2015 Event British Prime Minister David Cameron is re-elected for five more years in a decisive victory that upset predictions of a close election and resulted in the first Conservative majority government since 1992 2014 Event Nicolas Sarkozy, former French President, is re-elected as head of the Union for a Popular Movement; Sarkozy intends to pursue the presidency again in 2017 2014 Event Incumbent Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is re-elected; the leader plans to continue peace talks with rebels in an effort to bring ongoing violence in the country to an end 2014 Event Kim Jong Un is re-elected as leader of North Korea with 100% of the vote; the election was the first since the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, in 2011 2011 Event Rebel leader Yoweri Museveni continues his 30-year rule after being re-elected President of Uganda; the opposition claims the election was a 'sham' 2006 Event Hugo Chavez, leftist dictator, is re-elected President of Venezuela 1997 Event Newt Gingrich, narrowly re-elected speaker of the House 1993 Event Guinee general Lansana re-elected president 1993 Event Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani re-elected president of Iran 1992 Event Slobodan Milosevic re-elected president of Serbia 1991 Event President Mario Soares of Portugal re-elected 1990 Event Guam Republican governor Joseph Ada re-elected 1990 Event Dominican Republic President Joaquin Ricardo Balaguer re-elected 1988 Event Carlos Andres Perez re-elected president of Venezuela 1988 Event Alfredo Stroessner re-elected president of Paraguay 1987 Event Yitzhak Shamir re-elected chairman of right wing Herut Party 1984 Event Lucas Mangope re-elected president of Bophuthatswana 1982 Event Sri Lanka President Jayewardene re-elected 1976 Event Egypt president Sadat re-elected 1972 Event Willy Brandt re-elected West German chancellor 1972 Event President Nixon (R) re-elected defeating George McGovern (D) 1970 Event Jose Velasco Ibarra re-elected president of Ecuador 1968 Event Makarios re-elected president of Cyprus 1965 Event French president De Gaulle re-elected (Mitterrand gets 45%) 1957 Event Celal Bayar re-elected president of Turkey 1957 Event Conrad Adenauer re-elected chancellor of West-Germany 1957 Event Dag Hammarskjold re-elected Secretary-General of UN 1956 Event President Eisenhower (R) re-elected defeating Adlai E. Stevenson (D) 1955 Event Sjukri al-Quwatli re-elected president of Syria 1954 Event Theodor Heuss re-elected president of West Germany 1952 Event Syngman Ree re-elected president of South-Korea 1951 Event Winston Churchill re-elected British premier 1951 Event Winston Churchill re-elected British Prime Minister 1948 Event President Truman re-elected in an upset over Republican Thomas Dewey 1940 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt re-elected president 1924 Event Michael Hainisch re-elected Austrian president 1924 Event U.S. president Calvin Coolidge re-elected 1916 Event Woodrow Wilson (D) re-elected president 1900 Event President William McKinley (R) re-elected, beating William Jennings Bryan 1872 Event Ulysses S. Grant re-elected U.S. president 1871 Event President Grant re-elected 1832 Event Andrew Jackson re-elected president of US 1820 Event U.S. president James Monroe re-elected 1812 Event James Madison re-elected president of U.S., E Gerry vice-pres 1804 Event Thomas Jefferson re-elected U.S. president/George Clinton vice-president 1792 Event George Washington re-elected U.S. president 1138 Event Conrad II von Hohenstaufen re-elected German king
