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Results roundup, part I

Election news from around the world. Today, New Zealand, Seychelles, Lithuania and Tanzania.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Europe, Oceania, Referenda 2 Comments 2 November 20209 December 2020

Election preview: Seychelles

One of Africa's smaller but more successful democracies is holding simultaneous parliamentary and presidential elections.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections 2 Comments 23 October 2020

August election roundup

An occasional feature: today, electoral news from Trinidad & Tobago, Belgium, Ivory Coast and New Zealand

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Europe, North America (ex-US), Oceania, Party matters 2 Comments 18 August 2020

Results from all over

A wrap-up of election results from Malawi, Mongolia, Iceland, Poland and France.

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Charles Richardson Africa, East Asia, Elections, Europe, France, Scandinavia 3 Comments 29 June 202026 January 2022

Four presidents at risk: an EOFY election roundup

Our semi-regular election roundup, with news from Malawi, Iceland, Poland and France.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Electoral law, Europe, France, Scandinavia 4 Comments 26 June 20209 August 2022

A president does the right thing

Ivory Coast's president decides not to push his luck and seek another term. His shoes may be difficult to fill.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Electoral law, Political issues 4 Comments 25 March 2020

Progress for democracy in Namibia

The winds of change are blowing in southern Africa, with the ruling party recording its worst-ever result in Namibia's presidential and parliamentary elections.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections 1 Comment 2 December 20192 December 2019

October election roundup

Election news from around the world. This week Afghanistan, Tunisia, Mozambique and Austria.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Central and South Asia, Elections, Europe, Political issues, War and peace 1 Comment 17 October 20192 November 2019

Ethiopia’s reformer wins a prize

Ethiopia's leader is a worthy recipient of the Nobel peace prize, but there is a lot of work still to be done in his country and the region.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Political issues, War and peace 3 Comments 17 October 2019

Tunisia goes to a second round

Tunisia's democracy remains intact, with a conservative law professor and a populist media baron winning through to the second round of the presidential election.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Middle East 4 Comments 17 September 2019

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