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Peru socialist Castillo confirmed president after lengthy battle over results

Peru's electoral authority on Monday named socialist Pedro Castillo as the country's next president, having officially won the June 6 runoff against right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori, who accepted the result…

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Two political upstarts notch upset wins in Chile’s presidential primaries

Presidential primaries on Sunday for Chile's left- and right-leaning coalitions upended predictions, leaving leftist former student leader Gabriel Boric and center-right upstart Sebastian Sichel as major contenders in November's general…

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Pro-Western party PAS wins Moldova election, preliminary data shows

Pro-Western Moldovan President Maia Sandu's PAS party won the country's snap parliamentary elections, data from the central election commission showed on Monday, on a platform of fighting corruption and carrying…

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Warning foreign actors will seek to interfere in next Canada election

Foreign state-sponsored actors will try to interfere in the next Canadian federal election but not on the scale of the campaign mounted against the United States, Canada's electronic signals spy…

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Bulgaria faces instability as poll suggests razor-thin win for GERB

Bulgaria faced prolonged political instability on Monday after a national election appeared to result in a razor-thin victory for the anti-establishment There Is Such a People (ITN) and no clear…

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UPDATED: Pro-Western party wins Moldova election, preliminary data shows

Pro-Western Moldovan President Maya Sandu's PAS party won the country's snap parliamentary elections, data from the central election commission showed on Monday, on a platform of fighting corruption and carrying…

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UPDATED: Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB just ahead in election, unlikely to form government

The centre-right GERB party of former prime minister Boyko Borissov has a narrow lead in Bulgaria's parliamentary election, partial official results showed on Monday, but it is unlikely to be…

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Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party seen narrowly leading in general election-exit polls

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's centrе-right GERB party of former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov was seen winning Sunday's national election with around 22-23% of the vote, exit polls by Gallup International…

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Greens candidate for German chancellor says sexist scrutiny holding her back

Repeatedly questioned about how she will juggle motherhood with work, the only woman with a chance of succeeding Angela Merkel as German chancellor says many Germans don't seem ready for…

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Ethiopia PM Abiy’s party wins landslide victory in election

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party won the most seats in Ethiopia's parliamentary election, the election board said, a victory that assures him another term in office. Abiy hailed the…

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Moldovans elect new parliament amid concerns over corruption, stalled reforms

Moldovans will vote in a snap parliamentary election on Sunday in which pro-Western President Maya Sandu hopes to win a majority to fight corruption and carry out reforms she says…

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Bulgarians vote in second national election in 3 months amid anger over corruption

Bulgarians vote in a parliamentary election on Sunday that will decide whether protest parties can form the next government after a decade of political dominance by long-serving premier Boyko Borissov.…

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Irish government support slumps in Dublin by-election

DUBLIN, July 9 (Reuters) - Support for the party of Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin collapsed to under 5% in a parliamentary by-election and his coalition partners both suffered significant…

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro says he may not accept 2022 election under current voting system

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said he may not accept the result of a presidential election next year unless the voting system, which uses computers to record votes, is replaced with…

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Bulgaria’s new anti-establishment party nearly tied with GERB in polls before Sunday vote

Bulgaria's new anti-establishment party There Is Such a People (ITN) is almost tied for support with the centre-right GERB, which has been in power for most of the past decade,…

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Libyan voter registration system opened ahead of December elections

The Libyan High National Elections Commission (HNEC) opened voter registration system and said it will be closed on July 31 ahead of the general elections on December 24. The announcement…

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No return to the old National Front insists France’s Le Pen

French Far Right leader Marine Le Pen, facing criticism following defeat in last month's regional elections for making her party too mainstream, said on Sunday she would not change course.…

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Opposition in Armenia contests PM Pashinyan’s vote win via court

Armenia's opposition alliance, led by former president Robert Kocharyan, has asked the constitutional court to overturn the results of a June 20 election which it lost, the TASS news agency…

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German Greens leader rejects plagiarism accusations as credibility hit

The leader of Germany's Greens dismissed plagiarism allegations made against her as she tried to reinvigorate her flagging campaign three months before an election in which she aims to succeed…

