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Title: Elections coming up
Post by: Silent Hunter on February 27, 2005, 11:06:08 AM
This month we have:
Liechenstein
Central African Republic


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Bono on February 27, 2005, 12:29:03 PM
Today we have:
Tajikistan, Parliament 1st round
Kyrgyzstan, Parliament

Tomorow:
Burundi, referendum on the new constitution

In March
March 6 2005: Moldova, Parliament
March 8 2005: Micronesia, Parliament
March 11 and March 13 2005: Liechtenstein, Parliament
March 13 2005: Central African Republic, President 2nd round
March 17 2005: Tonga, Parliament
March 24 2005: Tajikistan, Parliament 2nd round
March 27 2005: Transnistria, Parliament
March 29 2005: Somaliland, Parliament
March 31 2005: Zimbabwe, Parliament
March 2005: Central African Republic, President (1st round) and Parliament
March 2005: Guinea Bissau, President


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Jake on February 27, 2005, 01:10:37 PM
I'm dying to here the results of the voting in Tonga :P


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Hitchabrut on February 27, 2005, 06:40:39 PM
Nauru is the funniest of all. Its too small to be divided into towns, so its divided into districts, none of which have more than a few thousand people. And the PM's name is Ludwig Scotty


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Notre Dame rules! on February 27, 2005, 10:01:37 PM
The results from Zimbabwe will be a real nail-biter too.  Let's see, Mugabe's Party wins, the oppositon candidates get murdered, and Jimmy Carter declares it a free and fair election.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: jimrtex on February 28, 2005, 11:28:56 PM
In March
March 27 2005: Transnistria, Parliament
March 29 2005: Somaliland, Parliament
Is the Transnistrian parliament a regional parliament
recognized under the Moldovan constitution, or is it
a separatist group?

I assume the Somaliland election is by a separatist
group as well.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on February 28, 2005, 11:34:48 PM
In March
March 27 2005: Transnistria, Parliament
March 29 2005: Somaliland, Parliament
Is the Transnistrian parliament a regional parliament
recognized under the Moldovan constitution, or is it
a separatist group?

I assume the Somaliland election is by a separatist
group as well.

Transnistria is a rather nasty separatist state. However, my Stratfor sources don't expect them to survive the year, now that Ukraine is no longer pro-Russian and can cut off their outside support from Russia.

Go here (https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=17158.msg374218#msg374218) to see my post on Somaliland. I told y'all they were a rough republic! Let's see if there's any such elections in the rest of Somalia, huh? ;)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Bono on March 03, 2005, 11:26:33 AM

Burundi, referendum on the new constitution



Results (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63359-2005Mar1.html)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: MHS2002 on March 08, 2005, 11:55:54 PM
Moldova Results (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apeurope_story.asp?category=1103&slug=Moldova%20Elections)

Another good site (http://www.electionworld.org/moldova.htm)

One of the people I live with in DC is actually from Moldova. He voted in DC this past Sunday.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: ilikeverin on March 09, 2005, 09:15:37 PM
Look at the newest news from Somaliland!

Somaliland bans use of plastic bags
1 Mar 2005
NAIROBI,  (IRIN) - Authorities in the self-declared republic of Somaliland on Monday banned the use of all types of plastic bags, information minister, Abdillahi Duale, told IRIN.

"The bags have not only become an environmental problem, but also an eyesore," he said on Tuesday from the Somaliland capital, Hargeysa.

The Somaliland cabinet, he added, made the decision to ban the bags, which had been nicknamed "the Hargeysa flower", following an assessment of the damage they caused to the environment. The ban marked the end of a 120-day grace period that the government had given to the public to get rid of their stocks.

The bags were mostly used to carry groceries and other goods. They were often discarded and litter most streets and landscapes across Somaliland. Many of them ended up being blown around and deposited on trees or shrubs, posing a danger to livestock because the animals that feed on the leaves in the shrubs often ingest the bags accidentally.

The Ministry of Trade and Industries announced the decision in a decree titled: "Banning importation, production and use of plastic bags in the country".

