Keywords: Parliamentary election


Ahmed Touizi Elected President of Morocco’s House of Representatives

Ahmed Touizi of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) has been elected president of Morocco’s House of Representatives, securing 220 votes in a parliamentary ballot held on Tuesday. Touizi emerged from the vote ahead of Driss El Azami El Idrissi, the candidate representing the opposition......

United Russia leads Russia’s State Duma election

Russia’s ruling United Russia party is leading the country’s parliamentary election, according to preliminary results released by the Central Election Commission on September 21. With more than 95% of ballots counted, the party had secured 57.83% of the vote, maintaining its dominant position......

Russia’s 2026 Election: State Duma Vote Held Under Shadow of Ukraine War

Russian voters are heading to the polls from September 18 to 20 to elect all 450 members of the State Duma, the lower house of parliament. The three-day vote is the first parliamentary election held since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Around 111 million people......

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announces resignation after election defeat

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has announced his resignation after the centre-left opposition secured a narrow majority in the country’s parliamentary election, bringing his term in office to an end and opening the way for negotiations over a new government. The final count showed that......

Sweden election remains too close to call as opposition edges ahead

Sweden’s national election remained finely balanced on Monday, with preliminary results showing the left-wing opposition holding only a narrow advantage over the governing right-wing coalition led by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. With most ballots counted, the opposition bloc was projected to......

Armenia’s top court upholds election result, rejecting opposition challenge

Armenia’s constitutional court has rejected an appeal from a pro-Russian opposition alliance seeking to annul the results of the country’s June parliamentary election, confirming the re-election of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his ruling Civil Contract party. The decision, reported......

Russia’s ruling party fields Ukraine war Veteran among top candidates for September election

Russia’s ruling party, United Russia, has unveiled its leading candidates for the upcoming September parliamentary election, placing a wounded Ukraine war veteran and a state television war correspondent among its top political figures. The announcement was made during the party’s pre-election......

Ethiopia election results: Abiy Ahmed’s party wins overwhelming parliamentary majority

Ethiopia’s ruling Prosperity Party has secured another decisive victory in the country’s parliamentary elections, according to official results released by the national electoral authority, reinforcing Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s continued dominance in the political landscape. The......

Kurti seeks political cooperation after election victory in Kosovo

Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti has called on rival political parties to cooperate following his party's victory in the latest parliamentary election, as the country continues to face a prolonged period of political uncertainty. Kurti's political movement emerged as the largest force......