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79-526: Uxue Barkos GBai María Chivite PSN–PSOE The 2019 Navarrese regional election was held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, to elect the 10th Parliament of the Chartered Community of Navarre . All 50 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain , as well as

158-489: A regional president . Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage , which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Navarre and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Additionally, Navarrese people abroad were required to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote ( Spanish : Voto rogado ). The 50 members of the Parliament of Navarre were elected using

237-411: A history of coalition minority governments , and due to this system, a party normally providing parliamentary support for the sitting government while not being part of it, can choose to deprive the government of a parliamentary majority regarding a specific vote, but at the same time avoid calling new elections since any vote of no confidence takes place as a separate procedure. Notably, Denmark faced

316-483: A number of very short parliaments in the 1970s and the 1980s. Prime Minister Poul Schlüter lead a series of coalition minority governments calling elections in both 1984 , 1987 , 1988 and 1990 . Likewise, his predecessors called elections in 1971 , 1973 , 1975 , 1977 , 1979 and 1981 . For more than 40 years, no Danish parliament has sat its full four-year term, although Lars Løkke II and Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet came very close in 2019 , in all cases,

395-463: A pressing issue, under circumstances when an election is not required by law or convention. A snap election differs from a recall election in that it is initiated by politicians (usually the head of government or ruling party) rather than voters, and from a by-election in that a completely new parliament is chosen as opposed to merely filling vacancies in an already established assembly. Early elections can also be called in certain jurisdictions after

474-451: A rookie NDP candidate. A similar result occurred in Alberta in 2015 when Premier Jim Prentice of the governing Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta called a snap election. A few months before, 11 MLAs including their leader from the official opposition Wildrose Party had crossed the floor to sit with the government. However, the province was entering an economic recession due to

553-400: A ruling coalition is dissolved if a replacement coalition cannot be formed within a constitutionally set time limit. Since the power to call snap elections (the dissolution of parliament ) usually lies with the incumbent, they often result in increased majorities for the party already in power provided they have been called at an advantageous time. However, snap elections can also backfire on

632-464: A second election would be held. The June 2012 legislative election resulted in the formation of a coalition government. In 2015, after the bailout referendum , in which the proposed bailout program was rejected with a 61.31% majority, the Syriza government accepted the program, relying on votes from the opposition parties New Democracy , PASOK and The River . Since many Syriza MPs refused to support

711-467: A series of corruption charges, and no agreement between the parties could be reached leading to the government's defeat. Sonia Gandhi , as leader of the opposition and largest opposition party ( Indian National Congress ) was unable to form a coalition of parties large enough to secure a working majority in the Lok Sabha. Thus shortly after the no confidence motion, President K. R. Narayanan dissolved

790-583: A snap 2024 legislative election was called, presidential and parliamentary terms were synchronized, with the National Assembly elected a few weeks after the president, reducing the risk of a cohabitation . The Senate , which is the upper house, can never be dissolved prematurely. In the Federal Republic of Germany, elections to the Bundestag must take place within 46–48 months (every four years) after

869-535: A snap election was held on 12 June 1996 , where Awami-League won a simple majority by beating its bitter rival BNP and stayed in power for the next five years. On 17 April 1999, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coalition government led by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee failed a to win a confidence vote in the Lok Sabha (India's lower house), falling short a single vote due to the withdrawal of one of

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948-496: A staged kidnapping and the moving of 130 members of the Punjab Assembly to the capital to ensure they stayed loyal to Sharif. Meanwhile, the leader of the main opposition party Benazir Bhutto threatened to lead a march on Islamabad unless new elections were called. Finally on 18 July, under pressure from the army to resolve the power struggle, Sharif and Khan resigned as prime minister and president respectively. Elections for

1027-437: Is that of 1958 , where Prime Minister John Diefenbaker called an election just nine months after the previous one and transformed his minority government into the largest majority in the history of Canada up to that date. A snap election was also called in the province of Ontario in 1990, three years into Premier David Peterson 's term. Peterson was polling at 54%, lower than his peak popularity but still well above

1106-422: Is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election: The tables below list opinion polling results in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey

1185-430: Is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll. The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and

