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Appendix 12 - General Elections – Significant dates from 19th to 43rd Parliaments

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Dates									Number of days between
Parlia ment	Election announced in House (outside House)	House rising date	Disso lution	Writs issued	Nomin-ations closed	Date of poll	Date for return of writs (on or before)	Date of first sitting	House rising and poll- ing day	poll- ing day and first sitt- ing	Date for return of writs and first sitting
19	26.10.49	27.10.49	31.10.49	31.10.49	14.11.49	10.12.49	25.1.50	22.2.50	44	74	28
20	(17.3.51) [i]	16.3.51	19.3.51	28.3.51	6.4.51	28.4.51	13.6.51	12.6.51	43	45	-1 [ii]
21	6.4.54 [iii]	14.4.54	21.4.54	23.4.54	6.5.54	29.5.54	7.7.54	4.8.54	45	67	28
22	26.10.55	28.10.55 [iv]	4.11.55	7.11.55	16.11.55	10.12.55	25.1.56	15.2.56	43	67	21
23	20.8.58 [v]	2.10.58 [iv]	14.10.58	22.10.58	31.10.58	22.11.58	20.1.59	17.2.59	51	87	28
24	12.9.61	27.10.61 [iv]	2.11.61	3.11.61	14.11.61	9.12.61	1.2.62	20.2.62	43	73	19
25	15.10.63	30.10.63	1.11.63	1.11.63	8.11.63	30.11.63	30.1.64	25.2.64	31	87	26
26	12.10.66	28.10.66	31.10.66	31.10.66	7.11.66	26.11.66	26.1.67	21.2.67	29	87	26
27	20.8.69	26.9.69	29.9.69	29.9.69	7.10.69	25.10.69	24.11.69	25.11.69	29	31	1
28	10.10.72	26.10.72	2.11.72	2.11.72	10.11.72	2.12.72	31.1.73	27.2.73	37	87	27
29	10.4.74	10.4.74	11.4.74	20.4.74	29.4.74	18.5.74	29.6.74	9.7.74	38	52	10
30	11.11.75	11.11.75	11.11.75	17 & 21.11.75 [vi]	28.11.75	13.12.75	22.1.76	17.2.76	32	66	26
31	27.10.77	8.11.77	10.11.77	10.11.77	18.11.77	10.12.77	8.2.78	21.2.78	32	73	13
32	11.9.80	18.9.80	19.9.80	19.9.80	27.9.80	18.10.80	17.12.80	25.11.80	30	38	-22 [ii]
33	(3.2.83)	15.12.82 [iv]	4.2.83	4.2.83	19.2.83	5.3.83	5.5.83	21.4.83	80	47	-14 [ii]
34	8.10.84	11.10.84	26.10.84	26.10.84	6.11.84	1.12.84	24.1.85	21.2.85	51	82	28
35	27.5.87	4.6.87	5.6.87	5.6.87	18.6.87	11.7.87	3.9.87	14.9.87	37	65	11
36	(16.2.90)	22.12.89	19.2.90	19.2.90	2.3.90	24.3.90	30.5.90	8.5.90	92	45	-22 [ii]
37	(7.2.93)	18.12.92 [iv]	8.2.93	8.2.93	19.2.93	13.3.93	19.5.93	4.5.93	85	52	-15 [ii]
38	(27.1.96)	1.12.95 [iv]	29.1.96	29.1.96	9.2.96	2.3.96	8.5.96	30.4.96	92	59	-8 [ii]
39	(30.8.98)	15.7.98	31.8.98	31.8.98	10.9.98	3.10.98	9.12.98	10.11.98	80	38	-29 [ii]
40	(5.10.01)	27.9.01	8.10.01	8.10.01	18.10.01	10.11.01	16.1.02	12.2.02	44	94	27
41	(29.8.04)	13.8.04 [iv]	31.8.04	31.8.04	16.9.04	9.10.04	8.12.04	16.11.04	57	38	-22 [ii]
42	(14.10.07)	20.9.07	17.10.07	17.10.07	1.11.07	24.11.07	25.1.08	12.2.08	65	80	18
43	(17.7.10)	24.6.10	19.7.10	19.7.10	29.7.10	21.8.10	27.10.10	28.9.10	58	38	-29 [ii]

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