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	French regional elections, 2004 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Regional elections were held in France on March 21 and March 28, 2004.
		The results were a triumph for the parties of the left, led by the French Socialist Party (PS) in alliance with minor parties including the French Communist Party (PCF), the Left Radical Party (PRG) and the Greens (Les Verts).
		Since no candidate gained a majority in any region, a second round was held on March 28, in which only candidates who polled more than 10% in the first round were eligible to run (except in Corsica, where the threshold is 5%).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/French_regional_elections,_2004 (496 words)

	France: Government parties routed in regional elections
		The election result continues a trend that became evident during the recent Spanish parliamentary elections: working people used their vote to teach a lesson to their right-wing government, indicating a readiness to resist widespread cutbacks.
		The election result represents a referendum against the policies of the government rather than any expression of revived trust in the parties of the official left, which suffered their own devastating defeat in presidential and parliamentary elections two years ago.
		Regional elections in France: A defeat for the camp of the conservative government
	www.wsws.org /articles/2004/mar2004/fran-m31.shtml (1050 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- French cast ballots in regional elections in test of government strength
		The two-round regional elections are widely viewed as a gauge of support for the governing team.
		Jacques and Bernadette Chirac voted in the central Correze region, where they own a chateau and where the first lady is seeking her fifth term as head of the couple's canton, Sarran.
		The winner could be determined by an abstention rate that risks surpassing the record 42 percent in the 1998 regional elections, or by votes cast for the National Front or extreme left parties simply to show displeasure with the government.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20040321-0904-france-elections.html (740 words)

	Category:2004 elections - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:2004_elections (76 words)

	Regional elections in France A defeat for the camp of the conservative government
		The latest regional election results have now confirmed that the image of a powerful and determined right wing that emerged in 2002 was nothing other than a trick of the senses.
		French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has been built up as a “law-and-order” man and “national cop.” Raffarin, who comes from the countryside, was presented as an alternative to the arrogant upstarts from France’s schools for the political elite.
		The results of the French regional elections reflect—as was the case in the latest Spanish parliamentary elections—a shift to the left in the working class.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2004/mar2004/fran-m25_prn.shtml (1846 words)

	IDABC - FR: E-voting tested during French regional elections
		Prior to the March 2004 elections, demonstrations of the voting machines were carried out throughout Brest in places such as local authorities, shopping centres and retirement homes, giving 7,000 voters the possibility to familiarize themselves with the machines.
		Once the elections are closed, the memory card and a print-out of the machine's vote count are physically transferred to a central location were all vote results are controlled and aggregated.
		Turnout in Brest was up by 3% compared to the last regional elections held in 1998, but this increase is in line with the higher turnout observed throughout the country.
	europa.eu.int /idabc/en/document/2314/335 (537 words)

	Socialism Today - Euro-elections 2004
		Of those who did not boycott the elections, the revulsion against the ruling parties was mostly expressed through votes for the traditional opposition parties or, in some cases, for parties closely allied to the main ruling party, but seen as ‘less guilty’.
		In elections in the East German state of Thuringia, the PDS came in ahead of the SPD, with 26% and 14.5% respectively.
		The elections show that at certain moments, as now, after a defeat on the pensions and in the education sector, the workers will prefer a tactical vote for the social democrats to put the right-wing ruling party in a minority.
	www.socialismtoday.org /85/euroelections.html (7065 words)

	Setback for Conservatives in French Regional Vote \| Europe \| Deutsche Welle \| 22.03.2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The reform plans of French Prime Minister Raffarin face an uncertain future after voters Sunday rejected the ruling center-right parties in a first round of regional elections.
		Raffarin took a personal beating in his home region of Poitou-Charentes, which he led for 14 years before becoming prime minister, as the Socialists received 11.7 percent more of the vote than the center-right coalition.
		The polls reversed the results of parliamentary elections in 2002, when the center-right won over 43 percent of the vote, the left received around 37 percent and the National Front polled just over 11 percent.
	www.dw-world.de /popups/popup_printcontent/0,,1149184,00.html (493 words)

	USATODAY.com - Chirac's government take beating in French regional elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		PARIS (AP) — French voters delivered a stinging defeat to President Jacques Chirac's government and its program of painful economic reforms in regional elections Sunday that turned into a national vote of censure, exit polls showed.
		The right suffered another high-profile defeat in the central Auvergne region, where former President Valery Giscard d'Estaing was washed away by the wave of wins for the left that swept much of France.
		Although voters Sunday were choosing regional councils that handle transport, school-building and other local issues, many cast their ballots to show disapproval of the government in Paris.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-03-28-france-elections_x.htm (718 words)

	French elections: Raffarin's 'Reforms' Decisively Rejected \| The Socialist 3 April 2004
		Moreover, it fails to explain why PSOE was previously defeated by the right-wing Popular Party of Jos Marie Aznar in 1996 after 14 years in government and, why the French Socialist Party under prime minister Lionel Jospin was defeated by the UMP in the June 2002 general election.
		Jospin also failed to qualify for the second round of the presidential election which was contested between Jaques Chirac and the Jean-Marie Le Pen of the FN.
		They did not reproduce their previous successes in the recent election, failing to progress beyond the first round.
	www.socialistparty.org.uk /2004/341/pp9.htm (599 words)

	French Regional Elections - Americans in France
		Every six years in France there are regional elections.
		The regional councils are responsible for such government functions as urban development, education and tourism.
		There are two rounds of voting for the regional councils; each party or groups of parties will present a list of candidates for the first round.
	www.americansinfrance.net /Culture/Regional_Elections_France.cfm (189 words)

	ItalianAmericans Discussion Forum / Regional Elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The two days of voting, overshadowed by the Pope’s death, to elect governors and councils in 13 of Italy’s 20 regions is considered an important indicator of the centre-right government’s strength ahead of general elections due next year.
		Analysts say that while Ms Mussolini cannot actually win the Rome region elections, she could split the right-wing vote and take away enough votes from the incumbent to deliver victory to the centre-left candidate.
		Regional presidents - also known as "governors" - are in control of regional budgets, particularly in wealthy regions.
	www.italianamericans.com /forum/viewtopic.php?pid=850 (3490 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Analysis: Poll blow for Chirac government
		There was jubilation at the French socialist party's headquarters and a hero's welcome for their leader Francois Hollande on Sunday night as the left gained 50% of the vote.
		It was a humiliation for President Jacques Chirac's centre-right government, one which few on the left dared hope for after their massive defeat in presidential elections two years ago.
		The French president may decide that no action is the safest course of action, and put in motion only a limited cabinet reshuffle until after the European elections in June.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3577503.stm (383 words)

	European Parliament Elections 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		She is well known in the party too, having been Donald Dewar's spin doctor ahead of the 1999 election and, prior to meeting Martin, the partner of Labour MSP Tom McCabe.
		Labour's European election campaign was in disarray yesterday when civil war broke out between the party's two most senior Scottish MEPs over allegations that thousands of pounds of expenses have been misused in Brussels.
		In 1999, in the previous European elections, Labour won 28% of the vote, the SNP 27% and the Tories 21%.
	www.alba.org.uk /euro04/euro04news.html (6483 words)

	Informed Comment : 09/01/2004 - 09/30/2004
		The scheme to influence the elections is justified with reference to Iranian funding of candidates.
		Donald Rumsfeld, whose uncontrollable mouth is sometimes useful insofar as he lets the truth slip, said that elections might not be possible in all the provinces.
		On the other hand, if the elections are not held or if their results are widely considered illegitimate, there is a danger that that result will radicalize Sistani and cause him to bring the masses into the street.
	www.juancole.com /2004_09_01_juancole_archive.html (15526 words)

	Elections 2004
		The results of the European elections may only be published after 10 pm 13 June 2004.
		The results in figures (per party) and by name will be declared during the whole “election night” and updated every ten minutes.
		The results of the regional elections will be validated by the respective Councils.
	polling2004.belgium.be (105 words)

	RTE News - Left victorious in French regional polls
		A landslide victory for France's left-wing opposition in regional elections has put President Jacques Chirac under pressure to reshuffle the government and dismiss his Prime Minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin.
		The left beat the ruling conservatives in almost all of France's 26 regions, raising doubts about the government's commitment to push through economic reforms such as cost-cutting in the public health system.
		1.00 News: Clare Murphy reports on the landslide victory for the left in the country's regional elections, which puts the ruling conservative UMP party's reform agenda in doubt
	www.rte.ie /news/2004/0329/france.html (140 words)

	Whistle Stopper Political Forums - Le Front National and the Regional Elections 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Whistle Stopper is a Political Forum dedicated to the civil discussion of news and politics.
		What do you think about the results of the Regional Elections in France and how the FN is becoming more mainstream, not just a one-off party.
		Why are French politcians nowadays against the well-being of immigrants and foreign workers, yet they do not announce this?
	www.whistlestopper.com /forum/showthread.php?t=8384 (228 words)

	French Govt Loses Regional Elections - Exit Polls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		PARIS, March 28 (Reuters) - The French left won a clear victory over the ruling conservatives of President Jacques Chirac in regional elections on Sunday, exit polls showed.
		An exit poll by the CSA polling group showed mainstream leftist parties won 50 percent of the vote compared to 37.5 percent for Chirac's conservatives.
		Pollsters TNS-Sofres gave the left 49.8 percent and the centre-right 37 percent in a vote seen as a..
	www.webprowire.com /summaries/739479.html (235 words)

