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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, 10 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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Spain holds third general elections since 2015
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], Apr 28 (ANI): Voting for the third general elections in the last four years is underway across Spain, with the preliminary results expected to be announced on Sunday evening.
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Spain all set for snap polls on April 28
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], Apr 26 (ANI): Spain is all set to vote on Sunday, April 28, for the 2019 general elections - the third to be held in the last four years.
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Sri Lanka: Court issues interim order against Rajapaksa
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 3(ANI): A Sri Lankan court here on Monday issued an interim order barring the functioning of the respondents as Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Cabinet ministers, deputy ministers and state ministers, reported the Daily Mirror.
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Sri Lanka: SC to decide snap poll legality today
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 13 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on the legality of the January 5, 2019 snap polls announced by President Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday, after 13 fundamental rights petitions were filed against the dissolution of the Parliament.
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Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa leaves Sirisena's party, joins SLPP
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 11 (ANI): As the political crisis intensifies in Sri Lanka, wartime strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa has exited from President Maithripala Sirisena's Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and joined the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) on Sunday.
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I got us into this mess, I'll get us out of it: Theresa May
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], June. 13 (ANI): Following the snap polls drubbing, British Prime Minister Theresa May has assured her Conservative backbenchers saying, "I got us into this mess, and I'm going to get us out of it."
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Snap polls fallout: Theresa May's closest advisers resign
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom] June 10, (ANI): British Prime Minister Theresa May's closest advisers Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill have resigned following the Conservatives' loss in the snap general elections held on Thursday.
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