2015 Event Greek judge Vassiliki Thanou is sworn in as the nation's interim prime minister after last week's resignation of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras; new elections for the position will be held in September 2015 Event The Greek parliament approves a euro bailout package that contains conditions rejected by voters during an earlier referendum; failed confidence in Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras by his Syriza party may now oblige him to call new elections 2014 Event The last protest camp has been removed in Hong Kong; activists staged several camps to demand the right to free elections rather than control of candidates and elections by the Chinese government 2014 Event In the recent Japan elections, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gains victory, and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party wins the majority of lower house elections 2014 Event In U.S. elections, Republicans retain dominance of the Senate and succeed in gaining control of the House of Representatives 2014 Event In light of recent separatist elections, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko seeks to nullify a law that gave greater autonomy to rebel regions; Ukraine does not recognize the election results and will hold national elections as planned in December 2014 Event Separatists in Eastern Ukraine hold elections in Donetsk and Luhansk; Russia will recognize the elected leaders, but Ukraine and Western nations declare the elections illegitimate 2014 Event Protests erupt after China issues a decision to not allow free elections in Hong Kong, instead requiring government approval of any candidate running for office 2014 Event Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko dissolves the country's Supreme Council, which has been stymied by pro-separatist members; new elections will be held on October 26th 2014 Event Russian president Vladimir Putin says that he will respect the outcome of the upcoming Ukrainian elections, despite the fact that Viktor Yanukovych, the former Ukrainian president, has not had his position terminated by legal means 2014 Event Regions of eastern Ukraine announce that their self-organized elections show most voters to be in favor of secession; the election results aren't recognized by the Ukrainian government or its allies 2014 Event Lebanon's new Prime Minister Tammam Salam declares that he has been able to form a new cabinet, breaking the 10-month impasse between Hezbollah and Sunni rival parties; Salam intends to hold presidential elections on time 2013 Event A strike intended to shut down Nepal's general elections November 19th, is orchestrated by an alliance of 33 opposition parties 2013 Event Iranians go to the polls for a presidential election and local elections 2013 Event Egypt's government announces the country will hold parliamentary elections in April, 2013 2013 Event Parliamentary elections are held in Monaco, with the the Horizon Monaco alliance winning 50.3% of the vote, securing 20 of 24 seats in the country's National Council 2012 Event Following controversial elections, Ukraine's Prime Minister, Mykola Azarov and his government, resign en masse 2012 Event The U.S. elections result in three states approving same-sex marriage: Maine, Maryland and Washington 2012 Event Belarus holds parliamentary elections; the opposition boycotts the vote, claiming it is undemocratic 2012 Event Angola holds Parliamentary elections 2012 Event The winner of Mexico's presidential elections is Enrique Pena Nieto, a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party 2012 Event In Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood nominates chairman Khairat El-Shater as a candidate for the May 2012 presidential elections 2011 Event The Cote d'Ivoire holds Parliamentary elections 2011 Event Columbian voters participate in local gubernatorial and mayoral elections which include Medellin, Cali and Bogota 2011 Event In Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah announces reforms that give women the right to vote and run in municipal elections 2011 Event The Nigerian senate reschedules elections by changing the country's constitution 2011 Event Florida's Miami-Dade County Mayor, Carlos Alvarez, and County commissioner Natacha Seijas are ousted in recall elections 2011 Event Tunisian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi announces he will leave politics soon after the Presidential elections are held 2011 Event Following general elections last year, Burma's new parliament is set to convene on January 31 2010 Event The outcome of Egypt's recent parliamentary elections spark protests in Cairo 2010 Event Presidential elections take place in Poland after the death of President Lech Kaczynski in a plane crash April 10, 2010 2010 Event Thousands of 'red shirt' protesters demand fresh elections, causing Thai troops to retreat 2010 Event Iraqi voters take part in parliamentary elections and a referendum on the Status of Forces Agreement 2005 Event Parliamentary elections in Iraq, the first since 1958 1995 Event Dutch Liberal Party wins Provincial-National elections 1995 Event PRI loses/PAN wins Mexican regional elections 1995 Event Japan's Shinshinto Party wins local elections 1994 Event Austrian conservative Vice President wins elections/extreme right gets 18.5% 1994 Event Chandrika Kumaratungo's party wins Sri Lanka elections 1994 Event