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	Lebanon's First Postwar Parliamentary Election, 1992: An Imposed Choice - Part 3
		In contrast to the parliamentary elections of 1960, which were held two years after the 1958 crisis and after the crisis was settled, the 1992 elections were held amid heated debates over unresolved problems left by the war.
		In the past, elections were usually held in the spring or autumn so as not to interfere with the summer tourist season and the large gains to the Lebanese economy.
		This is not attributable to the neutrality of the state and its refusal to intervene in elections, but to the decline in the state's role in overseeing the country's general political course, and to the decline in its influence as a principal, effective actor in political life.
	ddc.aub.edu.lb /projects/pspa/elections92-part3.html (2274 words)

	UNDP-POGAR: Country Index: Elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The last presidential election was conducted in 1998, but instead of holding a new one in 2004, the parliament passed a constitutional amendment to extend the incumbent president’s term exceptionally for an additional three years.
		Elections are governed by the Electoral Law, the most recent version of which was promulgated in 2000.
		The elections were conducted according to the electoral law of the year 2000 despite the admission by most political parties and leaders that it is an unfair law as far as the distribution of electoral districts is concerned.
	www.pogar.org /countries/elections.asp?cid=9 (1670 words)

	The First Post-War Parliamentary Elections in Lebanon
		Another positive element of the 1992 elections (whether for the boycotter or participant, or the winning or losing candidate) was that the principle of accountability was revived, through the return of communication between the voter and the candidate, both in theory and practice.
		The relatively long absence of elections, sectarian and regional divisions, and the tyranny of the language of artillery and barricades over the non-violent language of political dispute had placed the issue of elections, in the minds of the majority (average citizens, candidates, deputies), in the realm of impossibility.
		The elections would perhaps be the ideal tool with which to cross from the atmosphere of war to that of consensus whose bases of legitimacy and power would extend from true agreement among Lebanese, and not means of imposition by force.
	www.lcps-lebanon.org /resc/democ/bk93ch1/ch1pt3.html (5127 words)

	Lebanon's First Postwar Parliamentary Election, 1992: An Imposed Choice - Part 1
		The 1992 election was distinctive because it was the first to be held since the outbreak of war in the mid-1970s.
		The elections were significant to him because of the likely changing composition of the balance of power in the new Parliament and because of his local rivalry with President Hrawi in the Bekaa'.
		The widespread opposition the election elicited, coupled with the opposition of the Maronite patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir, made inevitable the withdrawal of the principal candidates, especially Minister Faris Boueiz and the two el Khazen family candidates, which led to the cancellation of the election.
	almashriq.hiof.no /ddc/projects/pspa/elections92-part1.html (7929 words)

	Politics of Lebanon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The elections, the first for 33 years without the presence of Syrian military forces, were won by the Rafik Hariri Martyr List, a coalition of several parties and organizations opposed to Syrian domination of Lebanese politics.
		Since the elections of 1992 (the first since the reforms of the Taif Agreement of 1989 removed the built-in majority previously enjoyed by Christians and distributed the seats equally between Christians and Muslims), the Parliament has had 128 seats.
		An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Lebanon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Lebanon (1901 words)

	SSHL: Collections: Latin American Studies: Elections
		Alexander 1957: In the elections of 1943 "the Partido Social Democrático received 30,000 votes and won a senatorship, four posts as deputies, seventeen seats in Departmental Councils, and fifty posts as municipal councillors.
		Galbraith 1966: "Congressional elections were held in September 1951, and over 800,000 voters returned 40 Conservative Senators and 71 Deputies; 22 seats in the Senate and 51 in the Chamber were left unfilled by Liberal abstention, since by executive decree a certain number of opposition seats could not be occupied by the government" (pages 150-151).
		All material contained in Latin American Election Statistics: A Guide to Sources is protected by copyright, and duplication or sale of all or part of any of it is not permitted, except that material may be duplicated by you for your personal research use or educational purposes in electronic or print form.
	sshl.ucsd.edu /collections/las/colombia/1940.html (8824 words)

