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In which year will the next UK General Election be held ?

Settled as 2010

The next election is due to take place on or before 3 June 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_2010

Background:

Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
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2008
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2009
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2010
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Settled as 2010 on Tue 16th Feb 1:02pm PST

Suspend date: Fri 31st Dec 9:59pm PST (41 weeks to go)
Settlement date: Tue 16th Feb 1:02pm PST

Initial likelihoods: 2008: 30%, 2009: 40%, 2010: 30%

Action history:

Created Sun 9th Mar 2008 6:33am PST by cakie174
Edited Sun 9th Mar 2008 7:01am PST by ryanj
Edited Sun 9th Mar 2008 2:05pm PST by lesley[Admin]
Settlement requested Mon 15th Feb 9:31pm PST by pics4d: the only possible answer is 2010
Settled as '2010' Tue 16th Feb 1:02pm PST by tisha[Admin]: The next election is due to take place on or before 3 June 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_2010

Suspend date: Fri 31st Dec 9:59pm PST (41 weeks to go)
Settlement date: Tue 16th Feb 1:02pm PST details

 

Predictions (190)

20 weeks ago
keyeshoveden[Power User] predicted 2010 (H$1,000 at 96%)
20 weeks ago
keyeshoveden[Power User] predicted 2010 (H$1,000 at 94%)
20 weeks ago
bookie predicted 2009 (H$20 at 6%)
27 weeks ago
johnnydollar predicted 2010 (H$100 at 95%)
33 weeks ago
michaelps7 predicted 2009 (H$10 at 5%)

Comments (2)

  1 lesley[Admin]
This will be settled when a date for the next election is ANNOUNCED by the BBC, we will not wait until the election itself to take place.

Lesley
Hubdub Category Manager
posted 1 year ago
If the election is not announced by 30/11/09 then it must be in 2010.
posted 41 weeks ago

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