2015 North East Lincolnshire Council election, Ward results, Park
Note: De Freitas received more votes at this local election held solely within his ward than his party's general election candidate got throughout the entire Great Grimsby constituency which took place on the same day, thus suggesting that a large proportion of the people who voted for him to be their councillor actually voted for other candidates than the Liberal Democrats on their general election ballot papers.


2015 North East Lincolnshire Council election, Ward results, Scartho
Note: This was the first occasion since 2011 in which the Conservatives managed to successfully win (regardless of whether it was a hold or a gain) a ward within the Great Grimsby constituency. Lindley was previously a Labour councillor for West Marsh from 2010 to 2014, but quit the party over not being selected for  the seat in which he lived in (Yarborough) and his disagreement with the all-women's shortlist imposed on the Great Grimsby constituency candidate selection for the 2015 general election. He had been nominated for his West Marsh seat, but pulled out on the night before Tim Mickleburgh was chosen as his replacement.


2015 North East Lincolnshire Council election, Ward results, South
Notes: Stanland resigned little over a year after being elected. He previously contested Humberston and New Waltham as a Liberal Democrat in 2011. The resultant by-election saw Labour hold the seat with a small swing towards them. Hocknell previously represented Heneage ward from 2003 to 2011.


2015 North East Lincolnshire Council election, Ward results, Sidney Sussex
Notes: Morland was a former Labour councillor for this ward from 1995 to 1999, before changing seats in 1999 to Croft Baker until 2003. He returned to the council when he became a Liberal Democrat councillor for this ward from 2006 to 2010. Stead previously represented Yarborough for his party from 1999 to 2003.


2015 North East Lincolnshire Council election, Ward results, West Marsh
Note: Wilson previously represented Heneage from 2010 to 2014. Watkin and Barker were elected to this ward as Independents in 1999, until losing their seats to Labour in 2010 and 2011 respectively.


2015 North East Lincolnshire Council election, Ward results, Yarborough
Note: Furneaux previously contested Park for the Conservatives in 2014.


2015 North Greenville Crusaders football team
The 2015 North Greenville Crusaders football team represented North Greenville University in the 2015 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by second year head coach Jeff Farrington and played their home games at Younts Stadium. The team competed as a Division II Independent football team.


2015 North Hertfordshire District Council election
The 2015 North Hertfordshire District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the North Hertfordshire District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
The 2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. The North Indian Ocean cyclone season has no official bounds, but cyclones tend to form between months of April and December, with the peak from May to November. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern Indian Ocean.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
The scope of this article is limited to the Indian Ocean in the Northern Hemisphere, east of the Horn of Africa and west of the Malay Peninsula. There are two main seas in the North Indian Ocean — the Arabian Sea to the west of the Indian subcontinent, abbreviated ARB by the India Meteorological Department (IMD); and the Bay of Bengal to the east, abbreviated BOB by the IMD.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
The official Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre in this basin is the India Meteorological Department (IMD), while the Joint Typhoon Warning Center releases unofficial advisories. On average, three to four cyclonic storms form in this basin every season.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Season summary
The season started rather late compared to the last two years, with the first storm, Ashobaa, not developing until June 7. Ashobaa was followed by 2 depressions, before Komen formed in July. Komen produced torrential rainfall in Bangladesh. September featured no storms, before Chapala formed at the end of October. Chapala rapidly intensified over the Arabian Sea into an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm, becoming the strongest in the Arabian Sea since Gonu in 2007. Chapala also became the only hurricane force system to make landfall in Yemen, and the first since 1922 in Socotra. Chapala was followed by Megh, which reached a weaker intensity in the same general area.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Ashobaa
Under the influence of an ongoing onset of a southwest monsoon, a low-pressure area formed on June 6. It slowly consolidated, prompting the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) to issue a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (TCFA) on June 6. The following day, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued its first advisory for the system, designating it ARB 01. Later the same day, the JTWC reported the storm had reached tropical cyclone intensity, and on June 8, the IMD upgraded the storm to a cyclonic storm, assigning it the name Ashobaa. The storm continued to track northwestwards for a while, before turning westwards and weakening due to moderate to high wind shear and land interaction.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Ashobaa
Due to most of the moisture being drawn into the storm, the onset of the southwest monsoon over the Indian subcontinent was stalled. Torrential rains fell across much of eastern Oman, with Masirah Island receiving 225 mm (8.9 in) of rain in one day and more than 250 mm (9.8 in) overall. Significant flooding prompted dozens of evacuations while strong winds caused power outages. Waterlogging was reported in Kalba and Fujairah, in the United Arab Emirates, due to disturbed weather attributed to Ashobaa.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Depression BOB 01
An area of low pressure developed off the east coast of India on June 17, about 135 nmi (250 km; 155 mi) east-southeast of Visakhapatnam. Over the next two days, deep convection developed along the southern and western periphery of the centre of the system, predominantly under the influence of the advancing southwest monsoon. Due to the moderate-to-strong wind shear caused by the monsoon, the disturbance failed to develop any further, and the JTWC had reported that it dissipated on June 20.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Depression BOB 01
At the same time, however, the IMD started tracking this system as a depression, reporting gusts of up to 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph). The depression made landfall over Odisha coast early on June 21, between Gopalpur and Puri. Without any further information, the IMD stopped tracking BOB 01 on June 22.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Depression BOB 01
Rough seas from the depression caught many fishing vessels off-guard, with at least 150 people reported missing offshore on June 21. The vast majority either returned to shore safely or were rescued within a day; however, nine fishermen are feared to have drowned. The entire state of Odisha was put on alert on June 21–23. The system brought heavy rains to most of the state, with Malkangiri receiving the highest, 320 mm (13 in) of rain. Access to many towns in the Malkangiri district was blocked due to flooding. At least six deaths took place from flood-related incidents.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression ARB 02
Following the series of monsoonal disturbances, a fresh wave of thunderstorms organized into an area of low pressure on June 21, in the Arabian Sea, off the coast of Gujarat. Deep convection persisted to the west of the system while the circulation continued to develop over the next 24 hours, and the IMD started tracking it as a depression, with the identifier ARB 02. ARB 02 continued to evolve and by the night of June 22, the JTWC issued a TCFA on the system, while it was 285 nmi (528 km; 328 mi) west-northwest of Mumbai.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression ARB 02
Torrential rains battered Gujarat, with peak accumulations of 636 mm (25.0 in) in Bagasara, 511 mm (20.1 in) in Dhari, and 400 mm (16 in) in Variyav. Severe flooding ensued across the region, isolating many villages in the Saurashtra region, and prompted  mobilization of the National Disaster Response Force and Indian Air Force. Flooding in the Amreli district was reported to be the worst in 90 years; 600 of the district's 838 villages were affected, 400 of which were rendered inaccessible by land. At least 80 people died in the region, with Saurashtra suffering the greatest losses.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression ARB 02
Ten Asiatic lions, an endangered species with only 523 living individuals documented in May 2015, died during the floods while more than a dozen remain missing. The Gujarat government estimated damage at ₹16.5 billion (US$258 million); however, Congress MLA Paresh Dhanani claimed damage to be as high as ₹70 billion (US$1.09 billion).


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Land Depression 01
At 03:00 UTC (08:30 AM IST) on July 10, a depression formed over land over Jharkhand, close to Ranchi. It drifted in a generally northwestward direction and dissipated early on July 12 over the periphery of Uttar Pradesh and adjoining areas of Haryana.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Land Depression 01
The system produced extremely heavy downpours, breaking the record in the city of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh for the maximum amount of rainfall in 24 hours. The city received 191 mm (8 in) of rainfall in a day breaking the previous record of 149.9 mm (6 in) which was set around the same period in 1947. The rainfall received was also more than 75% of the average monthly rainfall of 250.7 mm (10 in) in the city. In Odisha, at least 14 villages were inundated by floods directly linked to the depression. The Hirakud Dam authorities had announced that they would be releasing waters on July 13 from the river Mahanadi. The states of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana also received torrential rains from the system.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Komen
On July 26 a depression formed inland over the Ganges delta. Early on July 30, the system was upgraded to a cyclonic storm by the IMD and named as Komen while making a U-turn. On August 2, Komen was no longer a tropical cyclone.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Komen
Torrential rains impacted much of Myanmar, causing widespread flooding. At least 46 people were killed and more than 200,000 were affected. Additionally, at least 17,000 homes were destroyed. Tremendous rains fell across southeastern Bangladesh, with accumulations Komen and the monsoonal system it originated from reaching 1,051.2 mm (41.39 in) in Chittagong. The resulting floods killed at least 23 people and affected more than 130,400. A landslide in the Bandarban District killed six people. Flooding in Odisha, India, killed five people and affected at least 480,399.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Komen
At least 69 people died across West Bengal from various incidents directly and indirectly to the storm, such as electrocution and snake bites. A total of 272,488 homes were destroyed while a further 55,899 sustained damage. At least 21 people died in Manipur, 20 of whom perished in a landslide that struck Joumol village.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Land Depression 02
A trough over Madhya Pradesh drifted westwards into eastern Rajasthan and lead to the formation of an area of low pressure in its vicinity on July 24. Continuing on its westward track, the system became more organised and intensified into a depression on July 27, to the west of Jodhpur. A western disturbance over Pakistan and adjoining areas of Jammu and Kashmir kept the system from moving further north into drier portions of Rajasthan. This allowed it to intensify further into a deep depression, about 110 km (68 mi) southeast of Barmer. However, the system accelerated in a chiefly northward track on July 29, absorbing dry air along its path. It weakened rapidly and dissipated to the north of Bikaner on the following day.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Land Depression 02
Heavy rainfall brought by the system lead to flash flooding in districts of Rajasthan and Gujarat. Chief Minister of Gujarat Anandiben Patel ordered rescue teams to carry out relief activities in Kutch, Patan, Banaskantha, and other districts of the state, as a result.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Land Depression 03
A depression forms in Madhya Pradesh on 4 August and has a maximum winds of 45 km/h (30 mph). one day later it weakened as well marked low-pressure area. It made its impact in Madhya Pradesh.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression ARB 03
In early October, a low-pressure area formed over the Arabian Sea. It slowly consolidated, prompting the JTWC to issue a TCFA on October 7. On October 9, the IMD started issuing its advisories for the system, designating it ARB 03. During the late hours of October 9, the JTWC stated the storm had reached gale-force winds, and commenced its advisories. On the following day, the depression intensified into a Deep depression, reaching its peak intensity with sustained wind speeds at 55 km/h (35 mph) and a minimum central pressure estimated near 1,001 mbar (29.56 inHg).


