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	Centre for Policy Alternatives
		During that election campaign period of 39 days a cumulative total of 2044 incidents was reported, with the number of incidents almost doubling between the third and fourth weeks and then again between the fourth and fifth weeks.
		CMEV reiterates the concerns regarding the elections in the Jaffna Peninsula that it expressed during the October 2000 General Elections.
		Elections Commissioner, Mr Dayananda Dissanayake, was unavailable for comment on the status of this request and on the crisis in general.
	www.cpalanka.org /cmev_22nd_nov_2001.html (3083 words)

	Elections 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In special elections, a candidate must be a member of Knesset, amd may be proposed by a faction or factions of the Knesset, numbering no less than ten members.
		On January 1, 2001, the Knesset voted 57-41 in favor of a motion to apply continuity to the bill to amend the law on the direct election of prime minister from the same point the previous Knesset left off.
		The February 2001 election will be the first time that a separate special election will be held for prime minister, with the composition of the Knesset remaining unchanged.
	www.israelemb.org /sanfran/News&Media/elections2001/election_2001_general.htm (1187 words)

	MSN Encarta - Tony Blair
		The elections gave the Labour Party 413 of the 659 seats in the House of Commons—just six fewer than it won in 1997—and a comfortable 167-seat governing majority.
		After the elections Blair resumed negotiations with Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern and Northern Ireland’s political parties in an effort to salvage the Northern Ireland peace process, which was repeatedly threatened by an impasse over the pace of IRA decommissioning (disarmament).
		In October 2001 the IRA announced that it had destroyed several caches of weapons, a move welcomed by Blair as proof that the political process was working in Northern Ireland.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArtContent.aspx?refid=761581337 (1668 words)

	United Kingdom general elections - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of United Kingdom general elections since 1802.
		For information on UK elections in general, see Elections in the United Kingdom.
		For example, in the 1929 election, Labour was 42 seats short of forming a majority, and so its majority is listed as −42.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Kingdom_general_elections (192 words)

	Sri Lanka - Parlimentary Election 2004 by Lanka Academic Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Whilst this is lower than the comparable figure in the 2001 General Election campaign (51.4%), it does nevertheless indicate a disturbing trend in the level of violence as the campaign gains momentum.
		As of 5th March 2004, CMEV has recorded 238 incidents of election related violence for the period since nominations were opened for the April 2004 general election on 17th February 2004.
		Of the 29 complaints of incidents of election violence on 24th February 2004 - the closing day of nominations for the April 2004 general election - recorded by CMEV, the most serious is that which occurred in the Galle district.
	www.lacnet.org /srilanka/politics/elections (1520 words)

	General Elections 2001 / g c i 275
		In 2000, general elections were considered tainted because of President Alberto Fujimori's control over the government apparatus and outright vote tampering.
		The voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 in 1978.
		Election Results from 1931 to the present are available on line for presidential, congressional, municipal and other races with breakdowns by department.
	www.gci275.com /peru/election2001.shtml (1232 words)

	Sri Lanka - Parlimentary Election 2001 by Lanka Academic Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		As pointed out in the letter sent to you by the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence yesterday, we believe that you should consider annulling the poll in several polling stations and also calling for a re-poll in situations where the result of the election for such electoral district will be affected.
		As at Thursday 29 November 2001, a total of 1882 incidents of election related violence have been reported to CMEV, since the dissolution of Parliament on 10 October 2001.
		As at 27 November, 2001, a total of 1704 incidents of election-related violence have been recorded by CMEV, since the dissolution of Parliament on October 10, 2001.
	www.lacnet.org /srilanka/politics/elections/2001 (1032 words)

	GN Online: General elections set for September 2002
		Pakistan's military government has decided to hold general elections in the country a month ahead of the deadline given by the Supreme Court, well placed official sources told Gulf News yesterday.
		Elections to the Senate can only be held after elections to the National Assembly and the four provincial assemblies have been held because these five assemblies form the electoral college for the Upper House of Pakistan's bicameral parliament.
		The official said that before the general elections are held, the devolution of power to the lower levels would be completed, including transfer of power and resources from the federal to the provincial levels and from the provinces to the districts.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/print.asp?ArticleID=18064 (433 words)

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		Elections were held for all the seats in the National Assembly following the premature dissolution of this body on 15 February 2001.
		Twenty-five political parties fielded candidates in elections which were supposed to reflect a reconfiguring of the political landscape, one year after the election of a new President, Mr.
		In the 1998 legislative elections, the former President's Social Party won 93 out of the then 140 seats, as against a mere 10 in the 2001 elections.
	www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/2277_E.htm (451 words)

	The Electoral Commission : Elections : Official reports : General election 2001
		We have a statutory duty to prepare and publish reports on the administration of elections to the House of Commons, European Parliament and Scottish Parliament, and to the Welsh and Northern Ireland Assemblies.
		In July 2001, we published the first of our reports on the general election held on 7 June 2001.
		The report brings together the expenses returns of all 3,319 candidates at the general election and, following the commencement of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, provides the first ever record of the campaign expenditure of political parties and recognised third parties.
	www.electoralcommission.gov.uk /elections/2001report.cfm (370 words)

