Montreal's municipal Ecology Party also scored very well in elections in this period under the leadership of publisher Dimitrios Roussopoulos.

Mr. Sharon assembled a government loaded with right-wing ministers after Likud scored a landslide victory in elections in January.

The two parties scored big victories in their respective parts of the country in elections earlier this month.

When Hamas scored a landslide victory in Palestinian legislative elections, Israel and its supporters took note.

The triumphant Democrats - having scored big gains in mid-term elections - were talking of imposing controls on prices, wages, executive compensation and profits.

The Republicans blamed the Democrats for the depression and scored a landslide victory in the 1894 state and Congressional elections.

When a new republican movement scored sweeping victories in municipal elections in 1931, the king went into exile in Italy.

In the 2005 General Election they fielded two candidates who received 376 votes between them but they have scored far better in elections at local level.

The former paratrooper, who scored a landslide victory in presidential elections last month, attacked legislators who argued that his proposal required a previous constitutional reform.

Democrats scored major breakthroughs in local elections all across Long Island on Tuesday, extending their control of suburbs that for decades were almost exclusively Republican.