Meaning of snap election | Babel Free

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An election that is called earlier than the regularly scheduled election time.

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“A legislature should no more encourage⟳ and sustain snap⟳ elections, than a court should encourage⟳ and sustain snap⟳ judgment.”

“The echoes of the election of President by snap⟳ election ticket, which had been brewing sub rosa for almost a year, forced these views upon my mind⟳.”

“Mr. [Sidney] HOLLAND.—I think⟳ it is important for the House to know⟳, because there are fairly widespread rumours going round of a general election. I do not know⟳ where the rumours came from. The Right Hon. Mr. [Peter] FRASER said that he could not authenticate the rumours. There would not be anything in the nature of a snap⟳ election.”

“Let⟳ hon. members stop⟳ putting the red strips of bacon under the cellophane in the hope⟳ that because they are getting in first or are yelling the loudest they are going to take⟳ all the political advantage they can from it, hoping to win⟳ a snap⟳ election by offering the old people nothing and covering it up with aid to a few in the 55 to 65 age group.”

“Last⟳ year, in an excess of arrogance, the dictatorship called for its doom in a snap⟳ election. The people obliged. With over a million signatures, they drafted me to challenge⟳ the dictatorship. And I obliged.”

“The chief whip was in no doubt⟳ that had [Marilyn] Waring agreed to tear⟳ up the letter, stay⟳ in the caucus, and attend⟳ select⟳ committees, [Robert] Muldoon would have⟳ accepted that and not contemplated a snap⟳ election.”

“By dissolving the Lower House and calling a snap⟳ election, Thaksin [Shinawatra] intended to release⟳ the pressure from street protesters led by the PAD who had been demanding his immediate resignation.”

“The Parliament was to be elected for fixed four-year terms, so that the Prime Minister would no longer be able to call⟳ snap⟳ elections to suit⟳ his own⟳ party's fortunes, nor cajole Parliament with the threat of arbitrary dissolution.”

“Spain’s PM calls snap⟳ election after conservative and far-right wins in local polls [title]”

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