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	General election - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A general election is an election in which all members of a given political body are up for election.
		The term is usually used to refer to elections held for a nation's primary legislative body, as distinguished from by-elections and local elections.
		In the United States, primary elections serve to narrow down a field of candidates, and general elections actually elect candidates to offices.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/General_election (135 words)

	general elections in Spain
		Although a week before the election most opinion polls said that the Popular Party would win (the publication of polls is prohibited in Spain during the week leading up to the election), they seem to have suffered from the way it managed the crisis initiated by the attacks.
		The channels justified their choice in a communication to the Spanish press agency EFE by saying that it "was a criticism of terrorism and a tribute to the victims"; they declared they had wanted to express their feeling against terrorism "whoever had been behind that attacks".
		A safe, unbiased observer of Spanish political life and strongly symbolic of the country's unity can be found in King Juan Carlos who declared before the results were announced that these general elections were an unprecedented event in the country's history.
	www.robert-schuman.org /anglais/oee/espagne/resultats.htm (1115 words)

	BloJJ - Spanish elections roundup:
		Two polls are going to be held next March 14th (which will meet me, by the way, in Italy): general elections to the two chambers of the spanish parliament, the congress and the senate, and elections to the andalusian parliament, only in the region where I live, Andalucia.
		Elections in Spain have become very much the same as in any other country in Europe: the incumbent party, the center-right PP, which has been ruling for eight years, is pitted against a center-right party, PSOE, socialist, with other smaller parties (nationalist, regionalist, and far left) vying for mindshare and votes.
		Elections are fun enough, but if you have a dab of truce (but only in a region) thrown in, it becomes hilarious.
	blojj.blogalia.com /historias/16013 (360 words)

	Elections: Latin American Studies: Collections: SSHL
		Before election day, on September 15, 1900, they had changed their minds, however, having in the meantime received assurance that the terms of the order would be modified.
		The "vote was large, though General Wood later remarked that the conservative elements took too little interest in the election and therefore had very slight representation in congressmen and other officials of the new government" (page 146).
		Fitzgibbon 1964: "The new electoral law provided for a general election on December 31, 1901, which was declared a legal holiday, for the choice of presidential and senatorial electors, members of the House of Representatives, governors, and members of provincial councils" (page 86).
	sshl.ucsd.edu /collections/las/cuba/1898.html (6005 words)

	PINR - Spanish Elections Reinforce Terrorism as Effective Political Weapon
		The fact that the Spanish populace voted out a steadfast U.S. ally and replaced it with a party led by Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, a man who has candidly lambasted the Bush administration's foreign policy, is a brutal blow to the White House's public image and the future of its present political course.
		While the Spanish population reinforced the notion of terrorism as a successful strategy, this outcome was inevitable since 90 percent of the Spanish people were against the Iraq war to begin with.
		In light of the results of Spain's general elections, a key strategy for opponents of U.S. foreign policy will likely be to attack other U.S. allies during elections or at other critical moments in their political development.
	www.pinr.com /report.php?ac=view_report&report_id=152&language_id=1 (1087 words)

	Socialists win Spain! Bush's man, Aznar, on the way out! : LA IMC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		MADRID : Spain's ruling conservatives were defeated on Sunday in general elections, as a heavy turnout of voters punished the government in the highly emotional aftermath of the Madrid train bombings in which 200 people were killed.
		The elections came three days after a series of bomb blasts on four Madrid commuter trains, in which 1,500 people were wounded, provoked high emotions among many voters against the government.
		Following the threat, Spanish authorities implemented "exceptional" security measures for the elections with 106,000 officers in the streets and additional police forces "ready to be sent anywhere they may be needed," an interior ministry spokesman said.
	la.indymedia.org /mail.php?id=105071 (944 words)

	presidential vs. general elections - DR1 Forums
		No matter who wins the upcoming presidential election, the congress is still under the control of a bunch of brutes for a minimum of 2 more years.
		They are, for example, currently railroading changes in the laws that protect national parks with the support of lameduck presidente Hippo and it will be rather difficult to reverse such self-serving laws if the new president is unable to get support in the chamber od deputies and senate.
		But in my view this separation of elections can have the effect of actually perpetuating this imbalance of power in favor of the presidential ticket precisely because in practice, it is the palacio nacional where the real power emanates from, and people tend to view the congressional branch as irrelevant.
	www.dr1.com /forums/showthread.php?t=31351 (412 words)

