Election News
|
By AFP
Conakry -
Guinean President Alpha Conde's party won more than two-thirds of the seats in legislative elections held last month that were boycotted by the main opposition, the country's electoral commission said.
|
|
By AFP
La Paz -
The candidate of ex-president Evo Morales' socialist party, Luis Arce, has taken a commanding lead in opinion polls ahead of the May 3 presidential election in Bolivia, a poll published Monday showed.
|
|
By AFP
Caracas -
Venezuela's electoral system was damaged but not destroyed after a fire broke out in a warehouse used to store voting equipment, the National Electoral Council said Sunday.
|
|
By AFP
Addis Ababa -
Desta Garuma, a 27-year-old rickshaw driver, never showed much interest in politics, so his family has no idea how soldiers concluded he was involved in a rebel movement active in Ethiopia's Oromia region.
|
|
By AFP
Kabul -
Ashraf Ghani secured a second term as president of Afghanistan on Tuesday, but his bitter rival Abdullah Abdullah immediately challenged final election figures and said he was forming his own government.
|
|
By AFP
Kabul -
Ashraf Ghani has secured a second term as president of Afghanistan, according to final results of the September 28, 2019 poll released Tuesday by the country's election commission."The election commission... declares Mr Ashraf Ghani, who has won 50.
|
|
By AFP
Paris -
Controversial Russian artist Pyotr Pavlensky, who claims to have leaked a sex video of a prominent Paris politician, was arrested by French police on Saturday over an unrelated act of violence, the Paris prosecutor's office said.
|
|
By AFP
Washington -
The United States on Friday voiced alarm over Guinea's plans to hold a constitutional referendum, which the opposition calls a ploy by President Alpha Conde to stay in power.
|
|
By AFP
Blantyre -
Malawi's constitutional court is set to rule next week on whether to annul controversial poll results that saw the re-election of President Peter Mutharika, a verdict widely expected to stoke turmoil.
|
|
By AFP
Blantyre -
Malawi's anti-graft body on Wednesday said it had arrested a prominent businessman over allegations he tried to bribe judges hearing a legal challenge to the re-election of President Peter Mutharika.
|
|
By AFP
Washington -
The New York Times on Sunday endorsed Senators Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren for the Democratic presidential nomination, its first time choosing two candidates.
|
|
By AFP
Paris -
2020 is the most crucial year yet for humanity's plan to dodge the bullet of catastrophic global warming, experts said Saturday, warning that the narrow path to safety was riddled with pitfalls, from the US election to Brexit.
|
|
By AFP
Taipei -
Taiwan's presidential candidates are waging an all-out charm offensive to woo millions of young people in the lead-up to this weekend's election, conscious their votes could push them over the finish line.
|
|
By AFP
Taipei -
Taiwan's presidential candidates paid tribute Saturday to the island's military chief and other officers who perished in a helicopter crash just days before key elections.
|
|
By AFP
Taipei -
Taiwan passed a controversial bill Tuesday aimed at countering China's influence on the self-ruled island, less than two weeks before it goes to the polls to elect a new president.
|
|
There was one Twitter feed that was correct in terms of predicting the U.K. election results. This drawn from a sophisticated artificial intelligence technology, which analyzed social media posts, in a different way.
|
|
By AFP
La Paz -
Bolivia's interim government decided on Thursday to appeal to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in an attempt to stop former president Evo Morales from influencing next year's general election.
|
|
By AFP
Kabul -
Preliminary results from Afghanistan's delayed presidential polls will be announced in the coming days, an election official said Thursday, after a main candidate ended his boycott of a recount.
|
|
By AFP
Kabul -
Afghan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah on Friday ended his opposition to a recount in seven provinces after the September 28 election, which has been mired in fraud allegations.
|
|
By AFP
Tizi Ouzou -
In Algeria's disaffected Kabylie region, the brick has become the symbol of the anti-vote campaign ahead of unpopular presidential elections set for Thursday.
