Étiqueté : élections

Libya’s rival leaders comply with personal elections in December 0

Libya’s rival leaders comply with personal elections in December

Libya’s rival leaders agreed to hold parliamentary and presidential elections on December 10 following a meeting in Paris.  Representatives from 20 countries – including Libya’s neighbours, regional and European powers, the United States and international organisations – were at meetings at the Elysee Palace on Tuesday. « The parties have committed to set the constitutional basis for…

Colombia elections: What it’s essential to know 0

Colombia elections: What it’s essential to know

Colombians will head to the polls on Sunday to vote in the country’s first presidential election since a controversial peace deal between the government and FARC rebels in 2016. The campaign has been dominated by a battle between two candidates and the vote is expected to reflect the social polarisation that the historic agreement created. Despite the…

Will Modi’s fame shield out for next 365 days’s India elections? 0

Will Modi’s fame shield out for next 365 days’s India elections?

New Delhi, India – Just as he marked four years in office, Narendra Modi bowed on Saturday in front of supporters at a huge rally of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, thanking them for their « unwavering faith ».  One year before India’s next general election, that faith in the prime…

Iraq votes in first elections since ISIL defeat 0

Iraq votes in first elections since ISIL defeat

Iraqis head to the polls on Saturday in the first parliamentary election since the country declared victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group. Few foresee a dramatic government shake-up in the country’s sectarian divides but the balloting is expected to be a referendum on Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s tenure and…

Unpicking the outcomes of Lebanon’s elections 0

Unpicking the outcomes of Lebanon’s elections

Beirut, Lebanon – The dust has finally settled in Lebanon’s parliamentary election, after most of the 128 winning candidates were announced on Monday. Yet, as election fever cools in the country, analysts continue to dispute the significance of the results, especially when it comes to Hezbollah’s gains. Until Sunday’s vote, the country had not held…

Lebanon elections 2018: Politics as current 0

Lebanon elections 2018: Politics as current

Lebanon is heading for its first parliamentary elections in nine years. On May 6, more than 3.6 million registered voters in the country will be eligible to choose among 583 candidates competing for 128 parliamentary seats. The candidates are spread across 77 lists in 15 districts, which have 27 subdistricts. For Lebanese nationals living abroad,…

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Why did Erdogan call snap elections in Turkey?

Turkish voters are expected to head to the polls in June, in an early election held against a backdrop of an ongoing state of emergency and a declining lira, as well as shifting international alliances and increasing involvement in Syria. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the snap poll on Wednesday, moving it more than 18 months…

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Turkey’s Erdogan calls for snap elections on June 24

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a snap parliamentary and presidential election to be held on June 24, more than a year earlier than planned. In an address at his presidential palace on Wednesday, Erdogan said the country urgently needed to make the switch to an executive presidency. The date will still need…