	The World Today \| Top Stories: Opposition Leading Spanish Elections
		MADRID (Spain): The bombs in Madrid have cost the Spanish government its hold on power - they have conceded defeat to opposition Socialists in the general elections.
		The government of Jose Maria Aznar was judged on its response to the atrocity, in which 200 people died, and its support for the war in Iraq.
		The Spanish electoral commission said it had filed a lawsuit on behalf of the party claiming that the protests constituted a bid to influence voters on the eve of the election.
	pakistantimes.net /2004/03/15/twt4.htm (352 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Europe / Al Qaeda Letter to Spanish Paper Seen as Credible (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Spanish investigators give credence to a letter purportedly from al Qaeda and sent to the newspaper ABC threatening more bombings unless Spain withdraws troops from Iraq and Afghanistan.
		The video surfaced two days after the attacks and one day before Spanish general elections, saying the train bombings were revenge for the presence of Spanish troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
		Amid the fallout from the Madrid train bombings, Spanish voters threw out a strongly pro-American party that supported the war in Iraq and sent 1,300 troops there after the fall of Saddam Hussein.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2004/04/05/al_qaeda_letter_to_spanish_paper_seen_as_credible (558 words)

	Election process and political parties of Spain
		Elections: - These take place at what are known as "colegios electorales", which are simply the various places in your local community where voting takes place.
		Voting - Foreigners wishing to vote in local (but not regional or national) elections need to prepare in advance in order to be admitted to the polls on election day.
		Municipal Elections - As May 25, 2003 nears, you will probably see the signs that local elections are just around the corner.
	www.andalucia.com /spain/elections/home.htm (378 words)

	AN PHOBLACHT/REPUBLICAN NEWS
		The slogan refers to the dates on which the cities of Valencia and Barcelona were conquered by the Spanish and the French, respectively, which meant the defeat of Catalonia.
		After Spanish general elections in February 1936, which saw victory by a coalition of left-wing parties, the members of the Catalonian government were released from prison and the Generalitat resumed its functions.
		The 1978 Spanish constitution forbade the possibility of any change to the existing territorial division, while the Army reserved the right to intervene in the internal affairs of any region.
	republican-news.org /archive/2000/May18/18worl.html (784 words)

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		An article by Elvira Marco, correspondent, Madrid The Spanish general elections in March resulted in an unexpected change of the party in government, switching from the Popular Party, in office for 8 years, to the former governing party for 14 years, the Spanish Workers’ Socialist Party.
		The Prado with the Spanish Portrait: from El Greco to Picasso, opening on the 19th of October, Reina Sofía currently showing Liechtenstein in its new halls, and opening several more exhibits in the next weeks, including a selection of works from the Taschen collections, from October 13.
		Also a major event in the Spanish cultural panorama, with the end of summer finishes the Forum 2004, the “cultural Olympics” sponsored by Barcelona with the support of the regional and national governments.
	www.artsmanagement.net /downloads/marco-cultural-changes.doc (609 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.
		Election Results from 1931 to the present are available on line for presidential, congressional, municipal and other races with breakdowns by department.
		Fernando Tuesta, a specialist in Peruvian elections, took over the ONPE last year and given it a new face -- and website that is full of information.
	www.gci275.com /peru/election2001.shtml (1232 words)