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression ARB 03
On the following days, the storm followed a generally northwestward track, where it encountered areas having low mid-to-upper level moisture in the atmosphere. The system struggled to maintain its intensity and weakened, prompting the JTWC to issue its final warning on ARB 03 in the morning of October 11. On next day, IMD reported that the storm had degenerated into a well-marked low-pressure area.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression ARB 03
The storm, being over water during its entire lifespan, did not directly impact any landmass. However, under the influence of the storm's rain bands, heavy Rains lashed the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu, India. The reservoir of Chittar I, a dam near Kanyakumari, recorded 216.4 mm (8.52 in) of rainfall.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Chapala
A low-pressure area formed over the Arabian Sea on October 26. It slowly consolidated, prompting the IMD to classify it a depression on October 28. Later the same day, the JTWC issued its Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (TCFA) for the system, and the IMD upgraded the storm to deep depression intensity. Further intensification ensued, causing the IMD to upgrade the system to a cyclonic storm, naming it Chapala. Over the following hours, the storm intensified into a severe cyclonic storm and further into a very severe cyclonic storm.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Chapala
Rapid intensification commenced and Chapala was upgraded into an extremely severe cyclonic storm on October 30. On November 3, it made landfall in Yemen as a very severe cyclonic storm, making it the first tropical cyclone at hurricane intensity to make landfall in the country on record. Chapala rapidly weakened over the mountainous terrain of mainland Yemen and was last noted as a low-pressure area the following day.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Chapala
Chapala caused widespread damage in mainland Yemen, Socotra and the Puntland region of Somalia. High winds, strong waves, and heavy rainfall affected the southern Yemen coast, with areas in the region receiving 610 mm (24 in) of rainfall over 48 hours, or 700% of the average yearly precipitation. The storm caused severe flooding along the coast, including in Mukalla, the nation's fifth largest city, where the seafront was destroyed by waves exceeding 9 m (30 ft). While passing north of Socotra, Chapala brought heavy rainfall and high winds while inundating the northeastern part of the island. Large swells produced by Chapala caused extensive coastal damage in eastern Puntland, with multiple structures, boats, and roads destroyed. An Iranian vessel capsized offshore on November 1, killing one person.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Megh
A low-pressure area consolidated into a depression on November 5. It intensified further, prompting the JTWC to issue a TCFA and the IMD to upgrade it into a deep depression. In the following days, the storm's convection flourished as environmental conditions recuperated. By November 8, Megh rapidly intensified into a marginal Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm, peaking with winds exceeding 175 km/h (110 mph) and a minimum central pressure of 964 mbar (28.47 inHg). Maintaining intensity, the storm made its first landfall over Socotra and headed west, skirting the northern tip of Somalia. Megh took a west-northwestward turn, and made its second landfall over the coast of Yemen on November 10 and weakened into a well-marked low-pressure area over mainland Yemen.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Megh
Megh's landfall over the island of Socotra as a Category 3-equivalent storm caused extensive devastation, killing at least eighteen people and injuring dozens of others. Another six people were left missing on the island. More than 500 houses were completely destroyed and  another 3,000 were damaged. In addition, hundreds of fishing boats were damaged and more than 3,000 families were displaced as a result of Megh.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression BOB 03
A low-pressure area consolidated into a depression on November 8. It slowly intensified, prompting the JTWC to issue a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (TCFA) for the system, but was eventually cancelled despite the improving appearance prior to landfall. The IMD later upgraded the system to a deep depression before it crossed the coast of Tamil Nadu near Puducherry the following day with peak wind speeds of 55 km/h (35 mph) and a minimum central pressure of 991 hPa (29.26 inHg). Due to land interaction and high vertical wind shear, the system weakened into a well-marked low-pressure area over north Tamil Nadu on November 10.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression BOB 03
The storm brought heavy rainfall over the coastal districts of Tamil Nadu. Neyveli, a mining township southwest of Puducherry, recorded 139 mm (5.5 in) of rainfall on November 9 and 483 mm (19.0 in) of rainfall on November 10 of which 450 mm (18 in) fell within a span of 9 hours. At least 71 people were killed in various incidents, predominately related to flooding, across Tamil Nadu.


2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Season effects
This is a table of all storms in the 2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. It mentions all of the season's storms and their names, duration, peak intensities (according to the IMD storm scale), damage, and death totals. Damage and death totals include the damage and deaths caused when that storm was a precursor wave or extratropical low, and all of the damage figures are in 2015 USD.


2015 North Kalimantan gubernatorial election
A gubernatorial election was held across the province of North Kalimantan on 8 December 2015, to elect the province's governor for the 2016-2021 five-year term. There were two pairs contesting the election, and Irianto Lambrie who had previously taken a temporary post as the province's governor defeated former Tarakan mayor Jusuf Serang Kasim.


2015 North Kalimantan gubernatorial election
The election was first to be held in North Kalimantan, which is Indonesia's youngest province. Following the voting, riots occurred in the provincial capital of Tanjungselor protesting the results.


2015 North Kalimantan gubernatorial election, Background
In October 2012, North Kalimantan was carved out of the northern regencies and cities of East Kalimantan province. It became Indonesia's 34th and youngest province. The Ministry of Home Affairs initially handled the administration of the province, before appointing East Kalimantan's provincial secretary Irianto Lambrie as acting governor on April 2013. His term lasted for two one-year terms, before the ministry replaced him on 22 April 2015 with Triyono Budi Sasongko.


2015 North Kalimantan gubernatorial election, Timeline
Registration for candidates backed by political parties were opened between 26–28 July 2015, with independent contestants registering in June. After a series of verifications and checks, the eligible candidates were announced on 24 August with their ballot numbers assigned the following day. The campaigning period officially ran between 27 August and 5 December. Following a 3-day election silence, voting was held on 9 December. Votes are recapitulated up across administrative divisions and the results were to be announced on 21 December 2015, although exact dates may vary.


2015 North Kalimantan gubernatorial election, Timeline
There were over 430,000 eligible voters who voted in 612 polling stations across the province. Due to the sheer size of the province and sparse population, ballot boxes and other election-related logistics had to be delivered by plane and speedboats. In total, the election required a budget of Rp 96 billion (USD 6.9 million).


2015 North Kalimantan gubernatorial election, Results, Aftermath
Early quick count results by Indikator favored the Irianto-Udin pair. During a plenary vote-tallying meeting on 19 December, supporters of the Jusuf-Marthin pair rioted in Tanjungselor, burning cars and buildings in the gubernatorial complex and forcing the deployment of soldiers. Following the riots, vice governor candidate Marthin Billa was arrested on suspicion of organizing them although he was not jailed and was only required to report weekly.


2015 North Kalimantan gubernatorial election, Results, Aftermath
The election was disputed in the Constitutional Court although it upheld the results. Irianto and Udin were sworn in by president Joko Widodo on 12 February 2016.


2015 North Kesteven District Council election
The 2015 North Kesteven District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the North Kesteven District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.


2015 North Korean local elections
Elections to provincial (municipal), city (district) and county people's assemblies were held in North Korea on July 19, 2015.


2015 North Korean local elections
Voter turnout was reported at 99.97%, with 28,452 deputies elected to local people's assemblies.


2015 North Lincolnshire Council election
The 2015 North Lincolnshire Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the North Lincolnshire Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.


2015 North Lincolnshire Council election
The election resulted in the Conservative Party retaining control of the council.


2015 North Miami mayoral election
The 2015 North Miami mayoral election happened on May 12, 2015 in North Miami, Florida. Before the election, Jean Rodrigue Marcellus was disqualified as his check to pay the qualifying fee for the race was returned due to insufficient funds. This meant that incumbent mayor Smith Joseph was unopposed, and as such, no voting occurred.


2015 North Norfolk District Council election
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2015 North Norfolk District Council election
The 2015 North Norfolk District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the North Norfolk District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.


2015 North Queensland Cowboys season
The 2015 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 21st in the club's history. Coached by Paul Green and co-captained by Johnathan Thurston and Matthew Scott, they competed in the NRL's 2015 Telstra Premiership. The Cowboys celebrated 20 years as a club in 2015 and played in the first all-Queensland grand final, defeating the Brisbane Broncos 17–16 in golden point to win their first premiership.


2015 North Queensland Cowboys season, Season summary
After going through their pre-season trials undefeated, the Cowboys started their 2015 season with three straight losses. The side hit back with three consecutive wins on Monday Night Football over the Melbourne Storm, Penrith Panthers and South Sydney Rabbitohs, on their way to a club record 11 game winning streak. The Cowboys finished in 3rd place, winning 17 games, giving the club their most successful regular season in its history.


