 1794 U.S. Senate voids Pennsylvania's election of Abraham Gallatin 1694 English parliamentary election set for every 3 years 1659 General Monck demands free parliamentary election in Scotland |
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