Iranians are voting in the first major election since the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June 2009 and the mass protests and crackdowns that followed.

Islamists looked to seal their domination of Egypt's first democratically elected parliament as Egyptians voted in the final round of multistage elections.

Albertans have elected another Progressive Conservative majority government, crushing the rising Wildrose Party and making Alison Redford the province's first elected female premier.