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Election preview: Victoria

Victoria's Labor government looks less assured of re-election than it did a few months ago, but its opposition still faces a mammoth task.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Party matters 2 Comments 24 November 202226 November 2022

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

A close call in Malaysia

An unexpectedly close election in Malaysia produces an uncertain outcome.

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Still waiting on California

As results trickle in from the US mid-term elections the Democrats are tantalisingly close to holding on to their majority in the lower house.

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Charles Richardson Elections, United States 2 Comments 14 November 202214 November 2022

Democrats win the optics

The Republican Party underperforms expectations in the US midterms, greatly reducing the likelihood of Donald Trump getting a clear run for the 2024 nomination.

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US midterms: Senate

Prospects for the Democrats look better tomorrow in the Senate than in the House of Representatives, but holding on to their majority still won't be an easy task.

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Charles Richardson Elections, United States 1 Comment 8 November 2022

US midterms: House of Reps

The Republican Party is an unbackable favorite to win back control of the House of Representatives this week.

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Fifth time lucky for Netanyahu

The fortunes of yet another far-right party are bolstered by the vagaries of an electoral system.

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Left back in Denmark

Denmark's Social Democrat prime minister has been re-elected for a second term, although it remains to be seen whether she will succeed in building a broader coalition than last time.

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Denmark & Israel

Denmark and Israel both go to the polls for early elections, with neither looking set for a clear-cut outcome.

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