1264-482: Is not required to call for a snap election, even if the prime minister asks for it, provided that the Parliament is able to form a new working majority (President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro denied snap election to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi after the loss of confidence in 1994). Early general elections were held in Luxembourg on 20 October 2013. The elections were called after Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker , at

1343-460: The 2011 local elections , Barkos retained her seat as councillor and her position as Nafarroa Bai's spokesperson; Enrique Maya from Navarrese People's Union was invested mayor by the City Council. In September 2015, she was announced as Geroa Bai's candidate for President of Navarre. After the 2015 regional election , she was invested President of Navarre on 20 June 2015 thanks to the support of

1422-552: The 2019 European Parliament election . Ahead of the election, the three main right-from-centre parties—namely, Navarrese People's Union (UPN), the People's Party (PP) and Citizens (Cs)—signed an electoral alliance under the Navarra Suma (NA+) brand, in order to maximize their options against the incumbent government, formed by Geroa Bai (GBai), EH Bildu and Izquierda-Ezkerra (I–E) with external support from Podemos , which in

1501-564: The COVID-19 pandemic , and consequently the thirty-fifth government of Israel was formed. However, another snap election was held in 2021 after collapse of the coalition government. In Japan , a snap election is called when a prime minister dissolves the lower house of the National Diet . The act is based on Article 7 of the Constitution of Japan , which can be interpreted as saying that

1580-402: The D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation , with a threshold of three percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally. The term of the Parliament of Navarre expired four years after the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. The election decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to

1659-792: The Dominion of Ceylon , House of Representatives, the Lower House of the Parliament of Ceylon , is elected to a 5 year term. Senate of Ceylon , which is the Upper House, cannot by dissolved. The Prime Minister shall request the Governor-General to dissolve the House of Representatives and call a General Election at a required time. As the Senate of Ceylon was abolished in 1971, The Constitution of 1978 , introduced

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1738-468: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) a month earlier. This government served for six months. The May 2012 legislative election produced a deadlocked parliament and attempts to form a government were unsuccessful. The constitution directs the president to dissolve a newly elected parliament that is unable to form a government. Ten days after the election, the president announced that

1817-493: The Navarre constituency , an area where Basque nationalism had historically been weakest. Barkos, who was not a member of any of the parties, was selected to head the list at the 2004 Spanish General Election . The list polled 17.98%, which represented the highest vote share for any Basque list in the constituency since democracy was restored in 1977. In Congress she worked to promote Basque language and culture in Navarre, although she

1896-488: The Supreme Soviet which previously consisted of former Communist legislators and paved way for a multi-party system . However due to the nature of the newly Supreme Council opposing then-President Nursultan Nazarbayev , it was dissolved a year later and were followed by 1995 legislative elections which saw pro-Nazarbayev candidates being elected as deputies. Snap elections took place in 2007 , 2012 , and 2016 under

1975-711: The governor-general upon the advice of the prime minister. Since Belize gained independence from the United Kingdom in September 1981, snap elections have been called twice, in 1993 and 2012 . In March 2015, Belizean Prime Minister Dean Barrow ruled out the possibility of a snap election later in the year. In the November 2015 general election , Prime Minister Barrow's United Democratic Party increased its majority by 9 percent as it made Belizean history, forming its third consecutive government. In Canada , snap elections at

2054-463: The interior ministry , coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in Navarre, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. Below

2133-514: The previous election had ousted UPN from power after 19 years of uninterrupted rule. Concurrently, the Socialist Party of Navarre (PSN–PSOE) under María Chivite was on the rise, benefitting from a national bandwagon effect for the party following the general election held only one month earlier, on 28 April. The election saw a victory for the NA+ alliance, which was able to secure more seats than

2212-450: The prime minister can choose to call an early election at any time, provided that any elected parliament has already been called into session at least once (Danish Constitution art. 32, sec. 2). If a government loses its majority in the Folketing , this is not automatically a vote of confidence , but such a vote may be called, and – if lost – the government calls a new election. Denmark has

