19

Apr

Baerbock to run as German Greens chancellor candidate

Germany's Greens have put forward their co-leader Annalena Baerbock as their candidate for federal elections in September in the party's first bid to win the chancellery since it was founded…

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18

Apr

Peru’s Vargas Llosa backs Keiko Fujimori ahead of June run-off

Peruvian Literature Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa on Sunday called on Peruvian voters to support market-friendly candidate Keiko Fujimori ahead of a run-off election to be held in June.…

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18

Apr

Syria to hold presidential elections on May 26

Syria will hold its presidential election on May 26, the country's parliament said on Sunday. The door for nominations will be open as of Monday for 10 days. Syrians abroad…

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18

Apr

Partial results show Chad’s Deby takes early election lead

Chad President Idriss Deby has taken a strong early lead and appeared poised to extend his three-decade rule, partial provisional results of the April 11 presidential election released by the…

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17

Apr

Failed candidate Friedrich Merz calls for decision in battle over Merkel’s successor

Berlin (dpa) - Friedrich Merz, who failed to secure the candidacy for the German chancellery, on Saturday called for a quick decision on who is to lead the conservative bloc into elections to…

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12

Apr

Former Danish prime minister Rasmussen to form new party

Denmark's former prime minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen plans to form a new political party to connect left and right wings with a "pragmatic and undogmatic" voice, a move that could…

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12

Apr

German CDU top brass back Laschet as chancellor candidate

The executive committee of Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU) backed party chairman Armin Laschet on Monday as the conservative bloc's candidate for chancellor at federal elections in September, party sources said.…

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12

Apr

UPDATED: Far-left candidate Castillo leads Peruvian presidential race

Far-left candidate Pedro Castillo will face conservative Keiko Fujimori in a June run-off of Peru’s presidential election, according to a fast count by pollster Ipsos of more than two thirds…

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12

Apr

Guillermo Lasso wins presidency in Ecuador

Ecuadorean banker Guillermo Lasso has won Sunday’s presidential runoff vote against leftist economist Andres Arauz, putting the country on track to maintain open market policies rather than return to socialism.…

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11

Apr

Bavarian leader ready to run as German chancellor candidate – sources

BERLIN, April 11 (Reuters) - The leader of Bavaria's Christian Social Union (CSU) party, Markus Soeder, said on Sunday he was willing to run as the conservative candidate for German…

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11

Apr

Benin President Talon seeks five more years

Benin’s President Patrice Talon, who previously vowed to serve only one term, enters Sunday’s election a heavy favourite to win five more years in office amid criticism he has tarnished…

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11

Apr

Peruvians head to polls with masks, pens and little excitement

LIMA, April 11 (Reuters) - Peruvians were preparing to head to the polls on Sunday in a presidential election marked by uncertainty due to widespread public apathy following decades of…

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11

Apr

Senior German conservatives set to discuss chancellor candidate choice

BERLIN, April 11 (Reuters) - The two contenders vying to be the German ruling conservative coalition’s candidate for chancellor in September’s election are due to meet leading members of the…

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10

Apr

Ecuador to choose between socialism and free markets in presidential runoff

Ecuadoreans on Sunday will choose between a conservative banker and a left-wing economist in a presidential runoff that follows months of debate over whether the country’s economic malaise can be…

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10

Apr

Peru braces for ‘most fragmented election in history’

Peru will vote for a new president on Sunday in a wide-open election framed by a deadly surge in coronavirus cases, and under the long shadow of a constitutional crisis…

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10

Apr

Chad’s Deby eyes sixth presidential term

Chad’s President Idriss Deby, an ally of Western nations in the fight against Islamist militants, is poised to extend his three-decade rule in Sunday’s election despite mounting signs of popular…

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09

Apr

French far-right politician Marine Le Pen to stand in 2022 election

French far-right politician Marine Le Pen said on Friday she would stand in the 2022 presidential election and that she thought victory was entirely "plausible". "I am once again standing…

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07

Apr

“Unlikely to succeed,” Bulgaria’s PM Borissov says will propose new government

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's long-serving prime minister, Boyko Borissov, announced plans on Wednesday to seek a coalition government after his party came first in Sunday's national election, but he said…

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07

Apr

UPDATED: Left-wing party wins Greenland election, opposes big mining project

Greenland's left-wing Inuit Ataqatigiit party pledged its opposition to a large rare earth mining project on Wednesday after winning a parliamentary election with more than a third of the votes.…

