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No surprise in Turkey

Turkey's autocratic president wins re-election as expected, with a mandate to continue his uneasy balance between east and west.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Middle East 2 Comments 29 May 20238 August 2023

Timor, Thailand, Turkey

A big win for the opposition in East Timor, plus updates on Thailand and Turkey.

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Greece swings rightward

Greece's election was a bad result for the opinion polls, and looks like being a poor outcome for democracy as well.

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Two election previews

East Timor and Greece go to the polls on Sunday, with incumbent governments in some peril in both.

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A Turkish cliffhanger

A better-than-expected result for Turkey's president is still not quite enough for him to avoid a second round of voting, but beating him from here will be an uphill task.

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Election preview: Turkey

The system is heavily stacked against it, but nonetheless Turkey's opposition is favored to beat the country's autocratic president in Sunday's election.

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Sunak loses locally

Local elections in England are a setback for Rishi Sunak's Conservatives, who face the voters in a general election next year.

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April/May electoral roundup

News of electoral happenings around the world – including Finland, Bulgaria, Paraguay, North Carolina and England.

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An upset in Polynesia

French Polynesia elects a pro-independence majority for the first time, although the electoral system played a major role.

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More trouble in Kosovo

An extremely successful election boycott in Northern Kosovo shows that the denial of self-determination is still not working.

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