Lebanon's long-delayed general election is a poor result for its prime minister, but he may still contrive to keep his job.
Category: Electoral law
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.
Who needs thresholds, anyway?
New Zealand copied its democratic electoral system from Germany, but also copied its least democratic and now pointless feature.
Left falls short in Norway
Norway's government is returned, partly due to the electoral system. Next stop, New Zealand and Germany.
The World is Not Enough 