	General Elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		General elections are elections of the whole House of Commons at one time: one Member of Parliament for each constituency in the United Kingdom.
		General elections are held at intervals of up to five years.
		In times of national emergency, such as war, general elections can be postponed, but this is very rare.
	www.parliament.uk /parliament/guide/genelec.htm (214 words)

	The Chronicle - Politics -
		In the 1997 General Election, the Labour Party's support among ethnic minorities was high among Indians, 81%, and overwhelming among fl voters, 89%.
		With 83% of its minority votes cast by Asians at the 1997 election, the Conservative Party was most reliant on the Asian electorate - a fact that it was said at the time could prove to be both an obstacle and a challenge to its future strategy.
		"With the general election approaching...We need to lay down a set of demands that cannot be ignored," she told the Voice, fl newspaper.
	www.chronicleworld.org /tomsite/archive2/15_PO_FD/15_02.htm (1273 words)

	What is the size of voter turnout in general elections? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Voter turnout for the 2001 General Elections was 26,368,530 voters -- 59.4% of the total electorate.
		The turnout at the 1997 general election was 31,374,460 voters — 70.9% of the total electorate.
		The turnout at the 1992 election was 33,551,168 voters — 76.7% of the total electorate.
	www.britainusa.com /faq/showfaq.asp?SID=414 (190 words)

	FLP wants 2001 poll investigated (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Party has called for an investigation into the 2001 General Elections after revelations that there were no records of the Central/Eastern Division seats under the Commissioner Central.
		FLP official Shailendra Raju, wrote to the Supervisor of Elections seeking details on the vacant seat of the late Filimone Banuve not knowing that there were no such records.
		FLP had always maintained that the 2001 election was subjected to vote -rigging and buying.
	www.flp.org.fj /n040622.htm (131 words)

	Elections - Government and Politics: InfoUSA
		In light of the 2000 presidential election, explains the variability in election administration, discusses the challenges to effective electoral reform, and presents criteria for assessing reform.
		Questions 146-162 are on the nomination and election of the President, Senators, and Representatives, qualifications for voting, the administration of elections, and the funding of campaigns.
		This report describes the four stages of the presidential election process: the pre-nomination primaries and caucuses for selecting delegates to the national conventions; the national nominating conventions; the general election; and voting by members of the electoral college to choose the President and Vice President.
	usinfo.state.gov /usa/infousa/politics/elecover.htm (728 words)

	Team arrives for polls - Fiji Times Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Deputy Supervisor of Elections Tomasi Tui said the Australian delegation was on a fact-finding mission and yesterday's meeting included discussions on constituency boundaries for open and communal seats.
		The preferential voting system was blamed for the high number of invalid votes in the 2001 general elections as many voters said they were confused about picking party candidates as well as voting for the party.
		Wellington had already sent an elections expert to help review the logistics for the general elections from voter registration right down to the counting period.
	www.fijitimes.com /story.aspx?id=30097 (339 words)

	General Elections Will Follow Referendum. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		May 28 2001 (SLN) President Muhammad Ibrahim Egal of the self-declared state of Somaliland said that once the referendum to approved the new constitution is over, the administration will proceed with general elections.
		In an interview published by IRIN on Monday, Egal said the holding of the general elections would "inaugurate the multiparty system".
		Parties that qualified under these conditions would then stand in general elections for parliament "towards the end of 2001." Egal said presidential elections would be held in 2002.
	www.somalilandnet.com /somaliland_news/somaliland/april2001/9225.shtml (224 words)

	GENERAL ELECTIONS BRIEF FOR THE MEDIA COUNCIL, Elections 2001 - Fiji Islands
		1.1 Fiji will go to the polls on 25th August 2001 and the purpose of this paper is to provide a general brief of the status of the Supervisor of Elections’ general preparations for the forthcoming elections.
		The Supervisor of Elections gave the electorate until 10 July to file any objections or amendments to this set of rolls and any of the names already appearing on the electoral rolls (main and supplementary rolls) used in 1999.
		The polling stations have all been identified and the Supervisor of Elections hopes to be able to issue the full polling programme as soon as possible after the writs are issued.
	www.elections.gov.fj /press/20010718-3.html (857 words)

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		Catholic bishops have called for the suspension of the presidential discretionary fund as Zambia heads towards general elections.
		In a pastoral letter on the current political climate and the 2001 general elections, the bishops have also called on government leaders to refrain from threatening people with developmental sanctions if the people voted other political parties.
		Christians must use the election time to critically evaluate the candidates who put themselves up for elections.
	www.cathnews.com /news/107/108.php (186 words)

	General Elections 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The major parties contesting the elections were Peoples Party Parliamentarians, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Group, Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-i-Azam also called the "King's Party" for its unconditional support to the government, and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), alliance of six religious political parties.
		Voting was carried out from 8 in the morning till 5 in the evening on some 65,000 polling stations having 164,718 polling booths across the country, with segregated voting booths for women.
		The elections were observed and monitored by hundreds of local and 300 international observers, including observers from European Union and the Commonwealth, as well as local rights group.
	www.storyofpakistan.com /articletext.asp?artid=A148&Pg=2 (312 words)

	General Election 2001
		People of this country have a right to demand that the candidates who are contesting the forthcoming Parliamentary elections and their supporters maintain the highest standards of political decency and public accountability, conduct themselves with dignity in speech and action and at all times refrain from any form of criminal and violent behaviour.
		At the commencement of the election campaign, most of the parties pledged that they would abstain from violence and promised to work for a free and fair election.
		PAFFREL/MFFE note with grave concern and disquiet the increasing incidence of post election violence that is threatening to increase the number of election related deaths and injuries to party supporters and voters who exercised their basic right of choice and change at the just concluded Parliamentary elections..
	www.lankaworld.com /paffrel/Election2001.htm (391 words)

	Labour welcomes police investigation into the 2001 general election –electoral fraud (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Mr Chaudhry added that it was a statutory requirement under section 85(1) and (2) that ballot accounts prepared by Returning Officers of respective polling stations are part of the reports submitted to elections office as per section 122 of the Electoral Act.
		"These records are not to be destroyed until two general elections have taken place, the fact that it has gone missing adds weight to our claims of cover-up by authorities to avoid any reconciliation of ballot accounts which would have easily exposed the perpetrators," said Mr.
		Chaudhry said that they have always maintained that the 2001 General Elections were not free and fair as declared by the Commonwealth and the United Nations Observer missions.
	www.flp.org.fj /n040729.htm (224 words)

	Another hit- from Guyana: Land of Six Peoples (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		AS THE Elections Commission moves towards mapping out strategies and preparations for General Elections 2001, Guyana Is First (GIF) has put forward two recommendations aimed at avoiding any oversight, or issues such as those that plagued the elections of 1997.
		In its contribution to the forum, GIF shared the perception that many Guyanese incorrectly view the next elections as a `do or die' phenomenon, and may be prepared to take the offensive, should there be substantive questions arising after the polls have been closed.
		It noted that the Commission is being funded generously by external agencies and countries to assist in the attainment of its lofty goals, among which are an elections - free, fair, and free from fear.
	www.landofsixpeoples.com /news/nc009012.htm (310 words)

	Executive Summary of UNIC 2001
		Following October 2001 general elections a new government came to power and along with that a new Foreign Minister and a new Permanent Representative at the UN.
		It was indeed a rare event for the UN family in general and UNIC in particular, when in March the Secretary-General Kofi Annan, accompanied by Madam Annan, paid a three-day official visit to Bangladesh.
		During the third quarter, the Centre assisted UNDP in monitoring the general elections of the country.
	www.unicdhaka.org /annual_report.htm (639 words)

	National Movement Simeon II wins Convincing Election Victory in the Bulgarian General elections – 2001 (19 June 2001) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		He did not specify the political forces that are desired partners for such a government but said that SNM is opened to those who share the main ideas of its programme: sustainable economic growth, accelerated accession to the EU and NATO, eradicating corruption, increased responsibility for power holders and stable legislation compliant with EU law.
		UDF Secretary General Ekaterina Mihailova said that the UtdDF are prepared for talks with the SNM but the initiative for them should belong to the latter.
		Results from the General Elections in Bulgaria - 17 June 2001.
	www.bulgaria2net.com /news/elections/22062001.html (562 words)

	ipedia.com: Ralph Gonsalves Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		He is leader of the Unity Labour Party, and won the 2001 general elections with a landslide, aft...
		Ralph Gonsalves (born 1945), often known as 'Comrade Ralph' is the Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines.
		He is leader of the Unity Labour Party, and won the 2001 general elections with a landslide, after a close run in the 1998 elections.
	www.ipedia.com /ralph_gonsalves.html (123 words)

	Africa 2001
		Incumbent president Frederick Chiluba failed to convince Zambians that he should be allowed to run for an unconstitutional third term in the December 2001 general elections.
		As the government tightened its control over state media in the run-up to the elections, the independent press became more strident in its criticism of the MMD and incurred the wrath of ruling party officials.
		All 13 parts, scheduled to air in advance of the December 27 general elections, were to provide viewers with information on the electoral process and party platforms.
	www.cpj.org /attacks01/africa01/zambia.html (1928 words)

	Another hit- from Guyana: Land of Six Peoples (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Delph charged that Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) failed to include, on the Final Voters List (FVL) or the Official List of Electors (OLE), the names of a substantial number of persons who were qualified to vote.
		Among other things, she said the body that was in charge of the balloting consciously and deliberately refused to permit citizens who were qualified and registered to vote although they had complied with all the legal requirements.
		Delph said the OLE was so seriously flawed and in breach of the Representation of the People Act and the National Assembly (Validity of Elections) Act that it rendered the elections unlawful.
	www.landofsixpeoples.com /news/nc105152.htm (421 words)

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