News about Elections

Surprise-package Silva shakes up Brazil vote Popular environmentalist Marina Silva has shaken up Brazil's presidential election since her sudden entry into the race.

28 August 2014 12:00

Afghan election in crisis as candidate pulls out of audit One of the two candidates boycotted the UN-supervised vote audit set up to end a prolonged dispute over the rightful winner.

27 August 2014 14:58

Leader of Britain's UKIP picked to stand for parliament seat The leader of the anti-EU UKIP Nigel Farage is to run for parliament in Britain's 2015 election.

27 August 2014 13:56

Indonesian court to rule on presidential election challenge An Indonesian court was expected to uphold Joko Widodo's victory in last month's presidential election.

21 August 2014 12:57

Brazil Socialists name presidential candidate after Campos death Brazil's Socialist party named popular environmentalist Marina Silva as presidential candidate.

21 August 2014 11:00

Brazilians can vote for their own Obama In Brazil, where nicknames are everything, voters can now opt for a congressional candidate who goes by the name Barack Obama.

20 August 2014 14:19

Slovenia vote winner Cerar nominated as PM Slovenian President Borut Pahor nominated the winner of last month's election Miro Cerar, as prime minister of the troubled eurozone state.

20 August 2014 11:11

New Zealand PM tips tight election battle Prime Minister John Key predicted a "close" and "hard fought" New Zealand general election next month.

18 August 2014 15:16

Thousands of anti-government marchers reach Islamabad Thousands of protesters led by Pakistan's opposition leader arrived in Islamabad to try to topple the government he alleges was elected by fraud

16 August 2014 13:44

Brazil presidential candidate dies in plane crash Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos died when his campaign jet slammed into houses in Santos city in bad weather.

14 August 2014 10:27

Nazarbayev congratulates Erdogan on becoming Turkey's new president Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has sent a telegram to Recep Tayyip Erdogan congratulating him on his election as Turkey’s new President.

12 August 2014 11:45

Erdogan wins Turkish presidency in first round triumph Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan won an outright victory in the first round of presidential elections.

11 August 2014 11:32

Turkey's 12 presidents from Ataturk to Erdogan Turkish voters delivered a victory to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the country's first ever direct presidential election.

11 August 2014 10:00

Senate elections in Kazakhstan to be held soon Preparations for the upcoming Senate elections are underway.

07 August 2014 17:14

US congratulates Iraq on electing new president The United States on Thursday threw its weight behind the newly elected president of Iraq, Fuad Masum, and urged him to form a "cohesive government" to help fight Islamic militants.

26 July 2014 10:46

Indonesia's Prabowo to challenge election result in court The ex-general who lost Indonesia's presidential election to Joko Widodo will challenge the result in court, his campaign team said Wednesday, a move that could spell weeks of uncertainty for the world's third-biggest democracy.

23 July 2014 14:28

Malawi says arson possible in ballot box fire Malawi's electoral commission has said arson cannot be ruled out in a warehouse fire that destroyed ballot boxes containing votes from a disputed election just days after a court ordered a recount.

19 July 2014 10:03

Taliban attack Kabul airport as Afghan poll audit starts Explosions and gunfire rang out after the Taliban Thursday attacked Kabul airport in the militants' latest brazen attempt to steal the initiative with the country in the grip of a presidential power struggle.

17 July 2014 10:09

Hague quits as British foreign secretary in pre-election shake-up Britain's William Hague announced his surprise resignation as foreign secretary, as Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron overhauled his government to set the battle-lines for elections next year.

15 July 2014 11:14

Kerry in Kabul on key mission to calm election turmoil US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Afghanistan on a key mission to try to quell tensions over disputed presidential polls which have triggered fears of violence and ethnic unrest.

11 July 2014 13:10

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