2015 North Queensland Cowboys season, Fixtures, NRL Auckland Nines
The NRL Auckland Nines is a pre-season rugby league nines competition featuring all 16 NRL clubs. The 2015 competition was played over two days on January 31 and February 1 at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. The Cowboys featured in the Waiheke pool and played Melbourne, Penrith and South Sydney. The top two teams of each pool qualified for the quarter finals. The Cowboys, who were the defending champions, were knocked out in the quarter-finals.


2015 North Queensland Cowboys season, Representatives
The following players have played a representative match in 2015


2015 North Somerset Council election
The 2015 North Somerset Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of North Somerset Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections around the country.


2015 North Somerset Council election
North Somerset unitary council is elected every four years, with fifty councillors to be elected. Since the first election to the unitary authority in 1995, the council has either been under Conservative party control, or no party has held a majority. The Conservatives gained a majority at the 2007 election and have retained control since then. At the 2015 election, the outcome was as follows:


2015 North Somerset Council election, Ward results, Backwell
In the 2011 election Karen Barclay won the seat as an Independent but switched to Conservative


2015 North Somerset Council election, Ward results, Portishead East
At the previous election Arthur Terry won the old single member ward of Portishead East for the Conservatives but stood as an Independent in 2015. David Pashley was the sitting councillor for the old Portishead Coastal ward.


2015 North Somerset Council election, Ward results, Weston-Super-Mare Central
Robert Payne was elected as a councillor for the old Weston-Super-Mare West at the 2011 election.


2015 North Somerset Council election, Ward results, Wrington
Annabel Tall had been elected as a Conservative councillor for the Yatton ward in the 2011 election.


2015 North Sydney by-election
A by-election for the Australian House of Representatives seat of North Sydney was held on 5 December 2015 from 8 am to 6 pm AEDT.


2015 North Sydney by-election
The trigger for the by-election was the 23 October parliamentary resignation of Joe Hockey, the backbench Liberal Member for North Sydney and former Abbott Coalition Government Treasurer.


2015 North Sydney by-election
House of Representatives Speaker Tony Smith issued the writ for the by-election on 26 October. The electoral roll containing 104,352 electors closed on 2 November. Candidate nominations closed on 12 November, and the draw of the ballot paper order occurred on 13 November.


2015 North Sydney by-election
The by-election was won by Liberal candidate Trent Zimmerman, a former Hockey staffer, whose pre-selection had been controversial. Zimmerman won with 48.2 percent of the primary vote after a larger-than-predicted 12.8 percent swing against the Turnbull Coalition Government. This was only the second time in North Sydney's history that the successful Liberal candidate did not obtain a majority of the primary vote and had to rely on preferences. Zimmerman faced a double-digit primary vote swing − more than triple that of the 2015 Canning by-election − despite the absence of a Labor candidate. Labor have never been successful in the safe Liberal seat.


2015 North Sydney by-election
The Liberal two-candidate vote of 60.2 percent against independent Stephen Ruff compares to the previous election vote of 65.9 percent against Labor. The reduction of 5.7 percent cannot be considered a "two-party/candidate preferred swing" − when a major party is absent, preference flows to both major parties does not take place, resulting in asymmetric preference flows.


2015 North Sydney by-election
Ian Macfarlane attempted to defect from the Liberal party room to the National party room with accompanying demands for additional Nationals cabinet representation, and the Mal Brough / James Ashby diary controversy deepened in the last week of the campaign. Along with the unexpected by-election swing and Turnbull's significantly lessened personal ratings in the concurrent December Newspoll, some News Corp journalists opined Malcolm Turnbull's honeymoon to be over.


2015 North Sydney by-election
Zimmerman became the first openly-LGBTI member of the House of Representatives.


2015 North Sydney by-election, Candidates
Labor declined to field a candidate in the safe Liberal seat.


2015 North Sydney by-election, By-election events
The campaign began amid claims of "widespread discontent for the Liberal pre-selection factional fix of Trent Zimmerman" and in the absence of a Labor candidate. Hockey's predecessor, former independent North Sydney MP Ted Mack, announced he would steer the campaign of independent candidate Stephen Ruff, who had the support of some disgruntled Liberal supporters. Ruff was a late entrant into the 2015 New South Wales state election. Despite having no financial or campaign support and facing veteran Liberal incumbent Jillian Skinner and a Labor candidate in the overlapping state seat of North Shore, Ruff won more than 10 percent of the vote.


2015 North Sydney by-election, By-election events
Regarding the North Sydney by-election, Mack stated "I've never seen an election where a Liberal candidate is so disliked by such a lot of Liberal members and Liberal voters". Leaked emails show potential voters were sent registration forms at 7:30 pm on a Thursday and asked to signal their availability, with the cut-off for replying by noon the next day. Advance notice of the e-mail and cut-off was provided to Zimmerman's backers. It was claimed up to 550 Liberal branch members were unable to vote after the Liberal state executive pushed through a shortened pre-selection process to select Zimmerman.


2015 North Sydney by-election, By-election events
Zimmerman is head of the body that sets the rules for Liberal pre-selections, which has been claimed as a "complete conflict of interest". Former North Sydney Liberal party member John Ruddick, described by journalist Peter Hartcher as a "prominent party reform activist", advocated that voters disenfranchised by the pre-selection process to preference Zimmerman last.


2015 North Sydney by-election, By-election events
Mack also claimed that much of the electorate was angered that Hockey, who had written the "age of entitlement" speech, had forced a $1-million by-election within a year of the 2016 federal election, with the expectation of becoming the next Ambassador of Australia to the United States. The expectation was confirmed a few days after the by-election on 8 December.


2015 North Sydney by-election, By-election events
The Liberal party room suffered from the attempted defection of Ian Macfarlane from the Liberal party room to the National party room with accompanying demands for additional Nationals cabinet representation, and the Mal Brough / James Ashby diary controversy deepened in the last week of the campaign.


2015 North Sydney by-election, How-to-vote cards
Candidate volunteers distribute how-to-vote cards to voters at polling booths which show the candidate's suggested preference allocation. Candidates and parties which suggested preferences are shown in each column of the table below. Several candidates ran open tickets at this by-election.


2015 North Sydney by-election, Polling
Two days out, a ReachTEL automated phone poll of 678 respondents, commissioned by the Save Our Councils Coalition, showed the Liberals with a 54.7 percent primary vote  after exclusion of the 15.3 percent undecided. Accurately interpreted, this amounted to a 6.4 percent drop from the 2013 Liberal vote, rather than the 14.7 percent in the report, which ignored the undecided component. The poll result had the Greens on 22.8 percent, the Christian Democratic Party on 4.1 percent, and everyone else on 18.3 percent.


2015 North Sydney by-election, Results
Liberal candidate Trent Zimmerman won with 48.2 percent of the primary vote after a larger-than-predicted 12.8 percent swing against the Turnbull Coalition Government. This was only the second time in North Sydney's history that the successful Liberal candidate did not obtain a majority of the primary vote and had to rely on preferences. Zimmerman faced a double-digit primary vote swing − more than triple that of the 2015 Canning by-election − despite the absence of a Labor candidate. Labor have never been successful in the safe Liberal seat.


2015 North Sydney by-election, Results
The Liberal two-candidate vote of 60.2 percent against independent Stephen Ruff compares to the previous election vote of 65.9 percent against Labor. The reduction of 5.7 percent cannot be considered a "two-party/candidate preferred swing"—when a major party is absent, preference flows to both major parties does not take place, resulting in asymmetric preference flows.


2015 North Texas Mean Green football team
The 2015 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season as members of the West Division of Conference USA. They began the season with Dan McCarney as head coach, in his fifth season, and played their home games at Apogee Stadium in Denton, Texas. McCarney was fired on October 10 following a 66–7 loss to Portland State. Offensive coordinator Mike Canales was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season. They finished the season 1–11, 1–7 in C-USA play to finish in last place in the West Division.


2015 North Texas Mean Green football team, Schedule
North Texas announced their 2015 football schedule on February 2, 2015. The 2015 schedule consist of five home and seven away games in the regular season. The Mean Green will host CUSA foes Rice, UTEP, UTSA, and Western Kentucky (WKU), and will travel to Louisiana Tech, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, and Southern Miss.


2015 North Texas Mean Green football team, Game summaries, Portland State
Following the 66–7 loss to FCS Portland State, Mean Green head coach Dan McCarney was fired. The 59-point margin is the biggest FCS win over an FBS team since Division I football was divided into the groupings now known as FCS and FBS in 1978.


2015 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2015 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to one third of the members of North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections and the 2015 UK General Election.


2015 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
All of the seats being contested were last contested in 2011, and these results are compared to the results of 2014.


2015 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, Council Composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:


2015 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, Candidates by party
There are a total of 72 candidates standing across the 20 seats - an average of 3.6 in each ward. The Labour Party, Conservative Party and UK Independence Party are all fielding a full slate of 20 candidates. The Green Party are fielding 5 candidates, whilst there are 3 candidates representing the Liberal Democrats and the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition respectively. 1 candidate is representing the National Front.


2015 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, Candidates by party
Since the last local election in 2014, the number of candidates representing Labour, the Conservatives, UKIP and the TUSC was unchanged. The Green Party had an increase of 4 candidates, the National Front an increase of 1 candidate, whilst the Liberal Democrats had a decrease of 4 candidates.


2015 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, Results by ward
The electoral division results listed below are based on the changes from the 2014 elections, not taking into account any mid-term by-elections or party defections.


