During the life of the accord, the two parties alternated in the presidency every four years.

After the Civil War, the Gilded Age was marked by close balances in the House, with the parties alternating control.

The party has traditionally alternated its biennial June convention.

After 150 years in which two moderate parties alternated in power, Uruguay's five million people will have turned decisively to the left.

As the Senate leaders set a schedule for the debate on Wednesday, with the parties alternating hour by hour, each side tried to marshal its forces.

Before the War of the Triple Alliance, the Conservative and Liberal parties had alternated in local power, following the national tendency.

The party alternated between legality and illegality during the 1920s and 1930s.

These two parties have alternated in power since 1972.

The two parties have alternated in government, and have lost face politically to a great extent in the meanwhile.

Previous to this election, the parties had alternated their time in office since Independence.