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06

Apr

Greenland holds election closely watched by global mining industry

Greenland held a parliamentary election today that could help decide the fate of vast deposits of rare earth metals which international companies want to exploit. The Arctic island of 56,000 people, which former…

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05

Apr

UPDATED: Bulgarian PM’s party winning election partial official results show but protest parties surge

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borissov will have difficulty holding onto power, after a surge of votes in an election on Sunday for anti-establishment and anti-corruption parties that want him out.…

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04

Apr

Bulgaria’s GERB party of PM Borissov wins national vote, tough talks ahead – UPDATED

Bulgaria's long-serving Prime Minister Boyko Borissov won a national election on Sunday, exit polls showed, and he is now likely to face complex coalition talks to secure another four-year mandate…

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03

Apr

Update – Prospects of new Rutte-led Dutch govt wane as coalition partner quits

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's prospects of forming a new government waned on Saturday as a coalition partner seen as vital for securing a parliamentary majority ruled out joining a…

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01

Apr

Bulgaria’s ruling GERB extends lead ahead of Sunday’s vote, COVID could hit turnout

Bulgaria's ruling centre-right GERB party has extended its lead over the opposition Socialists ahead of Sunday's parliamentary election but is set to fall short of a majority as smaller parties…

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31

Mar

Facebook to curb hate speech as Indian states go to polls

Facebook Inc said it was taking steps to combat hate speech and misinformation in India as the world's biggest democracy started its months-long multi-phase elections in four big states. "We…

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28

Mar

Slovak Prime Minister Matovic offers to swap places with Finance Minister Heger

Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic said on Sunday that he would offer to swap places with Finance Minister Eduard Heger, a party colleague, in an attempt to resolve a crisis…

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27

Mar

Merkel’s party “in free fall”, poll shows, as Greens gain

Support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives has slumped three percentage points in a week to its lowest in over a year, a poll released this week showed, with the…

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27

Mar

How Israel voted and who matters now

Israel’s fourth election in two years has produced yet another stalemate, with neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor those seeking to topple him reaching a majority in parliament. A final…

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27

Mar

India begins voting in two eastern states in key test for Modi

Voting began in Assam and West Bengal on Saturday in state elections that will show how support for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding up following a coronavirus-stricken year,…

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24

Mar

Congo Republic’s Sassou re-elected with 88% of the vote

Congo Republic President Denis Sassou Nguesso has been re-elected with more than 88% of the vote, official results showed, extending his 36 years leading the Central African oil producer despite…

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24

Mar

Exit polls forecast stalemate in Israel’s election

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s prospects for retaining power were uncertain on Wednesday after exit polls in Israel’s fourth national election in two years projected yet another stalemate. With final results…

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23

Mar

Israel’s election: array of contenders seek to topple Netanyahu

Israelis began voting in their fourth election in two years on Tuesday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hopes the country's world-leading coronavirus vaccine rollout will finally push him through an era…

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22

Mar

Israel’s election: An array of contenders seek to topple Netanyahu

Israel holds its fourth election in two years on Tuesday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hopes the country's world-leading coronavirus vaccine rollout will finally push him through an era of unprecedented…

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21

Mar

Slovak PM prepared to step down to resolve coalition crisis but sets conditions

Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic said on Sunday he was prepared to step down to resolve a crisis in his four-party coalition, if his coalition partners agreed to conditions including…

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20

Mar

Palestinians take another step in preparations for first election in 15 years

GAZA/RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinians took another step in preparations for their first parliamentary election in 15 years on Saturday, opening registration offices to admit the political parties and…

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19

Mar

Bulgaria’s ruling GERB keeps pre-election lead over Socialists

Bulgaria's ruling centre-right GERB party leads the opposition Socialists two weeks before an election but is on course to fall far short of a parliamentary majority, an opinion poll published…

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18

Mar

UPDATED: Armenian PM announces election on June 20

Armenia will hold an early parliamentary election on June 20, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced on Thursday, indicating a potential path out of a political crisis that has pit him…

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18

Mar

Dutch PM Rutte projected to land fourth election win

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will begin initial talks to form a new government on Thursday, after a national election dominated by the coronavirus pandemic in which his conservative VVD…

