General Elections

Pakistan to Argentina: 5 key elections across the world to watch out for in 2023

Democracy is on the ballot in Nigeria, Turkey, Zimbabwe, Argentina and Pakistan this year. Common themes such as the handling of inflation and corruption may determine how incumbent governments and presidents fare at the ballot box

Fiji: Voters still wait as negotiations to end deadlocked general elections falter

Fiji has been upended by four coups in the past 35 years, and many on the streets of its capital Suva had hoped in vain for a smooth election and quick result

Fiji: Final results show general election deadlocked with all votes counted

Incumbent Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama's Fiji First party and a coalition led by Sitiveni Rabuka were both projected to secure 26 seats in the 55-seat legislature, according to a Fijian Election Office tally posted online

67 governments in 76 years: What you must know about Italy before its elections

Italy is considered a country of contradictions. Being the third-largest economy and the second-largest industrial power in the EU's single currency area, it is the only European country where wages fell between 1990 and 2020

NOTA received 1.29 crore votes in state and general elections in last five years, says ADR

The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW) have analysed the number of votes secured by NOTA (None of the above) in various elections during 2018 to 2022

BJP gets ready for 2024 elections with a ‘pravas’ campaign to target 144 Lok Sabha constituencies

The ministers need to undertake activities to strengthen the organisation from Parliament to booth level. The need is to identify critical issues and political factors for the party and prepare for strengthening these 144 Lok Sabha seats

'Cooperative model is middle path that succeeds,' says Amit Shah

Mentioning that around 8.5 lakh cooperative societies are run across India and 51 per cent of them are in villages, the minister also assured that our Cooperative societies will help in taking organic produces of farmers into world market

Explained: How elections for the Rajya Sabha polls are held

Unlike the Lok Sabha, where members are chosen directly by voters, Rajya Sabha members are elected by MLAs

Assembly Elections result 2022: With 4/5, BJP can put the worry of state losses behind it

The big win in Uttar Pradesh and the three other states – Uttarakhand, Goa, and Manipur – is a confidence boost for the BJP. It has broken the trend of the party’s state losses and more importantly set the tone for 2024

Iraq's general elections begin amid tight security

A total of 3,449 candidates are vying for 329 seats in the parliamentary elections, which will be the sixth held since the fall of Saddam Hussein after the US-led invasion of Iraq