Extremes on the retreat in Germany

Germany's centre-right finally gets some good news, with big gains in a state election at the expense of both far left and far right.

Peru and Mexico

Peru's voters face a difficult choice in the second round of their presidential election, while Mexico holds mid-term legislative elections.

Cyprus's legislative election produces the expected result. Meanwhile, a long-delayed election was held in another very interesting divided country.

Not all incumbents have benefited from Covid-19: Brazil shows that a sufficiently bad performance will eventually turn the tide of public opinion.

After four elections, two months of negotiations and a short war, Israel finally seems on the verge of a change of government.

Cyprus's centre-right president will be hoping that Sunday's election returns a sympathetic legislature for the remainder of his term.

After ten years of civil war, Syria holds what could only generously be described as an election, with predictable results.

A constitutional crisis in Samoa has so far failed to attract much support for democracy from the Australian government.

Belarus's president hijacks a commercial jet to arrest a political opponent, outraging European opinion.

A regular feature. This month, electoral news from Samoa, Ethiopia, Chad and Bulgaria.