Election preview: American midterms

The Democrats are set to win back control of the US House of Representatives, and unless the polls are badly wrong they will also take the Senate.

Israel’s choice

Israel's opposition parties will have to work together: the voters have left them no other choice if they don't want Netanyahu back.

Contrasting results from two provincial elections and a referendum in Canada.

Three elections produce good news for democracy.

Israel's far-right prime minister trails badly in the polls, but he's been written off many times before.

The son of Brazil's former far-right president looks well placed in tonight's runoff election, but it's too close to call.

Taking a break, so don't expect much blogging for the next month.

A cliffhanger election in Sweden results in a small swing and a probable change of government.

Final figures from Secret Harbour show the Liberal Party still divided over the question of relations with the far right.

Autumn brings elections in the northern hemisphere, with Sweden's right-of-centre government facing the voters on Sunday.