2015 North Warwickshire Borough Council election
On 7 May 2015, an election took place to elect members of the North Warwickshire Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. It saw the Conservative Party gaining control of the council.


2015 North Warwickshire Borough Council election
The previous election saw Labour narrowly gaining control of the council. This election saw the Conservatives gaining 5 seats from Labour. UKIP had significant gains in the popular vote increasing their share by over 23%, although they did not win any seats.


2015 North West 200 Races
2015 International North West 200 was the 76th running of the motorcycle road racing event which took place between 11–16 May 2015 at the circuit, known as "The Triangle", based around the towns of Portstewart, Coleraine and Portrush, in Northern Ireland.


2015 North West 200 Races, Results, Race Results, Race 1; 600cc Supersport Race 1 final standings
Fastest Lap: Alastair Seeley – Suzuki, 4 minutes, 35.818 seconds; 117.077 mph (188.417 km/h) on lap 5


2015 North West 200 Races, Results, Race Results, Race 2; 650cc Super-Twins Race final standings
Fastest Lap: Ryan Farquhar – Kawasaki, 4 minutes, 59.172 seconds; 107.938 mph (173.709 km/h) on lap 4


2015 North West 200 Races, Results, Race Results, Race 3; 600cc Supersport Race 2 final standings
Fastest Lap: Alastair Seeley – Suzuki, 4 minutes, 36.197 seconds; 116.917 mph (188.160 km/h) on lap 6


2015 North West 200 Races, Results, Race Results, Race 4; 1000cc Superbike Race final standings
Fastest Lap: Alastair Seeley – BMW, 4 minutes, 24.760 seconds; 121.967 mph (196.287 km/h) on lap 5


2015 North West Leicestershire District Council election
Elections to elect all members of the North West Leicestershire District Council took place on 7 May 2015, simultaneously with a general election, held as one of the English local elections of that year.


2015 North West Leicestershire District Council election
At the request of the previous administration, a boundary review took place during 2014 with a view to make every ward represented by one councillor. The total number of councillors remained at 38, meaning that the final proposals from the Local Government Boundary Commission for England replaced 20 single-, double- and triple-member wards with 38,  single-member.


2015 North West Leicestershire District Council election
The local Conservative governing group increased their previous majority of two gained at the previous election. The Labour Party were the only other party fielding a full slate of 38 candidates, the first time since the election four council terms ago. Five independent candidates stood, two of whom were successfully returned. Local Liberal Democrats taking in 16 candidates had one councillor before the election, who was returned (re-elected) and made no gains.


2015 North West Leicestershire District Council election
In groups or individuals not seeing any councillors returned in this election UKIP fielded their first candidates since 2007, standing in 14 seats. The Green Party stood one candidate in the Kegworth ward. One candidate from the British Democratic Party presented himself for election.


2015 North West Leicestershire District Council election, Results
Note that the changes shown reflect an unchanged council size. They may be influenced by an unpredictable effect of the Boundary Commission for England aligning electorate size to the extent of wards (the body responsible for updating boundaries on demographic change to avoid the gradual natural onset of malapportionment). This change moved all areas of the district to single-councillor representation.


2015 North West Leicestershire District Council election, Results, Ward by ward
Candidates marked by an asterisk (*) are incumbent councillors. Not all seats are new as some single-member wards have remained unchanged from the previous election.


2015 NorthEast United FC season
The 2015 Season was NorthEast United's 2nd season in existence in the Indian Super League.


2015 NorthEast United FC season, Transfers, Pre-season
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 NorthEast United FC season, Transfers, Pre-season
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 NorthEast United FC season, Transfers, During the season
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 NorthEast United FC season, Transfers, During the season
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 NorthEast United FC season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 NorthEast United FC season, Squad, Injured
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Northampton Borough Council election
The 2015 Northampton Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 as a four-yearly public decision to elect all members of the council. This took place on the same day as other local elections and the 2015 United Kingdom general election - when there is a general election on the same day as the local elections, turnout across the country is with fewer than 1% of exceptions higher than if there is no general election. Voters could cast between one and three votes depending on the number of councillors per ward.


2015 Northampton Borough Council election, Ward results
The number in brackets after the ward name is the number of councillors to be elected. An asterisk after the name (*) indicates the candidate was elected. Candidates are listed in order of number of votes. The wards and the numbers of candidates to be elected were both the same as for the 2011 borough election. There were 45 seats for election in total on the borough council, as in 2011.


2015 Northampton Borough Council election, Ward results
NOTE: Ballot Papers and Turnout missing from the official records as at 14 May 2015 for East Hunsbury, Nene Valley, Rushmills, Upton and West Hunsbury.


2015 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2015 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 21 and ended on May 24, 2015 at Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich, Connecticut. The league's top four teams finishers competed in the double elimination tournament. Sacred Heart won their fourth tournament championship to earn the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2015 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
The top four finishers will be seeded one through four based on conference regular-season winning percentage. They will then play a double-elimination tournament.


2015 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player
Jesus Medina was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Medina was an infielder and pitcher for Sacred Heart, and batted .444 with a tournament-high eight hits and six runs scored while also pitching 7 one-run innings in the first matchup with Bryant.


2015 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2015 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held on March 4, 7, and 10. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds, with higher seed hosting all games. The tourney opened on Wednesday, March 4 with the quarterfinals, followed by the semifinals on Saturday, March 7 and the finals on Tuesday, March 10. Robert Morris earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Tournament.


2015 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
For the eleventh straight year, the NEC Men's Basketball Tournament consisted of an eight-team playoff format with all games played at the home of the higher seed. After the quarterfinals, the teams were shuffled so the highest remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.


2015 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Teams were seeded based on the final regular season standings, with ties broken under NEC policy.


2015 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket
All games will be played at the venue of the higher seed* Overtime


2015 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Quarterfinals: Bryant vs. Sacred Heart
Series History: SHU leads 18-13Announcers: Paul Dottino, Joe DeSantis and John Schmeelk


2015 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Semifinal: Robert Morris vs. Bryant
Series History: RMU leads 10–2 Announcers: John Schmeelk and Tim Capstraw


2015 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Semifinal: St. Francis Brooklyn vs. Saint Francis (PA)
Series History: SFU leads 36–38Announcers: Paul Dottino, Joe DeSantis and Matt Harmon


2015 Northeast Conference Softball Tournament
The 2015 Northeast Conference Softball tournament will be held at North Athletic Complex on the campus of Robert Morris University in Moon Township, Pennsylvania from May 7 through May 9, 2015. The tournament will earn the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. The entire tournament will be available on NEC Front Row.


2015 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2015 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was held between March 8, 11, and 15, 2015. The 2015 Northeast Conference Tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. The tourney opened on March 8 with the quarterfinals, followed by the semifinals on March 11, and the finals on March 15. The champions, St. Francis Brooklyn, earned a trip to the 2015 NCAA Tournament.


2015 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Bracket
All games will be played at the venue of the higher seed


2015 Northeast Conference men's soccer season
The 2015 Northeast Conference men's soccer season was the 35th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.


2015 Northeast Conference men's soccer season
The Saint Francis Red Flash are the defending regular season champions, while the St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers are the defending tournament champions.


2015 Northeast Conference men's soccer season
LIU Brooklyn won the Regular Season Championship by going 7-0-0 in conference play and won the NEC Tournament Championship by defeating St. Francis Brooklyn and Saint Francis (PA). Both tournament games were decided by penalty kicks. The NEC Tournament was held in Brooklyn, NY at LIU Field.


2015 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team
The 2015 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 18th-year head coach Jerome Souers and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 7–4, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place.


2015 Northern Chile floods and mudflow
The 2015 Northern Chile floods were a series of mudflows that affected much of northern Chile, product of flash floods from different rivers due to unseasonal heavy rains in the area, causing severe damage in several towns of the Antofagasta, Atacama and Coquimbo regions. Flooding in Chile and Peru resulted from an unusual cold front which moved across the Andes, bringing heavy rainfall to the region.


2015 Northern Chile floods and mudflow
The National Office of Emergency of the Interior Ministry (ONEMI) has reported more than 27,413 people affected, 5,585 people on shelters and more than 300 isolated due to roads destruction. 26 people died during the mudflow and 101 are officially missing, although it is expected that these numbers will increase as contact is reestablished with remote communities. Preliminary figures show that property damage reaches more than 28,000 houses, of those 105 are completely destroyed, and at least 5,900 present severe damages.


2015 Northern Chile floods and mudflow, State of emergency
On March 25, near the 17:00 (UTC 3) hours, and due to the serious events due to flooding, the president of Chile, Michelle Bachelet declared Constitutional State of Exception Catastrophe throughout the Region of Atacama, where about 320,000 people, mainly settled in the cities of Copiapó and reside Vallenar. This state means that the Armed Forces of Chile take control of the area to protect and maintain public order in the affected area. The officer in charge is Chief Lieutenant Colonel Marcel Urrutia Caro, belonging to the Army Chile. Hours later a state of emergency was extended to the city of Antofagasta.


2015 Northern Chile floods and mudflow, State of emergency
President Michelle Bachelet is in the areas affected by floods since March 25. Chañaral visited on March 26, and that same day was decreed curfew across the Atacama region since 23:00 to 6:00 hours (UTC −3) . The March 26 were deployed Marines in Chañaral to contain looting registered in some shops during the day.


2015 Northern Chile floods and mudflow, State of emergency
The authorities and citizens reported cases of speculation and hoarding of food and staples. The government announced a lawsuit against those conducting unjustified price increases, and in supermarkets and service stations rationed the sale of certain products and fuels. In La Serena and Coquimbo the stock of bottled water scarcity product sold out due to problems in processing water Elqui river.


