Sunday's election in Turkey is probably the last chance to arrest its slide into authoritarianism. Polls suggest it could be very close.
Category: Electoral law
Election preview: Malaysia
If Malaysia was a democracy, the opposition would already be in power. As it is, they look like missing out again.
Lebanon goes to the polls at last
Lebanon's long-delayed general election is a poor result for its prime minister, but he may still contrive to keep his job.
Election preview: Hungary
Central Europe's most illiberal leader faces the voters, helped by a voting system designed for his own benefit.
Election preview: South Australia
South Australians go to the polls, with little reason to think that the electoral system will reflect their wishes.
Election preview: Italy
The centre-left's predicament in Italy probably looks worse than it is. But in the circumstances that's not much consolation.
Italy, one month out
Uncertainty on several fronts surrounds next month's Italian election, which could be Silvio Berlusconi's most unlikely comeback yet.
Where to next for Catalonia?
Catalonia has returned from the Christmas break to find that its constitutional crisis is no nearer a solution.
Do we really have to go through this again?
So the Coalition no longer has a majority in the House of Representatives. Here's why that's no big deal.
Czechs swing rightwards
Another election, another bad result for the centre-left. The future direction of Czech politics is uncertain, although public opinion remains basically centrist.
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