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UPDATED: In boost to Starmer, Labour wins election reprieve in north England

British Labour leader Keir Starmer received a boost in northern England on Friday, fighting off a challenge from the governing Conservatives to hang on to a parliamentary seat that if…

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Ex-salesman Bertrand emerges as right’s challenger for French presidency

Xavier Bertrand, a one-time insurance salesman from the French provinces, established himself as a leading contender for next year's presidential election, after his centre-right bloc out-performed rivals in regional votes…

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French far-right falls short in regional elections ahead of presidential vote

PARIS, June 27 (Reuters) - The French far right again failed to win a single region in elections on Sunday, exit polls showed, depriving its leader Marine Le Pen of…

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Swedish PM Lofven still voters’ favourite leader despite crisis

Social Democrat Prime Minister Stefan Lofven is Swedish voter's most trusted leader, a poll showed on Thursday, despite a crisis that saw parliament pass a vote of no-confidence in him…

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French presidential hopefuls seek momentum in regional election run-offs

France holds run-offs for regional elections on Sunday that could shift the balance between political heavyweights vying for pole position in next year's presidential race. Last Sunday's first round proved…

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Swedish snap election looms as Liberals urge PM to step aside

A snap election looked increasingly likely in Sweden on Thursday after the Liberal Party said it would not help restore a Social Democrat-led government after Prime Minister Stefan Lofven lost…

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Washington calls Peru election ‘fair’ despite Fujimori claims of voter fraud

The U.S. State Department said that Peru's recent presidential election was "a model of democracy," despite efforts by conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori to get ballots thrown out while raising accusations…

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France to hold presidential election in April 2022 – government source

he first round of the France's presidential election will be held on April 10 next year, with the second round scheduled on April 24, a government source said on Tuesday,…

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Germany’s conservatives promise voters ‘stability and renewal’

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives promised tax relief and tight public finances on Monday in an election manifesto they hope will propel them to victory in September's election, but critics questioned how…

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Armenian acting PM’s party wins parliamentary election with 53.92% of vote -Ifax cites electoral commission

Armenia's acting prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, and his Civil Contract party won a parliamentary election with 53.92% of the vote, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday, citing the electoral…

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UPDATE – French far right irked by election results, southern region in play

Update 2200h - Mainstream left-wing and right-wing parties surged ahead in French regional elections Sunday, outpacing both Emmanuel Macron’s La République en Marche and Marine Le Pen’s National Rally, according…

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Both sides in Peru’s contested election double down in weekend rallies

Supporters of socialist Pedro Castillo and conservative Keiko Fujimori took to the streets by the thousands in Peru on Saturday, as tensions rose over the result of the June 6…

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Polls open in Armenia’s early parliamentary elections

Armenia is holding early parliamentary elections on Sunday, seven months after a war over Nagorno-Karabakh. More than 20 parties and political blocs are contesting the election - more than ever…

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Election in Armenia, meant to end political crisis, is too close to call

Armenia's political fate hangs in the balance ahead of a parliamentary election on Sunday with opinion polls putting the party of acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and that of former…

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A look at France’s regional elections

France holds elections for all 13 regional authorities on the mainland. For President Emmanuel Macron, the stakes are higher than who will get to build a tram in Brittany or…

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German conservatives extend poll lead ahead of September election

Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative alliance has extended its lead over the Greens, two polls showed, as the ecologists' campaign to take the chancellery for the first time stumbles ahead of…

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Bulgaria’s new ITN party neck-and-neck with GERB before July election

Bulgaria's new anti-establishment party There Is Such a People (ITN) stood neck-and-neck with centre-right GERB, which has been in power for most of the past decade, ahead of a snap…

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UPDATED: Raisi wins Iranian presidential election

Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline judge who is under U.S. sanctions for human rights abuses, secured a landslide victory on Saturday in Iran's presidential election after a contest marked by voter…

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UK PM Johnson suffers embarrassing by-election defeat

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered an embarrassing defeat when his Conservative Party lost a parliamentary by-election on the outskirts of London, just a few miles from his own seat.…

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Polls open in Iran election

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for a high turnout in the country's presidential election on Friday, in a contest likely to be won by a judge fiercely…

