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Category: Elections

One Nation puzzles the punters

One Nation shoots to equal favoritism for a Western Australian by-election, but that's not reflected in other markets.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections Leave a comment 10 July 202613 July 2026

Crooks on both sides of the Channel

Western Europe's most prominent far-right leaders are both in trouble over financial irregularities – which is no coincidence.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Constitutional law, Elections, Europe, France, Party matters, Personalities 2 Comments 8 July 202620 July 2026

Deeming one more time

As a wildly unpredictable state election nears in Victoria, the saga of Moira Deeming and the Liberal Party appears to be entering its final phase.

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New Caledonia stays divided

Seven years on from the previous election, New Caledonia gets a very similar result.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Oceania, Referenda 2 Comments 3 July 2026

Election preview: New Caledonia

New Caledonia votes tomorrow in elections that once again put the issue of independence at centre stage.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, France, Oceania 1 Comment 27 June 202627 June 2026

South America goes Trumpist

The far right scores a narrower than expected win in Colombia's presidential election.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Latin America Leave a comment 25 June 20261 July 2026

Burnham!

Andy Burnham wins big in a by-election in the north of England, seemingly setting him up to be Britain's next prime minister.

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Charles Richardson Australia, British Isles, Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Party matters 2 Comments 22 June 202622 June 2026

Wrapping up Farrer

Final figures from last month's Farrer by-election show considerable resistance among Liberal voters to the party's preferencing strategy.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Party matters Leave a comment 16 June 202616 June 2026

Fourth time lucky

After three narrow defeats, Keiko Fujimori wins an equally narrow victory to become Peru's next president.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Latin America 1 Comment 15 June 202621 June 2026

Mr Putin loses another one

Armenia's government is comfortably returned despite losing a war – not a common occurrence.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Middle East, War and peace Leave a comment 10 June 202610 June 2026

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