2015 Event Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi gains parliamentary approval for his proposed reforms to fight corruption and reduce government spending; the measures include eliminating certain government positions and reexamining closed corruption cases 2013 Event Rwandan President Paul Kagame achieves a landslide victory in the country's parliamentary 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 Iceland's center-right opposition party is set to return to power after the country's parliamentary election results are finalized 2013 Event In Italy, a deal on forming a new government is finalized two months after the 2013 Italian parliamentary election 2013 Event In Greenland, the Siumut party wins the parliamentary election, setting up Aleqa Hammond to become the country's first female Prime Minister 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 Prime Minister Victor Ponta, of the Social Liberal Union, is nominated by Romanian President, Traian Basescu, to form a new government after Romania holds its parliamentary election later this December 2012 Event The parliamentary election in Georgia is determined to be 'fair and free' by the OSCE 2012 Event Belarus holds parliamentary elections; the opposition boycotts the vote, claiming it is undemocratic 2012 Event Angola holds Parliamentary elections 2012 Event In Kuwait, voters go to the polls for a parliamentary election 2012 Event The main opposition leader of the Democratic Republic of the congo condemns parliamentary election as rigged; he calls for a strike in protest of his house arrest 2011 Event The Cote d'Ivoire holds Parliamentary elections 2011 Event The Justice and Development party of Morocco claims victory after Moroccans vote in a parliamentary 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 Latvian voters head to the polls for a parliamentary election 2010 Event The outcome of Egypt's recent parliamentary elections spark protests in Cairo 2010 Event Results from the Afghan parliamentary election are announced since September balloting 2010 Event Hungary's parliamentary election results in 28 regional seats for the left-wing Hungarian Socialist Party, and 26 regional seats for the far-right Movement for a Better Hungary 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 Finland Social-Democratic Party wins parliamentary election 1995 Event Estonia Centrumlinkse Coalition party wins parliamentary election 1994 Event Socialist Party (ex-communist) wins Bulgaria parliamentary election 1994 Event Leftist coalition wins Marcedonia parliamentary election 1994 Event Botswana President Ketumile Masires BDP wins parliamentary election 1994 Event Vladimir Meciars HZDDS wins Slovakia parliamentary election 1994 Event Parliamentary election in Ukraine 1994 Event Sweden social-democratic SPD wins parliamentary election 1994 Event Parti Quebecois wins parliamentary election 1994 Event H Emans Arubaanse Peoples Party wins parliamentary election 1994 Event Parliamentary election in Aruba 1994 Event Hungary's Socialist Party wins parliamentary election 1994 Event Bakili Muluzi's UDF wins Malawi presidents/parliamentary election 1994 Event D66/Dutch Liberal Party win Dutch 2nd Parliamentary election 1993 Event Canada Liberal Party/Bloc Quebecois wins parliamentary election 1993 Event Parliamentary election in Poland 1993 Event Liberal-Democratic Party loses Japan's parliamentary election 1993 Event Parliamentary election in Morocco 1993 Event Paraguay holds its 1st President and parliamentary elections in 50 years 1993 Event Jamaican premier Percival Patterson wins parliamentary election 1993 Event Conservatives win French parliamentary election 1992 Event Rabin wins Israeli parliamentary election 1991 Event Colorado party wins Paraguay parliamentary election 1989 Event Madagascar AREMA party wins parliamentary election 1989 Event Michael Manley's Socialist Party wins Jamaica parliamentary election 1988 Event Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto's PPP wins parliamentary election 1987 Event Belgium Christian Democrats (CVP) loses parliamentary election 1986 Event Democratic Labor Party wins parliamentary election in Barbados 1986 Event Joaquin Balaguers PRSC wins Dominican Rep parliamentary election 1985 Event PNP/MAN win Antilian parliamentary election 1985 Event Belgium premier Martens CVP wins parliamentary election 1983 Event Margaret Thatchers Conservative Party wins British parliamentary election 1983 Event Portugal's Soares' Partido Socialista wins parliamentary election 1983 Event Austrian socialist party loses parliamentary election 1981 Event Christian Democrats looses Belgium parliamentary election 1981 Event Socialists/communists win French parliamentary election 1980 Event Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF wins parliamentary election in Zimbabwe 1977 Event Dutch social democratic party wins parliamentary election 1977 Event Christian-democrats win Belgium parliamentary election 1977 Event Social-democrats win Danish parliamentary election 1975 Event Australian Conservatives and Liberals win parliamentary election 1974 Event Labour Party wins British parliamentary election 1974 Event Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canadian parliamentary election 1974 Event Christian Democrats win Belgium parliamentary election 1974 Event Labour Party wins British parliamentary election 1973 Event Greek President Papadopoulos asks for "parliamentary presidential republic" 1972 Event Australia Labour party wins parliamentary election 1971 Event Dutch social democratic party/D'66/DS'70 win parliamentary election 1970 Event Conservatives win British parliamentary election 1970 Event Kreisky's soc-democrats win Austrian parliamentary election 1968 Event Gaullists win French parliamentary election, 358 of 458 chairs 1966 Event Labour Party wins British parliamentary election 1959 Event Ben-Gurion's Mapai-party wins Israeli parliamentary election 1959 Event Dutch Liberal Party wins 2nd parliamentary elections 1958 Event Belgian christian-democrats win parliamentary election 1957 Event Adenauers CDU wins parliamentary election in West Germany 1957 Birthday Alan Donnelly, born in England, politician, Labor Party, leader, European Parliamentary Labor Party, 1998 - 2005, founded, serves, as executive chairman of public affairs company, Sovereign Strategy, represents President of Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, at Grand Prix 1957 Event Gomulka wins Poland's parliamentary election 1956 Event Parliamentary election: Dutch Democrates 50/KVP 49 1956 Event Poujadists/communists win French parliamentary elections 1955 Event Conservatives win British parliamentary election 1954 Birthday Michael O'Brien, born in Worcester, England, Mike O'Brien, politician, Labor Party, since 1992, serves as Member of Parliament for North Warwickshire, served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs, became Minister of State for Health Services, 2009 1952 Event Papagos' Greek Concentratie wins Greeks parliamentary election 1951 Event David Ben-Gurion's Mapai-party wins Israeli parliamentary election 1951 Event De Gaulle wins French parliamentary election 1951 Event Kwame Nkrumah wins 1st parliamentary election on Gold coast (Ghana) 1950 Event CVP wins Belgian parliamentary election 1950 Event Labour wins British parliamentary election 1949 Event 1st Belgian parliamentary election where women can vote (CVP gains) 1947 Event Laos accepts constitution for parliamentary democracy 1946 Event Communists win many seats at French parliamentary election 1946 Event KVP Labor/Communists win 1st post-WW2 Dutch parliamentary elections 1945 Event France (PC/PS/MRP win parliamentary election (25/24/23%) 1945 Birthday John Bowis, born in Brighton, England, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Battersea, member of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly 1945 Event Labour Party wins British parliamentary election 1944 Birthday Quentin Davies, born in Oxford, England, Member of Parliament for Grantham and Stamford 1987 - 1997, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defense under Prime Minister, Gordon Brown 1936 Event 1st parliamentary debate on New Zealand radio 1933 Event Hitler promises parliamentary democracy 1925 Event Belgian Workers Party wins parliamentary election 1924 Event Labour loses British parliamentary election 1924 Event Cartel des Gauches wins French parliamentary election 1924 Event Socialists win Denmark's parliamentary elections 1913 Event Dutch Parliamentary election (confess party looses majority) 1909 Event Confessional parties win Dutch parliamentary elections 1908 Event Belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election 1897 Event Liberals/social-democrats win Dutch 2nd Parliamentary election 1894 Event Roman Catholics win Parliamentary election in Belgium 1694 Event English parliamentary election set for every 3 years 1659 Event General Monck demands free parliamentary election in Scotland 1644 Event 2nd Battle at Newbury: King Charles I beats parliamentary armies 1644 Event Battle of Marston Moor: Parliamentary forces defeat royalists 1644 Event Battle at Nantwich Cheshire: Parliamentary armies win 1643 Event Battle at Roundway Down: Royalists beat parliamentary armies 1643 Event Battle at Atherton Moor: Royalists beat parliamentary armies 1643 Event Skirmish at Chalgrove Field: Prince Rupert parliamentary armies 1643 Event Battle at Grantham: English parliamentary armies beat royalists 1612 Birthday Thomas Fairfax, Lord Fairfax, English Parliamentary general