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Iran urges voters to take part in Friday’s presidential election

Iran's president appealed to voters to set aside their grievances and take part in a presidential election on Friday that record numbers of people are expected to boycott due to…

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Fujimori fights result as Peru leftist Castillo claims election win

Peruvian socialist candidate Pedro Castillo claimed victory in the presidential election after clinging on to a narrow lead as the lengthy vote count ended, although his right-wing rival pledged to…

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Khamenei set to tighten grip in Iran vote as frustrations grow

Iranians elect a new president on Friday in a race dominated by hardline candidates close to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with popular anger over economic hardship and curbs on…

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N.Ireland leader stands down, starts countdown for new government

Northern Ireland's biggest parties have up to seven days to agree to go back into government with each other after the Democratic Unionist Party's Arlene Foster formally notified the assembly…

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Islamist party claims victory in Algerian election

A moderate Islamist party claimed victory Sunday in Algeria’s legislative election even though results were not expected for several more days. Less than 24 hours after polls closed in the…

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Bulgaria’s GERB party keeps slim lead before July election

Bulgaria's centre-right GERB party has a slim lead over the anti-establishment ITN before a July 11 election, an opinion poll showed this week. It maintained its lead despite a drop…

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Peru’s Fujimori leads protest to annul votes as Castillo nears win

Peruvian right-wing presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, who is likely to lose a runoff election against her socialist rival, on Saturday led a protest in Lima , calling again for the…

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Algerians vote in parliamentary election

Polls opened in Algeria on Saturday for a parliamentary election that the ruling establishment hopes will turn a page on two years of political unrest, but which many voters are…

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Peru’s Castillo on verge of being named President after last-minute vote wrangling

Peru's presidential election front-runner Pedro Castillo was poised for victory on Friday night, despite legal wrangles over the ultra-close vote count that had ignited tensions in the Andean nation. "We…

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‘People have awakened’: Peru’s Castillo closes in on election win

Socialist Pedro Castillo was closing in on victory in Peru's presidential election, holding a slim lead of some 63,000 votes over conservative rival Keiko Fujimori, who has yet to concede…

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Ex-Mongolian prime minister Khurelsukh wins presidential election in landslide

Former Mongolian Prime Minister Ukhnaa Khurelsukh became the country's sixth democratically elected president, further consolidating the power of the ruling Mongolian People's Party (MPP) with a landslide victory. Khurelsukh, who…

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Peru on knife-edge as battle builds over election count with socialists ahead

Peruvian socialist Pedro Castillo held a wafer-thin lead in a polarized presidential election on Wednesday, as rival Keiko Fujimori doubled down on unproven allegations of voter fraud, which could spark…

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Socialist Castillo holds on to tight lead in Peru election as protests break out

Hundreds of Peruvians demonstrated outside the elections office in Lima on Tuesday as the presidential vote count neared its end, with socialist Pedro Castillo holding on to a narrow lead…

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Socialist Castillo holds slim lead as Peru presidential vote count reaches tense finale

Peru's presidential election vote count ticked closer to the end on Tuesday, but a slender margin between the two polarized candidates, contested ballots and accusations of fraud mean the winner…

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Peruvian leftist Castillo inches ahead in tight presidential vote

Peruvian socialist Pedro Castillo overtook right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori in the country's presidential election vote count on Monday, taking the lead in the official tally on the back of a…

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Peru awakes to uncertain future with polarized vote on knife-edge

Conservative Keiko Fujimori was clinging to a razor-thin lead in Peru's presidential election race early on Monday but socialist rival Castillo Pedro was narrowing the gap, setting up a likely…

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UPDATED: Mexican president keeps Congress but loses shine in mid-term vote

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador kept control of Congress in mid-term elections on Sunday but suffered losses to an opposition seeking to capitalize on discontent over his record on…

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UPDATED: Peru’s Castillo says there is ‘hope’ as razor-thin margin keeps country on edge

Socialist presidential candidate Pedro Castillo said Peruvians are a "people of hope" on Sunday, with the country on edge as unofficial vote counts showed him and his conservative election rival…

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