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The Republic of Serbia held a pre-term parliamentary election on Sunday, 11 May 2008, the same day as local elections.
At stake were 250 in the National Assembly. Voters were divided on the question of Kosovo and Serbian membership in the European Union. Pro-Western President Boris Tadi? was narrowly defeated at the polls; the party of […]
May 7th, 2008 | Posted in Politics | No Comments
The Republican Party held its primary election in Nebraska on Tuesday, 13 May 2008. Up for grabs were 33 delegates to the Republican party’s nominating convention later this summer.
Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona had all but secured the Republican Party’s nomination for the 2008 Presidential election; nonetheless, voters turned out to voice their preference. […]
May 6th, 2008 | Posted in Politics | 1 Comment
The ruling military government in Myanmar held a national referendum on Saturday, 10 May 2008, inviting voters to accept or reject a new constitution.
Adoption of the new constitution required approval of more than 50 percent of eligible voters; the referendum failed to win the necessary votes. Myanmar referendum prediction: the results of the 2008 Myanmar […]
May 6th, 2008 | Posted in Politics | No Comments
Voters in the state of North Carolina went to the polls on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 to mark their preference in the race to name the Democratic party’s candidate for November’s Presidential election.
Pre-election polls showed Senator Barack Obama of Illinois leading Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton by a wide margin among Democratic voters. Future prediction for […]
April 28th, 2008 | Posted in Politics | No Comments
On Thursday, 1 May 2008, local council elections were held throughout England in 137 English Local Authorities.
In each of England’s 36 metropolitan boroughs, one-third of the council was up for election. Eighty-one district authority councils were up for election in whole or in part; most councils saw one-third of the council seats open. Future prediction […]
April 26th, 2008 | Posted in Politics | No Comments
The State of Indiana held its Democratic primary election on Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Registered Democratic voters throughout the state turned out in record numbers to indicate their preference in selecting the Democratic party’s candidate for November’s Presidential election.
Pre-election poll results were mixed, and showed Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Senator Barack […]
April 26th, 2008 | Posted in Politics | No Comments
The election for the Mayor of London was held 1 May 2008 in London. Londoners select a mayor every four years.
Ken Livingstone, the Labour Party’s candidate, was declared the winner of the 2008 London Mayoral Election. Mayoral election prediction: Ken Livingstone wins the 2008 London Mayoral Election.
The slate of candidates for the 2008 mayoral […]
April 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Politics | No Comments
The Pennsylvania Democratic Primary were held on April 22, 2008. There is a total of 188 delegates in Pennsylvania - 158 will be divided based on the vote and 30 are superdelegates.
The winner of the 2008 Pennsylvania Democratic Primary is Hillary Clinton who wins by 7% over Barack Obama. The win of Hillary Clinton can […]
April 15th, 2008 | Posted in Politics | No Comments
Paraguayan general election were held on April 20, 2008. The people of Paraguay had voted in In the election for a new president, national congress and chamber of deputies. The candidates for presidency were Lino Oviedo of the party “National Union of Ethical Citizens (UNACE)”, Fernando Lugo of the party “Patriotic Alliance for Change (APC)”, […]
April 14th, 2008 | Posted in Politics | No Comments
General elections were held in Italy on April 14, 2008 after the former prime minister Prime Minister Romano Prodi had resigned a couple of months ago.
The winner of the 2008 general elections in Italy is Silvio Berlusconi who will be the next prime minister of Italy. Berlusconi is the leader of the party People of […]
April 5th, 2008 | Posted in Politics | No Comments