The Local Government Ordinance, 2001, governs elections to the local bodies.

Haitians will vote in local elections on 6 November 2005.

Lachin residents take part both in local and NK elections.

The proportion of female candidates in elections of local government councils is higher than in the parliamentary elections.

People in both Lachin town as well as in local villages confirmed that they take part in local and NK wide elections, with some even voting in Armenian national elections.

The last elections to the local bodies were completed in 2001.

This included the drafting of a local elections law, the conduct of low tech but sustainable voter registration, and holding of local elections in staggered phases from late 2004 to September 2005.

Residents take part both in local and NK elections and, according to some of those interviewed, even in the Armenian national elections.

People in Kelbajar town said that they only took part in local elections, although one person mentioned voting in the NK elections as well.

The budget is based on the premise that five polls will take place  a referendum, local elections, legislative elections and two rounds of presidential elections with an electorate of 28 million voters.

However women in certain areas of the country were prevented from doing so in the local bodies elections and the last general elections (October 2002).

The Council of Europe had monitored the recent local elections and had deemed them satisfactory.

Only 10 months from now, local, parliamentary and presidential elections will take place in Haiti.

A total of 60,512 women contested elections to the three tiers of the local bodies.

It verifies whether referendums and presidential, legislative and local elections are legal, transparent and fair.

Villagers claimed that local elections took place last August here and in the other nearby settlements.

The National Electoral Commission, with significant international support, successfully organized the local government elections in 2004.

Although there is still almost a year until the next local government elections, women's associations of political parties already prepare their members to stand as candidates in elections.

Preparations are under way to help organize presidential, legislative and local elections in the third quarter of 2005.

In Croatia, we have found that direct elections for local youth councils have been important in strengthening legitimacy.

A positive trend is the growing number of female candidates in both parliamentary and local government council elections.

The forum Women deciding 2004 was organised with the aim to start preparations for next local government elections.

The reporting period saw the first municipal elections to be administered wholly by local institutions, in October 2004.

She was pleased to note, however, that local and municipal elections had been held on 6 May 2005.

The Council looks forward to the holding of parliamentary and local elections in Afghanistan in the spring of 2005.

The 2005 parliamentary elections in Nagorno Karabakh were the first held under a new electoral code, which introduced numerous improvements to the procedures in force during previous presidential, parliamentary and local elections.

On 5 May, Palestinians held a second round of local elections in 84 municipalities in Gaza and the West Bank.

207 women were elected to the local authorities' councils in the last elections a total of 10.3 of the electives.

Most of the people interviewed said they were registered, took part in local and NK wide elections and received pensions.

They stated that they take part only in local, not in NK, elections and that they have NK identification cards.

This is done through the strengthening of knowledge and awareness to women's involvement in local politics and the preparation of a Women Reserve for the next local elections, especially among the Arab sector.

Afterwards, there were large number of activities, seminars and campaigns implemented for increased number of women elected at local and parliamentary elections.

Since then, presidential, parliamentary and local elections the latter ushering in a revival of local government that had been dormant for nearly 30 years have been held in conformity with democratic principles and practice.

The FFM learned of cases in Kelbajar and a small strip of Agdam District where people voted in both local and NK elections.

Additionally, local and regional power struggles linked to the elections and the possible contesting of seats in the new parliament are a possibility.

The worst cases of outright manipulation occurred when local bureaucrats all appointed from above pressured voters to support President Nursultan Nazarbayev's Otan Party. This problem will doubtless persist until more local officials are chosen through elections.

Welcoming the determination of the Afghan authorities to plan and carry out without delay parliamentary and local elections, scheduled for the spring of 2005,

After the amendments and supplements to the Law on Local Elections in 2004 (Article 37) 22.7 women councilors and 3.5 women mayors were elected.

(i) To request the technical assistance of the international community and the United Nations in planning free and fair local elections, following their announcement

Representatives of vulnerable and minority groups had also had limited success in local elections, but more needed to be done to facilitate their nomination.

(i) To request the technical assistance of the international community and the United Nations in planning free and fair local elections, following their announcement

A referendum on the constitution, now scheduled for 28 February 2005, will be followed by a series of elections, from local to legislative and presidential.

The Electoral Assistance Division with UNDP and the Secretariado developed a technical assistance project to assist in the holding of local elections in the country.

UNDP provided the Government with advisory as well as material support for the local elections in the districts of Bobonaro and Oecussi in December 2004.

It is against that background that Afghanistan held general elections last September to choose a National Assembly and local councils for the country's 34 provinces.