Keywords: Election


Japan's first female PM dissolves parliament for snap election

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has formally dissolved the lower house of parliament, setting the stage for a snap general election on February 8. The move, announced amid cheers of "banzai" from lawmakers, initiates a brisk 12-day campaign period starting Tuesday. As the nation's......

Campaign begins ahead of Bangladesh’s February general election

Campaigning has officially started in Bangladesh for the general election scheduled for February 12, under an interim government established following the 2024 uprising that led to the departure of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) launched its first election......

Japan PM Takaichi to dissolve parliament and call snap election

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced on Monday that she will dissolve parliament on Friday and call a nationwide election, seeking a stronger public mandate to advance her economic and security policies. The snap election will determine all 465 seats in the lower house and represent the......

Portugal presidential election: far right expected to reach the runoff

Portugal is heading to a decisive presidential election as voters prepare to cast their ballots in the first round, amid growing expectations that the far right could reach the second round for the first time in the country’s democratic history. According to recent opinion polls, André......

Uganda Presidential election: Museveni leads, opposition leader Bobi Wine placed under house arrest

Uganda’s incumbent president, Yoweri Museveni, appears to be on track for a seventh consecutive term after preliminary results from less than half of the country’s polling stations show him receiving 76.25% of the vote, compared with 19.85% for opposition leader Bobi Wine, whose real name......

Marine Le Pen stakes her presidential future on RN appeal trial

Marine Le Pen’s political future is hanging in the balance as the appeal trial involving her, the Rassemblement National (RN), and several co-defendants opens in Paris. The proceedings represent a decisive moment for the far-right leader, whose eligibility to run in France’s 2027 presidential......

Guinea’s supreme court confirms general Mamadi Doumbouya’s presidential victory

Guinea’s Supreme Court on Sunday officially confirmed the victory of General Mamadi Doumbouya in the presidential election held on December 28, marking a decisive first-round win for the country’s military leader. According to the final results announced by the court, Doumbouya, who ran......

Guinea: Mamadi Doumbouya elected president amid opposition boycott

Guinea’s military leader, General Mamadi Doumbouya, has been overwhelmingly elected president in a vote marked by the absence of major opposition candidates and minimal campaigning. The election, held four years after the 2021 coup that ousted former President Alpha Condé, saw Doumbouya......

Kosovo’s ruling party takes lead in snap election

Kosovo’s ruling party, Vetevendosje (Self-Determination Movement), led by Prime Minister Albin Kurti, has taken a decisive lead in the country’s snap parliamentary elections held on Sunday. With approximately 98% of the ballots counted, Vetevendosje secured 49.62% of the vote, according......