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Tripura: The state set a new record by registering a 93 percent turnout in the recent elections for the state legislature, according to an IANS report on the India Today Web site.

The Christian Social Union, the Bavarian party that governs in partnership with Ms. Merkel's Christian Democratic Union, secured 47.7 percent of the vote in the 180-seat state legislature, according to official results.

The legislature, according to the three delegates, will be parliamentary and will consist of two chambers, a National Assembly and a Council of Provinces and Regions, both of which will be directly elected.

"It seems that some people [in Hong Kong] still cannot find an identity with the country," said Zhang Rongshun, a high-ranking official in the National People's Congress, China's legislature, according to the South China Morning Post.

Van Hollen, only a sliver less liberal than Edwards on the issues, won the primary largely on his record of leadership and effectiveness dating back to his days in the state legislature, according to Maryland politicians and analysts.

The Christian Social Union, the Bavarian party that governs in partnership with Ms. Merkel's Christian Democratic Union, secured 48.3 percent of the vote in the 180-seat state legislature, according to the state election office, with almost 90 percent of the vote counted.

The increase would put salaries in the upper tier for similar part-time legislatures, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Across the country, women make up 23.6 percent of state legislatures, according to Off the Sidelines, a project started last year by Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand of New York.

It's George Bush's two conservative appointments that have 're-energised' the states' legislatures, according to Katherine Grainger of the Centre for Reproductive Rights.

Exxon has also continued to fund Alec, which works to block climate legislation in state legislatures, according to figures compiled by the Climate Investigations Center from the oil company's own disclosures in its annual Worldwide Giving Reports and foundation tax filings.

From Maine to Hawaii, about 170 teachers, former teachers and other school workers — including school psychologists, principals and teacher's aides — are running for seats in state legislatures, according to tallies by teacher unions and the Badass Teachers Association, a grass-roots education organization.