A look at the voting system used in Germany's parliamentary electionSeptember 30th, 2009 A look at Germany's voting systemBERLIN — Germans each have two votes in the country's Sept. 27 parliamentary election — one for a directly elected representative and the other for a party.
Opposition walks out over non-Basmati rice exportJuly 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The entire opposition Thursday walked out of the Lok Sabha demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) or a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into allegations of corruption in the export of non-Basmati rice to African countries. A calling attention motion was moved by Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Arjun Charan Sethi and four MPs including Samajwadi Party's Shailendra Kumar, Communist Party of India-Marxist's (CPI-M) Basudeb Acharia and Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Gopinath Munde.
Karia Munda is deputy speaker of Lok SabhaJune 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Tribal leader Karia Munda of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was unanimously elected as the deputy speaker of the Lok Sabha Monday. The motion for the election of deputy speaker was moved by Leader of Opposition L.K.
Pawar elected NCP leader in Lok SabhaJune 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nationalist Congress Party chief and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has been elected the party's leader in the Lok Sabha. The NCP parliamentary party at its meeting here Wednesday elected Pawar as its leader in the Lok Sabha, the party said in a statement here Thursday.
Jaitley named opposition leader in Rajya SabhaJune 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Wednesday named Arun Jaitley as opposition leader in the Rajya Sabha and Sushma Swaraj as deputy leader of the party in the Lok Sabha.
Advani puts younger leaders in key parliament posts (Lead)June 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday went for a generational change as party leader L.K. Advani named 57-year-old Sushma Swaraj as his deputy in the Lok Sabha and key strategist Arun Jaitley, 56, as opposition leader in the upper house.
Murmurs of protest in BJP over Advani as opposition leaderJune 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Murmurs of protest have started in the Bharatiya Janata Party against L.K. Advani's election as leader of opposition with party vice-president and Rajya Sabha member Pyarelal Khandelwal complaining about it to BJP chief Rajnath Singh.
Bhupinder Singh is Congress leader in Orissa assemblyMay 24th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Former Orissa minister Bhupinder Singh was Sunday unanimously elected leader of Congress party in the state assembly, party sources said. He was elected at a meeting of the newly elected Congress legislators in the presence of central cabinet minister and Congress general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad and state Congress president K.P.
Manmohan Singh elected leader of Congress Parliamentary PartyMay 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Manmohan Singh was Tuesday elected leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party, with party president Sonia Gandhi saying his record of the last five years was an inspiration for all. Sonia Gandhi proposed Manmohan Singh's name at a meeting of the newly-elected Congress MPs held at parliament's Central Hall.
Manmohan Singh elected Congress Parliamentary Party leaderMay 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Manmohan Singh was Tuesday elected as the Congress Parliamentary Party leader, party officials said here. At the meeting of newly elected Congress MPs held at parliament's central hall, Manmohan Singh's name was proposed by Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
Trinamool to support UPA: Mamata BanerjeeMay 18th, 2009 KOLKATA - Trinamool Congress MPs Monday passed a resolution extending support to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. The resolution was passed at a meeting of the Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party, in which all the newly elected Lok Sabha MPs of the party were present.
Advani to continue as Leader of Opposition: RajnathMay 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - BJP leader L.K. Advani will continue as the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, party president Rajnath Singh said Monday, ending speculations on the veteran's role following the party's electoral debacle.
Defeated in assembly polls they made it to parliamentMay 17th, 2009 JAMMU - Three of the six newly elected MPs from Jammu and Kashmir had lost the assembly polls last year. National Conference leader Mehboob Beg who won south Kashmir constituency Anantnag had lost to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammed Sayeed at Anantnag in the November-December assembly elections.
Indonesian president's party officially declared winner in parliamentary electionMay 10th, 2009 Indonesian president's party named election winnerJAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia's election body says President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's party officially won last month's parliamentary polls. That puts the reform-minded leader in a strong position to be re-elected in the more important presidential race in July.
Mehbooba Mufti elected PDP legislature party leaderFebruary 10th, 2009 JAMMU - Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday vowed to play the role of a 'constructive opposition' after being elected leader of her party in the 87-member Jammu and Kashmir assembly. The PDP is the largest opposition group with 21 legislators.
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