	Venezuela - The Transition to Democratic Rule
		Its members soon constituted a vociferous minority in local governments and, after the January 1943 elections, in the lower house of Congress known as the Chamber of Deputies (the upper house was the Senate).
		Although competition among the parties was intense, AD won overwhelming majorities in the Constituent Assembly elections as well as in the presidential and congressional elections of December 1947 and the municipal elections of May 1948.
		When the early election results made it clear that the URD (supported clandestinely by AD), was far ahead of the government party, Pérez ordered the count halted and declared himself president.
	countrystudies.us /venezuela/6.htm (2593 words)

	Timeline 1943
		1943 Oct 6, The Battle at Vella Lavella was fought in the Solomon Islands.
		1943 Oct 14, In Germany Rev. Max Josef Metzger was sentenced to death for treason by Roland Freisler, chief judge of the Nazi’s People’s Court.
		1943 Nov 14, An American torpedo was mistakenly fired at the U.S. battleship Iowa, which was carrying President Roosevelt and his joint chiefs to the Tehran conference; the torpedo exploded harmlessly in the Iowa's wake.
	timelines.ws /20thcent/1943.HTML (11622 words)

	Wide Angle . Future for Lebanon . Handbook: Lebanon's Divisive Sectarian Past \| PBS
		Lebanon proclaimed its independence from France in 1941 and held general elections in 1943.
		Between 1943 and 1976, Lebanon was controlled by various networks of prominent families within each religious sect.
		For instance, the Shihabs of the Maronites; the Karamis of the Sunnis; the Asads of the Shias; and the Jumblatts of the Druze (a small, Arabic-speaking religious group that grew out of Islam in the 10th century, although, today, the Druze are not considered Muslim by most Muslims).
	www.pbs.org /wnet/wideangle/shows/lebanon/handbook.html (355 words)

	Senate, United States - Related Items - MSN Encarta
		2004 election, increase of Republican majorities in House of Representatives and Senate
		The Democratic party continued to lose ground both locally and nationally in 1943.
		Although nominally retaining control of the national government in spite of the sharp reverses suffered in the 1942 elections, its powers of effective action were seriously curtailed by internal disunity, by lack of...
	encarta.msn.com /related_761586759_14.5.0/1943_Democratic_Party.html (75 words)

	Ymgyrchu! - The Ballot Box - By-elections - 1943
		Two famous candidates stood for the University of Wales seat during the 1943 by-election.
		The by-election was called when the former MP, Ernest Evans, was appointed a county court judge.
		Here is a list of supporters which appeared in the press at the time.
	www.llgc.org.uk /ymgyrchu/Pleidleisio/Is/1943/index-e.htm (200 words)

	Guide to the St. Louis Board of Aldermen
		These elections were replaced by ward elections in 1943.
		Before their respective elections he or she must have been a United States citizen for at least five years, three years a resident of the city and one year a resident of the ward from which elected.
		It examines matters relating to elections, registrations and revisions or ordinances and reports on all bills and measures remaining over from the last session and requiring further consideration.
	stlouis.missouri.org /government/aldguide.htm (1778 words)

	Lamson Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Five Elections In Africa; A Group Of Electoral Studies, Edited By W. Mackenzie And Kenneth Robinson
		Israel At The Polls : The Knesset Elections Of 1977
		Elections And Political Development : The South Asian Experience
	www.plymouth.edu /library/opac/subjkey/elections (111 words)

	National Covenant
		Then, in 1943, general elections were held and the new Chamber of Deputies elected Bishara al Khuri as president.
		On November 8, 1943 the Chamber of Deputies amended the constitution, abolishing that which referred to the French Mandate.
		Due to the influence of the United States, Britain, and Arab countries, the French yielded to the pressure and released the prisoners on November 22, 1943.
	home.nc.rr.com /ccapps2/page5.html (379 words)

