Spain's Socialist prime minister looks to have made the right decision in calling a snap election, but victory is by no means assured.
Category: Elections
Understanding Spain, part I
Sunday's Spanish election follows a long period of political confusion, but this time voters face a clear choice.
Senate reform: an interim verdict
Australia reformed its Senate voting system in 2016, partly in order to counter the multiplicity of candidates and tickets. How successful has that been?
Post-Easter results roundup
A swag of election results from Indonesia, Israel, Ukraine and North Macedonia.
Election preview: Indonesia
Indonesia's president looks set for re-election with an increased majority.
A “libertarian” goes down
Final results from the New South Wales state election show the Liberal Democrats missing out on an upper house seat, for interesting reasons.
Centre-left wins one at last
Finland's new parliament is a very mixed bag. Expect a long period of negotiations before a government is formed.
Election preview: Finland
Finland's government will not survive tomorrow's election in its current form, but drastic change seems unlikely.
Election preview: Israel
Israeli elections usually involve minor reshuffles among the same cast of characters. This one looks like following the pattern, but it may be that Netanyahu's luck will finally run out.
One autocrat down, another two winged
Change in the Middle East didn't finish with the Arab Spring. Algeria's president resigned this week, and his counterparts in Sudan and Turkey are under threat.
The World is Not Enough 