Labour beats Conservatives in British local elections 1993 Event Neo-fascists MSI win 36% of municipal elections in Rome 1993 Event Paraguay holds its 1st President and parliamentary elections in 50 years 1993 Event South Africa agrees to multi-racial elections 1992 Event Algeria's general elections canceled after strong gains by Islamic Salvation Front in the 1st round 1991 Event Nepalese Congress party wins general elections 1990 Event 1st free elections in East Germany, Conservatives beat Communists 1989 Event General Manuel Noriega's government nullifies country's elections, which the opposition had won by a 3-1 margin 1989 Event 1st free elections in U.S.S.R.; 190 M votes cast; Boris Yeltsin wins 1988 Event Benazir Bhutto wins 1st free Pakistani elections in 11 years 1988 Event Pakistan's Supreme Court orders free elections 1987 Event Lucas Mangopes Democratic Party wins Bophuthatswana elections 1986 Event Spain's premier Gonzalez' Socialist Party wins elections 1985 Event Argentine President Alfonsins Radical Burgerunie wins elections 1985 Event Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India 1985 Event Premier Mugabe wins Zimbabwe elections 1985 Event Alan Garcia wins elections in Peru 1984 Event Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi claims victory in parlimetary elections 1984 Event Nicaragua holds 1st free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63% 1984 Event Emile Gumbs' Anguilla National Alliance wins elections 1983 Event Turkey Turgut zals Moederland party wins elections 1983 Event Helmut Kohl's CDU/CSU wins West German parliament elections 1982 Event Spain's socialists win/communists lose elections 1982 Event Dutch social dem party wins elections, fascist enters Dutch parliament 1982 Event JN Duartes christian-democrats win elections in El Salvador 1981 Event Andreas Papandreous' PASOK wins Greek elections 1981 Event Premier Begin's Likud party wins Israeli elections 1980 Event Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF wins elections in Zimbabwe 1980 Event Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canada's elections 1980 Event Indira Gandhi's Congress Party wins elections in India 1979 Event President Zia ur-Rahmans National Party wins elections in Bangladesh 1978 Event Liberal Julio Turbay Ayola wins Colombia elections 1977 Event Fianna Fail-party wins Irish elections 1977 Event Spain's 1st free elections since 1936 (41 years) 1977 Event Communists/socialists win French municipal elections 1977 Event Ali Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party wins elections 1976 Event Jamaica premier Manley wins elections 1976 Event Rene Levesque's "Parti Quebecois" wins elections in Quebec 1976 Event Elections in Vietnam for a National Assembly to reunite the country 1976 Event Seni Pramoj's Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand 1973 Event Elections in Suriname, premier Sedney's PNP doesn't win a chair 1973 Event National People's party wins Dutch Antilles National elections 1969 Event SPD wins West German Parliament elections 1969 Event Frente Obrero wins Dutch Antilles national elections 1965 Event Erhards CDU wins West German parliament elections 1965 Event D Senanayake wins general elections in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 1964 Event 24th Amendment ratified, barring poll tax in federal elections 1962 Event Ben Bella wins 1st elections in independent Algeria 1962 Event India Congress Party wins elections 1961 Event Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba 1959 Event Dutch Liberal Party wins 2nd parliamentary elections 1958 Event CVP wins municipal elections in Belgium 1956 Event Poujadists/communists win French parliamentary elections 1955 Event Ali Sastroamidjojo's PNI wins elections in Indonesia 1955 Event Gaullists lose elections in France 1954 Event Labour Party wins British municipal elections 1953 Event Adenauers CDU wins elections in West Germany 1953 Event Dutch social democratic/Dutch Liberal Party win municipal elections 1953 Event 1st general elections in British Guyana, won by Jagans PPP 1953 Event Malans National Party wins South African elections 1952 Event Greek general Papagos wins elections 1952 Event Liberal Party wins Japanese elections 1952 Event Dutch social democratic party wins elections (29%) 1947 Event De Gaulles RPF wins French municipal elections 1946 Event Georgi Domitrovs National Front wins Bulgaria elections (78%) 1946 Event KVP Labor/Communists win 1st post-WW2 Dutch parliamentary elections 1937 Event Irish premier Eamon de Valera wins elections 1936 Event French People's Front wins elections 1936 Event Spanish Frente Popular (People's Front) wins elections 1935 Event Provincial-National elections (Musserts NSB achieves 7.9%/44 chairs) 1924 Event Socialists win Denmark's parliamentary elections 1924 Event Nationalist Wafd-party wins Egyptian parliament elections 1922 Event Women 1st vote in Dutch elections, Christian parties win 1921 Event 1st municipal elections for men and women in Belgium 1910 Event Boers and Afrikaners win 1st general elections in Union of South Africa 1910 Birthday Angus Campbell, U.S., psychologist, Elections and Political Order 1909 Event Confessional parties win Dutch parliamentary elections 1887 Event To avoid disputed national elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act 1871 Event 2nd Enforcement Act gives federal control of congressional elections
