Tagged: Parliament Elections

Farida Adamu

What Happened in Kyrgyzstan Elections?

The parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan, otherwise known as the supreme council elections, held on the 4th of October 2020. The elections which were highly contested by opposition groups who had called for a postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic had 16 parties are competing for the 120 seats in the legislature. The current parliament is dominated by a coalition […]
Farida Adamu

Japan Ruling Party Appoints New Leader

The governing party in Japan, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has elected Yoshihide Suga as its leader and most preferred candidate to succeed Shinzo Abe.  Members of Parliament from both houses of parliament voted overwhelmingly for Suga, with a landslide victory of 534 votes, ahead of Fumio Kishida, a former foreign minister, with 89 votes and Shigeru Ishiba, a […]
Farida Adamu

12 Elections to Watch in 2020

The year 2020 started already started off with elections in countries like Peru, Taiwan, and Greece, which has just elected its first female president. During the course of the year, citizens of different countries across the world will vote in either presidential or parliamentary elections and here we have gathered some of the most anticipated […]
Mojisola Salaudeen

Poland Suspends Parliament Ahead of Election

At the request of the ruling party in Poland, Law and Justice (PiS), the Polish Sejm was unexpectedly suspended on Wednesday, the 11th of September. The parliament is now scheduled to reconvene after the October 13th parliamentary elections. The parliamentary session was due to end on September 13th. Now cut short by two days, the […]
Mojisola Salaudeen

Anti-establishment Party Surges in Two German States

The election of the Landtag (parliament) of two eastern German states, Saxony and Brandenburg was held on the 1st of September. Germany’s ruling parties, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) received the highest votes in Saxony and Brandenburg, respectively, while the Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged to second place. Although Germany’s […]