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  India - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In the 1957 elections the Communist Party polled 12 million votes to become the largest opposition party in the central parliament.
The state of emergency was lifted in March 1977 for elections in which the opposition Janata Party was swept to power, led by Morarji Desai.
In the general election of November 1989 a broad anti-Congress electoral pact was forged, embracing the Janata Dal (People's Party), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – both factions of the Communist Party – and the regional-level Telugu Desam.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /India   (8423 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: New Zealand Labour Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The New Zealand general election of 1919 was held December 17 to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 20h session of the New Zealand Parliament.
The New Zealand general election of 1922 was held December 7 to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 21st session of the New Zealand Parliament.
The New Zealand general election of 1925 was held November 4 to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 22nd session of the New Zealand Parliament.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/New-Zealand-Labour-Party   (5360 words)

  
 Jagan, Cheddi on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In 1957 elections, Jagan's party received a plurality, and he served in the cabinet.
After the 1964 elections, Burnham became prime minister of a coalition government; Jagan subsequently led the opposition.
In 1992, in a political comeback, Jagan was elected president of Guyana, defeating incumbent Desmond Hoyte.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/J/Jagan-C1h.asp   (429 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Guyana - The Second PPP Government, 1957-61, and Racial Politics | Guyanese Information Resource
The 1957 elections held under a new constitution demonstrated the extent of the growing ethnic division within the Guianese electorate.
The 1957 elections were convincingly won by Jagan's PPP faction.
From 1957 onward, Burnham worked to create a balance between maintaining the backing of the more radical Afro-Guyanese lower classes and gaining the support of the more capitalist middle class.
reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/guyana/guyana23.html   (679 words)

  
 ipedia.com: People's Republic of Poland Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
At least Poland preserved its status as an independent state: some influential communists such as Wanda Wasilewska were in favour of Poland becoming a republic of the Soviet Union.
At the January 1957 elections no opposition candidates were permitted.
The election of a Polish Pope had an electrifying effect on what was by the 1970s the last really devoutly Catholic country in Europe.
www.ipedia.com /people_s_republic_of_poland.html   (5267 words)

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