The Maldives Supreme Court has taken a hand in tomorrow's legislative election by sacking the heads of the Electoral Commission.
Category: Elections
Could Tasmania get a Green opposition?
The Greens aren't likely to emerge from tomorrow's Tasmanian election as the official opposition, but it would be a powerful lesson for the ALP if they did.
A tale of two elections
Very different elections in El Salvador and North Korea, yet each in its way signals the triumph of democracy.
A Central American cliffhanger
A former guerrilla leader has a wafer-thin lead as El Salvador's presidential election turns out to be a quite unexpected cliffhanger.
Western Australians get to do it all again
An interesting train of reasoning by the court of disputed returns leads to the conclusion everyone expected: a fresh half-Senate election in Western Australia.
Bangkok and Kiev revisited
The anti-government protests in Thailand and Ukraine continue to throw up interesting similarities while also revealing their underlying differences.
Two runoffs in Central America
Results from El Salvador and Costa Rica show two presidential runoffs on the way, although one is pretty much a foregone conclusion.
Thailand goes to the polls – or tries to
The polls have closed in Thailand. Everyone knows who won, but nobody knows what will happen next.
Election preview: Costa Rica and El Salvador
Incumbent parties are favored to win on Sunday in both Costa Rica and El Salvador, but both will be interesting contests.
Another president-for-life looms for Nicaragua
President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua doesn't want to give up the job that he first held in the 1980s.
The World is Not Enough 