Nigeria chooses a new president on Saturday, with the two-party duopoly being challenged.
Category: Elections
Two results and a dissolution
Results from the weekend's elections in Cyprus and Monaco, plus yet another early election coming up in Bulgaria.
Death of a scoundrel
The death in exile of Pakistan's General Musharraf reminds us of the foolishness of a foreign policy based on disdain for democracy.
Two Mediterranean previews
Cyprus and Monaco vote on Sunday in very different elections, but with a common element of constitutional structure.
Another Republican steps up
A second candidate is ready to enter the race for next year's Republican nomination. By current Republican standards she could almost count as a moderate.
Summer roundup
An update on recent electoral news, featuring Latvia, Antigua, Vietnam, Czechia and New Zealand.
Czech & Slovak news
Czechia holds the second round of its presidential election, while Slovakia is set for an early election of uncertain date.
Change on the way in New Zealand
New Zealand is in for change at the top - certainly in coming days, and quite probably again in October.
Czechs choose a new president
The year's first European election will choose a new Czech president, replacing Trumpist incumbent Miloš Zeman.
Presidential problems in the Americas, revisited
The case for parliamentary government has been strengthened, not weakened, by the recent troubles in Brazil and the United States.
