Tagged: Elections
Farida Adamu
Bolivia Picks Election Rerun Date
The president of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal in Bolivia, Salvador Romero, has announced that the country will now hold its rerun election on Sunday, the 3rd of May 2020. Both presidential and parliamentary elections will be held on the same day. Why A Rerun is Happening The election held in October was disputed by Bolivia’s […]
Farida Adamu
UK General Election: Now that Boris Johnson is Back
Boris Johnson has been voted back into the UK House of Commons. On the 12th of December 2019, the United Kingdom voted in a general election, the third election in the European island since 2015. This time, the Conservative party won by a landslide majority in parliament. The elections were triggered after parliament was found […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Israel to Hold Third General Election in a Year
After failing to form a government following two rounds of elections in April and September, the Israeli Knesset has voted to dissolve itself and hold another election on the 2nd of March, 2020. How did we get here? In the wake of the April and September 2019 elections, the two largest parties in parliament – […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Takeaways from Kogi and Bayelsa Polls in Nigeria
Gubernatorial elections in Kogi and Bayelsa, as well as a senatorial election in the Kogi West district, Nigeria, held on the 16th of November were important in the study of Nigeria’s democracy. Unfortunately, the election was marred by several unruly incidents which left many disappointed and uninspired with the country’s current electoral trends. Here are […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Marshall Islands Holds Parliamentary Election
On Monday, the 18th of November, voters in the Marshall Islands went to the polls to elect a new legislature. All 33 seats in the country’s unicameral house were in contention. Incumbent President Hilda Heine sought to retain her seat in parliament, a key determiner of whether she can contest for a second term. How […]
Farida Adamu
Ethiopian Party Merger Ahead of 2020 Elections
Ethiopia’s ruling coalition, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), has approved the merger of three of its four ethnic-based parties into a single national party (the Prosperity Party) ahead of the 2020 elections. A Brief History of the Coalition The EPRDF was formed by the union of the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF), the […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Guinea-Bissau Presidential Election
Former Prime Minister Domingos Simoes Pereira has come out on top in the first round of the presidential election held in Guinea-Bissau on the 24th of November. He received 40 per cent of the votes cast and is trailed by former Prime Minister Umaro Sissoco Embalo, who received 27 per cent of the votes. Incumbent […]