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Category: Elections

Two new coalitions

Some months on, elections in Spain and New Zealand result in coalition governments being formed.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Oceania, Spain 1 Comment 30 November 2023

Dutch far right takes a prize

With the far right emerging from last week's election as easily the largest party, putting together a new government in the Netherlands is going to be very interesting.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe 4 Comments 27 November 202328 January 2024

Election preview: Netherlands

Dutch voters have plenty of choices in tomorrow's early election, with the country's long-serving prime minister bowing out.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe 1 Comment 21 November 202321 November 2023

Milei nails it

Argentina's voters lose patience with the economic incompetence of their Peronist government and give the "libertarian" candidate a solid victory.

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Election preview: Argentine runoff

Voters in Argentina have an unenviable choice in Sunday's presidential election, as is all too common in South America.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Latin America 2 Comments 17 November 2023

Update on government formation

A new government in Montenegro, progress in Spain and Poland, and an early election in Portugal.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Spain 2 Comments 10 November 202310 November 2023

Close contests in America

Democrats have a good night in America's off-year elections, but tight contests are still very much the norm.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, Referenda, United States Leave a comment 9 November 2023

A referendum post-mortem

Detailed results from Australia's Voice referendum show the extent of the realignment that has taken place since 1999.

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New Zealand wraps up

Final results are released from last month's New Zealand election, showing small but significant differences from the way things looked on the night.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Oceania 2 Comments 3 November 2023

Pence is out

The Republican presidential field in the US starts to contract, with Mike Pence bowing out. More will have to follow his lead if a viable non-Trump candidate is to emerge.

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