2015 Northern Chile floods and mudflow, State of emergency
The Chilean Navy sent to the port of Chañaral the Rancagua and Chacabuco barges emergency vehicles, supplies and Marines, along with the ship Sergeant Aldea. The government allocated 1.1 billion Chilean peso for the reconstruction.


2015 Northern Colorado Bears football team
The 2015 Northern Colorado Bears football team represented the University of Northern Colorado in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Earnest Collins Jr. and played their home games at Nottingham Field. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three way tie for eighth place.


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Northern Cyprus in April 2015. In the first round, held on 19 April 2015, the incumbent president independent candidate Derviş Eroğlu and independent candidate Mustafa Akıncı progressed to the second round. The second round took place on 26 April 2015 and was won by Akıncı.


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election
The results of the election were considered to be a major upset of power by the mainstream Turkish Cypriot media. The other major candidates of the election, who failed to progress to the second round were Sibel Siber, the candidate of the Republican Turkish Party, which headed the government at the time of the election, and Kudret Özersay, an independent candidate with no political history. Siber's failure to progress to the second round led to shock and controversy in her party and Prime Minister Özkan Yorgancıoğlu announced that he would be stepping down in the upcoming party congress. Özersay's share of the votes was seen as a major surprise success. Eroğlu announced his withdrawal from political life following the election.


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Electoral system
The President is elected using the two-round system: as no candidate received a majority in the first round, a run-off was held seven days later. The role of the president is not symbolic: the President has a role in the executive branch of the government and represents Northern Cyprus in international politics, especially regarding the Cyprus dispute and the peace talks.


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Campaign, Akıncı
Akıncı, who ran as an independent, is a member of the pro-Union Communal Democracy Party. He is described as a "leftist moderate" who would "push harder for a peace deal". In terms of the specific negotiations, he stated that he would oppose "submissiveness" on the Turkish Cypriot side in the Turkish-Turkish Cypriot relations and said that the relationship should be "fraternal" and that the Turkish Cypriots should be able to "stand up on their own feet". Akıncı promised a vision about the ghost town of Varosha favoring a settlement to the issue by saying, "Instead of living side by side a corpse let Varosha become a lively city where people live, contractors from both communities do business together and young people can find jobs".


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Campaign, Akıncı
He proposed and endorsed formulas to enable Turkish Cypriot participation in international sports events, projects to establish a common mobile phone network on both sides of Cyprus, opening of checkpoints in Lefka (Aplıç) and Famagusta (Derinya) and continuation of bi-communal projects of renovation of historical places. Regarding his vision for Varosha, he elaborated that the quarter should be opened to public under United Nations administration in a way that would "benefit both communities". He expressed his vehement opposition to any discrimination against LGBT individuals. He also promised to bring women to the table of negotiations if he elected, and said that communal gender equality should be a "way of life".


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Campaign, Akıncı
Akıncı held his Nicosia rally on 14 April. The rally was attended by "thousands" and was "marked by spaces reserved for the elderly and the disabled", according to news reports. Akıncı refuted the proposition that change should be brought about by youths or women, claiming that change comes with ideas, and said that the neutrality of a president should not be perceived as a lack of principles.


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Campaign, Akıncı
Upon Akıncı's progression to the second round, the Republican Turkish Party, headed by Prime Minister Özkan Yorgancıoğlu, announced that they would endorse him.


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Campaign, Eroğlu
Eroğlu began his election campaign on 28 February 2015, in a rally of thousands of supporters in the Atatürk Sports Hall in North Nicosia. Serdar Denktaş of the Democratic Party was also present at the rally, signifying his party's support for Eroğlu. Eroğlu put his aim in the election at 55%, promised to follow the path drawn by Rauf Denktaş, the founder of Northern Cyprus, claimed that his previous five years of presidency were successful and that he would strive to keep Turkey's guarantee on Cyprus. He also said that he would not allow anyone to "differentiate one TRNC citizen from the other".


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Campaign, Eroğlu
At the beginning of March, Eroğlu claimed that his experience in politics since 1976, his trustworthiness and belief in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus as a state made him an ideal candidate. He claimed that it was an election "unlike any other", but that there was actually peace in Cyprus and that what is needed is a treaty to finalize it. He promised to solve the Cyprus dispute within two years of his re-election.


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Campaign, Eroğlu
Eroğlu pointed out to his establishment of a People's Council to receive public opinion regarding the Cyprus problem, and promised the establishment of a Women's Council and a Youth Council to gather public opinion not only about the negotiations, but also about other communal issues. However, he stated that he did not think that the lack of representation of women as negotiators had been a factor in the lack of solution in Cyprus, and blamed the Greek Cypriot side as a "block" against a fair solution. He claimed that the Greek Cypriots did not approach a fair solution because they wanted to keep "abusing" the title of the Republic of Cyprus that they "usurped" unilaterally.


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Campaign, Eroğlu
On 13 March, Eroğlu made his official application for presidency as an independent candidate and was declared a provisional candidate by the High Election Committee, with his official candidacy declared on 23 March. Eroğlu stated that the aim of his candidacy was to find a final settlement for the Cyprus dispute, for which he claimed that the next two years would be crucial. He announced that his aim was to win the election without a runoff.


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Campaign, Eroğlu
Eroğlu held his Famagusta rally in the Namık Kemal Square on 15 April; the rally was attended by people from Famagusta, İskele and the Karpass Peninsula. He attacked other candidates regarding the issue of Varosha, saying that opening the area under Turkish Cypriot jurisdiction would end the negotiations, and opening the area under the United Nations would amount to "handing over Famagusta". His Nicosia rally was held on 17 April in the Sarayönü Square. The rally was attended by "thousands" who came from Nicosia, Morphou and Kyrenia, and Eroğlu said that "the victory [would] belong to those who believe in the TRNC, in freedom and in sovereignty". He said that he was asking for duty "one last time".


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Campaign, Siber
Sibel Siber, who would have been the first ever woman President of Northern Cyprus if elected, stated on 23 February that, if elected, she would ensure the recommencement of the negotiations to solve the Cyprus dispute. She promised that "working desks" would be formed in the presidency to solve the problems in the Turkish Cypriot community, and that she saw the president as a figure who must be actively involved in communal affairs. She referred to her previous term as the prime minister, claiming that she would pursue the same policy of openness, transparency and trust that she did during her term as prime minister.


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Campaign, Siber
On 13 March, Siber made her official application for presidency as the candidate of the Republican Turkish Party (CTP) and was declared a provisional candidate by the High Election Committee, with her official candidacy declared on 23 March. On the same day, the head of women's branch of the CTP called Siber "the first female candidate close to winning the election" and called for Turkish Cypriot women to unite behind her.


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Campaign, Siber
On 17 April, Siber held her Nicosia rally in the İnönü Square. She told that if she was elected, the country would "head towards a common future", including those that had been displaced from the south and had come from the Turkish mainland after 1974, and that "the outdated mentality would become history". Prime Minister Özkan Yorgancıoğlu, former president Mehmet Ali Talat and former prime minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer also spoke in the rally, and Talat claimed that they would win the election in the first round.


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Campaign, Özersay
During his campaign, Özersay promised that if elected president, he would not only follow an active diplomatic policy in the negotiations, but also combat the "rife partisanship and nepotism" in politics, which he claimed was a role neglected using the peace process as a pretext. He claimed that the public had "disowned state institutions due to injustice" and that he would be scrupulous in allowing assignments of public officials to "start solving the problems".


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Campaign, Özersay
Upon his failure to progress to the second round, Özersay made a statement claiming that he had been the subject of a campaign of defamation during the campaign, and that polls were manipulated against him. He stated that he had not even called for citizens to vote for him, but rather to "choose for themselves" and thus announced that he would not endorse any other candidate in the second round. He said that this would not be his last election, but that he would not establish a political party.


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Opinion polls
A March 2015 survey conducted by the Gezici Research Company predicted that Eroğlu would take the lead in the first round with 37.2% of the popular vote, but would lose to Akıncı in the second round, by a margin of 21%. 21.1% of respondents said that they would vote for Siber and 11.4% for Özersay. 3,072 voters were consulted.


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Conduct
On 19 April, the media was not allowed to make any comments or relay any unauthorized election results until 19:00 on the election day. Violations resulted in the newspapers Detay, Kıbrıs Postası and Afrika, all of which had quotations from social networking websites, being pulled off the shelf by the authorities and the channel Ada TV being banned from broadcasting until 19:00.


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Results
Akıncı won the first round in three districts; Lefkoşa (31.27%), Girne (27.61%) and Güzelyurt (32.47%). Eroğlu won it in two: Gazimağusa (31.83%) and İskele (37.47%). In the two districts won by Eroğlu, Akıncı came third, also behind Siber. In Lefkoşa and Girne, Özersay was in the second place, followed by Eroğlu and Siber respectively.


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Reactions, Northern Cyprus
The results of the first round were described as a "surprise" upset of power by the mainstream newspaper Kıbrıs. The candidates that emerged "joyful" from the first round were, according to the newspaper, Akıncı and Özersay. Özersay's high share of votes was especially pointed out as a surprise, given his lack of political history. It was commented that the discontented supporters of the National Unity Party (UBP) and Democratic Party (DP) had supported Özersay. The ruling Republican Turkish Party (CTP) was reported to be "in shock" over the failure of their candidate to progress to the second round.


