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And in 1996, Nelson Mandela, who had been elected president in 1994 in the country's first all-race elections, chose Mr. Mahomed as chairman of the Supreme Court of Appeal.

What this survey demonstrates is that nearly one-third of those who voted for the reformist President Rouhani in 2013 presidential elections chose to vote for a conservative candidate for either the parliament or Assembly of Experts in 2016.

Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, whose Kadima party is far ahead in opinion polls heading into Israel's March 28 elections, chose another approach to the caretaker Palestinian government last month.

Meanwhile, the Republican Party — which had nominated a Bush for president or vice president in six of the last seven elections — chose as its nominee a troublemaker who was George W. Bush's main challenger in 2000 and his sharp critic for much of his administration.

The November elections chose the conservative candidate Porfirio Lobo.

While Ennahda, which won a majority of seats in the NCA elections, chose to form a coalition cabinet with two secular parties to ensure greater legitimacy for its government, its credibility has waned among opposition groups that suspect it of sympathies with radical Salafists.

For elective offices at most levels, state-administered primary elections choose the major party nominees for subsequent general elections.

He did follow a lighter schedule than in past elections, choosing his appearances strategically and keeping his famously lengthy speeches in check.

9 Bosnians Go to the Polls Bosnia held local elections, choosing officials for all but one of the nation's 146 municipalities.

In fact, in the event of a tied recount, Virginia law says the state Board of Elections chooses the winner by "determination by lot" — essentially, a coin toss.

THE Dutch perpetuated their reputation for quaintness on Wednesday by holding national waterschapsverkiezingen ("water-scape elections"), choosing administrators for the dikes and canals that prevent their low-lying country from sinking into a swampy morass.