The following elections occurred in the year 2000.
Africa
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2000 Ethiopian general election
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2000 Ghanaian presidential election
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1999–2000 Guinea-Bissau general election
General elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 28 November 1999, with a second round for the presidential election on 16 January 2000. The presidential election resulted in a victory for opposition leader Kumba Ialá of the Party for Social Renew ...
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2000–01 Ivorian parliamentary election
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2000 Ivorian presidential election
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2000 Mauritian general election
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2000 Ghanaian parliamentary election
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2000 Senegalese presidential election
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2000 South African municipal elections
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2000 Sudanese general election
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2000 Tanzanian general election
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2000 Zimbabwean constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Zimbabwe on 12–13 February 2000. The proposed new Constitution of Zimbabwe, which had been drafted by a Constitutional Convention the previous year, was defeated. The defeat was unexpected and was tak ...
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2000 Zimbabwean parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Zimbabwe on 24 and 25 June 2000 to elect members of the House of Assembly. The electoral system involved 120 constituencies returning one member each, elected by the First Past the Post system, with the Pres ...
Asia
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2000–2001 Azerbaijani parliamentary election
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2000 Hong Kong legislative election
The 2000 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was held on 10 September 2000 for members of the 2nd Legislative Council (LegCo) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). The election returned 24 members from directly elected geogr ...
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2000 Iranian legislative election
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2000 Japanese general election
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2000 Kyrgyz presidential election
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2000 Mongolian legislative election
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2000 Republic of China presidential election
Presidential elections were held on 18 March 2000 to elect the president and vice president of Taiwan. With a voter turnout of 82.69%, Chen Shui-bian and Annette Lu of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) were elected president and vice pres ...
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2000 South Korean legislative election
Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 13 April 2000.
Opinion polls suggested that the ruling Democratic Party would win the most seats, but the result was a victory for the conservative Grand National Party (GNP), which won 133 of th ...
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2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 10 October 2000.
The People's Alliance (PA) government Kumaratunga had led for six years was facing increasing criticism on two fronts: a series of military defeats at the hands of the rebel Lib ...
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2000 Uzbek presidential election
India
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2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
Japan
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2000 Japanese general election
Russia
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Elections in Astrakhan Oblast
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Krasnodar Krai Head of Administration elections
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2000 Russian presidential election
Turkey
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2000 Turkish presidential election
Australia
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2000 Benalla state by-election
A by-election was held for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Benalla on 13 May 2000. The by-election was triggered by the resignation on 12 April of Pat McNamara, the sitting member who was Deputy Premier of Victoria
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2000 Bundamba state by-election
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2000 Isaacs by-election
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2000 Woodridge state by-election
Europe
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2000 Belarusian parliamentary election
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2000 Belgian local elections
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2000 Croatian parliamentary election
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2000 Croatian presidential election
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2000 Yugoslavian presidential election
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2000 Finnish presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Finland on 16 January 2000, with a second round on 6 February. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p606
The result was a victory for Tarja Halonen of the Social De ...
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2000 Gibraltar general election
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2000 Greek legislative election
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2000 Lithuanian parliamentary election
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2000 Montenegrin municipal elections
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2000 Northern Cyprus presidential election
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2000 Polish presidential election
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2000 Portuguese regional elections
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2000 Romanian presidential election
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2000 Romanian legislative election
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2000 Serbian parliamentary election
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2000 Slovenian parliamentary election
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2000 Ukrainian constitutional referendum
Austria
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2000 Burgenland state election
France
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2000 French constitutional referendum
Germany
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2000 North Rhine-Westphalia state election
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2000 Schleswig-Holstein state election
Italy
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2000 Abruzzo regional election
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2000 Apulian regional election
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2000 Basilicata regional election
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2000 Calabrian regional election
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2000 Campania regional election
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2000 Emilia-Romagna regional election
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2000 Lazio regional election
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2000 Ligurian regional election
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2000 Lombard regional election
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2000 Marche regional election
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2000 Molise regional election
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2000 Piedmontese regional election
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2000 Tuscan regional election
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2000 Umbrian regional election
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2000 Venetian regional election
Moldova
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2000 Transnistrian legislative election
Russia
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Elections in Astrakhan Oblast
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Krasnodar Krai Head of Administration elections
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2000 Russian presidential election
Spain
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2000 Spanish general election
Turkey
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2000 Turkish presidential election
United Kingdom
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2000 Ayr by-election
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2000 Ceredigion by-election
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2000 Falkirk West by-election
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2000 Glasgow Anniesland by-elections
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2000 London Assembly election
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2000 Preston by-election
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2000 Romsey by-election
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2000 South Antrim by-election
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2000 Speaker of the British House of Commons election
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2000 Tottenham by-election
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2000 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election
United Kingdom local
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2000 United Kingdom local elections
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2000 London mayoral election
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2000 Adur Council election
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2000 Amber Valley Council election
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2000 Barrow-in-Furness Council election
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2000 Blackpool Council election
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2000 Bolton Council election
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2000 Brentwood Council election
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2000 Burnley Council election
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2000 Bury Council election
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2000 Calderdale Council election
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2000 Cheltenham Council election
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2000 Cherwell Council election
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2000 Chorley Council election
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2000 Craven Council election
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2000 Daventry Council election
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2000 Derby Council election
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2000 Eastleigh Council election
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2000 Ellesmere Port and Neston Council election
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2000 Epping Forest Council election
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2000 Fareham Council election
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2000 Gateshead Council election
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2000 Gosport Council election
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2000 Halton Council election
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2000 Harlow Council election
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2000 Hart Council election
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2000 Hartlepool Council election
Elections to Hartlepool Borough Council in the ceremonial county of County Durham in England were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control ...
