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It’s tempting to dismiss last weekend’s landslide election victory of Japan’s opposition as reflectinga bad-tempered mood among recession-hit voters.
Japanese youth face a range of uncertainties as the country heads toward an election, with job prospects dwindling in a downbeat economy.
Kaoru Yosano on Tuesday warned that the opposition party likely to score a landslide in weekend elections would create a "one-party dictatorship".
Iraq was set on Monday to release preliminary results from weekend elections in the automomous Kurdish region after a new party claimed a breakthrough
Iran confirmed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president and said a row over his re-election was over, leaving opponents who cried foul with few options.
A partial recount of Iran’s disputed June 12 presidential election began on Monday, al-Alam state television reported.
Iran’s supreme leader has told the top election supervisory body to examine defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi’s complaints.
Moroccans began voting on Friday in a local election where the government of conservatives and socialists aims to limit gains by opposition Islamists.
A new party loyal to Morocco’s King Mohammed plans to step up opposition to the country’s coalition government after local elections on Friday.
Zambian opposition leaders on Thursday called for early elections in a bid to end what they call massive suffering of the country’s citizens.
Mirhossein Mousavi, seen as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s main challenger in a June 12 election, advocates better ties with Iran’s Western foes.
Women won four seats in Kuwait’s Parliament in Saturday’s election in what will be a blow to the Islamists who have long dominated the assembly.
A record 220 women are running in Malawi’s presidential and parliamentary polls on Tuesday, representing about 20% of candidates for the 193 seats.
Malawi’s Constitutional Court will on Friday rule on the eligibility of Bakili Muluzi to run for president for a third time in next week’s elections.
Shops and government offices were closed in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir on Wednesday as separatists called for a strike against elections
The party of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met on Tuesday to decide whether to take part in elections planned for next year.
Rafael Correa sailed to a re-election victory on Sunday but will face tough times during his second term as a weak economy threatens his popularity.
Senegal’s main opposition coalition claimed victory on Monday in local elections seen as a test of the leadership of veteran President Abdoulaye Wade.
Senegal’s main opposition coalition claimed victory on Monday in local elections seen as a test for the leadership of President Abdoulaye Wade.
Tension in Indonesia’s formerly war-torn province of Aceh has escalated ahead of April’s parliamentary elections, with 16 people killed.
El Salvador’s former Marxist guerrillas finally won power through the ballot box after a tight election victory over their right-wing civil war foes.
When Zhou Changshun complained about the fairness of elections in his home village in China’s Hebei province, he had just three days left to live.
Presidential polls in Afghanistan can’t be held next month as demanded by President Hamid Karzai, the elections commission said on Wednesday.
India will hold general elections next month, officials said on Monday, kick-starting a frenetic campaign for the 700-million votes up for grabs.
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/ 25 February 2009
India has been granted a ”lifeline” after most Kashmiris voted in landmark elections.
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/ 24 February 2009
Abdelaziz Bouteflika is heading for a hollow victory in an election in April because he is ill-suited to the task of tackling youth unemployment.
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/ 13 February 2009
Final results confirmed the Kadima party narrowly won the election but suggested Likud is better placed to form a government.
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/ 8 February 2009
Israel votes on Tuesday in the wake of the war in Gaza, with the ballot expected to shift the country to the right.
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/ 15 December 2008
Turkmenistan’s government on Monday said its election was a milestone in democracy, although only state-approved candidates were permitted to stand.
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/ 12 December 2008
Nigeria’s Supreme Court upheld the election of President Umaru Yar’Adua on Friday, giving him the mandate to lead Africa’s most populous nation.
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/ 11 November 2008
Côte d’Ivoire’s political leaders on Monday postponed a post-war presidential election planned for November 30.
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/ 30 October 2008
Johannesburg residents demonstrating for free basic electricity threatened on Thursday to boycott next year’s general election.