Fitzpatrick's election ushered in an era of stability and reform for the labor federation.

Presidential and parliamentary elections at the beginning of 2000 ushered in politicians who pledged commitment to Croatia's integration into the European mainstream.

In the capital Tunis, 200 miles to the north east, elections in October ushered in a transitional government.

Pro-Western Egypt is a military dictatorship; real elections there would probably usher in a fundamentalist regime.

The election of Reagan ushered in the conservative decade.

His election ushered in the quarter-century era of the Bourbon Democrat, the conservative, pro-business faction in the Democratic Party.

But if the five-year-old Democratic Party continues to make inroads on Sunday, many experts say this election may usher in a two-party system.

Some voters said they hoped that the elections would usher in the changes that the Karzai government had failed to deliver thus far.

I was among those who believed that the election of President Obasanjo some years ago would usher in change.

Despite the uncertainties and an all-powerful executive, there is also much optimism that the elections have ushered in an era of change.