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This type contains information about elections for governmental offices. In order to be able to compare elections for the same office, each office or seat should have its own election topic.  E.g., each seat for a legislature will have a... more

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United States presidential election, 2008 Presidential electoral votes by state     Nov 4, 2008
The United States presidential election of 2008, scheduled for Tuesday, November 4, 2008, will be the 56th consecutive quadrennial United States presidential election and will select the President of the United States and Vice President of the...
Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008 Barack Obama Primary election Barack Obama 2008
[[Image:2008 Democratic Primaries Delegate Vote.svg|thumb|410px|right|Pledged Delegate margins in the Democratic primaries and caucuses, according to the election results. Obama won the delegate count in the darkest purple states by the largest...
Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008 John McCain Primary election John McCain 2008
Notes for the following table: Delegate counts are estimates, and are taken from RCP. Republican candidates in the 2008 U.S. presidential election will campaign for the nomination from their party in a series of primary elections and caucus events....
2002 Libertarian Primary, California’s 13th Assembly District   Primary election Chris Maden Mar 5, 2002  
2002 Election, California’s 13th Assembly District     Mark Leno Nov 5, 2002  
2004 Libertarian Primary, California’s 12th Assembly District   Primary election Chris Maden Mar 2, 2004  
2004 Election, California’s 12th Assembly District     Leland Yee Nov 2, 2004  
United States presidential election, 2000   George W. Bush Nov 7, 2000
The United States presidential election of 2000 was a contest between Democratic candidate Al Gore, then Vice President, and Republican candidate George W. Bush, then governor of Texas and son of former president George H. W. Bush (1989-1993). Bill...
United States presidential election, 2004 George W. Bush   George W. Bush Nov 2, 2004
The United States presidential election of 2004 was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 to elect the president. It was the 55th consecutive quadrennial election for the president and vice president of the United States. Republican candidate George...
British Columbia general election, 2005     2005
The 38th British Columbia general election was held on May 17, 2005, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia (BC), Canada. The BC Liberal Party formed the government of the province prior to this general...
Surrey Cloverdale Riding 2005       2005  
United Kingdom general election, 2001 Tony Blair     Jun 7, 2001
The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed "the quiet landslide" by the media. There was little change at all - outside Northern Ireland - with 620 out of 641 seats remaining unchanged. Labour enjoyed its second landslide...
United States presidential election, 1996 Presidential electoral votes   Bill Clinton 1996
The United States presidential election of 1996 was a contest between the Democratic national ticket of President Bill Clinton of Arkansas and Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee versus the Republican national ticket of former Senator Robert J. Dole...
United Kingdom general election, 1997 Tony Blair      
The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. The Labour Party won the general election in a landslide victory with 418 seats, the most seats the party has ever held. The Conservatives ended up with 165 seats, the fewest seats they have held...
United States presidential election, 1988 Presidential electoral votes by state   George H. W. Bush Nov 8, 1988
The United States presidential election of 1988 featured an open primary for both major parties. Ronald Reagan, the incumbent President, was vacating the position after serving the maximum two terms allowed by the Twenty-second Amendment. Reagan's...
United States presidential election, 1876 Presidential electoral votes by state   Rutherford B. Hayes  
The United States presidential election of 1876 was one of the most disputed and intense presidential elections in American history. Samuel J. Tilden of New York defeated Ohio's Rutherford Hayes in the popular vote, and had 184 electoral votes to...
United States presidential election, 1789 Presidential electoral votes by state   George Washington  
The United States presidential election of 1789 was the first presidential election in the United States of America. Elections held in this manner were described by Article II, Sec. 1, Clause 3 of the newly established Constitution. Before this time...
United States presidential election, 1792 Presidential electoral votes by state   George Washington  
The United States presidential election of 1792 was the second presidential election in the United States, and the first in which each of the original 13 states appointed electors (in addition to newly added states Kentucky and Vermont). It is also...
United States presidential election, 1796   John Adams  
The United States presidential election of 1796 was the first contested American presidential election and the first one to elect a President and Vice-President from opposing tickets, exposing a downside to the original Electoral College system. It...
United States presidential election, 1800 Presidential electoral votes by state   Thomas Jefferson  
In the United States Presidential election of 1800, sometimes referred to as the “Revolution of 1800”, Vice President Thomas Jefferson defeated President John Adams. The election was a realigning election that ushered in a generation of Democratic...
United States presidential election, 1804 Presidential electoral votes by state   Thomas Jefferson  
The United States presidential election of 1804 pitted incumbent Democratic-Republican President Thomas Jefferson against Federalist Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. Jefferson easily defeated Pinckney in the first presidential election conducted...
United States presidential election, 1808 Presidential electoral votes by state   James Madison  
In the United States presidential election of 1808, the Democratic-Republican candidate James Madison defeated Federalist candidate Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. Madison had served as United States Secretary of State under incumbent Thomas Jefferson,...
United States presidential election, 1812 Presidential electoral votes by state   James Madison  
The United States presidential election of 1812 took place in the shadow of the War of 1812. It featured an intriguing competition between incumbent Democratic-Republican President James Madison and a dissident Democratic-Republican, DeWitt Clinton,...
United States presidential election, 1816 Presidential electoral votes by state   James Monroe  
The United States presidential election of 1816 came at the end of the two-term presidency of Democratic-Republican James Madison. With the opposition Federalist Party in collapse, Madison's Secretary of State, James Monroe, was seen by many as pre...
United States presidential election, 1824 Votes in the Electoral College, 1824   John Quincy Adams  
In the United States presidential election of 1824, John Quincy Adams was elected President on February 9, 1825 after the election was decided by the House of Representatives. The previous few years had seen a one-party government in the United...
United States presidential election, 1828 Presidential electoral votes by state   Andrew Jackson  
The United States presidential election of 1828 featured a rematch between incumbent President John Quincy Adams and chief rival Andrew Jackson. Incumbent Vice President John C. Calhoun had sided with the Jacksonians. Richard Rush was then the...
United States presidential election, 1832 Presidential electoral votes by state   Andrew Jackson  
The United States presidential election of 1832 saw incumbent President Andrew Jackson, candidate of the Democratic Party, easily win reelection against Henry Clay of Kentucky. Jackson won 219 of the 286 electoral votes cast, easily defeating Clay,...
United States presidential election, 1836 Presidential electoral votes by state   Martin Van Buren  
The United States presidential election of 1836 is predominantly remembered for three reasons: Democratic candidates Incumbent president Andrew Jackson decided to retire after two terms and supported his Vice President, Martin Van Buren. Although...
United States presidential election, 1840 Presidential electoral votes by state   William Henry Harrison  
The United States presidential election of 1840 saw President Martin Van Buren fight for re-election against an economic depression and a Whig Party unified for the first time behind war hero William Henry Harrison. Rallying under the slogan ...
United States presidential election, 1844 Presidential electoral votes by state   James K. Polk  
The United States presidential election of 1844 saw Democrat James Knox Polk defeat Whig Henry Clay in a close contest that turned on foreign policy, with Polk favoring the annexation of Texas and Clay opposed. Democratic nominee James K. Polk ran...