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Greece swings rightward

Greece's election was a bad result for the opinion polls, and looks like being a poor outcome for democracy as well.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe 1 Comment 22 May 202324 May 2023

Two election previews

East Timor and Greece go to the polls on Sunday, with incumbent governments in some peril in both.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, South-East Asia 2 Comments 19 May 202317 August 2023

Dissolution in Ecuador

Ecuador's president dissolves the legislature before it can begin his impeachment trial, bringing on an early election for his own position as well.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Elections, Latin America 6 Comments 18 May 202325 May 2023

Opposition landslide in Thailand

The Thai opposition won big at the polls on Sunday. Now it needs to convince the military to let it take power.

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A Turkish cliffhanger

A better-than-expected result for Turkey's president is still not quite enough for him to avoid a second round of voting, but beating him from here will be an uphill task.

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Election preview: Turkey

The system is heavily stacked against it, but nonetheless Turkey's opposition is favored to beat the country's autocratic president in Sunday's election.

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Election preview: Thailand

Thailand's military government appears to be facing a heavy defeat in Sunday's election. The big question is how it will react to that.

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Charles Richardson Elections, South-East Asia 1 Comment 11 May 202325 May 2023

Trumpism in the Andes?

Voting last Sunday for Chile's new constitutional council saw a big triumph for the right, lending support – of a sort – to the idea of Trumpism as a game-changer.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Elections, Latin America, Referenda 3 Comments 10 May 2023

Defeat in Syria

The final act of the Arab Spring is played out with the Arab League's normalisation of relations with Syria and its dictator.

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Charles Richardson Middle East, Political issues, War and peace 6 Comments 9 May 202315 June 2023

Sunak loses locally

Local elections in England are a setback for Rishi Sunak's Conservatives, who face the voters in a general election next year.

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