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2000 Hastings Council election
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2000 Hull Council election
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2000 Hyndburn Council election
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2000 Ipswich Borough Council election
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2000 Knowsley Council election
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2000 Leeds City Council election
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2000 City of Lincoln Council election
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2000 Liverpool City Council election
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2000 Manchester City Council election
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2000 Mole Valley Council election
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2000 Newcastle-under-Lyme Council election
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2000 Oldham Council election
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2000 Oxford City Council election
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2000 Penwith Council election
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2000 Portsmouth Council election
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2000 Purbeck Council election
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2000 Redditch Council election
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2000 Rochdale Council election
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2000 Rochford Council election
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2000 Rossendale Council election
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2000 Rugby Council election
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2000 Runnymede Council election
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2000 Rushmoor Council election
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2000 Salford Council election
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2000 Sefton Council election
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2000 Solihull Council election
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2000 South Lakeland Council election
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2000 South Tyneside Council election
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2000 Southampton City Council election
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2000 Southend-on-Sea Council election
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2000 St Albans Council election
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2000 St Helens Council election
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2000 Stevenage Council election
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2000 Stratford-on-Avon Council election
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2000 Swindon Council election
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2000 Tamworth Council election
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2000 Tandridge Council election
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2000 Three Rivers Council election
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2000 Thurrock Council election
The 2000 Thurrock Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Thurrock Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.
After the election, ...
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2000 Torbay Council election
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2000 Trafford Council election
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2000 Tunbridge Wells Council election
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2000 Wakefield Council election
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2000 Watford Council election
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2000 Waveney Council election
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2000 Welwyn Hatfield Council election
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2000 West Lancashire Council election
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2000 West Lindsey Council election
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2000 Weymouth and Portland Council election
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2000 Wigan Council election
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2000 Winchester Council election
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2000 Windsor and Maidenhead Council election
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2000 Wirral Council election
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2000 Woking Council election
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2000 Wokingham Council election
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2000 Wolverhampton Council election
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2000 Worcester Council election
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2000 Worthing Council election
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2000 Wyre Forest Council election
Japan
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2000 Japanese general election
Mexico
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2000 Mexican general election
North America
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1999–2000 Belizean municipal elections
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2000 Mexican general election
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2000 Salvadoran legislative election
Canada
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2000 Prince Edward Island general election
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2000 Yukon general election
Canadian federal
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2000 Canadian federal election
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Results of the 2000 Canadian federal election
Ontario municipal
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2000 Brantford municipal election
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2000 Greater Sudbury municipal election
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2000 Guelph municipal election
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2000 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election
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2000 Norfolk County municipal election
300px, Map of the Wards in Norfolk County
The ''first municipal election in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada'' in the year 2000 was the first one as a single-tier municipality.
Rita Kalmbach defeated the former Simcoe mayor Rick Kolwasky and a ...
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2000 Ottawa municipal election
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2000 Peterborough municipal election
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2000 St. Catharines municipal election
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2000 Toronto municipal election
The 2000 Toronto municipal election, dubbed "Toronto Vote 2000", was the municipal and school board election of 2000 held in Toronto on November 13, 2000.
Elections were held to elect:
* the Mayor of Toronto,
* councillors for each of Toronto's ...
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2000 Vaughan municipal election
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2000 Windsor municipal election
Caribbean
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2000 Dominican Republic presidential election
Presidential elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 2000. Nohlen, Dieter (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p247 A runoff was to have taken place on 30 June between first-place finisher Hipólito Me ...
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2000 Dominican general election
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2000 Haitian parliamentary election
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2000 Haitian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Haiti on 26 November 2000. The opposition parties, organised into the recently created Convergence Démocratique, boycotted the election after disputing the results of the parliamentary elections. The result ...