Duale said it would be accompanied by an awareness campaign to inform the public about the danger of plastic bags. "We will use both the print and broadcast media to reach as many people as possible," he added.

He said people should use reusable, environmental-friendly baskets and containers, such as sacks made of straws, reeds and sisal. "These are the kind of containers that our people traditionally used" before the arrival of the plastic bags, Duale said.

Duale said all the country's seaports, airports and other border points had been instructed to enforce the ban. "We are determined as a government to enforce this ban, no matter what," he said.

A week ago, researchers in Kenya recommended that thin plastic bags, widely used across the country for carrying shopping, be banned because they pollute the environment and are a potential health hazard.

In a report released during the 21-25 February meeting of the Governing Council of the UN Environment Programme in Nairobi, the researchers also recommended that taxes on the manufacture of thicker plastic bags be hiked to discourage their use.

Prof Wangari Maathai, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner and the Kenyan assistant minister for environment, has linked plastic bag litter with malaria. She said, the bags, once discarded, fill with rainwater, offering ideal breeding grounds for malaria-carrying mosquitoes.

[ENDS]

from http://www.xisbiga-udub.com/udub_w_4.htm

(Actually, looking around, these Somalilanders look pseudo-decent and pseudo-sane, unlike the rest of Somalia.  Cool ^_^)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Notre Dame rules! on March 09, 2005, 10:07:12 PM
What do you know, the Commies won in Moldova.  If they work really hard, and collectivize everything in sight, maybe just maybe, Moldova will leap in front of Albania as second poorest country in Europe.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on March 09, 2005, 11:15:50 PM
Moldova Results (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apeurope_story.asp?category=1103&slug=Moldova%20Elections)

Another good site (http://www.electionworld.org/moldova.htm)

One of the people I live with in DC is actually from Moldova. He voted in DC this past Sunday.

Rooting...for...Communists...over...centrists...argh! Foreign policy can make strange bedfellows (i.e., Pro-Western Communists vs. Pro-Russian centrists).


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Notre Dame rules! on March 09, 2005, 11:23:42 PM
I would have voted for the Christian Democrats, though with only about 10% of the vote, they wont even be a very loud minority.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on March 09, 2005, 11:26:50 PM
Look at the newest news from Somaliland!

Somaliland bans use of plastic bags
1 Mar 2005
NAIROBI,  (IRIN) - Authorities in the self-declared republic of Somaliland on Monday banned the use of all types of plastic bags, information minister, Abdillahi Duale, told IRIN.

"The bags have not only become an environmental problem, but also an eyesore," he said on Tuesday from the Somaliland capital, Hargeysa.

[snip for space]

[ENDS]

from http://www.xisbiga-udub.com/udub_w_4.htm

(Actually, looking around, these Somalilanders look pseudo-decent and pseudo-sane, unlike the rest of Somalia.  Cool ^_^)

Yay! I've always had a soft spot for Somaliland. ^_^

How...normal a story. Let's see the rest of Somalia stabilize things to that point! And have ELECTIONS, at that! Bloody UN/Arab League refusing to let anyone recognize them...*grumble*


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on March 09, 2005, 11:28:49 PM
I would have voted for the Christian Democrats, though with only about 10% of the vote, they wont even be a very loud minority.
Probably the same here. But still, what an odd choice for me to have to make...


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Bono on March 10, 2005, 02:39:17 AM
Moldova Results (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apeurope_story.asp?category=1103&slug=Moldova%20Elections)

Another good site (http://www.electionworld.org/moldova.htm)

One of the people I live with in DC is actually from Moldova. He voted in DC this past Sunday.

There was a janitor at my school who was from Moldavia. He was also a Red Army veteran. I dunno what happened to him.

I'd probably have voted for the Centrists, because i prefer then to the pro european union commies and pro romenian christian dems.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Bono on March 10, 2005, 02:40:48 AM
What do you know, the Commies won in Moldova.  If they work really hard, and collectivize everything in sight, maybe just maybe, Moldova will leap in front of Albania as second poorest country in Europe.

