Parties must poll 3% of the national vote to gain representation.

As a result, blacks soon gained representation on both public bodies.

There could be similar damage to the community's efforts to gain political representation, he added.

In 2006, the party failed by a mere 137 votes to gain representation.

Besides its own foreign and security policy, the Commission is also gaining greater representation in international bodies.

It was the first Green Party to gain representation in state elections.

However, it seemed likely that mutual fund companies would gain representation on the board in the future.

His government had three new guilds created so that almost all men gained representation.

As a result, it is much harder for smaller parties to gain representation in parliament.

An opportunity must be made for the youth of the city to gain representation on these boards as well.