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Category: Elections

On a knife-edge in Sweden

Every vote will count in the Swedish parliament, after the centre-left government fell last week on a vote of confidence.

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France keeps out the extremists

France's regional and departmental elections show a combination of disaffection among voters and continued allegiance to the mainstream.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, France 4 Comments 30 June 202126 January 2022

June electoral roundup

This month's regular update brings electoral news from Mexico, Armenia, Algeria and Samoa.

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France votes, regionally

France's regional elections have not attracted much voter interest, but they give a graphic demonstration of how much the country's party system has changed in five and a half years.

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Another Lib Dem moment

The Liberal Democrats win a by-election in southern England, raising again the hopes of realignment that have been dashed many times before.

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No surprise in Iran

Iran shifts sharply to the right, with its moderate but unsuccessful president to be replaced by a hardliner. Does that make diplomatic engagement a waste of time?

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Charles Richardson Elections, Middle East, United States 2 Comments 21 June 2021

An election and an “election”

Armenia's prime minister puts his job on the line in an early election. Meanwhile, Iran's rulers look like securing a hard-line president and possible successor for the supreme leader.

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A postmortem on 2020 forecasting

Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight.com reviews his site's performance in last year's election, with interesting results.

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Yet another Peruvian cliffhanger

Peru's presidential elections always seem to be close, and Sunday's was no exception.

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Third time lucky for New Caledonia?

France opts for an early date for New Caledonia's next vote on independence. That accords with the wishes of the anti-independence forces, but their task remains a difficult one.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, France, Oceania, Political issues, Referenda 1 Comment 8 June 202126 January 2022

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