Tagged: Europe
Farida Adamu
Uzbekistan Parliamentary Elections
Parliamentary elections held in Uzbekistan on the 22nd of December, with a second-round scheduled for January 5, 2020. This is the first election since the death of its first president in office back in 2016, Islam Karimov. How Uzbekistan Parliamentary Elections Work The 150 members of the Legislative Chamber are elected from single-member constituencies using […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
San Marino Parliamentary Election
Elections were held in San Marino on the 8th of December for the Sammarinese Great and General Council, the 60-seat parliament of the country. How the Election Works The 60 members of the Council are directly elected by universal suffrage for a five-year term. Political parties or blocs must have a 35 seat majority in […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Slovakia: President Wants Ban on Pre-election Polls Repealed
The President of Slovakia, Zuzana Čaputová, has approached the country’s Constitutional Court to strike down a law extending the ban on the publication of pre-election opinion polls from 14 to 50 days before an election. How Did We Get Here? On the 28th of October, the Slovak parliament passed a new law prohibiting the publication […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Spain’s Do-over Election: What Is Different This Time?
After repeated attempts to form a government, Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, called for a snap election back in September. The new election, slated for November 10th, was a gamble in the hopes that he would gain more seats to end the political stalemate. Then and Now Following the April 28 election, a left-wing coalition […]
Farida Adamu
Inside the Controversial Belarus Elections
On November 17, 2019, Belarus held parliamentary elections in which no opposition candidate won any seat. This allowed President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power since 1994, to continue his rule. Unlike the 2016 elections where two opposition members won seats for the first time in 20 years, neither of them was allowed to stand […]
Farida Adamu
UK House of Commons Elects New Speaker
After winning the final round of voting against Chris Bryant, the Labour MP and Deputy Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, has been elected by Members of Parliament as the new House of Commons Speaker. The 158th Speaker of the House of Commons was elected on the 4th of November 2019, in an election where he received […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Highlights of the 2019 Swiss Federal Election
The Swiss Federal Election held on the 20th of October has been described as a green wave due to the surge in support for the Green parties. Here are highlights of the pivotal vote: In Contention Voters elected 245 of the Federal Assembly – all 200 members of the lower house of parliament known as […]