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A snap election is an election that is called earlier than the one that has been scheduled.
Generally, a snap election in a parliamentary system (the dissolution of parliament) is called to capitalize on an unusual electoral opportunity or to decide a pressing issue, under circumstances when an election is not required by law or convention. A snap election differs from a recall election in that it is initiated by politicians (usually the head of government or ruling party) rather than voters, and from a by-election in that a completely new parliament is chosen as opposed to merely filling vacancies in an already established assembly.[1][2] Early elections can also be called in certain jurisdictions after a ruling coalition is dissolved if a replacement coalition cannot be formed within a constitutionally set time limit.
Since the power to call snap elections (the dissolution of parliament) usually lies with the incumbent, they often result in increased majorities for the party already in power provided they have been called at an advantageous time.[3] However, snap elections can also backfire on the incumbent resulting in a decreased majority or in some cases the opposition winning or gaining power. As a result of the latter cases, there have been occasions in which the consequence has been the implementation of fixed-term elections.
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^"Japanese voters re-elect Abe in low poll turnout". Taipei Times. Agence France Presse. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014. Abe, 60, was only halfway through his four-year term when he called the vote last month....His fresh four-year mandate...
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minister for a snapelection, for example after the House of Commons passes a motion of no confidence in the government. Early elections are more likely...
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majority and has the constitutional right to call snapelections. Following the 2022 legislative election, Ensemble lost its absolute majority in the National...
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by incumbent Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Wilson decided to call a snapelection since his government, elected a mere 17 months previously, in 1964,...
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October, and chose to call a snapelection, which the House of Commons supported under the Early Parliamentary General Election Act 2019. Opinion polls showed...
due course. Federal elections can be held earlier if the president of Germany dissolves the Bundestag and schedules a snapelection. They may only do so...
would not agree to snapelections after 6 April. On 18 January 2023, Erdoğan, the President of Turkey, signalled that the elections will be held earlier...
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