Canada's unnecessary election wraps up, with a status quo result and the usual gross disproportion between what voters wanted and what they got.
Category: Elections
Democracy isn’t complicated
An easy guide to understanding the German electoral system.
Germany almost live
Analysis and interpretation of German election results as they appear.
Election preview: Germany
Germany finally faces its post-Merkel future, with Sunday's election looking fairly clear in its general shape but highly uncertain in its consequences.
Election preview: Iceland
Iceland's election on Saturday is a confused affair, with up to nine parties likely to win seats, but it also foreshadows some of the themes of the German election the following day.
Results roundup
Results and analysis from four big recent elections: Norway, California, Russia and Canada.
Canada one more time
Only two years into his term, Canada's prime minister is chancing his luck, and as usual the electoral system has some tricks up its sleeve.
“Election” preview: Russia
Russia votes on Sunday to elect another tame parliament for Vladimir Putin, although his party looks like having a reduced majority.
A recall in California
California's governor looks like surviving an attempt to recall him, but the vote casts a light both on some of the state's quirks and on the mania that's taken hold of the Republican Party.
Election preview: Norway
If the polls are right, Norway's Labour Party is set to return to government after eight years in opposition.