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Reactions, Northern Cyprus
The newspaper reported claims that Siber had been the victim of an internal struggle within the party, and that many CTP voters had supported Akıncı. As Eroğlu's votes had seen a great decline from 2010, the results reportedly caused great turmoil and controversy within the UBP and the DP, as well as the CTP, which are the largest parties represented in the parliament. On 26 April, while voting, Prime Minister Yorgancıoğlu announced that the CTP congress to determine the leader of the party, scheduled to take place in October or November, could be rescheduled a few months earlier, and that he would not be a candidate in the congress.


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Reactions, Northern Cyprus
The results of the run-off election for Akıncı were called "a remarkable comeback after spending years in the political wilderness" by The New York Times. Meanwhile, political scientist Erol Kaymak from the Eastern Mediterranean University, speaking to Associated Press, said that "Akinci's election was not so much a referendum on a Cyprus peace deal, but rather on Eroglu's failed leadership."


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Reactions, Northern Cyprus
At the night of the run-off election, Eroğlu publicly congratulated Akıncı for his victory. In his statement, he said that he had brought the peace negotiations to where he would have liked them to be and that he had hoped that his efforts would result in a "settlement". He also said that he had "tried to develop the democracy of Northern Cyprus during his long political career". He announced that this would be his last election, but that he would keep sharing his opinions with the people. He claimed that a message had been sent by the people not to him, but to the political parties, and that they should "learn lessons from these results".


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Reactions, Northern Cyprus
Prime Minister Yorgancıoğlu congratulated Akıncı for his victory and expressed his happiness for such a victory by a candidate that his party supported in the second round. He thanked CTP supporters for actively endorsing Akıncı and called for Akıncı to remain equidistant to all political parties during his tenure.


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Reactions, Northern Cyprus
At the night of the election, Akıncı held a "rally of victory" in the İnönü Square of Nicosia. In the rally, he thanked his supporters and supporting political parties and called his election "a success of the Turkish Cypriot people". He said that a change had begun from the top of the country, and that he would strive to solve the Cyprus dispute by initiating trust-building measures. He promised not to interfere with the internal politics of parties and to take a strong stance on social issues such as gender equality. He also denounced allegations that he wanted the return of mainland Turks in Northern Cyprus, saying that he embraced them as "people of this land" and promised to keep a "personality" in the Turkish Cypriot relationship with Turkey, without being submissive or belligerent.


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Reactions, Republic of Cyprus
Upon Akıncı's election, Nicos Anastasiades, President of the Republic of Cyprus, called to congratulate him. Anastasiades wrote on Twitter that it was "a hopeful development for our common homeland". Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulidis said that they were "gratified" by the result and that they would wait for the suggestions of the Turkish side at the table of negotiations.


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Reactions, Republic of Cyprus
Former Cypriot president Demetris Christofias sent Akıncı a congratulatory letter, wherein, in reference to the ongoing negotiations for the settlement of the Cyprus dispute, he alluded to obstructionist practices by third-party Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot factions. The letter elicited the protest of centrist DIKO party, who stated that Christofias "equated" Turkish war crimes with the legitimate concerns of the Greek-Cypriot populace. DIKO leader and Member of Parliament Nikolas Papadopoulos refused to congratulate Akıncı, exclaiming on Twitter, "Why exactly should I congratulate the occupation leader?"


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Reactions, Republic of Cyprus
Akıncı's win made the headlines in all Greek-Cypriot newspapers the next day. With the exception of Simerini, they all bore optimistic and reconciliatory messages.


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Reactions, Turkey
The day following his election, Akıncı had a public argument with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. In response to Akıncı's statement that the "mother-daughter" relationship between Turkey and Northern Cyprus should be replaced by a "fraternal" one, Erdoğan said that Akıncı "should mind what he says" and reminded him of Turkey's financial and military support, as well as Turkish soldiers that have fallen in Cyprus. Akıncı responded to this by saying that he was behind his words and could not comprehend why Erdoğan would oppose a fraternal relationship, saying that his policies were approved by the Turkish Cypriot people and asking if "Turkey [did] not want its daughter to grow".


2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election, Reactions, Turkey
Erdoğan, as well as Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, later called Akıncı to congratulate him.


2015 Northern European Gymnastics Championships
The 2015 Northern European Gymnastics Championships was an artistic gymnastics competition held in the city of Limerick in the mid-west of the  Republic of Ireland. The event was held between the 18th and 20 September at the University of Limerick.


2015 Northern European Gymnastics Championships, Schedule
Sunday 19 September 2015 (Men's and Women's Individual Apparatus Finals)


2015 Northern Illinois Huskies football team
The 2015 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Huskies competed in the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They were led by third-year head coach Rod Carey. They played their home games at Huskie Stadium. They finished the season 8–6, 6–2 in MAC play to finish in a four-way tie for the West Division title. They represented the West Division in the MAC Championship Game where they lost to Bowling Green. They were invited to the Poinsettia Bowl where they lost to Boise State.


2015 Northern Illinois Huskies football team
The season marked the Huskies' eighth consecutive trip to a bowl game and their fourth consecutive bowl game loss.


2015 Northern Illinois Huskies football team, Game summaries, UNLV
The Huskies trailed by seven points at halftime, but scored four touchdowns in the second half to beat the Rebels 38–30. Northern Illinois quarterback Drew Hare was 21-for-26 for 360 yards and two touchdowns, and wide receiver Kenny Golladay caught nine passes for 213 yards in his first game for NIU.


2015 Northern Illinois Huskies football team, Game summaries, Murray State
After getting off to another slow start, the Huskies overpowered the Racers 57–26. Drew Hare threw a career-high four touchdown passes. Kenny Golladay had eight catches for 144 yards and was one of ten Northern Illinois receivers who caught passes.


2015 Northern Illinois Huskies football team, Game summaries, at Ohio State
The Buckeyes, ranked No. 1 in the nation, beat the Huskies 20–13 in a close-fought game. Northern Illinois had won their three previous games against Big Ten opponents.


2015 Northern Illinois Huskies football team, Game summaries, at Boston College
In another close game, the Eagles, with the nation's top-ranked defense, beat the Huskies 17–14. In his first start as the Boston College quarterback, Troy Flutie, the nephew of Doug Flutie, completed five of 11 passes for 92 yards with one touchdown and one interception.


2015 Northern Illinois Huskies football team, Game summaries, at Central Michigan
In their first conference game of the season, the Huskies led 10–3 at halftime, but committed four turnovers in the second half, allowing 19 unanswered points by the Chippewas. This marked NIU's first three-game losing streak since 2009.


2015 Northern Illinois Huskies football team, Game summaries, Ball State
After falling behind 10–0, the Huskies scored on nine of their next ten possessions. NIU quarterback Drew Hare was 29-for-32 in passing for a 90.2% completion rate, a new school record. Cardinals quarterback Riley Neal threw for 393 yards and four touchdowns, but the Huskies prevailed, 59–41, winning the Bronze Stalk Trophy for the seventh year in a row.


2015 Northern Illinois Huskies football team, Game summaries, at Miami (OH)
The Huskies scored three unanswered touchdowns in the first quarter, and went on to beat the RedHawks 45–12 for their first road victory of the season. NIU receiver Kenny Golladay had six catches for 73 yards, and Joel Bouagnon ran for 134 yards and three touchdowns on 14 carries. Cornerback Shawun Lurry had his seventh interception of the season, the most in the nation.


2015 Northern Illinois Huskies football team, Game summaries, Eastern Michigan
The Huskies led the Eagles 35–0 at halftime, and went on to win their Homecoming game 49–21. Drew Hare threw four touchdown passes, and Joel Bouagnon and Jordan Huff each gained more than 100 yards rushing.


2015 Northern Illinois Huskies football team, Game summaries, at Toledo
The Rockets, ranked #20 in the AP poll, led for most of the game, but the Huskies pulled ahead with two minutes remaining and won 32–27. After Drew Hare sustained a leg injury midway through the second quarter, Ryan Graham took over as NIU quarterback, completing 9 of 12 passes for 132 yards and running for 41 yards.


2015 Northern Illinois Huskies football team, Game summaries, at Buffalo
After leading 28–3 at halftime, the Huskies hung on to beat the Bulls 41–30 for their fifth straight win. In his first start at the Huskies quarterback, redshirt freshman Ryan Graham was 15-of-24 passing for 190 yards with two touchdowns and one interception, and also ran for 78 yards. Joel Bouagnon ran for a career-high 156 yards and had two touchdowns.


2015 Northern Illinois Huskies football team, Game summaries, Western Michigan
NIU had fallen behind after three quarters, but then running back Joel Bouagnon and wide receiver Kenny Golladay each scored a touchdown, and the Huskies beat the Broncos 27–19. Jordan Huff ran for 159 yards on eight carries, including an 87-yard touchdown.


2015 Northern Illinois Huskies football team, Game summaries, Ohio
The Bobcats beat the Huskies, 26–21. After Ryan Graham was injured, freshman Tommy Fiedler took over as NIU quarterback, completing 9 of 17 throws for 113 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions. The loss snapped the Huskies' 22-game winning streak of games played in November, and their 17-game winning streak of games against MAC East opponents.


2015 Northern Illinois Huskies football team, Game summaries, Ohio
The loss left NIU's title hopes in limbo, but when Toledo lost to Western Michigan three days later, the Huskies qualified for their sixth consecutive MAC Championship Game, and third straight against Bowling Green.


2015 Northern Illinois Huskies football team, Game summaries, Bowling Green–MAC Championship Game
In the Mid-American Conference Championship Game, the Falcons beat the Huskies 34–14. It was the teams' third consecutive meeting in the MAC title game. Bowling Green quarterback Matt Johnson completed 25 of 37 passes for 235 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions, finishing the season with 4,700 yards passing, a new MAC record. Falcons running back Travis Greene rushed for 183 yards on 29 carries. It was the first career start for NIU freshman quarterback Tommy Fiedler, who threw 12 of 28 for 152 yards, one touchdown, and three interceptions.


