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A Swedish cliffhanger

Sweden's Social Democrats fall to a new low, but still outperform expectations, while the far right falls well short.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Scandinavia 2 Comments 10 September 201827 January 2022

Election preview: Sweden

Sweden's far right is poised for significant gains in Sunday's election, but don't be taken in by the doomsaying.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Scandinavia 2 Comments 7 September 201827 January 2022

Far right knocking at the door in Sweden

Sweden's model of consensus anti-extremist politics is on trial in next month's election.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Party matters, Scandinavia 4 Comments 28 August 201827 January 2022

Maybe not the potato

It's possible to tear down a prime minister without becoming their replacement. Peter Dutton could learn from Michael Heseltine.

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Charles Richardson Australia, British Isles, Elections, Europe, Party matters, Personalities 7 Comments 22 August 201827 January 2022

Is Turnbull another Rudd, or just another Turnbull?

Malcolm Turnbull's predicament brings back memories of 2009-10. What can that experience tell us about his prospects?

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Party matters, Political issues 11 Comments 20 August 201822 August 2018

Death of a nationalist

The founder of India's ruling party was a moderate whose creation has become a vehicle for extremism.

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Charles Richardson Central and South Asia, Elections, Party matters, Personalities, Political issues Leave a comment 17 August 201827 January 2022

A result in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's president is declared the winner after delays and violent protests.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections 3 Comments 3 August 20183 August 2018

History, the constitution and “Super Saturday”

The saga of section 44 is an interesting lesson on the intersection of law, history and politics. Where do we go now?

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Elections, Electoral law, Political issues 4 Comments 2 August 201827 January 2022

Zimbabwe: a retrospective preview

Zimbabwe has held its first post-Mugabe election, but results are yet to be released.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections 1 Comment 1 August 2018

Cambodia goes rogue

Cambodia's autocrat predictably wins an "election", but the international community shows little interest.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Political issues, South-East Asia, War and peace 4 Comments 31 July 201818 May 2019

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