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Events relating to democracy
The Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble becomes First Minister of the newly convened Northern Ireland Assembly
The Scottish parliament and the Welsh assembly hold their first elections, both narrowly won by Labour
A plebiscite in East Timor delivers a vote for independence from Indonesia
Trade unionist Morgan Tsvangirai leads a newly formed party in Zimbabwe, the MDC (Movement for Democratic Change)
The voters in Zimbabwe reject a new constitution enabling the government to acquire land compulsorily without compensation
In Zimbabwe's elections, marred by intimidation and violence, Mugabe's party wins 62 and Tsvangirai's 57 seats in the assembly
Angry crowds drive Slobodan Milosevic from power after he denies defeat in the Serbian election
In Zimbabwe's presidential election, again characterized by violence and apparent vote-rigging, Mugabe defeats Tsvangirai
The 'Rose Revolution' in Georgia forces the resignation of president Eduard Shevardnadze after rigged elections
Ian Paisley's hard-line Democratic Unionist Party wins in elections to the suspended Northern Ireland Assembly
Prime minister Viktor Yanukovych is at first declared winner of a rigged (and subsequently annulled) presidential election in Ukraine
Tests reveal that Viktor Yushchenko, opposition candidate in Ukraine's presidential election, has been poisoned with dyoxin
Opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko easily wins the re-run of the rigged presidential election in the Ukraine
The first general election is held in Iraq, for 275 members of a permanent Iraqi General Assembly
Aung San Suu Kyi remains under house arrest nearly 20 years after winning Burma' only free election
Stephen Harper, leader of the Conservative Party, wins the federal election in Canada and forms a minority government
Yoweri Museveni wins his third term as president of Uganda, in an election result provoking riots by opposition supporters
Daniel Ortega wins the Nicaraguan presidential election, returning to the office after 16 years
The Republicans lose control of both houses of the US Congress in an electoral backlash against the Iraq War
Democrat Nancy Pelosi is elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives, becoming the first woman to hold the post
Democratic US Senator Hillary Clinton launches her 2008 presidential bid, posting the message 'I'm in' on her website
US Senator John McCain launches his 2008 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination
Democratic US Senator Barrack Obama announces to a cheering crowd in Illinois that he is joining the 2008 presidential race
The Scottish National Party wins Scotland's election, becoming for the first time the party with the widest support in Scotland
Nicolas Sarkozy defeats Ségolène Royal to become President of the French Republic