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17

Mar

Party of Dutch PM Rutte leads parliamentary election in Netherlands -exit poll

AMSTERDAM, March 17 (Reuters) - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte was on track to win a fourth term in office on Wednesday, with his conservative party leading in a first…

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16

Mar

Peru election front-runner vows to spread mining wealth, cut natgas prices

Peru's populist presidential front-runner Yonhy Lescano plans to renegotiate a fairer distribution of mining wealth if elected to lead the world's No. 2 copper producer and also allow imports of…

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15

Mar

Spain’s deputy PM Iglesias to resign

Spain's far-left Deputy Prime Minister Pablo Iglesias said on Monday he would resign from the coalition government to challenge Madrid's right-wing leadership in a regional election. Fellow Unidas Podemos party…

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15

Mar

Dutch vote in election dominated by COVID-19

Three days of voting begins in the Netherlands on Monday in a parliamentary election seen as a referendum on the Dutch government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Prime Minister Mark…

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14

Mar

Merkel’s CDU suffers record setback in state elections – UPDATED

BERLIN, March 14 (Reuters) - Germany's Christian Democrats slumped to record defeats in two regional votes on Sunday after a muddled coronavirus response, dealing a setback to the party which must…

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14

Mar

Dutch police break up anti-lockdown protest ahead of election

THE HAGUE, March 14 (Reuters) - Dutch riot police used water cannon and batons on Sunday to disperse a crowd of several thousand anti-lockdown protesters gathered at a field in…

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14

Mar

Merkel’s conservatives brace for state poll setback in election year

Berlin (dpa) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives could be heading for a debacle in two state polls on Sunday, as Germany kicks off a year of elections that will eventually see Merkel leave…

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13

Mar

Central African Republic braces for tense elections amid conflict

Central African Republic will vote in a second round of parliamentary elections on Sunday under high security after a surge in rebel violence surrounding December’s polls. Insurgents laid siege to…

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13

Mar

PM Rutte’s conservatives seen winning Dutch election amid pandemic

Dutch voters look set to give Prime Minister Mark Rutte's conservative VVD Party a fresh four-year mandate in a national election on March 15-17 that is widely seen as a…

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12

Mar

Widening face mask scandal hits Merkel’s party before state votes

A German conservative has become the third lawmaker within a week to resign from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s parliamentary group over a face mask procurement scandal, dealing a further blow to…

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11

Mar

Brazil’s Lula, Bolsonaro fire starting gun on 2022 presidential race

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and President Jair Bolsonaro both fired an early starting gun on a 2022 election set to be dominated by the raging pandemic,…

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08

Mar

Brazil judge annuls Lula’s convictions, opens door to 2022 run

BRASILIA, March 8 (Reuters) - A Brazilian Supreme Court judge on Monday annulled the criminal convictions against former leftist president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a move that could allow…

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07

Mar

Swiss voters back ban on facial coverings in referendum -official

ZURICH, March 7 (Reuters) - A far-right proposal to ban facial coverings in Switzerland won a narrow victory in a binding referendum on Sunday instigated by the same group that…

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07

Mar

Harris favourite to win 2024 U.S. presidential election – UK bookmaker

 U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is favourite to win the next presidential election with 22% implied probability, ahead of both Joe Biden and Donald Trump, according to betting odds from…

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07

Mar

UPDATED: Exit polls indicate Swiss voters set to back ban on facial coverings

Swiss voters were projected to approve by a slim majority a far-right proposal to ban facial coverings in a binding referendum on Sunday viewed as a test of attitudes toward…

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07

Mar

Finland postpones municipal elections as coronavirus cases surge

Finland will postpone municipal elections due next month until mid-June as a surge in coronavirus cases raises concerns about low turnout and a possible spike in infections after polling day,…

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06

Mar

Afghan president says ready to discuss elections to advance talks with Taliban

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Saturday, in a bid to push forward peace talks with the Taliban, that his government was ready to discuss holding fresh…

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06

Mar

End of the road for Hong Kong’s democratic dream as China “improves” its voting system

HONG KONG, March 5 (Reuters) - Ever since Britain returned Hong Kong to Chinese rule in 1997, opposition activists have tried to bring full democracy to the city, believing that China would live up…

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04

Mar

Italy postpones municipal and regional elections due to pandemic

ROME (Reuters) - Italian municipal and regional elections originally planned for late spring will be delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, two government sources said on Thursday, amid signs of…

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