2291-555: The Executive Presidency and increased the term length of the now Unicameral Parliament to 6 years. The President had the authority to dissolve the Parliament and call a Snap election at a required time. 19th Amendment reduced the maximum term length of the Parliament to 5 years. And the President did not had the authority to dissolve the Parliament and call an Early General Election until the expiration of 4 years and 6 months from

2370-549: The Knesset voted to dissolve itself (preventing president Reuven Rivlin from transferring the mandate for coalition formation to the second-largest party Blue and White 's leader, Benny Gantz , with respect to the process defined by the law). Thus, a snap legislative election was called, which resulted in a similar stalemate. After both Likud and Blue and White failed to form a coalition, a third consecutive snap election resulted in yet another stalemate. Progress has been made due to

2449-558: The National Assembly were called for 6 October with elections for the regional assemblies set to follow shortly afterwards. A former speaker and member of the PPP Miraj Khalid was appointed interim prime minister. The National Assembly and provincial assemblies were dissolved and elections called for 3 February 1997. Bhutto denied all the charges against herself and petitioned the Supreme Court to reverse her dismissal. However,

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2528-534: The Parliament and call an Early General Election after 2 years and 6 months from the date appointed for its first meeting. Snap parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 9 December 2018, as none of the parties in the National Assembly were able to put forward and then elect a candidate for prime minister in the two-week period following the resignation of incumbent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan . They were

2607-506: The Parliament and called fresh elections. Atal Bihari Vajpayee remained caretaker prime minister till the elections were held later that year. After the legislative election in April 2019 resulted in a political stalemate after Yisrael Beiteinu refused to join a Likud -led governing coalition, on the day transitional prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's mandate for coalition formation ended,

2686-450: The Parliament of Navarre was officially triggered on 2 April 2019 after the publication of the election decree in the BON, setting the election date for 26 May and scheduling for the chamber to reconvene on 19 June. The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the Parliament at the time of dissolution. The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in

2765-527: The Philippines, the term "snap election" often refers to the 1986 presidential election . Marcos declared himself the official winner of the election but was eventually ousted when allegations of fraud marred the election. A new constitution approved in 1987 reverted to the presidential system, which made future snap elections unlikely. Fixed presidential elections are held every six years, with legislative elections held every three years. Previously, During

2844-495: The abrupt 2010s oil glut , and Prentice's budget was not well received by either the political left or right. The resulting Alberta New Democratic Party majority victory unseated 13 cabinet ministers and ended 44 years of Progressive Conservative government in Alberta. In 2021, sitting Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a snap election in an attempt to win a majority, up from his previous minority government. He justified

2923-565: The coalition after Batzarre and Eusko Alkartasuna left, and Aralar decided to join Amaiur . Aralar prevented the rest of members from continuing to use Nafarroa Bai as a name; Zabaltzen, the Basque Nationalist Party and the newly incorporated Atarrabia Taldea contested the 2011 Spanish General Election as Geroa Bai (Yes to the Future). Barkos retained her seat polling 12,84%. Barkos

3002-607: The constitution starting from 1973, and first applied in 1978, placed the country under the semi-presidential system of government, where the Batasang Pambansa (parliament) can be dissolved. During the operation of that constitution, the parliament was not dissolved, but Marcos, who had earlier been elected in 1981 for a six-year term, asked Parliament to move the 1987 presidential election to 1986, in response to growing social unrest, political and economic crises, political instability, and deteriorating peace and public order. In

3081-463: The court ruled in January that there was sufficient evidence for the dismissal to be justified legally. The Philippines has used the presidential system with fixed terms imposed for more of its history than not. This means that Congress cannot be dissolved, and that "snap elections" as understood under the parliamentary system cannot be invoked. However, during the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos ,

3160-400: The date appointed for its first meeting. In 9 November 2018, As a result of the 2018 Constitutional crisis , President Maithripala Sirisena attempted to dissolve the Parliament and call a general election but the Supreme Court declared this move unconstitutional, which effectively set the election date back to 2020 . Under the 20th Amendment , The President has the authority to dissolve

3239-459: The date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of Navarre (BON), with election day taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication. The previous election was held on 24 May 2015, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 24 May 2019. The election decree was required to be published in the BON no later than 30 April 2019, with