2015 Northern Illinois Huskies football team, Game summaries, Boise State–Poinsettia Bowl
According to the Chicago Tribune, "Two of the winningest programs in recent years will meet for the first time when Northern Illinois takes on Boise State in the Poinsettia Bowl on Dec. 23 in San Diego....  Northern Illinois has won 65 games in the last six seasons. Only Alabama, Oregon, Florida State and Ohio State have won more. Boise State has 63 victories in that span." This was the eighth year in a row that the Huskies played in a bowl game.


2015 Northern Illinois Huskies football team, Game summaries, Boise State–Poinsettia Bowl
Boise State beat Northern Illinois 55–7. The Broncos totaled 654 yards of offense, compared to 33 yards for the Huskies, whose touchdown came on a kickoff return. The Boise State win meant that this was the team's 14th straight senior class to win 40 or more games.


2015 Northern Iowa Panthers football team
The 2015 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team is coached by Mark Farley in his 15th season and played their home games in the UNI-Dome. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 9–5, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a three–way tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Eastern Illinois in the first round and Portland State in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to North Dakota State.


2015 Northern NSW Football season
The 2015 Northern NSW Football season was the second season under the new competition format in northern New South Wales. The competition consisted of six divisions across the district. The overall premier for the new structure qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2015.


2015 Northern NSW Football season, League Tables, 2015 National Premier League Northern NSW
The 2015 National Premier League Northern NSW season was played over 18 rounds. The bottom team was relegated to the 2016 Northern NSW State League Division 1. Promoted for 2015 are Maitland FC, who were previously in the top tier of Northern NSW football in 2002. In a change for 2015, the top four teams in the league will contest the semi-finals, which will be conducted over two legs.


2015 Northern NSW Football season, League Tables, 2015 Northern NSW State League Division 1
The 2015 Northern NSW State League Division 1 season is the second season of the new Northern NSW State League Division 1 as the second level domestic association football competition in the district of Northern NSW. 11 teams will compete, all playing each other twice, for a total of 20 rounds. The top team at the end of the year is promoted to the 2016 National Premier Leagues Northern NSW, subject to meeting criteria.


2015 Northern NSW Football season, League Tables, 2015 Zone Premier League
The 2015 Zone Premier League season is the second edition of the Newcastle Zone Premier League as the third level domestic football competition in the district of Northern NSW. 10 teams will compete, all playing each other twice for a total of 18 rounds.


2015 Northern NSW Football season, League Tables, 2015 Zone League 1
The 2015 Zone League 1 season is the second edition of the Zone League 1 as the fourth level domestic football competition in the district of Northern NSW. 10 teams will compete, all playing each other twice for a total of 18 matches.


2015 Northern NSW Football season, League Tables, 2015 Zone League 2
The 2015 Zone League 2 season is the second edition of the Zone League 2 as the fifth level domestic football competition in the district of Northern NSW. 10 teams will compete, all playing each other twice for a total of 18 matches.


2015 Northern NSW Football season, League Tables, 2015 Zone League 3
The 2015 Zone League 3 season is the second edition of the Zone League 3 as the sixth level domestic football competition in the district of Northern NSW. 10 teams will compete, all playing each other twice for a total of 18 matches.


2015 Northern NSW Football season, League Tables, 2015 Women's Premier League
The highest tier domestic football competition in Northern NSW for women was known for sponsorship reasons as the Herald Women's Premier League. The 8 teams played a triple round-robin for a total of 18 games, followed by a finals series.


2015 Northern NSW Football season, Cup Competitions, FFA Cup Preliminary Rounds
Northern NSW soccer clubs competed in 2015 within the Northern NSW Preliminary Rounds for the 2015 FFA Cup. In addition to the A-League club Newcastle Jets, the two Round 7 winners - Broadmeadow Magic and Edgeworth FC - qualified for the final rounds of the 2015 FFA Cup, entering at the Round of 32, where they were both eliminated.


2015 Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2015 Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from January 15 to 18 at the Fort William Curling Club in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The winning team of Tracy Horgan represented Northern Ontario at the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. The event marked the first year that Northern Ontario had a direct entry to the national Scotties bonspiel. Before 2015, the top four teams qualified for the Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts.


2015 Northern Pride RLFC season
2015 is the eighth competitive season for the Cairns based Sea Swift Northern Pride Rugby League Football Club. They played in the QRL state competition, the Intrust Super Cup. 14 clubs competed, with each club playing 23 matches (12 home and 11 away) over 25 rounds. In 2015 the Townsville Blackhawks were admitted to the competition.


2015 Northern Pride RLFC season, 2015 Season -  Sea Swift Northern Pride, Player losses after 2014 season
The Northern Pride suffered substantial player losses at the end of the successful 2014 season with four players being contracted to the NRL and two of the North Queensland Cowboys allocated players moving to the Townsville Blackhawks and Joel Riethmuller retiring. In addition, coach J.D. resigned to take up a position as assistant coach at the Cowboys.


2015 Northern Pride RLFC season, 2015 squad
Brett Anderson (co-captain) (Centre) Semi Tadulala (Wing) Sam Obst (Half/Hooker) Ryan Ghietti (Halfback) Linc Port (Centre) Bradley Stephen (Centre) Luke George Justin Castellaro Menmuny Murgha Dean McGilvray Regan Verney Jordan Biondi-Odo Jared Allen Eddie Daniel Sam Pau Codey Kennedy


2015 Northern Pride RLFC season, 2015 squad
Jason Roos (co-captain) (Hooker) Alex Starmer (Prop) Graham Clark Vaipuna Tia Kilifi Tom Hancock (Second Row) P J Webb Brent Oosen Jack Svendsen (Second Row) Travis Peeters (Prop) Nathan Wales (Prop / Lock) Sheldon Powe-Hobbs (Lock/Second Row) Denzel King Maddie Oosen Keelan White Dave Murphy Jared Verney


2015 Northern Pride RLFC season, 2015 squad
Ben Spina Hezron Murgha Javid Bowen Patrick Kafusi Cameron King Lachlan Coote Scott Bolton Antonio Winterstein


2015 Northern Pride RLFC season, 2015 squad, 2015 Sponsors
Other sponsors: Castlemaine XXXX; Pacific Toyota; Cairns District Rugby League; Calanna Pharmacy; Tropic Wings; GATA Plastering; All Seasons Cairns Colonial Club; Cairns Plan Printing; Yalumba Winery. Media partners: Sea FM; WIN Television; Cairns Post.


2015 Northern Pride RLFC season, 2015 Televised Games, Channel Nine
In August 2012 as part of the historic $1 billion five-year broadcasting agreement with Nine and Fox Sports, the Australian Rugby League Commission confirmed that Intrust Super Cup matches would be televised by Channel 9 until 2018. One match a week is shown live across Queensland at 2.00pm (AEST) on Sunday afternoons on Channel 9 (or GEM), on WIN Television (RTQ) in regional areas and on Imparja Television in remote areas. The match is also broadcast in Papua New Guinea on Kundu 2 TV. The 2015 commentary team is Peter Psaltis, Scott Sattler and Mathew Thompson.


2015 Northern Province Council resolution on genocide of Tamils
The Tamil genocide resolution of 2015 was passed by the Northern Provincial Council on 10 February 2015 seeking an UN inquiry to investigate the genocide of the Tamil people in Sri Lanka by successive Sri Lankan Governments, and direct appropriate measures at the International Criminal Court outlining the Tamil people had no faith in the domestic commission.


2015 Northern Province Council resolution on genocide of Tamils
The resolution which was proposed and tabled by the chief minister of the Northern Province, Justice C. V. Vigneswaran, was enacted with an overwhelming majority in the council. Tabling the motion, Vigneswaran said "this historically important resolution" will help the Tamils take forward their struggle effectively and internationally.


2015 Northern Province Council resolution on genocide of Tamils, Observations
The resolution outlined the need for the OISL investigation to not restrict itself to the time period of 2002 and 2011 but back to the country's history since 1950s when it achieved independence. The resolution claimed that the genocide of Tamils became synonymous with the country's policies since it gained independence, and Tamils across the island, particularly in the North-East have been subject to gross and systematic human rights violations, culminating in the mass atrocities committed in 2009. Sri Lanka’s historic violations include over 60 years of state sponsored anti-Tamil pogroms, massacres, sexual violence, and acts of cultural and linguistic destruction perpetrated by the state. The resolution alleged that these atrocities have been perpetrated with the intent to destroy the Tamil people, and therefore constitute genocide.


2015 Northern Province Council resolution on genocide of Tamils, Observations
Events highlighted include the Disenfranchisement of Indian Origin Tamils in 1948 which stripped them of citizenship, the Sinhala Only Act and the ensuing anti-Tamil pogrom in 1956 and 1958, the Tamil Conference incident in 1974, the Burning of Jaffna library by Sinhala politicians in 1981 and the anti-Tamil pogroms in 1977 and 1983 all of which had occurred before the rise of an organized Tamil military struggle.


2015 Northern Province Council resolution on genocide of Tamils, Observations
Following the outbreak of the civil war in 1983, there had been at least 50 separate incidents of massacres of Tamil civilians. The UN had put the Tamil civilian death toll in the 27-year war at between 60,000 and 100,000. According to Mannar Bishop, Rayappu Joseph, at the end of the 2006-2009 war, 146,679 Tamils were not accounted for. The UN Panel of Experts had said that former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa was involved in the infamous "White Van" abductions of Tamils. The UN Secretary General’s Panel of Experts had found that there were "credible" allegations of abduction, rape and sexual violence in the refugee camps against the Security Forces. These genocidal acts "have caused serious mental harm to the Tamils," the resolution said.


