Greece looks ready to shift back to the centre-right in Sunday's election. Its party system is yet to recover from the damage done by the financial crisis.
Category: Elections
A centre-left revival? Part IV: The European parliament
The centre-left seems to have missed out on getting its candidate up as the EU's next head of government, but its parliamentary position is stronger than it might look.
A centre-left revival? Part III: Australia
Australia was supposed to be part of a centre-left revival, but it didn't work out that way. Only so much blame can be attached to the electoral system.
A centre-left revival? Part II: Denmark
Denmark gets a centre-left government after the right was defeated in this month's election, but the Social Democrats' performance was less than stellar.
A centre-left revival? Part I: Finland
The arrival of a Social Democrat-led government in Finland is an occasion to look more generally at the decline and possible revival of the centre-left.
Be careful what you wish for
Turkey's president has his wings clipped in a re-run of Istanbul's mayoral election, showing again that voters don't like sore losers.
Europe and the right, again
Results from the European parliament elections show that Europe's far-right problem is more specifically an Italian problem.
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.
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.
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.
The World is Not Enough 