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Election preview: Netherlands

Tonight's election in the Netherlands looks like mostly reaffirming the status quo. The days when it was seen as the hot prospect of the far right seem to have passed.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe 5 Comments 17 March 2021

A bad day for Ms Merkel

Two state elections in Germany send a message of stability, but the Greens set a new record while centre-right and far right both lose ground.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Germany 2 Comments 16 March 202126 January 2022

A landslide out west

The unbelievable opinion polls in Western Australia were right, and its opposition parties were almost wiped out.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections 11 Comments 15 March 202118 March 2021

Election preview: Western Australia

Western Australia's Labor government is a shoo-in for re-election tomorrow, but that doesn't mean the result will be lacking in interest.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law 1 Comment 12 March 2021

Does turnout matter?

Increased turnout in last year's US election probably didn't have much to do with the expansion of postal voting. Nor does it seem to have made much difference to the result.

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Armenia’s leader hangs on, so far

Democracy is under threat in Armenia, but so far its prime minister seems to be giving a good account of himself, despite last year's military reverse.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Middle East, War and peace 2 Comments 3 March 2021

El Salvador’s president wins big

El Salvador's autocratic president will no longer have to contend with a hostile legislature, after his party won a landslide victory on Sunday.

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Unhappy memories in Georgia

A century on from its defeat and occupation by Soviet Russia, Georgia again worries about Russian influence and the fragility of democracy.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Middle East, War and peace 4 Comments 25 February 2021

February election roundup

A monthly digest of recent electoral news. This time, Liechtenstein, Kosovo, Niger and Haiti.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Latin America, North America (ex-US) 4 Comments 23 February 20212 March 2021

Shifting sands in New Caledonia

The supporters of independence win a majority in the New Caledonia government for the first time. Change is on the way, although the underlying balance of power is not all that it might seem.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Oceania, Political issues, Referenda 1 Comment 19 February 2021

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