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The 2015 United States elections were held (for the most part) on Tuesday, November 3. The off-year election included a special election for Speaker of the House.There were also gubernatorial and state legislative elections in a few states; as well as numerous citizen initiatives, mayoral races, and a variety of other local offices on the ballot.
The 2015 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 7 May 2015 to elect 650 members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons.The Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister David Cameron, won an unexpected majority victory of ten seats; they had been leading a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats.
2015 Andorran parliamentary election 1 March 2015; 2015 Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentary election 3 May 2015; 2014–15 Croatian presidential election 28 December 2014 and 11 January 2015; 2015 Croatian parliamentary election 8 November 2015; 2015 Danish general election 18 June 2015; 2015 Faroese general election 1 September 2015
A special election was held on September 10, 2015, following the resignation of Aaron Schock on March 31, 2015, amid a scandal involving his use of public and campaign funds. [8] Primary elections were set for July 7 to comply with the UOCAVA, despite Illinois law calling for a stricter deadline. [9]
The 2015 United Kingdom general election in England was held on Thursday, 7 May 2015 for 533 English seats to the House of Commons. The Conservatives won a majority of seats in England for the second time since 1992.
The following indirect elections of heads of state and the upper houses of bicameral legislatures took place through votes in elected lower houses, unicameral legislatures, or electoral colleges: 23 April 2014 – 31 October 2016: Lebanon, President (17 rounds in 2015) [83] [84] 10 January: Afghanistan, House of Elders [85]
The 2015 Canadian federal election was held on October 19, 2015, to elect the 338 members of the House of Commons of the 42nd Parliament of Canada. In accordance with the maximum four-year term under a 2007 amendment to the Canada Elections Act , the writs of election for the 2015 election were issued by Governor General David Johnston on August 4.
United States gubernatorial elections were held in three states in 2015 as part of the 2015 United States elections.In Kentucky and Mississippi, the elections were held on November 3, and in Louisiana, as no candidate received a majority of votes at the primary election on October 24, 2015, a runoff election was held on November 21.