They were the ones who had the power.
And BTW; the only funtionf of Moldavia is to make other poor european countreis feel good about themselves.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Bono on March 10, 2005, 02:55:14 AM
I'd post the results for Micronesia, but they don't have parties, so it doesnt really matter.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: ilikeverin on March 10, 2005, 05:04:25 PM
Look at the newest news from Somaliland!

Somaliland bans use of plastic bags
1 Mar 2005
NAIROBI, (IRIN) - Authorities in the self-declared republic of Somaliland on Monday banned the use of all types of plastic bags, information minister, Abdillahi Duale, told IRIN.

"The bags have not only become an environmental problem, but also an eyesore," he said on Tuesday from the Somaliland capital, Hargeysa.

[snip for space]

[ENDS]

from http://www.xisbiga-udub.com/udub_w_4.htm

(Actually, looking around, these Somalilanders look pseudo-decent and pseudo-sane, unlike the rest of Somalia. Cool ^_^)

Yay! I've always had a soft spot for Somaliland. ^_^

How...normal a story. Let's see the rest of Somalia stabilize things to that point! And have ELECTIONS, at that! Bloody UN/Arab League refusing to let anyone recognize them...*grumble*

I think I shall put the Somaliland flag in my signature :)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on March 10, 2005, 09:34:01 PM
Look at the newest news from Somaliland!

Somaliland bans use of plastic bags
1 Mar 2005
NAIROBI, (IRIN) - Authorities in the self-declared republic of Somaliland on Monday banned the use of all types of plastic bags, information minister, Abdillahi Duale, told IRIN.

"The bags have not only become an environmental problem, but also an eyesore," he said on Tuesday from the Somaliland capital, Hargeysa.

[snip for space]

[ENDS]

from http://www.xisbiga-udub.com/udub_w_4.htm

(Actually, looking around, these Somalilanders look pseudo-decent and pseudo-sane, unlike the rest of Somalia. Cool ^_^)

Yay! I've always had a soft spot for Somaliland. ^_^

How...normal a story. Let's see the rest of Somalia stabilize things to that point! And have ELECTIONS, at that! Bloody UN/Arab League refusing to let anyone recognize them...*grumble*

I think I shall put the Somaliland flag in my signature :)

Yay! ^_^ I wonder how their elections will go later this month?


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Notre Dame rules! on March 10, 2005, 11:26:39 PM
What do you know, the Commies won in Moldova.  If they work really hard, and collectivize everything in sight, maybe just maybe, Moldova will leap in front of Albania as second poorest country in Europe.

They were the ones who had the power.
And BTW; the only funtionf of Moldavia is to make other poor european countreis feel good about themselves.



Yeah, that's kind of what I was thinking too.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: ilikeverin on March 13, 2005, 04:14:36 PM
Look at the newest news from Somaliland!

Somaliland bans use of plastic bags
1 Mar 2005
NAIROBI, (IRIN) - Authorities in the self-declared republic of Somaliland on Monday banned the use of all types of plastic bags, information minister, Abdillahi Duale, told IRIN.

"The bags have not only become an environmental problem, but also an eyesore," he said on Tuesday from the Somaliland capital, Hargeysa.

[snip for space]

[ENDS]

from http://www.xisbiga-udub.com/udub_w_4.htm

(Actually, looking around, these Somalilanders look pseudo-decent and pseudo-sane, unlike the rest of Somalia. Cool ^_^)

Yay! I've always had a soft spot for Somaliland. ^_^

How...normal a story. Let's see the rest of Somalia stabilize things to that point! And have ELECTIONS, at that! Bloody UN/Arab League refusing to let anyone recognize them...*grumble*

I think I shall put the Somaliland flag in my signature :)

Yay! ^_^ I wonder how their elections will go later this month?

I hope they go well.  I wonder what party I should be supporting...


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on March 13, 2005, 05:24:16 PM
Yay! ^_^ I wonder how their elections will go later this month?

I hope they go well.  I wonder what party I should be supporting...

