1,047 planning to run in next general election
A total of 1,047 people were planning to run as of Friday in the next general election for the 480-seat House of Representatives, which Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is expected to call later this year, according to a Kyodo News tally.
SEVEN candidates were officially approved for the upcoming first round of the presidential election scheduled for March 21, the chairman of the Slovak Parliament, Pavol Paška, stated to the TASR newswire.