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Three continents, three elections

Reports from the weekend's three elections in West Africa, Southern Europe and Central America.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Latin America, Media 2 Comments 28 June 202329 June 2023

Big & little results

Incumbent parties are returned in both Nigeria and Estonia, but in other respects they were very different elections.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Electoral law, Europe 2 Comments 6 March 20237 March 2023

Election preview: Nigeria

Nigeria chooses a new president on Saturday, with the two-party duopoly being challenged.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections 1 Comment 23 February 202323 February 2023

November electoral roundup

This month's roundup of world electoral news covers the United States, Slovenia, Kazakhstan and Equatorial Guinea.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Central and South Asia, Elections, Europe, United States 1 Comment 23 November 2022

September electoral roundup

Our monthly roundup of election news covers Kenya, Canada, Brazil and Austria.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Europe, Latin America, North America (ex-US), Party matters 3 Comments 22 September 2022

Results on three continents

A president narrowly returned in Angola, a high-profile loss in Alaska and the draft constitution goes down in Chile.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Constitutional law, Elections, Electoral law, Latin America, Party matters, Referenda, United States 3 Comments 5 September 2022

Election preview: Angola

Angola continues to struggle with the legacy of civil war and one-party rule, but the opposition seems to have its best chance yet for winning government.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections 2 Comments 23 August 2022

August electoral roundup

A regular feature: this month, news from Kenya, Kuwait, Senegal and Canada, plus an update on a Washington story.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Middle East, North America (ex-US), Party matters, United States, War and peace 2 Comments 18 August 2022

A cliffhanger in Kenya

Vice-president William Ruto has a narrow lead in Kenya's presidential election, but it may not be enough to avoid the country's first ever runoff.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections 3 Comments 12 August 202215 August 2022

Election preview: Kenya

Kenya is yet to embrace generational change, with the front-runner for president making his fifth attempt at the age of 77.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Personalities 3 Comments 9 August 202210 August 2023

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