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August electoral roundup

A regular feature: this month, news from Kenya, Kuwait, Senegal and Canada, plus an update on a Washington story.

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June electoral roundup

A regular feature: this month, electoral news from Israel, Bulgaria, Grenada and Australia.

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May electoral roundup

A monthly feature: today, updates from Northern Ireland, the Philippines, Schleswig-Holstein and South Ossetia.

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A preview and some results

There are presidential and legislative elections in Costa Rica on Sunday. Also recent results from Italy, Barbados and Northern Cyprus.

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January electoral roundup

A monthly feature: election news from around the world. This time, Barbados, Northern Cyprus, the Netherlands and North Macedonia.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Middle East, North America (ex-US), Party matters 3 Comments 18 January 2022

No, not Libya

The electoral year ends with Libya's presidential election postponed again, in a symptom of the country's failure of governance.

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October electoral roundup

A monthly feature: electoral news from around the world, including Iceland, Japan, Romania and Iraq.

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Charles Richardson East Asia, Elections, Europe, Middle East, Party matters, Scandinavia 9 Comments 15 October 202126 January 2022

June electoral roundup

This month's regular update brings electoral news from Mexico, Armenia, Algeria and Samoa.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Electoral law, Latin America, Middle East, Oceania 1 Comment 28 June 202119 November 2021

No surprise in Iran

Iran shifts sharply to the right, with its moderate but unsuccessful president to be replaced by a hardliner. Does that make diplomatic engagement a waste of time?

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Charles Richardson Elections, Middle East, United States 2 Comments 21 June 2021

An election and an “election”

Armenia's prime minister puts his job on the line in an early election. Meanwhile, Iran's rulers look like securing a hard-line president and possible successor for the supreme leader.

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