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2000 Saint Pierre and Miquelon legislative election
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2000 Trinidad and Tobago general election
Puerto Rican
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2000 Puerto Rican general election
Mexico
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Mexican general election
Peru
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Peruvian general election
Puerto Rican
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2000 Puerto Rican general election
United States
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2000 United States House of Representatives elections
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2000 United States Senate elections
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2000 United States gubernatorial elections
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2000 United States elections
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2000 United States presidential election
The 2000 United States presidential election was the 54th quadrennial United States presidential election, presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 2000. Republican Party (United States), Republican candidate George W. Bush, the gover ...
United States gubernatorial
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2000 Delaware gubernatorial election
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2000 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
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2000 North Carolina gubernatorial election
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2000 North Dakota gubernatorial election
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2000 United States gubernatorial elections
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2000 Vermont gubernatorial election
The 2000 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Governor Howard Dean won re-election. The campaign was dominated by the fallout from the Same-sex marriage in Vermont, ...
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2000 Washington gubernatorial election
Alabama
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2000 United States presidential election in Alabama
Arizona
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English for Children (Arizona Proposition 203, 2000)
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2000 United States Senate election in Arizona
Arkansas
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2000 United States presidential election in Arkansas
California
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2000 California State Assembly election
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2000 California Democratic presidential primary
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2000 California elections
California's state elections were held November 7, 2000. Necessary primary elections were held on March 7. Up for election were all the seats of the State Assembly, 20 seats of the State Senate, and eight ballot measures.
California State Leg ...
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2000 California Republican presidential primary
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2000 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election
The 2000 San Francisco San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Board of Supervisors elections occurred on November 7, 2000, with a runoff election held on December 12, 2000. All eleven seats were contested. Elections to odd-numbered districts were t ...
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2000 California State Senate election
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2000 United States House of Representatives elections in California
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2000 United States Senate election in California
Colorado
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2000 United States presidential election in Colorado
Delaware
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2000 Delaware gubernatorial election
Florida
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2000 United States Senate election in Florida
Georgia (U.S. state)
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2000 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia
Hawaii
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2000 United States Senate election in Hawaii
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2000 United States presidential election in Hawaii
Idaho
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2000 United States presidential election in Idaho
Illinois
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2000 Illinois's 1st congressional district election
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2000 United States presidential election in Illinois
Iowa
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2000 Iowa Democratic caucuses
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2000 Iowa Republican caucuses
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2000 United States presidential election in Iowa
The 2000 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the United States Electoral College, Electoral ...
Maine
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2000 United States presidential election in Maine
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2000 United States Senate election in Maine
Maryland
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2000 United States Senate election in Maryland
The 2000 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes won re-election to a fifth term.
Candidates Democratic
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2000 United States presidential election in Maryland
Massachusetts
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2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
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2000 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
Michigan
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2000 United States Senate election in Michigan
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2000 United States presidential election in Michigan
Missouri
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2000 Missouri Democratic presidential primary
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2000 Missouri Republican presidential primary
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2000 United States Senate election in Missouri
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2000 United States presidential election in Missouri
Montana
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2000 United States Senate election in Montana
New Hampshire
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2000 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
New Mexico
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2000 United States Senate election in New Mexico
The 2000 United States Senate election in New Mexico took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democrat U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman won re-election to a fourth term.
Democratic primary Candidates
* Jeff Bingaman, incumbent U.S. Senator
Resul ...
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2000 United States presidential election in New Mexico
North Carolina
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2000 North Carolina Council of State election
The North Carolina Council of State election of 2000 was held on 7 November 2000, to elect the Council of State. On the same day, North Carolina held elections for Governor and for Lieutenant Governor, who also formally sit in the Council of St ...
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2000 North Carolina judicial elections
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2000 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election
The 2000 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on 7 November 2000, as part of the elections to the Council of State. North Carolina also held a gubernatorial election on the same day, but the offices of Governor and Lieute ...
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2000 North Carolina gubernatorial election
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2000 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina
North Dakota
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2000 North Dakota gubernatorial election
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2000 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota
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2000 United States Senate election in North Dakota
Oregon
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Oregon Ballot Measure 7 (2000) Ballot Measure 7, an Oregon, United States ballot initiative that passed with over 53% approval in 2000, amended the Oregon Constitution, requiring the government to reimburse land owners when regulations reduced the value of their property.
It w ...
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2000 United States presidential election in Oregon
The 2000 United States presidential election in Oregon was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2000 as part of the concurrent United States presidential election. Voters chose seven electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, to vote for ...
Pennsylvania
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2000 Pennsylvania Attorney General election
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2000 Pennsylvania Auditor General election
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2000 Pennsylvania House of Representatives election
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2000 Pennsylvania Senate election
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2000 Pennsylvania state elections
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2000 Pennsylvania State Treasurer election
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2000 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania
Puerto Rican
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2000 Puerto Rican general election
South Carolina
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2000 South Carolina Republican presidential primary
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2000 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
Tennessee
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2000 United States Senate election in Tennessee
The 2000 United States Senate election in Tennessee took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Bill Frist won re-election to a second term.