	March 28, 2004 - March 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The meeting was put off indefinitely because of differences of opinion regarding ways to encourage reform in the region, including democracy.
		The French regional elections, 2004 result in massive losses for the governing conservative parties and victories for socialist-green alliances in at least 20 of 22 regions.
		A coup detat attempt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo fails.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /Africa4362/march-2004-march-28-2004.html (170 words)

	FRANCE: Government hammered in regional elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The verdict in the first round of the French regional elections on March 21 was unambiguous.
		This was less than Le Pen got in the presidential election in 2002, but slightly up on the last regional elections in 1998.
		However, with no more elections until 2007, the government has already announced the next instalments of its “reform program” — privatisation of gas and electricity, and “reform” of the labour laws and the health insurance system.
	www.greenleft.org.au /back/2004/577/577p16c.htm (567 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- France (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
		adopted by referendum 28 September 1958, effective 4 October 1958; amended concerning election of president in 1962; amended to comply with provisions of 1992 EC Maastricht Treaty, 1996 Amsterdam Treaty, 2000 Treaty of Nice; amended to tighten immigration laws in 1993; amended in 2000 to change the seven-year presidential term to a five-year term
		elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (changed from seven-year term in October 2000); election last held 21 April and 5 May 2002 (next to be held, first round April 2007, second round May 2007); prime minister nominated by the National Assembly majority and appointed by the president
	www.odci.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/fr.html (1286 words)

	Setback for Conservatives in French Regional Vote \| Europe \| Deutsche Welle \| 22.03.2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		French President Jacques Chirac vows to make jobs a focus in 2004.
		Meanwhile, cutbacks that began in January are already drawing criticism.
		As the highly centralized French political system seeks to move influence from Paris to the regions, Strasbourg and the Alsace are emerging as models for the success decentralization can bring.
	www.dw-world.de /english/0,3367,1433_A_1149184_1_A,00.html (659 words)

	VENEZUELA: Opposition worried about regional elections
		Despite rumours that Venezuela’s right-wing opposition would boycott the regional elections scheduled for October, on August 24, at a meeting of labour leaders belonging to the social-democratic Accion Democratica, secretary general Henry Ramos Allup announced that AD would participate.
		Their energies focused on making accusations of fraud, the opposition has been neglecting the regional elections that were, until August 24, scheduled for September 26.
		However, they bridged their continued cries of fraud against the CNE with the issue of the upcoming elections by insisting that votes be counted manually.
	www.greenleft.org.au /back/2004/596/596p12b.htm (737 words)

	The 2004 French Regional Elections: Politico-Economic Factors of a Nationalized Local Ballot
		The 2004 French Regional Elections: Politico-Economic Factors of a Nationalized Local Ballot
		In this paper, using a Political Economy model (pooled time series), we show that voting behavior at regional elections in France is dominated by national factors.
		At the 2004 regional elections, the contest was marked by the government's economic and political performance, the new electoral rules, the first time the Left had been in opposition at the time of a regional election and the mid-term nature of the election.
	www.palgrave-journals.com /fp/journal/v3/n2/abs/8200078a.html (131 words)

	Elections 2004
		Presidential elections from the perspective of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and North Dakota
		Presidential election results for each Congressional District is found under the description of the district and its representative
		On ballot for November 2, 2004 and could be used for the 2004 electoral results
	www.lib.umich.edu /govdocs/elec2004.html (6986 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		elections: none; the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch on the advice of the prime minister for a five-year term; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition in the House of Commons is automatically designated prime minister by the governor general
		elections: House of Commons - last held 23 January 2006 (next to be held in 2011)
		Supreme Court of Canada (judges are appointed by the prime minister through the governor general); Federal Court of Canada; Federal Court of Appeal; Provincial Courts (these are named variously Court of Appeal, Court of Queens Bench, Superior Court, Supreme Court, and Court of Justice)
	www.odci.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/ca.html (1422 words)

	[ Kazakh Elections 2004 ]
		28 September 2004 -- Otan releases statement saying the party's victory in the 19 September election was honest and the result of "painstaking work"; statement accuses the opposition of "deliberately straining the political situation" and attempting to "undermine the country's international image"
		We are filing a lawsuit with judicial authorities asking them to invalidate the elections' results, and we are launching a campaign during which Astana's voters will be able to express their disagreement with the voting results"
		That's why I don't consider it possible to stay in the cabinet and be a part of an executive branch that actively interfered in the election campaign and took part in the falsification of election results"
	www.rferl.org /specials/kazakhelections/timeline.asp (7735 words)

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