2015 Northern Province Council resolution on genocide of Tamils, Observations
Five years after the end of the war, the military still dominates the North, the resolution claimed. In some areas of the North East, there is 1 soldier for every 3 Tamils. In Tamil-speaking areas, the Sri Lankan military has exponentially increased its role in Tamils’ daily life, expanded the amount of land it controls, and is establishing itself as a permanent, occupying presence. And as a result there have been sporadic increase in Sinhalese settlements in Tamil areas, land grabs, construction of Buddhist temples, and conversion of street and village names to Sinhalese.


2015 Northern Province Council resolution on genocide of Tamils, Observations
In the Central Province, forced sterilization had rampantly brought down the population of Indian origin Tamils vis-à-vis other communities. In 2007, the US embassy alleged forced abortions. The extreme level of militarization uniquely affects Tamil women. With heavy military presence, the security of 90,000 female-headed households is in jeopardy. These women are especially vulnerable to sexual violence due to the military’s predatory practices, the resolution mentioned.


2015 Northern Province Council resolution on genocide of Tamils, Observations
The members of the Council termed the case of genocide of Tamils unique as it has spanned over several decades and still continuing, and was perpetuated by several successive regimes before intensifying into a no-holds-barred war for nearly three decades and culminating in the mass atrocities of 2009. Hence the Council, stressed the vitality of international intervention both to combat Sri Lanka's institutionalized impunity and also promote human rights and the values of peace, justice and self-determination for Tamils.


2015 Northland by-election
A by-election was held in the Northland electorate on 28 March 2015. The seat had been vacated following the resignation of Mike Sabin of the National Party from the House of Representatives on 30 January 2015. Northland was generally regarded as a safe National seat; the party has held the seat since its creation for the 1996 election. The election was won by Winston Peters of New Zealand First. As Peters was already a list MP for his party, this allowed New Zealand First an additional list member, Ria Bond, to join parliament.


2015 Northland by-election, Background
In December 2014 New Zealand media reported that Northland MP Mike Sabin was under investigation by police over an assault complaint. The reports were not confirmed by the New Zealand Police, the Prime Minister or Sabin himself.


2015 Northland by-election, Background
Sabin resigned from parliament on 30 January 2015 with immediate effect "due to personal issues that were best dealt with outside Parliament."


2015 Northland by-election, Background, Northland electorate
The boundaries of the Northland electorate are largely determined by the Northland coastline. The electorate extends from a line between Leigh on the east coast and the Kaipara Harbour on the west coast (including Wellsford) to Cape Reinga, but excludes Whangarei and environs. The major communities include Kaitaia, Russell, Kerikeri, Kaikohe, Dargaville and Mangawhai Heads.


2015 Northland by-election, Background, Northland electorate
The Northland electorate experienced low population growth between the censuses in 2006 and 2013 (1.2%). Among general electorates Northland had the second-largest proportion of those from the Māori ethnic group (37.1%), as well as those who could speak Māori (10.4%). It had the highest share of: those who worked from home on census day 2013 (18.1%); those affiliated with the Ratana (Māori Christian) faith (4.7%); those affiliated with the Brethren religion (1.3%). Among general electorates in 2013, Northland had the second-lowest median family income ($51,400), and the lowest proportion of wage and salary workers (31.5%).


2015 Northland by-election, Candidates
The National Party confirmed that it would contest the by-election, with Mark Osborne selected as candidate. National Party board member Grant McCallum also contested National's selection, along with Mita Harris, Matt King, and Karen Rolleston.


2015 Northland by-election, Candidates
Willow-Jean Prime, a Far North District councillor who contested the Northland electorate for the Labour Party at the 2014 election, was again Labour's candidate.


2015 Northland by-election, Candidates
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters contested the by-election. Labour leader Andrew Little opined that Peters, aged 69 at the time of the election, would be too old for many voters to select as their new electorate MP. This was rejected by 85% of respondents to a 3 News and Reid Research poll. The Prime Minister, John Key, stated that Peters had "zero chance" in the National Party stronghold, but softened his stance within days when the first opinion polls came out that had Peters at 35%, whilst Osborne sat at 30%.


2015 Northland by-election, Candidates
Robin Grieve was the ACT candidate. Joe Carr contested the election for Focus New Zealand while Maki Herbert represented the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party and Rob Painting the Climate Party.


2015 Northland by-election, Candidates
Adam Holland, Adrian Bonner and Bruce Rogan were independent candidates. Holland had previously stood in the 2013 Christchurch East by-election, the 2013 Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election and in Epsom at the 2014 general election.


2015 Northland by-election, Results
Notes: Blue background denotes the winner of the by-election. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list prior to the by-election. Yellow background denotes the winner of the by-election, who was a list MP prior to the by-election. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.


2015 Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football team
The 2015 Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football team represented Northwest Missouri State University as a member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA)  during the 2015 NCAA Division II football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Adam Dorrel, the team finished the regular season with an undefeated 11–0 record. They won their fifth NCAA Division II Football Championship with a win over Shepherd in the  NCAA Division II Championship Game by a score of 34–7. The Bearcats played their home games at Bearcat Stadium in Maryville, Missouri, which has been the Bearcat's home stadium since 1917.


2015 Northwest Territories Men's Curling Championship
The 2015 Northwest Territories Men's Curling Championship was held from February 4 to 8 at the Inuvik Curling Club in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. It was the first territorial men's championship to be held since the Northwest Territories gained a direct entry to the Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship. Prior to 2015, the top two teams in the territory played in the Yukon/NWT Men's Curling Championship, with the winner going to the Brier. The winning team will represent the Northwest Territories at the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier in Calgary.


2015 Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2015 Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the women's curling championship for the Northwest Territories, was held from January 8 to 10 at the Yellowknife Curling Centre in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.


2015 Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts
2015 marks the first year that the winner of the Northwest Territories Scotties will go directly to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. In previous years, the top two Northwest Territories teams would have to play in the NWT/Yukon Scotties Tournament of Hearts to earn the right to play at the national championship.


2015 Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Only two rinks entered, 11-time territorial champion Kerry Galusha and territorial senior champion Ann McKellar-Gillis (both from Yellowknife). Galusha's team won the event, and represented the Northwest Territories at the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.


2015 Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Scores
The event was a best-of-five tournament. Since the Galusha rink won the first three games, the games scheduled for January 11 were not necessary.


2015 Northwest Territories general election
The 2015 Northwest Territories general election was held November 23, 2015. Under the territory's fixed election date legislation, the election was supposed to be held on October 5, 2015, however, since the federal election date of October 19, 2015, overlapped with that date, the N.W.T. government moved the date of the territorial election. The election selected 19 members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories.


2015 Northwest Territories general election, Term extension debate
In March 2014 the current Legislative Assembly voted to extend its term from four years to five. The act will need to be approved by the federal government. The reason given for postponing the election was to avoid voter fatigue, with municipal elections and the next federal election scheduled for October 2015. The decision by the assembly has prompted a petition calling for the Legislature to be dissolved early.


2015 Northwest Territories general election, Boundary changes
A new election map was implemented this election, the first since the territory was split in 1999. The report of the commission recommended three proposals calling for 18, 19 or 21 MLA's. A 19-member proposal was adopted by the assembly in May 2014, under which the only major change was the dissolution of the former districts of Weledeh and Tu Nedhe; under the new boundaries, the urban Yellowknife portion of Weledeh was reconstituted as the district of Yellowknife North, while the rural communities in the riding were merged with Tu Nedhe to create the new district of Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh. Apart from that change, all of the other 17 existing districts were retained with only minor boundary adjustments.


2015 Northwest Territories general election, Boundary changes
The Yellowknife City Council objected to the changes since the city was allocated only seven of 19 districts, despite containing around half the NWT population. The council asked the NWT Minister of Justice Dave Ramsay to refer the issue to the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories for a constitutional opinion but this was rejected.


2015 Northwest Territories general election, Results
Official results by district are shown below. Incumbents are indicated by an asterisk (*).


2015 Northwest Territories general election, Results
* *Beaulieu was previously member for the abolished district of Weledeh


2015 Northwest Territories general election, Analysis
Chris Windeyer, writing for CBC News, wrote that the defeat of eight incumbents in a 19-seat legislature could be seen as reflecting a strong desire for change, particularly pointing to the defeat of Finance Minister Michael Miltenberger, who unsuccessfully tried to win a sixth term. Windeyer also noted there was no increase in female MLAs in this election, with only two winning, and wrote that the re-election of Michael Nadli, who broke his wife's wrist during his last term, "does not say great things about the place of women in N.W.T. politics."


2015 Northwestern State Demons football team
The 2015 Northwestern State Demons football team represented Northwestern State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Demons were by third-year head coach Jay Thomas and played their home games at Harry Turpin Stadium. They were a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 4–7, 4–5 in Southland play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.


2015 Northwestern Wildcats football team
The 2015 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was Pat Fitzgerald's tenth season as the team's head coach. The Wildcats home games were played at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois. They were members of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 10–3, 6–2 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for second place in the West Division. They were invited to the Outback Bowl where they were defeated by Tennessee 45–6.


2015 Northwestern Wildcats football team, Previous season
The 2014 Northwestern Wildcats football team finished the regular season 5–7, 3–5 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the West Division. They had highlight wins against #18 Notre Dame and #17 Wisconsin.