Supervisorial elections take place in June, with run-off elections (if necessary) in November.
With the new session set to start in November that means dissolution would have to take place by early September with elections in October.
As late as Wednesday both leaders were insisting that unification should take place as soon as possible and almost simultaneously with national elections.
Elections take place on the fourth Tuesday of August in years following presidential election years, with run-off elections taking place six weeks later if necessary.
The flyspeck island nation of Bahrain took a tentative step toward democracy with municipal elections that concluded last week.
Lubbers' information task was expected to take until 7 July with elections set at 22 November 2006.
The first phase of the 2009 election took place on Thursday, 16 April with elections in 124 constituencies across 15 states and 2 union territories.
Would more people join, become active members and take part in debates in connection with elections and decision-making?
Alternatively, he suggested that a new Prime Minister take office but with parliamentary elections delayed for a year or more.
The Japanese-American negotiations took place at a time of political upheaval in Japan, with elections coming next month that will probably change the Government.