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Three continents, three elections

Reports from the weekend's three elections in West Africa, Southern Europe and Central America.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Latin America, Media 2 Comments 28 June 202329 June 2023

Finland & Greece

Finland has a new government with a prominent role for the far right, while Greece's failure to form a new government has led it to a dubious second election.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Party matters, Scandinavia 1 Comment 23 June 2023

Movement in the Balkans

Montenegro's voters return a new pro-European party in first place, while Bulgaria's fractious politicians finally agree on a new government.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Political issues 3 Comments 19 June 2023

Two showmen depart

An adverse report to the House of Commons claims Boris Johnson, while death claims Silvio Berlusconi. Compare and contrast.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Italy, Personalities, Referenda 4 Comments 13 June 202313 June 2023

Election preview: Montenegro

Montenegro goes to the polls on Sunday, less than three years after the election that brought unexpected political change and disruption.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe 2 Comments 9 June 20239 June 2023

Turning-point in Poland?

Poland's far-right government faces trouble both at home and abroad, but its position in this year's election is far from hopeless.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Political issues 1 Comment 8 June 2023

Spain goes early

Spain's prime minister responds to bad results in regional elections by calling an early national election for July.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Spain 3 Comments 30 May 202330 May 2023

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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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Middle East, South-East Asia 7 Comments 25 May 2023

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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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe 1 Comment 22 May 202324 May 2023

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