A look at election news from around the world, featuring Senegal, Indonesia, Vietnam, Slovakia and Ireland.
Category: South-East Asia
Slow counting in Indonesia
There are a lot of votes to count in Indonesia, and they're getting through them slowly but steadily.
No surprise in Indonesia
Controversial Indonesian general Prabowo Subianto has won the presidency at his third attempt.
Election preview: Indonesia
Indonesian democracy looks to be in for a testing time, with a general with an unsavory background strongly favored to be the next president.
Shoring up the monarchy in Thailand
Thailand's constitutional court tries to protect the monarchy by outlawing dissent, in a move that's liable to backfire.
Thailand & Singapore
Thailand's former prime minister has his sentence shortened, while Singapore gets a new president.
Thai democracy struggles on
The return to Thailand of populist leader Thaksin Shinawatra coincides, obviously not by chance, with an agreement between his party and the military.
State elections in Malaysia
Malaysia's new government suffers a swing against it in state elections, but the result is broadly in line with expectations.
Change in Cambodia, but not really
Cambodia's Hun Sen, fresh from victory in a sham election, begins the handover of power to his son. It's a depressing story.
Righting the record in East Timor
East Timor is set for a new government. Meanwhile, a history of Australia's involvement sets the record straight on its route to independence.