He won again in 2005, and would presumably have won a third time, in the snap election he called in April 2006, had the opposition not boycotted the poll, in effect invalidating the vote.

2005年再次当选，并预计赢得第三次大选，而2006年4月这次他呼吁的匆忙中的大选遭到反对派的联合抵制，事实上导致大选无效。

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All this led to suspicions that Mr Moi plans to call a snap poll.

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Why, he asks, should a snap poll of activists change his fundamental view of the national interest?

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Mr Cameron's letter comes as Mr Brown refuses to dampen speculation of a snap poll as the deadline for an early November election approaches.

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