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...

presidential and vice presidential elections were held on February 7, 1986. Popularly known as the 1986 snap election, it is among the landmark events that...

prime minister for a snap election, or if the House of Commons passes a motion of no confidence in the government. Early elections are more likely to occur...

2024 German government crisis. If held early, the 2025 election would be the fourth snap election in the history of post-war Germany after those in 1972...

had not been due until May 2020, but Prime Minister May's call for a snap election was ratified by the necessary two-thirds vote in the House of Commons...

Look up SNAP or snap in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Snap or SNAP may refer to: Snap (film), the original release title for the 2013 film Enter the...

French Republic. The election followed the dissolution of the National Assembly by President Emmanuel Macron, triggering a snap election after the National...

following the latest June 2024 elections failed. This was the country's sixth snap election since 2021. This series of snap elections is the result of a political...

elections are scheduled to be held in Slovakia by 2027 to elect members of the National Council, although they can be held sooner if a snap election is...

February 2025. After the 36th government lost its majority, the 2022 snap election was called. This resulted in the Netanyahu bloc gaining a majority,...

although they can be held sooner if a snap election is called. The last snap election was in 2007. The previous elections in 2023 saw the Law and Justice party...

October, and chose to call a snap election, which the House of Commons supported under the Early Parliamentary General Election Act 2019. Opinion polls showed...

Minister Justin Trudeau requested the dissolution of parliament for a snap election. Trudeau won a third term as prime minister, his second minority government...

although they may be held at an earlier date if snap elections are called. The 2023 Dutch general election resulted in losses for all parties in the fourth...

of snap elections taking place well ahead of 2029. On 9 June 2024, shortly after 21:00 CEST, Macron dissolved the National Assembly and called snap elections...

for election, as well as 208 of 265 seats in the Senate. The inconclusive result of the 2023 election raised the possibility of a snap election being...

trigger a snap election, win it and oust rivals New Democracy from power. In Italy the government has no power to call a snap election. A snap election can...

on snap election after regional ballot rout". Reuters. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023. "Spanish elections: Popular Party wins tight election but...

would not agree to snap elections after 6 April. On 18 January 2023, Erdoğan, the President of Turkey, signalled that the elections will be held earlier...

Presidential Election Set For June 29". www.barrons.com. 2024-04-20. Retrieved 2024-04-21. "French President Macron calls a snap legislative election after defeat...

speculations about a snap election prior to the regular one in 2023, Bahçeli ruled them out. In a written statement, he said that elections would not be held...

government, led by Premier Tim Houston since 2021, called a snap election seeking re-election to a second consecutive term. The PC's primary opponents are...

by incumbent Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Wilson decided to call a snap election since his government, elected a mere 17 months previously, in 1964,...

for a snap election. The Supreme Court later suspended the dissolution and ordered a halt to the snap election, effectively moving the election's date...

fielding a constitutional amendment or by calling a snap election. The previous Turkish general election took place on 14 May 2023, the second since a presidential...

Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 26 May 1955, four years after the previous general election in 1951. It was a snap election: after Winston...

February 1974 election, which resulted in a hung parliament. Wilson was appointed prime minister for a second time; he called a snap election in October...

Early local elections were held in Montenegro on 26 May in Budva, and on 2 June in Andrijevica. Local elections were also held in Gusinje on 15 September...

21 days to consider the request; if he agreed to the dissolution, a snap election would be held within 60 days of the dissolution date. Scholz' plan for...

The next Italian general election will occur no later than 22 December 2027, although it may be called earlier as a snap election. The electoral law currently...