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Indirect presidential elections were due to be held in Bangladesh on 16 February 2009 following the 2008 parliamentary election. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They were originally scheduled to have taken place by 5 September 2007, when Iajuddin Ahmed 's term expired, but was postponed due to the lack of an elected parliament. [ 3 ]
Scene from a polling booth in Bangladesh. Bangladesh elects on national level a legislature with one house or chamber. The unicameral Jatiyo Sangshad, meaning national parliament, has 350 members of which 300 members are directly elected through a national election for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies while 50 memberships are reserved for the women who are selected by the ruling ...
2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom; 2009 Glasgow North East by-election; 2009 Norwich North by-election; 2009 Speaker of the British House of Commons election; 2009 UK Independence Party leadership election; 2009 United Kingdom local elections
United Kingdom general elections (elections for the House of Commons) have occurred in the United Kingdom since the first in 1802.The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom, so that Parliament is not included in the table below.
The election was held concurrently with the 2009 local elections in England. In total, 72 Members of the European Parliament were elected from the United Kingdom using proportional representation. The election was won by the Conservative Party who won 27 seats in the election with a share of 27.9% of the national vote and this would be the last ...
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and its allies boycotted the election, and voter turnout was a low 41.8%. While election day was ...
This electoral calendar 2009 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2009 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referendums are included, although they are not elections.
Elections can be held earlier in exceptional constitutional circumstances: for example, were the Chancellor to lose a vote of confidence in the Bundestag, then, during a grace period before the Bundestag can vote in a replacement Chancellor, the Chancellor could request the Federal President to dissolve the Bundestag and hold elections.