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A new French prime minister

Emmanuel Macron finds someone even younger than himself to serve as prime minister, hoping to keep his delicate balancing act alive.

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Two unsurprising results

Incumbents are returned in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Bangladesh, both in dubious circumstances.

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EU loses a president

The European Union is looking for a new head of state, exposing some of the strangeness of its constitutional arrangements.

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Election preview: Bangladesh

It's not a great start for the electoral year, with a patently unfair election in Bangladesh.

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Israeli democracy fights back

Israel's supreme court narrowly rejects a key plank of the attack on its powers, adding to Benjamin Netanyahu's problems.

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2024 election preview

A look at what to expect in the electoral world in 2024.

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2023 in review

A look back at the big elections of the year and an assessment of some of the political trends.

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Bougainville still waiting

Four years after its near-unanimous referendum, Bougainville is still waiting for its independence.

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A bumper Latin American roundup

An update on recent electoral happenings in Chile, Argentina, Guatemala, Peru and Venezuela.

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Qualification in Colorado

The Colorado supreme court rules against Donald Trump's eligibility, but its decision is unlikely to survive on appeal.

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