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Johnson calls for snap election on Oct 15 after MPs vote to prevent no-dea
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Sept 5 (ANI): British parliamentarians on Wednesday passed a bill aimed at preventing a no-deal Brexit, dealing yet another blow to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson even as he called for a snap election on October 15.
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Boris Johnson threatens rebel conservative MPs with snap election
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Sep 3 (ANI): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday threatened to call early general elections if his party loses a crucial vote on a possible delay of Brexit.
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Italy's Five Star Movement, Democratic Party agree to form coalition govt
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], Aug 29 (ANI): Italy's Five-Star Movement (M5S) and Democratic Party (PD) have agreed to form a new coalition government in order to avoid snap elections which could propel Matteo Salvini's League Party to power.
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Israel calls for second snap polls after Netanyahu fails to form govt
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 30 (ANI): The Israeli Parliament in the wee hours of Thursday voted to dissolve itself, sending the country to a second snap election this year as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a coalition government from the parties elected to parliament on April 9.
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Austria's Chancellor Kurz calls for snap polls in September following Vice
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], May 19 (ANI): Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Sunday said that the country will hold snap elections at the beginning of September, two days after Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache resigned from his post as corruption scandals surfaced against him.
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Spanish PM calls for snap elections
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Madrid [Spain], Feb 15 (ANI): Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sanchez on Friday called for a snap general election in April.
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Sri Lanka SC stays Sirisena's proclamation to dissolve Parliament
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Nov 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka on Tuesday issued an interim order staying the proclamation issued by President Maithripala Sirisena to dissolve the country's Parliament.
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Trump congratulates Japan PM Shinzo Abe on electoral victory
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D. C. [USA], Oct 24 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on his recent electoral victory, as his ruling coalition secured a two-thirds majority in the Lower House.
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PM Modi congratulates 'dear friend' Abe on election win
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 23 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe as his ruling coalition won a resounding victory in Sunday's snap election, securing a two-thirds majority in the Lower House.
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Polling underway in Japan's snap election
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], October 22 (ANI): Japan on Sunday commenced polling in a snap general election.
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Japanese PM criticises merger between main opposition, new Kibo no To part
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], September 29 (ANI): The leader of the main opposition party in Japan has announced it would not field any candidates in next month's snap election.
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Japan PM Abe dissolves lower house, calls snap election
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], September 28 (ANI):Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday dissolved the more powerful lower chamber of Japan's bicameral parliament to hold general election as soon as it convened for an extraordinary session.
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