|
|
By AFP
Wellington -
New Zealand moved to ban large foreign political donations and misleading social media advertisements Tuesday amid concerns about offshore interference in next year's general election.
|
|
With the U.K. General Election edging close, what are the parties saying about science and technology? Which party has the best policies to see the U.K. thrive in a new, potentially post-EU, decade?
|
|
By AFP
London -
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservatives are heading for a comfortable win in next month's election, according to a detailed new poll, amid reports Thursday that the rival Labour party is refocusing its strategy.
|
|
By AFP
London -
Boris Johnson's Conservative Party would win a comfortable majority in Britain's parliament if the upcoming election were held this week, according to a poll by respected research firm YouGov.
|
|
By AFP
Fpo -
Hong Kong voters gave the territory's China-controlled administration a bloody nose in Sunday's local district council elections, a result that pushes the city's months-long political crisis into uncharted territory.
|
|
By AFP
Taipei -
The de facto US ambassador to Taiwan on Friday expressed concern that Beijing was attempting to influence the island's coming elections, days after China sent its first domestically built aircraft carrier through the Taiwan Strait.
|
|
By AFP
Taipei -
Taiwan's presidential candidates on Thursday welcomed a temporary ban imposed by Google on campaign ads, intended to combat disinformation in the run-up to next year's elections.
|
|
By AFP
Colombo -
Armed men stabbed and injured a writer in Sri Lanka on Thursday, a week after he published a book criticising the main opposition candidate at Saturday's presidential polls, police said.
|
|
By AFP
Kabul -
Preliminary results from Afghanistan's presidential election have been delayed for a second time, election officials announced Wednesday, a postponement likely to fuel more political uncertainty and fraud allegations.
|
|
By AFP
Kabul -
Afghanistan's Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah called Sunday for a halt to a recount of the recent presidential election, saying he would not accept "fraud-marked" results.
|
apis-416033 apis-415144 apis-414678 apis-414176 apis-413523 apis-413509 apis-413379 apis-412902 apis-412490 apis-411888 apis-411715 apis-411114 apis-410984 apis-410710 apis-410518 apis-410141 apis-409970 apis-409942 apis-409570 apis-409391 apis-408863 apis-408762 apis-408599 apis-408578 apis-408385 apis-408238 apis-407717 apis-407699 apis-407648 apis-407404
Election Image
A poster for the party of Ayad Allawi, the former interim prime minister, takes centre stage. Al Jazeera English
Re-elected New Democrat MP Linda Duncan (in orange) with candidates Aaron Paquette (left), Janis Irwin, and Gil McGowan. Election night, October 19, 2015.
Zimbabwe since independence John SAEKI, AFP
Donald Trump at the 2016 RNC Disney / ABC Television
Electronic voting machines Carl MiKoy (CC BY 2.0)
Screenshot of Justin Trudeau's official Twitter page Via Justin Trudeau's Twitter Page
Tamils taking part in the December 19, 2009 national referendum. Election
A street scene from Lagos
French Presidential elections 2017: opinion polls Thomas SAINT-CRICQ, Kun TIAN, Jules BONNARD, Camille MALPLAT, AFP
Yingluck Shinawatra, Thai politician, the leader of the Pheu Thai Party is the first female prime minister of Thailand. Tarasaphorn
A woman sits in a polling room in Baghdad, waiting for voters. Al Jazeera English
Thomas Mulcair in Edmonton with wife Catherine.
Haiti election-This photo was taken on November 28, 2010. mediahacker
Darlene Jacobs votes with her son Tim Darlene Jacobs
Darlene Jacobs votes with her son Tim Darlene Jacobs
The AV (Alternative Voting) system took place in the UK during May 2011
Don't be the guy on the sidelines! Choose your species...then get out and vote!
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) and his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton will face each other in the 2016 US Presidential election , AFP/File
|
|
