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Gambia’s opposition parties unite to unseat Yahya Jammeh
On December 1st, Gambians will decide who rules their country for the next five years. Yahya Jammeh, Gambia’s self proclaimed life president and leader of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) party, faces stiff opposition from a coalition force of seven political parties in their most consequential elections in the past 51 years. […]
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Yoweri Museveni wins general elections amidst controversy
General elections held in Uganda on 18 January 2016 to elect the president and members of parliament. President Yoweri Museveni, in power since 1986 sought re-election for his fifth term extending his power into a fourth decade despite increasing opposition from Ugandan citizens clamouring for change. Kizza Besigye, who had run against Museveni in 2001, […]
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Vanuatu’s Snap Elections
52 seats were at stake in Vanuatu’s parliamentary election. In the Parliament, fifty-two members are elected in 8-single seat and 10-multi seat constituencies by single non-transferable vote to serve a four-year term. In any election, each voter casts one vote for one candidate in a multi-candidate race for multiple offices. The candidates with the most […]
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Rajapaksa’s “Shock Defeat” Elections
The Sri Lanka presidential elections were held on January 8, 2015, two years ahead of schedule. The incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa was the candidate for the United People’s Freedom Alliance Party (UPFA) seeking a third term in office. Minister of Health in Rajapaksa’s administration and former ally, Maithripala Sirisena defected to the United National Party […]
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President Rouhani’s Reformist Allies Win Major Seats in Iran’s Elections
Iranians went to the polls on February 26 to elect new members of Parliament and members of the Assembly of Experts. It is the 10th parliament since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979 and the 35th since the Islamic Constitutional Revolution. This was the first time that both bodies have been elected simultaneously. […]
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President Issoufou Wins Landslide Elections In Niger
The Nigerien general elections were held on 21 February 2016, with a run-off on 20 March. Incumbent President Mahamadou Issoufou ran for re-election with 15 candidates including opposition candidates Seynou Oumarou of the National Movement for the Development of Society and Hama Amadou of the Nigerien Democratic for an African Federation, who had been campaigning […]
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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 […]