Georgia’s ruling party is set to win the country’s parliamentary elections and secure a comfortable majority in the country’s legislature, early results published by the electoral committee have suggested. According to official figures, more than 54.2% of voters have favored Georgian Dream, with 99% of ballots processed. Voter turnout was marked …
Read More »Georgia’s pro-Western opposition refuses to accept election defeat
Leaders of several opposition parties in Georgia have said they will not recognize the results of this weekend’s national parliamentary vote. According to the official results, the ruling Georgian Dream party received almost 54% of the vote, while various opposition forces attracted between 11% and 3%. Georgian Dream party chairman Mamuka Mdinaradze has …
Read More »Corbyn triumphs over former party in UK election
Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has retained his seat in the UK parliament after running as an independent in Thursday’s general election. Corbyn won 24,120 votes in London’s Islington North constituency, comfortably ahead of Labour rival Praful Nargund, who received 16,873 votes. Turnout in the constituency was 67.5%, 4% …
Read More »‘This time the campaign has had a referendum-like nature’: Your guide to Russia’s 2024 Presidential Election
Voting has begun in Russia’s 2024 presidential election. It will continue until Sunday, and in many ways will be unique in the country’s history. It is the first presidential vote to take place since the constitution was updated, in 2020. This ‘zeroed’ the previous terms of the current head of …
Read More »Early voting in presidential election starts in Russia
Early voting in the presidential election has kicked off in several Russian regions. It is for the most part aimed at citizens who live in parts of the country that are difficult to reach. Also, sailors who will be at sea on the main days of the election can cast …
Read More »EU boss makes election U-turn
European Council president Charles Michel has abandoned plans to contest a seat in the upcoming European Parliament elections in June. This comes amid suggestions that doing so could have led Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orban, a critic of aid to Ukraine, to replace him as EU Council chief. Michel, previously …
Read More »Trump scores major election victory
Former President Donald Trump won a landslide victory in the first Republican primary of the 2024 presidential race, taking home three times more delegates than his closest opponent and over 50% of the popular vote. With more than 95% of the votes counted following Monday’s caucus in Iowa, Trump had …
Read More »Taiwan’s ‘anti-China’ candidate wins presidential election
Lai Ching-te of Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has been elected as the self-governing island’s new leader following Saturday’s presidential election. Lai, who entered the election as Taiwan’s vice president, claimed victory after the candidate representing the island’s main opposition party, Hou Yu-ih, conceded defeat. The DPP, which was …
Read More »Trump takes election lead over Biden – WSJ
Former US President Donald Trump has nudged ahead of Democratic rival Joe Biden in a hypothetical matchup between the two candidates most likely to contest next year’s presidential election, according to the findings of a national poll The survey, published on Saturday by the Wall Street Journal, shows Biden with …
Read More »Zelensky uses martial law to avoid election
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on Wednesday proposed to extend the state of emergency, thereby effectively canceling the parliamentary elections scheduled for October. Zelensky announced martial law on February 24, 2022, and has been extending it ever since. The most recent 90-day extension was announced on May 20, and is due …
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