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2005 Parliamentary elections in Iraq, the first since 1958 1995 Dutch Liberal Party wins Provincial-National elections 1995 PRI loses/PAN wins Mexican regional elections 1995 Japan's Shinshinto Party wins local elections 1994 Austrian conservative VP wins elections/extreme right gets 18.5% 1994 Chandrika Kumaratungo's party wins Sri Lanka elections 1994 Labour beats Conservatives in British local elections 1993 Neo-fascists MSI win 36% of municipal elections in Rome 1993 Paraguay holds its 1st President and parliamentary elections in 50 years 1993 South Africa agrees to multi-racial elections 1992 Algeria's general elections canceled after strong gains by Islamic Salvation Front in the 1st round 1991 Nepalese Congress party wins general elections 1990 1st free elections in East Germany, Conservatives beat Communists 1989 Gen Manuel Noriega's government nullifies country's elections, which the opposition had won by a 3-1 margin 1989 1st free elections in U.S.S.R.; 190 M votes cast; Boris Yeltsin wins 1988 Benazir Bhutto wins 1st free Pakistani elections in 11 years 1988 Pakistan's Supreme Court orders free elections 1987 Lucas Mangopes Democratic Party wins Bophuthatswana elections 1986 Spain's premier Gonzalez' Socialist Party wins elections 1985 Argentine President Alfonsins Radical Burgerunie wins elections 1985 Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India 1985 Premier Mugabe wins Zimbabwe elections 1985 Alan Garcia wins elections in Peru 1984 Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi claims victory in parlimetary elections 1984 Nicaragua holds 1st free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63% 1984 Emile Gumbs' Anguilla National Alliance wins elections 1983 Turkey Turgut zals Moederland party wins elections 1983 Helmut Kohl's CDU/CSU wins West German parliament elections 1982 Spain's socialists win/communists lose elections 1982 Dutch social dem party wins elections, fascist enters Dutch parliament 1982 JN Duartes christian-democrats win elections in El Salvador 1981 Andreas Papandreous' PASOK wins Greek elections 1981 Premier Begin's Likud party wins Israeli elections 1980 Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF wins elections in Zimbabwe 1980 Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canada's elections 1980 Indira Gandhi's Congress Party wins elections in India 1979 President Zia ur-Rahmans National Party wins elections in Bangladesh 1978 Liberal Julio Turbay Ayola wins Colombia elections 1977 Fianna Fail-party wins Irish elections 1977 Spain's 1st free elections since 1936 (41 years) 1977 Communists/socialists win French municipal elections 1977 Ali Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party wins elections 1976 Jamaica premier Manley wins elections 1976 Rene Levesque's "Parti Quebecois" wins elections in Quebec 1976 Elections in Vietnam for a National Assembly to reunite the country 1976 Seni Pramoj's Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand 1973 Elections in Suriname, premier Sedney's PNP doesn't win a chair 1973 National People's party wins Dutch Antilles National elections 1969 SPD wins West German Parliament elections 1969 Frente Obrero wins Dutch Antilles national elections 1965 Erhards CDU wins West German parliament elections 1965 D Senanayake wins general elections in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 1964 24th Amendment ratified, barring poll tax in federal elections 1962 Ben Bella wins 1st elections in independent Algeria 1962 India Congress Party wins elections 1961 Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba 1959 Dutch Liberal Party wins 2nd parliamentary elections 1958 CVP wins municipal elections in Belgium 1956 Poujadists/communists win French parliamentary elections 1955 Ali Sastroamidjojo's PNI wins elections in Indonesia 1955 Gaullists lose elections in France 1954 Labour Party wins British municipal elections 1953 Adenauers CDU wins elections in German FR 1953 Dutch social democratic/Dutch Liberal Party win municipal elections 1953 1st general elections in British Guyana, won by Jagans PPP 1953 Malans National Party wins South African elections 1952 Greek general Papagos wins elections 1952 Liberal Party wins Japanese elections 1952 Dutch social democratic party wins elections (29%) 1947 De Gaulles RPF wins French municipal elections 1946 Georgi Domitrovs National Front wins Bulgaria elections (78%) 1946 KVP Labor/Communists win 1st post-WW2 Dutch parliamentary elections 1937 Irish premier Eamon de Valera wins elections 1936 French People's Front wins elections 1936 Spanish Frente Popular (People's Front) wins elections 1935 Provincial-National elections (Musserts NSB achieves 7.9%/44 chairs) 1924 Socialists win Denmark's parliamentary elections 1924 Nationalist Wafd-party wins Egyptian parliament elections 1922 Women 1st vote in Dutch elections, Christian parties win 1921 1st municipal elections for men and women in Belgium 1910 Boers and Afrikaners win 1st general elections in Union of South-Africa 1910 Angus Campbell, U.S., psychologist, Elections and Political Order 1909 Confessional parties win Dutch parliamentary elections 1887 To avoid disputed national elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act 1871 2nd Enforcement Act gives federal control of congressional elections

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