Early Indonesian figures show that it's going to be a very mixed bag of a legislature.
Author: Charles Richardson
All over in Western Australia
Western Australia's Senate by-election can now be safely called. Both major parties lost ground, but the microparties missed out and the government did as well as it could have hoped.
Election preview: Indonesia
Indonesians vote today for a new parliament, with commentators mostly looking ahead to the presidential election in three months time.
Quebec stays put, for now
Quebec's minority pro-independence government loses an early election, ensuring that the province will stay part of Canada for a while yet.
A walkover in Central America
The populist candidate Luis Guillermo Solís wins Costa Rica's presidency in a landslide, after his opponent threw in the towel a month ago.
Right gets back in Hungary
Hungary's controversial centre-right government has been re-elected for a second term, and has apparently maintained its two-thirds majority in parliament – despite a substantial swing to the opposition.
Election preview: Hungary
Hungarians seem set to re-elect their controversial centre-right government, helped by the new electoral system it introduced.
Turkey and Russia: compare and contrast
Turkish local elections give its ruling party a vote of confidence, doing little to allay fears of growing authoritarianism. Vladimir Putin's Russia looks increasingly like a role model.
France gets a new prime minister
French president François Hollande responds to defeat in local elections by a bold shift to the right. His new prime minister evokes memories of Nicolas Sarkozy.
A bad day for M. Hollande
As expected, France's local elections were a disaster for the incumbent Socialist Party. François Hollande may be looking for a new prime minister, new policies, or both.
The World is Not Enough 