	Nazi Gold: Turkey and Argentina
		In January 1943, during the Casablanca Conference, FDR considered asking Turkey to enter the war.
		This façade of neutrality would be maintained until 1943 and the colonels' revolution that eventually brought Peron to power.
		A FBI report released in June, 1943 described how Buenos Aires served as the Western Hemisphere outlet for U.S. bank notes that had been looted in occupied Europe and entered into commercial traffic in Switzerland.
	www.spiritone.com /~gdy52150/goldp7.html (2980 words)

	LIBERIA: THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES *DOUGBEH NYAN'S HOMEPAGE*
		The elections of 1927, which gave King a third term of office, won a place in the Guinness Book of Records because of the massive rigging that took place.
		From most accounts, it was the freest and fairest election we have ever had, since all the people could vote--and most did--with the exception of those of us in exile.
		The fairness of the election has, of course, been qualified, for most say that Taylor had several strategic advantages which the other candidates lacked: the countryside was virtually his, since he had lived many years with and among the people there.
	members.tripod.com /~drnyan/kybest_speech.html (6827 words)

	The Political Graveyard: 1943
		April: 4 births; 7 deaths; 33 centenaries; 1 transition; 6 elections; 718 birthdays
		September: 9 births; 2 marriages; 8 deaths; 17 centenaries; 2 transitions; 1 election; 776 birthdays
		The coverage of the site includes certain federal officials, state officeholders and candidates in all 50 states, state and national political party officials, federal and state judges, and mayors (including candidates at election for mayor) of qualifying cities.
	politicalgraveyard.com /chrono/1943/index.html (403 words)

	Informed Comment
		Lebanon had regular elections from 1943 until the civil war of the mid-1970s, which resumed in the 1990s.
		These parliamentary elections were all flawed in important ways, and marred by continued aspects of authoritarianism, but they can't be dismissed as insignificant.
		And, the elections in Palestine and Iraq, both held under conditions of foreign military occupation with substantial portions of the electorate engaged in a boycott and poor security conditions, were also deeply flawed.
	www.juancole.com /2005/04/friedmans-slander-of-middle-east.html (2601 words)

	Washington State Republican Party :: News Item
		This challenge is the second phase of the ongoing Voter Registration Integrity Project which seeks to promote honest and fair elections.
		Where people register is important because they must vote in the precinct and district where they live, not where it’s most convenient to pick up their mail.
		In reality, under state law, elections officials have a duty to protect the electorate from illegal voter registrations.
	www.wsrp.org /News/Read.aspx?ID=165 (422 words)

	Franklin D. Roosevelt: State of the Union Address.
		Yes, 1943 will not be an easy year for us on the home front.
		But I do believe that this year of 1943 will give to the United Nations a very substantial advance along the roads that lead to Berlin and Rome and Tokyo.
		I tell you it is within the realm of possibility that this Seventy-eight Congress may have the historic privilege of helping greatly to save the world from future fear.
	www.presidency.ucsb.edu /ws/index.php?pid=16386 (4340 words)

	RG 407.000 - State Board of Elections
		The State Officers Electoral Board, created by the General Assembly in 1943, consisted of the Secretary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, and the Attorney General who were given the power to hear and pass upon objections to the nomination of candidates for state offices (L. 1943, vol.
		The State Electoral Board further was expanded in 1967 to include the respective chairmen of the state central committees of the two leading political parties (L. 1967, p.
		In 1973 the State Electoral Board was superseded by the State Board of Elections (P.A. 78-918, p.
	www.sos.state.il.us /departments/archives/di/407__002.htm (464 words)

	Wide Angle. Printable Pages \| PBS
		Massive rallies called for the end of occupation and, in April, Syria withdrew all of its military forces -- although many suspected Syrian agents remained in Lebanon.
		Then, in the weeks leading up to and following Lebanon's June 2005 parliamentary elections, a number of car bombings cast a shadow over hopes for the flourishing of a stable, new Lebanese independence.
		For now, Hezbollah remains an officially recognized and influential political party, having won all southern Lebanon's available seats in the June elections.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/wideangle/printable/lebanon_handbook_print.html (1181 words)