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3318-623: The dissolution of Congress by the President if a vote of no-confidence is passed two times by the legislative body, who then has four months to call for new parliamentary elections or faces impeachment. The 2020 Peruvian parliamentary elections were declared after President Martín Vizcarra dissolved Congress. There are three procedures in which federal elections can be held early in Australia: Examples of early elections in Australia: In

3397-495: The election system (in 1992–1993), the frequency of snap elections has been slightly reduced since new regulations granted completion of two of four parliamentary terms. Nonetheless, snap elections still play a role in the political debate as tools considered by political parties and the Executive branch to promote their agenda or to seize political momentum. No recall election is codified in electoral regulations. The Italian President

3476-435: The election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 23 June 2019. The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of Navarre and call a snap election , provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during

3555-611: The fall of the Denkov Government . Snap general elections were held in the Czech Republic on 25 and 26 October 2013, seven months before the constitutional expiry of the elected parliament 's four year legislative term. The government elected in May ;2010 led by Prime Minister Petr Nečas was forced to resign on 17 June 2013, after a corruption and bribery scandal. A caretaker government led by Prime Minister Jiří Rusnok

3634-634: The federal level are very common. Section 50 of the Constitution Act, 1867 and section 4 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms limits the maximum life of a federal parliament to five years following the return of the last writs of election . A law was passed to set the election date on the third Monday in October in the fourth calendar year after the previous poll , although courts found it effectively legally unenforceable and not binding on

3713-468: The federal level, for example: In 2012, Greece held snap elections in two consecutive months. The government of George Papandreou , elected in the 2009 legislative election , had resigned in November 2011. Instead of triggering an immediate snap election, the government was replaced by a national unity government which had a remit to ratify and implement decisions taken with other Eurozone countries and

3792-408: The first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution under this procedure. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a three-month period from the election date, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. The election to

3871-615: The first Socialist president of Navarre since Javier Otano stepped down from the office in 1996. The Parliament of Navarre was the devolved , unicameral legislature of the Chartered Community of Navarre , having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Reintegration and Enhancement of the Foral Regime of Navarre Law, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from

3950-535: The first elections following the 2018 revolution and the country's first-ever snap elections. Snap elections are possible for the Federal Parliament of Belgium , but not for the regional parliaments. The last snap election was held in 2010 . Technically, usually the federal parliament is dissolved by means of a Declaration of Revision of the Constitution (automatically triggering an election), just before

4029-523: The first sitting of the previous chamber. The Federal President may only dissolve the chamber prematurely if the government loses a confidence motion (at the request of the Chancellor), or if no majority government can be formed. In most German states, the parliament is able to dissolve itself. This explains why there have been many more snap elections, actual, intended, or cancelled, in German states compared to

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4108-639: The fixed election dates. In the Australian Capital Territory , the federal government also has the ability to call a snap election in instances of incapacitation or gross misconduct of the Legislative Assembly . As federal territories constituted under federal legislation, the federal parliament also has the ultimate power to call a snap election in the ACT and the Northern Territory through

4187-622: The government's coalition partners – the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). The leader of the AIADMK, J. Jayalalitha , had consistently threatened to withdraw support from the ruling coalition if certain demands were not met, in particular the sacking of the Tamil Nadu government, control of which she had lost three years prior. The BJP accused Jayalalitha of making the demands in order to avoid standing trial for

4266-520: The government, new elections were called for 20 September of the same year, 8 months after the previous ones . In Italy, national snap elections have been quite frequent in modern history, both under the Monarchy and in the current republican phase. After the foundation of the Italian Republic in 1946, the first snap election occurred in 1972 and the latest one in 2022. After significant changes in

4345-559: The incumbent government (20 to 19). In particular, the collapse in the Podemos's vote share benefitted the PSN–PSOE, which scored its best result since 2007 . There was speculation that UPN would be able to access the regional government through an agreement or consent from the PSN, but Chivite opted instead to secure the support of GBai, Podemos and I–E, as well as EH Bildu's tactical abstention, to become