Democratic primary
The Democratic primary was held August 3, 2000. In a field of ...
United States House of Representatives
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2000 United States House of Representatives elections
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2000 United States House of Representatives elections in California
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2000 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia
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2000 Illinois's 1st congressional district election
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2000 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota
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2000 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
United States Senate
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2000 United States Senate elections
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2000 United States Senate election in California
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2000 United States Senate election in Connecticut
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2000 United States Senate election in Georgia
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2000 United States Senate election in Hawaii
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2000 United States Senate election in Indiana
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2000 United States Senate election in Maine
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2000 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
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2000 United States Senate election in Minnesota
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2000 United States Senate election in Missouri
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2000 United States Senate election in Montana
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2000 United States Senate election in Nebraska
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2000 United States Senate election in Nevada
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2000 United States Senate election in New Mexico
The 2000 United States Senate election in New Mexico took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democrat U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman won re-election to a fourth term.
Democratic primary Candidates
* Jeff Bingaman, incumbent U.S. Senator
Resul ...
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2000 United States Senate election in New York
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2000 United States Senate election in North Dakota
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2000 United States Senate election in Ohio
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2000 United States Senate election in Rhode Island
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2000 United States Senate election in Tennessee
The 2000 United States Senate election in Tennessee took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Bill Frist won re-election to a second term.
Democratic primary
The Democratic primary was held August 3, 2000. In a field of ...
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2000 United States Senate election in Texas
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2000 United States Senate election in Arizona
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2000 United States Senate election in Delaware
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2000 United States Senate election in Florida
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2000 United States Senate election in Maryland
The 2000 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes won re-election to a fifth term.
Candidates Democratic
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2000 United States Senate election in Michigan
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2000 United States Senate election in Mississippi
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2000 United States Senate election in New Jersey
The 2000 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg retired rather than seeking a fourth term. Democratic nominee Jon Corzine, former CEO of Goldman Sachs, defeate ...
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2000 United States Senate election in Utah
The 2000 United States Senate election in Utah took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch won re-election to a fifth term.
Major candidates Democratic
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Republican
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2000 United States Senate election in Vermont
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2000 United States Senate election in Virginia
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2000 United States Senate election in Washington
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2000 United States Senate election in West Virginia
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2000 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
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2000 United States Senate election in Wyoming
Utah
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2000 United States Senate election in Utah
The 2000 United States Senate election in Utah took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch won re-election to a fifth term.
Major candidates Democratic
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Republican
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2000 United States presidential election in Utah
Vermont
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2000 United States presidential election in Vermont
The 2000 United States presidential election in Vermont took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for presi ...
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2000 Vermont gubernatorial election
The 2000 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Governor Howard Dean won re-election. The campaign was dominated by the fallout from the Same-sex marriage in Vermont, ...
Virginia
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2000 United States Senate election in Virginia
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2000 United States presidential election in Virginia
Washington (U.S. state)
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2000 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
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2000 United States Senate election in Washington
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2000 Washington attorney general election
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2000 Washington gubernatorial election
Washington, D.C.
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2000 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia
West Virginia
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2000 United States Senate election in West Virginia
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2000 United States presidential election in West Virginia
Wisconsin
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2000 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
Wyoming
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2000 United States Senate election in Wyoming
Oceania
Australia
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2000 Benalla state by-election
A by-election was held for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Benalla on 13 May 2000. The by-election was triggered by the resignation on 12 April of Pat McNamara, the sitting member who was Deputy Premier of Victoria
The deputy premi ...
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2000 Bundamba state by-election
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2000 Isaacs by-election
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2000 Woodridge state by-election
Hawaii
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United States Senate election in Hawaii, 2000
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United States presidential election in Hawaii, 2000
South America
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1999–2000 Chilean presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Chile on 12 December 1999, with a runoff on 16 January 2000. Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p262 The result was a victory for Ricardo Lagos of the ''Concertación ...
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Peruvian general election
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2000 Uruguayan municipal elections
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2000 Venezuelan parliamentary election
General elections were held in Venezuela on 30 July 2000, the first under the country's newly adopted 1999 constitution. Incumbent President Hugo Chávez ran for election for a full 6-year term under the new Constitution. He was challenged by ano ...
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2000 Venezuelan presidential election
General elections were held in Venezuela on 30 July 2000, the first under the country's newly adopted 1999 constitution. Incumbent President Hugo Chávez ran for election for a full 6-year term under the new Constitution. He was challenged by anot ...
See also
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File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...
Elections
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold Public administration, public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative ...