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Pakistan votes for change, again

I'm back from Scandinavia, with a fair bit of election news to catch up on. First up is Pakistan.

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Charles Richardson Central and South Asia, Elections 3 Comments 30 July 2018

The precarious success of Pakistani democracy

Another democracy in trouble, as the Pakistani government needs to counter the influence of its own military to win a second term.

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Charles Richardson Central and South Asia, Elections 2 Comments 24 July 201830 July 2018

That didn’t take long

Mexico gets a quick and decisive result in its presidential election.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Latin America 2 Comments 2 July 20183 July 2018

Election preview: Mexico

It looks like being third time lucky for Mexico's veteran leftist in Sunday's presidential election.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Latin America, Party matters 1 Comment 29 June 2018

Turkey’s strongman wins again

Turkey's autocratic president wins re-election and a legislative majority, but the country remains deeply divided.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Middle East 3 Comments 25 June 20181 July 2018

Turkish democracy’s last stand

Sunday's election in Turkey is probably the last chance to arrest its slide into authoritarianism. Polls suggest it could be very close.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Middle East 2 Comments 22 June 2018

Election preview: Colombia

A left-right contest in Colombia puts in question the country's economic future and the continuation of the peace deal with its left-wing rebels.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Latin America, Political issues, War and peace 2 Comments 17 June 201818 June 2018

Spanish Socialists finally take the prize

Spain also has a new prime minister, one who is finally able to enjoy the fruits of the election victory he seemed to have won in 2015.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Party matters, Spain 2 Comments 5 June 201827 January 2022

Italy’s unknown prime minister

After a false start, Italy's populists install their man as prime minister, but his prospects look rather uncertain.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Italy, Party matters 4 Comments 5 June 201827 January 2022

Election preview: Slovenia

The Trumpist right is expected to top the poll in Slovenia, but it looks like being well short of a majority.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Party matters 3 Comments 3 June 2018

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