4424-459: The incumbent resulting in a decreased majority or in some cases the opposition winning or gaining power. As a result of the latter cases, there have been occasions in which the consequence has been the implementation of fixed-term elections. According to Section 84 of the Constitution of Belize , the National Assembly must be dissolved "five years from the date when the two Houses of the former National Assembly first met" unless dissolved sooner by

4503-619: The lower house until the end of its 4-year term. Nationally, elections for president and parliament in Kazakhstan are held every seven and five years, respectively. According to the Constitutional Law, the President may call a snap election for both and must held no later than two months respectively after which they are called. Virtually every presidential election in Kazakhstan since independence had been held ahead of schedule in 1999 , 2005 , 2011 , 2015 , 2019 , and 2022 . In which

4582-625: The normal expiration of the legislative period. Snap elections were held in 2014 when neither the Bulgarian Socialist Party nor GERB were able to form a coalition with a tied parliament. After the 2020–2021 Bulgarian protests there has been a political stalemate which has led to snap elections in July 2021 , November 2021 , 2022 (after the Petkov Government fell) and 2023 , with another snap election called for June 2024 , after

4661-405: The normal legislative process, although this has never occurred. After Khaleda Zia 's Bangladesh Nationalist Party five-year term ended in January 1996, the country went to the polls on 15 February 1996 , where elections were boycotted by all major opposition parties including BNP'S arch-rival Sheikh Hasina 's Awami League . The opposition had demanded a neutral caretaker government to oversee

4740-591: The opposition party leaders, and expected to be re-elected with comfortable majority. However, the 1990 Ontario general election backfired since it was interpreted as a sign of arrogance, with some cynically viewing it as an attempt to win another mandate before an anticipated economic recession. In the biggest upset in Ontario history, the Ontario New Democratic Party led by Bob Rae won an unprecedented majority government while Peterson lost his own seat to

4819-590: The other hand, the Supreme Court of Bangladesh annulled the election results which forced the BNP government to amend the constitution in a special parliamentary session by introducing the Caretaker government system as a part of the electoral reform. Eventually the BNP government was toppled and ousted when they resigned on 31 March 1996, and handed over power to the caretaker government. The caretaker government stayed in power for 90 days before new elections could be held. Finally

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4898-533: The polls, but it was rejected by the incumbent government and the election went on as scheduled. The BNP won by default, grabbing all the 300 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad and assumed power. The Awami League and its allies did not accept the results and called a month-long general strike and blockades to overthrow the BNP government. The general strike was marred by bloody violence including a grenade attack on Awami League's headquarters which killed scores of people. On

4977-612: The power to do this unilaterally. In France, under the Fifth Republic , while the National Assembly is elected for a five-year term, the President has the authority to dissolve the National Assembly and call an early election, provided the Assembly has not been dissolved in the preceding twelve months. When the presidential term of office was shortened from seven to five years in the 2000 French constitutional referendum , presidential terms became equal in length to legislative terms. Until

5056-405: The pretext of economic issues. New Zealand elections must be held every three years, and the date is determined by the prime minister . There have been three snap elections, in 1951, 1984 and 2002. Khan and Sharif then began to battle for control of Pakistan for the next two months. They both attempted to secure control over the regional assemblies and in particular, Punjab . In Punjab this saw

5135-401: The prime minister has called elections at an earlier date. The President of Finland can call for an early election. As per the version of the 2000 constitution currently in use, the president can do this only upon proposal by the prime minister and after consultations with the parliamentary groups, while the Parliament is in session. In prior versions of the constitution, the President had

5214-543: The prime minister has the power to dissolve the lower house after so advising the Emperor . Almost all general elections of the lower house have been snap elections since 1947, when the current constitution was enacted. The only exception was 1976 election , when the Prime Minister Takeo Miki was isolated within his own Liberal Democratic Party . The majority of LDP politicians opposed Miki's decision not to dissolve

5293-442: The prime minister. Any election that occurs before the schedule is a snap election. During his 10 years as prime minister, Jean Chrétien recommended to the governor general to call two snap elections, in 1997 and 2000, winning both times. Wilfrid Laurier and John Turner , meanwhile, both lost their premierships in snap elections they themselves had called (in 1911 and 1984, respectively). The most notable federal snap election

