The United Kingdom general election of 2010 was held on 6 May, to elect one Member of Parliament in each of the 650 constituencies to the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The election will be more than five years after the previous election. Voting took place between 7.00 am and 10.00 pm. Local elections were also held in some areas on the same day. The election was called on 6 April, and Parliament was dissolved on 12 April for the ensuing campaign.

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Colombia will hold elections to both houses of the Congress on 14 March 2010. The nationwide constituency for the 102-member Senate is being contested by 16 lists, comprising 948 candidates. There are 33 regional constituencies for the Chamber of Representatives, plus a few other ethnic minority constituencies. In all, 282 lists, with 1533 candidates, are contesting the 166 seats in the Chamber. Some 29 530 415 people are registered to vote.

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The holding of parliament elections in Tajikistan, scheduled for February 28, 2010.

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Voters in the Dutch Antilles are casting ballots in the final election before the five-island federation is disbanded.

The islands are due to go their separate ways on 10 October.

But they will still remain, with varying degrees of autonomy, under the bosom of the Netherlands.

Curaçao and St Maarten will become autonomous territories within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, while Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius will become special municipalities.
Anguilla slate confirmed
Twenty candidates have filed papers to contest general elections in Anguilla on 15 February.

Seven seats are at stake in the British territory.

The governing Anguilla United Front is contesting all constituencies, while the Anguilla United Movement and the Anguilla Progressive Party are fielding representatives in five each.

There are three independents.

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January
January 14 – Iowa Caucuses
January 19 – Nevada Caucuses
January 22 – Tentative date for the New Hampshire Primary
January 29 – South Carolina Primary

February
February 5 – The so-called “National Primary”: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Idaho, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah and several other states will combine to either produce an instant nominee, or force open conventions in both major parties. Pennsylvania and New York are in the process of moving up the date of their primaries. Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin are also considering moving their primaries to this date.
February 12 …

Ukraine will hold early parliamentary elections on September 30, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said Sunday.

The announcement came early Sunday after many hours of tense talks between Yushchenko and his rival, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, aimed at ending a long-running political crisis in the country.

“After long talks, a compromise decision has been reached. Now we can say that the political crisis in Ukraine is over,” Yushchenko said.

On April 2, pro-Western leader Yushchenko issued a decree to dissolve the 450-seat Supreme Rada and hold early elections. Parliament and ministers, dominated by pro-Russian Prime Minister Yanukovych’s supporters, refused to obey the order and …

YEREVAN, MAY 13, ARMENPRESS: Armenian Central Electoral Commission (CEC) ratified at its 5:00 p.m. session the initial results of the yesterday’s parliamentary elections. Basing on the results of the voting in the polling stations, the CEC registered that from 2 million 316,038 people 1 million 389,521 participated in the elections.

The established 5 percent barrier was overcome by the Armenian Republican Party which has received 457,032 votes, “Prosperous Armenia” party which has received 204,443 votes, Armenian Revolutionary Federation which has received 177,192 votes as well as Orinats Yerkir and “Heritage” parties which got 95,256 and 80,890 votes respectively.

The rest votes were …

KIEV: President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine on Monday signed an order to dissolve Parliament and called early elections.

Yushchenko, who acted after more than seven hours of talks with parliamentary leaders failed, accused the parliamentary majority led by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych of seeking to expand its power base in violation of the constitution, and of making decisions that violated the law.

“My actions are dictated by the strict necessity to save the state’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Yushchenko said. “It is not only my right, it is my obligation.”

As Yushchenko spoke, Parliament met in an extraordinary session. Yanukovych and top government …