	Muslim American Society
		Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, who escaped an ETA attempt on his life in 1995, vowed: "We will not back down in the face of terrorist killings.
		A Spanish anti-terrorist official speaking on condition of anonymity said the explosive in the attacks was dynamite, which was commonly used by ETA.
		The Spanish and EU flags were lowered to half mast and the European Parliament held a minute's silence.
	www.masnet.org /news.asp?id=1038 (1471 words)

	A balance sheet of the 13th May Basque elections In Defence of Democratic Rights
		The special character of these elections means that to be objective they should be compared not with the last Basque elections of 1998 (after ETA's cease-fire), but with last year's Spanish general elections.
		Meanwhile, the Spanish bourgeoisie is still defending the idea of the 'United and Strong' Spanish fatherland and would never accept the independence of Euskadi as this would fundamentally weaken the Spanish state and open the door to the independence of Catalunya, Galicia and possibly other regions or nationalities.
		The Basque elections of May 13th, 2001 have highlighted something is changing in the depths of society, both in the Basque Country and in the Spanish state as a whole, but which only occasionally comes to the surface.
	www.marxist.com /Europe/basque_elections501.html (3923 words)

	Behind the Elections in the Basque Country
		The Spanish President, José María Aznar, met with Xabier Arzallus, leader of PNV, in October 1998, where the latter was informed of the government’s disgust at not being informed of the development of the events leading to Lizarra.
		On 12 March 2000 the Spanish State general election was held, and, when the votes had been counted, it was clear that the PP had achieved the largest vote in Euskadi in its history.
		This particular Spanish version of ‘parliamentary cretinism’ is an ever present, and a dangerous ideological obstacle, opposition to which needs to be the touchstone of all attempts to move forward.
	www.geocities.com /edgeorge2001es/mywritings/Elections_Euskadi.html (8106 words)

	general elections in Spain
		The newspaper explains that this contradiction by the fact that although the Spanish say they are very satisfied with the country's economic situation they are not so happy with the political situation.
		We should remember that the enormous Spanish opposition to the Anglo-American war in Iraq did not lead to a vote against the Prime Minister's party during the last local and regional elections on 25th May 2003.
		Just a few days before the election opinion polls forecast a victory by the Popular Party but uncertainty remains as far as the majority, either absolute or relative, is concerned, to be enjoyed by the ruling party in Spain on 14th March in the evening.
	www.robert-schuman.org /anglais/oee/espagne/default2.htm (1074 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The attacks seemed deliberately staged only 72 hours ahead of Spanish general elections, when 34.5 million voters are expected to decide whether to keep ruling conservatives in power or hand a win to opposition Socialists.
		Spanish officials said late in February 2004 that police had averted a bomb attack by ETA planned for the election campaign period.
		Spanish Emergency services spokesman Pedro Calvo said more than 400 people were injured in the rush hour blasts.
	www.islamonline.net /English/News/2004-03/11/article02.shtml (653 words)

	Analysis: Spanish socialists plug change - (United Press International) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Paris, France, Sep. 13 (UPI) -- Six months after cinching a stunning victory in Spanish general elections, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has wasted no time putting his stamp on the country's foreign and domestic policy, setting Spain on a path sharply different than that traced by his conservative predecessor.
		By June, all 1,300 Spanish troops were out of Iraq and -- in stark contrast to Aznar's close ties with U.S. President George W. Bush -- Zapatero has made clear his hopes that Bush's Democratic rival, John Kerry, wins presidential elections in November.
		Moreover, both Zapatero and his conservative predecessor have championed retaining Spain's generous share of EU funds against a slew of demands by newer and needier E.U. members.
	washingtontimes.com /upi-breaking/20040913-125216-2587r.htm (941 words)

