2014 Event Afghans show up at the polls in spite of potential violence to vote for their next president; this is the third such election since the 2001 removal of the Taliban from power 2014 Event Amidst massive security including 160,000 soldiers and over 200,000 policemen, Egyptians go to the polls to vote on a draft constitution which would strengthen the military-backed leadership of the country 2013 Event Falkland Island voters head to the polls to participate in their general election and elect Legislative Assembly members 2013 Event Tajikistan voters head to the polls to participate in the country's presidential election 2013 Event In Mali, voters head to the polls for a presidential election 2013 Event In Kuwait, voters go to the polls for a general election; half of the parliamentary seats are lost by Shiite candidates 2013 Event Iranians go to the polls for a presidential election and local elections 2012 Event Egyptian voters go to the polls to vote on a highly protested referendum on a new constitution 2012 Event Venezuelans go to the polls to vote in the country's presidential election; President Hugo Chavez competes against Henrique Capriles Radonski of the opposing Justice First party 2012 Event Egypt's voters go to the polls for a second round of voting in their first presidential election 2012 Event Voters in Lesotho, a landlocked country completely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa, go to the polls for a general election 2012 Event Fifteen months after President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in Egypt by a revolution, voters go to the polls for a presidential election 2012 Event Senegalese voters go to the polls for Senegal's presidential election, which has been marked by controversy and violence 2012 Event In Kuwait, voters go to the polls for a parliamentary election 2011 Event Outbreaks of violence are reported as voters in the Democratic Republic of the congo go to the polls for a general election 2011 Event In Spain, voters go to the polls for the general election; the center-right Popular Party wins a parliamentary majority 2011 Event In Georgia's region of South Ossetia, voters go to the polls for a presidential election and referendum 2011 Event Latvian voters head to the polls for a parliamentary election 2011 Event Singapore holds a presidential election; voters head to the polls 2011 Event Voters in Turkey go to the polls for a general election 2010 Event U.S. voters go to the polls; Republicans win control of the House of Representatives with the largest number of seats gained since 1894 1992 Event Polls show Perot, Bush and Clinton could be in a deadlock 1984 Death George Gallup, pioneer of public opinion polls, dies