	The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 6
		In effect, in March 1943 elections took place in Denmark; and these elections resulted in the total defeat of the Nazi Party.
		The seizure of authority by the German police in Denmark during the period from September 1943 until the liberation was responsible for an extraordinary number of crimes.
		This is a report drawn up in Berlin on 12 January 1943, and concerns a meeting of the SS Committee of the Research Institute for Germanic Regions (Ausschuss der Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur den Germanischen Raum).
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/imt/proc/02-04-46.htm (19621 words)

	The Danish Solution: Rescue of Jews in Denmark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Protagonists on both sides of the occupation came to realize the impossibility of combining democracy and totalitarianism.
		But Danes defiantly voted against the Nazi party in the March 1943 elections and launched a series of strikes and acts of sabotage.
		On the other side, Danish citizens, for over three years (1940-1943) tried to "cooperate" with German authorities, but came to realize that they had to take a stand or their own freedom would be compromised.
	www.thedanishsolution.org /themes.html (1023 words)

	John Joseph Curtin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Most Australians agreed with Curtin's initiatives and Labor won the elections of 1943.
		Elected to the House of Representatives for Fremantle, Western Australia, in general elections 1928 and 1929.
		Re-elected in general elections 1934, 1937, 1940 and 1943.
	www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/5557/curtin.html (1493 words)

	Acropolis of America: Passing the Torch 1940 - 1974
		Demosthenes Democratic Club helped unify a small and often split Greek vote, it wasn't until the Plan E charter that minorities had a chance to win.
		Paul Panagiotakos was the first Greek elected to the School Committee in 1943 and Councilor George Eliades became Mayor in 1951.
		Nicholas C. Contakos, Election Commission member, supervises voter verification during election day.
	ecommunity.uml.edu /hellenicheritage/Acropolis3/politics.htm (242 words)

	Story Page
		French General Charles de Gaulle was not keen on surrendering control over Lebanon but was coerced into holding elections in 1943.
		These elections, resulting in a resounding victory for the supporters of Lebanese independence, prompted the French authorities to arrest the leaders of the new government (including President Bishara Khoury and Prime Minister Riad Sulh); the release of the leaders was eventually forced by the British and the United Nations, much to French humiliation.
		Complete Lebanese independence was proclaimed in 1945, and marked by entrance into both the Arab League and the United Nations within the year.
	home.nc.rr.com /ccapps2/page12.html (462 words)

	The Political Graveyard: November 2, 1943
		Politicians who were born on November 2 (all years), or
		politicians who were born in 1943 (all dates)
		politicians who were married in 1943 (all dates)
	politicalgraveyard.com /chrono/1943/11-02.html (301 words)

	Acts of the Oireachtas 1943 / Achtanna an Oireachtais 1943 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Acts of the Oireachtas 1943 / Achtanna an Oireachtais 1943
		Number 5 of 1943: CENTRAL FUND ACT, 1943
		Number 13 of 1943: DISTRICT OF FERGUS DRAINAGE ACT, 1943
	www.acts.ie /en.toc.1943.html (211 words)

	SULAIR: CD-ROMs and Computer Files in the Slavic Field
		Reif, Karlheinz, 1943- CENTRAL AND EASTERN EURO-BAROMETER 1: PUBLIC OPINION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE, 1990 / principal investigators, Karlheinz Reif and George Cunningham.
		Reif, Karlheinz, 1943- CENTRAL AND EASTERN EURO-BAROMETER 2: CURRENT AFFAIRS AND THE MEDIA, September-October 1991 / principal investigators, Karlheinz Reif and George Cunningham.
		Reif, Karlheinz, 1943- IMMIGRANTS AND OUT-GROUPS IN WESTERN EUROPE, October-November 1988/ principal investigators, Karlheinz Reif and Anna Melich.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/hasrg/slavic/4ccdrom.html (448 words)

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