	Drama: Federico García Lorca
		He was born in the countryside near Granada, Spain, and maintained a lifelong love of the Spanish village and country people.
		General elections ended Spain's monarchy and established the Second Spanish Republic in 1931, but Fascist leaders, notably Francisco Franco, began agitating for control.
		His three most important plays are generally referred to as folk tragedies: Blood Wedding (1933) and Yerma (1934) were produced in Madrid, and The House of Bernarda Alba was produced in Buenos Aires in 1945.
	www.bedfordstmartins.com /litlinks/drama/lorca.htm (622 words)

	Fodor's Travel Guides \| Forums Messages
		It is generally considered that Basque extremists are to blame for these attacks three days before the Spanish general elections.
		Spanish newspapers sites have the count at 62 already and it appears thay have yet to accessed some train wagons ripped by the blasts.
		Spanish Interior Ministry officials said Thursday they are investigating the new angle in the deadly series of Madrid blasts after the discovery of a van containing eight detonators and an Arabic tape with Koranic teachings.
	www.fodors.com /forums/pgMessages.jsp?fid=2&tid=34482612&numresponses=111&start=0 (4041 words)

	COMMENTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Then Spanish general elections followed on Sunday; in a result that took many observers by surprise, the Spanish Socialist and Workers' Party, i.e.
		Le Figaro, the conservative French newspaper, concludes glumly that, whether the Spanish results were the result of some sort of fear or of anger over being misled by the government, in the end the terrorists have won.
		And the Austrian Kurier notes that, whatever the reasons for what happened in the Spanish elections, the terrorists behind the Madrid attacks are surely now celebrating their ideological victory, since many now conclude that Aznar is somehow co-responsible for the Madrid deaths, due to his engagement of Spain in Iraq.
	www.eurosavant.com /comments.php?id=P271_0_1_0 (832 words)

	GENERAL ELECTION FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The term is usually used to refer to elections held for a nation's primary legislative body, as distinguished from by-elections and local_elections.
		The term originates in the United_Kingdom_general_elections for the House of Commons.
		A general election is also a term used in opposition to primary_election.
	www.witwib.com /general_election (115 words)

	EUROPA - IDABC - Internet voting to be tested and assessed during Spa
		Small-scale Internet voting trials will be conducted during the Spanish general elections on 14 March 2004.
		All votes votes cast electronically during the general elections of 14 March will however have no legal validity.
		However, a survey carried out by the CERES found that a significant part of the Spanish population is still reluctant about electronic voting and considers it insufficiently reliable.
	europa.eu.int /idabc/en/document/2262/343 (448 words)

	Spanish vote casts shadow across allies - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar's electoral defeat in the wake of terrorist attacks in Madrid has raised concerns among U.S. and foreign officials about whether terrorists can drive other American allies from office.
		The upcoming Spanish general elections "must be exploited in the extreme," the posting noted.
		The Spanish leader and his wife, Ana Botella, who was running for political office, both privately expressed concern to Mr.
	www.washtimes.com /national/20040316-121404-1835r.htm (1100 words)

	Euskal Herria Journal \| A Basque Journal \| Navarre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Four days after the elections, 28 of the 42 Basque deputies and senators recently elected gathered in Gernika in support of the union of Baskongadak and Navarre, the legalization of all political parties and a general amnesty.
		The principle of (administrative) autonomy is formally recognized in the 1978 Spanish constitution, which was adopted by the parliament elected in 1977.
		In Baskongadak and Navarre the Spanish constitution was approved only by one-third of the electorate, but gained an overwhelming support in the rest of the state.
	members.freespeech.org /ehj/navarre/na_history_pfr.html (670 words)

	Madrid Attacks Shake Up Spanish Elections
		Although campaigning was cut short out of respect for the victims, and three days of national mourning were declared, the elections are to go ahead as planned.
		in an attempt to influence the elections, it must know that this would favor a large majority for the PP in the general elections,” the economic daily Cinco Dias said.
		Spanish police cast doubt on the authenticity of the statement.
	www.arabnews.com /?page=7§ion=0&article=41076&d=13&m=3&y=2004&pix=opinion.jpg&category=Opinion (506 words)

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