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2023-06-29 13:59:17 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5E8FDCC52E3FC8B09A55582B8DF90A475C1D7F53245FBE1FCD024D16F1B9F27D
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The UK suspended elections. For five years not ten. The last general election before the war took place in 1935, and the next one was scheduled to occur in 1940. Due to the war, the British government enacted the emergency powers act. Suspending elections for the war. https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/private-lives/yourcountry/collections/collections-second-world-war/second-world-war-legislation/emergency-powers-defence-act-c20-1940-/
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