I wonder what parties they have, anyway? I wonder if I can find a good source on that, since not being 'officially recognized' they don't get as much attention...
*edit* From Electionworld (http://www.electionworld.org/somaliland.htm):
# Main political parties: Kulmiye Nabad, Midnimo iyo horumar (Solidarity)
# Ururka Caddaalada iyo Daryeelka (For Justice and Development)
# Ururka dimuqraadiga ummadda bahawday (For Unity, Democracy and Independence)

I wonder what differences there are between them? There's no ideological tags assigned to them.
*second edit* here (http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Somalia.html#British%20Somaliland) has a little bit more:
Party abbreviations: SNM = Somali National Movement (Isaaq clan-family, secessionist, anti-Siad Barre, est.1981); UDUB = Ururka Dimuqraadiga Ummadda Bahawday (Allied People's Democratic Party, est.2001 by Egal) [WMS note: it appears SMN turned into UDUB]*end 2nd edit*

Now this was a close Presidential race:
President: 14 april 2003 (. %)    %
Dahir Riyale Kahin -
Ururka dimuqraadiga ummadda bahawday (UDUB)  42.1%
Ahmed M. Mahamoud Silanyo -
Kulmiye Nabad, Midnimo iyo horumar ('Solidarity')    42.1%
Faysal Cali Warabe -
Ururka Caddaalada iyo Daryeelka (UCID?)               15.8%

Interesting: a planned bicemeral parliament, one elected chamber and one chamber for traditional leaders.



Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: ilikeverin on March 13, 2005, 06:28:34 PM
Hmm... I don't think I'd support SNM, because they're clan oriented.  UDUB might be better (they're the People's party, so that suggests a leftist party, but ya never know).

We need to make our own little Somaliland fanpage and have all the parties on it :)

(The bicameral idea sounds awesome for them... it's an example of how to make democracy 'apply' to such a turbulent area)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on March 13, 2005, 06:46:02 PM
Hmm... I don't think I'd support SNM, because they're clan oriented.  UDUB might be better (they're the People's party, so that suggests a leftist party, but ya never know).

We need to make our own little Somaliland fanpage and have all the parties on it :)

(The bicameral idea sounds awesome for them... it's an example of how to make democracy 'apply' to such a turbulent area)

I think SMN and UDUB are the same group. ^_^

Perhaps. Adding to the Wikipedia entry might be a good idea, too. :)

And yes, while one of the chambers of the parliament may not be popularly elected, it is still a lot better than most of the Third World in that regard. Maybe we'll get more information when the election happens. ^_^


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Hatman 🍁 on March 16, 2005, 12:40:48 AM
March 17th: there is a by-election in the Ontario Legislative Assembly in the riding of Dufferin-Peel-Wellington-Grey.  Previous incumbent (former Premier Ernie Eves) is stepping down from the legislature to give the new PC leader, John Tory a seat (providing he wins).


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Bono on March 16, 2005, 11:20:23 AM
Liechtenstein results (http://www.electionworld.org/liechtenstein.htm)

Progressive Citizens' Party (Fortschrittliche Bürgerpartei) 48.7% 12 seats

Fatherland Union (Vaterländische Union) 38.2%    10 seats

Free List (Freie Liste) 13.0% 3 seats



Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Notre Dame rules! on March 16, 2005, 09:17:23 PM
Liechtenstein, a country where conservative parties rack up 86.9% of the vote.  Wow!  Gotta love that!


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ on March 16, 2005, 09:19:50 PM
Liechtenstein, a country where conservative parties rack up 86.9% of the vote.  Wow!  Gotta love that!

I think Liechtenstein's Prince has a net worth greater than the GDP of the entire country. Oh, yeah, and he doesn't live there. What a joke of country.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: J. J. on March 16, 2005, 10:12:28 PM
Liechtenstein, a country where conservative parties rack up 86.9% of the vote.  Wow!  Gotta love that!

I think Liechtenstein's Prince has a net worth greater than the GDP of the entire country. Oh, yeah, and he doesn't live there. What a joke of country.