5372-463: The reasoning behind for consecutive snap elections were due to economic and political factors with allegations for the Kazakh leadership to systemically maintain its grip on power while leaving the opposition consolidated and unprepared. Snap parliamentary elections have also become more frequent in Kazakhstan's politics. Originally the 1994 legislative election was held as a result of the dissolution of

5451-441: The regional parliament members of Geroa Bai (9), EH Bildu (8), Podemos (7) and Izquierda-Ezkerra (2), gaining the necessary majority (26 out of 50). Snap election A snap election is an election that is called earlier than the one that has been scheduled. Generally, a snap election in a parliamentary system (the dissolution of parliament ) is called to capitalize on an unusual electoral opportunity or to decide

5530-552: The same procedure. In the event of the investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a three-month period from the election date, the Parliament would be automatically dissolved and a snap election called. Uxue Barkos Barkos graduated in Information Sciences at the University of Navarra . She worked as a newsreader on Spanish National Radio ( Radio Nacional de España ) and for Televisión Española ,

5609-430: The snap election as a way for Canadians to choose which government leads them through Canada's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic . However, Trudeau was widely criticized for calling the snap election while the country was in the midst of a 4th wave of Covid. Following the election Trudeau managed to remain Prime Minister, but the Liberal Party failed to win a majority government. The Constitution of Peru allows for

5688-562: The state run television stations. She also worked for the newspaper Navarra Hoy and from 1990 onwards she worked for the main Basque broadcaster Euskal Telebista as newsreader and Madrid correspondent. In 2004, in order to maximise the Basque vote, the individual parties Aralar , Eusko Alkartasuna (Basque Solidarity), Batzarre and the Basque Nationalist Party agreed to form the coalition Yes to Navarre (Nafarroa Bai) to contest

5767-482: The states and territories, all except Tasmania have fixed election dates legislated into their constitutions or electoral laws and snap elections can only be called in extraordinary circumstances when certain conditions are met ( loss of confidence , loss of supply or, in the bicameral legislatures, a deadlocked bill). In Western Australia , the Premier retains the ability to call a snap election at any time despite

5846-676: The time the longest serving head of government in the European Union , announced his resignation over a spy scandal involving the Service de Renseignement de l'Etat (SREL). The review found Juncker deficient in his control over the service. After a spy scandal involving the SREL illegally wiretapping politicians, the Grand Duke and his family, and allegations of paying for favours in exchange for access to government ministers and officials leaked through

5925-507: The treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 26 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Navarre .    Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences. The table below lists opinion polling on

6004-557: The victory preferences for each party in the event of a regional election taking place. Investiture processes to elect the president of the Government of Navarre required for an absolute majority—more than half the votes cast—to be obtained in the first ballot. If unsuccessful, a new ballot would be held 24 hours later requiring only of a simple majority—more affirmative than negative votes—to succeed. If such majorities were not achieved, successive candidate proposals would be processed under

6083-423: Was Nafarroa Bai's candidate for Mayor of Pamplona at the 2007 local elections , obtaining 28.851 votes (26.26%) and 8 city councillors out of 27. Yolanda Barcina from Navarrese People's Union was invested mayor by the City Council. Barkos acted as Nafarroa Bai's spokesperson in the City Council; in 2008, it was her turn to set the chupinazo off to mark the beginning of the popular San Fermín festival . In

6162-593: Was criticised by Batasuna , which was not part of the NB coalition. In Congress she was also a member of the Commission which investigated the 2004 Madrid train bombings . At the 2008 Spanish General Election , Barkos retained her seat with a slightly better result (18.53%). In 2011, Barkos and independents affiliated with the Yes to Navarre coalition founded new political group Zabaltzen under her leadership, in order to strengthen

6241-503: Was then appointed by the President , but narrowly lost a vote of confidence on 7 August, leading to its resignation six days later. The Chamber of Deputies then passed a motion dissolving itself on 20 August, with a call for new elections within 60 days after presidential assent. The President gave his assent on 28 August, scheduling the elections for 25 and 26 October 2013. In Denmark, Parliamentary elections take place every fourth year ( Danish Constitution art. 32, sec. 1); however,

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