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Category: Elections

First Israel, now Spain

Spain's politicians have failed to agree on a new government, sending their country back to the polls. Benjamin Netanyahu could tell them that that's a risky strategy.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Middle East, Spain 3 Comments 20 September 201926 January 2022

More Brexit election numbers

Britain's divided House of Commons is unlikely to survive much longer, but a replacement may not end up making things any clearer.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Elections, Electoral law, Europe 2 Comments 19 September 201926 January 2022

Tunisia goes to a second round

Tunisia's democracy remains intact, with a conservative law professor and a populist media baron winning through to the second round of the presidential election.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Middle East 4 Comments 17 September 2019

Israel goes back to the polls

The year's second Israeli election is to be held tomorrow, with the issues substantially unchanged from the first one. A dominant far right deals with an assortment of challengers plus its own internal divisions.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Middle East, Political issues 3 Comments 16 September 201916 October 2019

The Senate faces its enemies, again

Plans are again afoot within the Australian government to try to cripple the democratic nature of the Senate. But there is an alternative direction that reform could take.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Elections, Electoral law, Ideas 2 Comments 13 September 201926 January 2022

A Brexit election – but when?

Britain won't be going to the polls next month, but it still looks as if an election can't be long delayed.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Party matters, Political issues, Referenda Leave a comment 10 September 201926 January 2022

Italy succeeds where Spain fails

Italy gets a new government (with its old prime minister), as the centre-left links up with the populists, but Spain seems unable to pull off the same deal.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Italy, Party matters, Spain 4 Comments 9 September 201926 January 2022

Brandenburg and Saxony

Elections in two German states this weekend provide another opportunity for pundits to fret about the rise of the far right. So far, however, the centre-right is holding firm.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Germany, Party matters 3 Comments 30 August 201926 January 2022

Centre-left comes to the party in Italy

Italy looks to be heading towards a coalition of some sort between the populists and the centre-left. Will Silvio Berlusconi join in?

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Italy, Party matters 2 Comments 22 August 201926 January 2022

Oh no, not 1975 again!

Britain could be headed for a constitutional crisis that can be likened to that of 1975 in Australia. But the differences are more revealing than the similarities.

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Charles Richardson Australia, British Isles, Constitutional law, Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Political issues 7 Comments 19 August 201926 January 2022

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