General election

1787

Thus, if a primary is meant to elect a party's candidate for the position-in-question, a general election is meant to elect who occupies the position itself. In the State of Louisiana the expression general election means the runoff election which occurs between the two highest candidates as determined by the jungle primary. ==Footnotes== ==External links== International IDEA's Electoral Processes Program A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825 General Election 2010 Elections

1911

The Parliament Act 1911 introduced the requirement that elections in all parliamentary constituencies be held on the same day.

1930

There has been a convention since the 1930s that general elections in Britain should take place on a Thursday; the last general election to take place on any other weekday was that of 1931. ==United States == In U.S.

1931

There has been a convention since the 1930s that general elections in Britain should take place on a Thursday; the last general election to take place on any other weekday was that of 1931. ==United States == In U.S.

1998

Section 2 of the Scotland Act 1998, for example, specifically refers to ordinary elections to the Scottish Parliament as general elections. Originally, British elections took place over a period of several weeks, with individual constituencies holding polling on separate days.

2010

Thus, if a primary is meant to elect a party's candidate for the position-in-question, a general election is meant to elect who occupies the position itself. In the State of Louisiana the expression general election means the runoff election which occurs between the two highest candidates as determined by the jungle primary. ==Footnotes== ==External links== International IDEA's Electoral Processes Program A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825 General Election 2010 Elections

2019

This was used to precipitate the 2019 General Election when the Early Parliamentary General Election Act 2019 was passed. The term may also be used to refer to elections to any democratically elected body in which all of the members are up for election.




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