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Category: Elections

One big election: India

India is waiting on election results following the world's biggest exercise in democracy. Prime minister Narendra Modi is expected to be returned with a reduced majority.

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Charles Richardson Central and South Asia, Elections 3 Comments 23 May 2019

Australia’s voting system gets it right – or does it?

In a sense, Australia's electoral system got the right result at the weekend. But it's important to understand how it shapes the nature of our politics.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law, Party matters 6 Comments 21 May 20199 February 2023

A scandal in Austria

Australia's far right may be triumphant, but Europe's has just had a setback, with Austria going to an early election as a result.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Political issues 2 Comments 21 May 2019

Australia turns Trumpist

Scott Morrison's government scores a surprise victory in Australia.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues 7 Comments 19 May 201926 January 2022

Editorial

Bill Shorten and the Labor Party deserve support in tomorrow's Australian election.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Ideas, Political issues 3 Comments 17 May 201926 January 2022

Election preview: Australia

After six years of Coalition government and three prime ministers, Labor is favored to return to power in tomorrow's Australian election.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Political issues 4 Comments 17 May 2019

Bad news for government in the pre-polls

The rate of increase in pre-poll voting, while still impressive, is slowing down. But it's going to be enough to create headaches on election night.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law 2 Comments 15 May 2019

Independence inches closer in New Caledonia

Pro-independence forces make gains in New Caledonia, but they do not command a majority and their opponents are moving away from compromise.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, France, Oceania, Political issues, Referenda 2 Comments 14 May 201926 January 2022

Final figures in South Africa

South African voters have drifted a little towards the extremes of left and right, but the one-and-a-half party system remains firmly in place.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections 2 Comments 13 May 201922 February 2022

Update on South Africa

Progress results from South Africa's election show the ANC losing some ground but still unchallenged for supremacy.

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