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Centre-right Rebelo de Sousa wins Portugal’s Presidential Elections
The Portuguese Presidential elections held on 24 January 2016 amidst high expectations. The elections were conducted to choose the successor to President Anibal Cavaco Silva, who was constitutionally not allowed to run for a third term after serving two consecutive five year terms as president. Portugal has a unique and interesting electoral system. Candidates […]
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LABOUR PARTY WINS GENERAL ELECTIONS IN JAMAICA
Jamaica’s Labour Party (JLP) was declared winner of the 2016 general elections after they won 33 of the 63 constituency seats. The People’s National Party (PNP) won 30 of the constituency seats in a tight race. Labour Party’s win came as a shock to the PNP who believed the competition was tight but did not […]
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Kiribati Has A New President
The Republic of Kiribati officially elected Taneti Maamau as the new President. Kiribati’s Chief Justice, Sir John Muria declared him as the new President. Kiribati has a two-party system, meaning two dominant political parties and extreme difficulty for other parties to win national elections in the country. A distinguishing feature of its electoral system […]
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Cape Verde Parliament wins back power after 15 years
With almost all the votes counted after the polls, main opposition party Movement for Democracy (MpD) won parliamentary elections taking back power after 15 years. MpD had 53.7 percent of the votes and the ruling party African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV) got 37 percent. The president of the African Party for […]
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Businessman Patrice Talon wins Benin’s Presidential Elections
Patrice Talon won the presidential elections after the second round of voting. The incumbent Prime Minister and only challenger, Lionel Zinsou acknowledged and conceded defeat before official results were released. Talon got 65% of the votes while Zinsou secured 35%. In a gracious move, Lionel Zinsou told the press “the provisional results point to a […]
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Central African Republic declares first elected president in three years
Following the annulment of the results of the National Assembly by the Transitional Constitutional Court and the inability of candidates to receive more than 50% majority of the votes in the first round of the elections, a second round of the presidential elections and re-run of the parliamentary elections were held on 14 February 2016 […]