Sentence examples for interim elections from inspiring English sources

With few reformists permitted to run in the interim elections of 2006 and 2008, liberals and moderates had little recourse inside the political system.

The laws, passed during Turkey's efforts to meet criteria for membership in the European Union, would have let Mr. Erdogan, who was banned from Parliament after his conviction for Islamist sedition, to run in interim elections next year.

"We will have a sense of the balance of power," said Bruno Cautrès, a public opinion specialist at the Center for Political Research at the Institut d'Études Politiques, or Sciences Po. "It will determine their electoral strategy — not only for 2017, but for interim elections in 2014".

This election will give analysts "a sense of the balance of power," said Bruno Cautrès, a public opinion specialist at the Center for Political Research at the Institut d'Études Politiques, or Sciences Po. "It will determine their electoral strategy — not only for 2017, but for interim elections in 2014".

Under the proposed change, if the mayor's job is vacated there would be a nonpartisan interim election in about 60 days.

It is a striking return to the spotlight for Mr. Abe — who called for a stronger and unapologetic Japan when he took office in 2006, but stepped down just a year later, citing a health problem — after his party suffered a defeat in an interim election.

They also claim historical support from an interim election, a market tonic, but this makes no sense to me.

In a New York Times editorial, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton cited "worrying trends" in the interim election report from the OSCE (of which Ukraine is due to take over the rotating chair in January).

Half-way through the eight-year ride an interim election took place, and its results were just as troubling.

And the 2014 interim Congressional elections where we had the absolute worst voter turnout ever since World War II, reflect it.

While preserving Assad's position during the interim period, elections would follow, giving Syrians a chance to choose their local and national leaders.