• 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    French Republic. The election followed the dissolution of the National Assembly by President Emmanuel Macron, triggering a snap election after the National...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    Minister Justin Trudeau requested the dissolution of parliament for a snap election. Trudeau won a third term as prime minister, his second minority government...
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    February 2025. After the 36th government lost its majority, the 2022 snap election was called. This resulted in the Netanyahu bloc gaining a majority,...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon turned down Clark's request for a snap election and invited the NDP to form a minority government. Subsequently, Horgan...
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    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...
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  • Canadian elections, both federal and provincial, that have been regarded by all or some observers as snap elections: 1865 New Brunswick general election Issue:...
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    2024 national electoral calendar (category 2024 elections)
    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    by incumbent Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Wilson decided to call a snap election since his government, elected a mere 17 months previously, in 1964,...
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    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...
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    election is informally known as the "Victory Election" (Azerbaijani: Zəfər seçkisi) due to the successful military operation. It marks the third snap...
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    electors. At the 2019 snap election, the governing Mauritian Alliance, led by Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth, won re-election, securing 42 seats. The...
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  • Snapchat (redirect from Snap Chat)
    is an American multimedia instant messaging app and service developed by Snap Inc., originally Snapchat Inc. One of the principal features of the multimedia...
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    FDP Finance Minister Christian Lindner. Scholz announced pursuing a snap election to be held in early 2025. The coalition of SPD, Greens and FDP was an...
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