The people there rather like it; the are not exactly being fenced in.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Hatman 🍁 on March 16, 2005, 10:21:49 PM
Apparently there was a referendum a few years ago that passed which gave the Prince the right to veto laws and make judicial appointments. He had threatened to move to Austria and sell the palace to Bill Gates if it had not passed.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: they don't love you like i love you on March 16, 2005, 11:32:12 PM
Liechtenstein, a country where conservative parties rack up 86.9% of the vote.  Wow!  Gotta love that!

I think Liechtenstein's Prince has a net worth greater than the GDP of the entire country. Oh, yeah, and he doesn't live there. What a joke of country.

it also has a population smaller than my city.

Coming up on April 22 (I think) is the presidential election in Togo. Since 1967 it was ruled by the dictator Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Africa's longest ruling ruler (even longer than Qadaffi!). But he had heart problems and died while being flown to France for treatment a few months ago (shows a lot when there was no hospitals in his country capapable of treating him.) The military then installed his son, Faure Gnassingbé as the new president even though the constitution said the Speaker of Parliment would become president. The UN and African Union called it a coup and and put pressure, so the Parliment went ahead and named him Speaker so he could take over. More pressure from the UN and African Union came, so he stepped down and was replaced by an interim president, but will run in the election. The opposition parties have decided to nominate a single candidate, a former leader of the independence movement, can't remember his name off hand now. But if he wins, Togo could very well make its move toward democracy, while a victory by Gnassingbé will probably mean more of the same rule that his father had for 38 years. Hopefully there will be plenty of UN and African Union observers to prevent fraud (especially considering his father once won reelection with 99.95% of the vote...)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Notre Dame rules! on March 17, 2005, 07:49:36 AM
Liechtenstein, a country where conservative parties rack up 86.9% of the vote.  Wow!  Gotta love that!

I think Liechtenstein's Prince has a net worth greater than the GDP of the entire country. Oh, yeah, and he doesn't live there. What a joke of country.



What's your point?  Bill Gates has  net worth greater than the city of Seattle.  Does that mean that Seattle is a joke of a city? 


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Bono on March 20, 2005, 04:50:15 PM
Tonga elections:
http://www.electionworld.org/tonga.htm
http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/t/tonga/tonga2005.txt

Seven of teh nine seats up to election were won by members of the Human Rights and Democracy Movement, but they are outnumbered by the King's appointmens.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: ilikeverin on March 21, 2005, 09:48:26 PM
Somaliland Election Countdown:

8 days


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on March 22, 2005, 12:06:56 AM
Somaliland Election Countdown:

8 days
You keep track of that for me, OK? ;)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: they don't love you like i love you on March 22, 2005, 12:11:25 AM
I'll have to root for UDUB


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on March 22, 2005, 12:18:53 AM

They may not be a leftist party. It's difficult to tell what the points of divergence are between the parties, since no one pays much attention to them...


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: they don't love you like i love you on March 22, 2005, 12:21:28 AM
well there has to be a communist party of some sort. Is there any third world country without one? :)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on March 22, 2005, 12:33:30 AM
well there has to be a communist party of some sort. Is there any third world country without one? :)

Well, this is a highly Islamic country, so who knows? I'd say the odds are better here than in Somalia. There only appear to be three parties at the moment and one of them doesn't have a web page, so good luck finding them. Why don't you ask the Socialist International about that?


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: ilikeverin on March 22, 2005, 11:10:59 AM
Somaliland Election Countdown:

8 days
You keep track of that for me, OK? ;)
7 days

;)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Notre Dame rules! on March 22, 2005, 10:18:10 PM
Somaliland?  Your interest in this is a joke, right?


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on March 22, 2005, 11:45:22 PM
Somaliland?  Your interest in this is a joke, right?
Nope. I consider them to be a prime example of why the Arab League and the UN can be raging hypocrites, among other things. Also, it's nice to see Somalis who have it together and display something other than what we encountered all those years ago.

And I just find it interesting, OK? Hmph.

ILikeVerin can answer for himself. ^_^


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Notre Dame rules! on March 24, 2005, 07:50:12 AM
Somaliland? Your interest in this is a joke, right?
Nope. I consider them to be a prime example of why the Arab League and the UN can be raging hypocrites, among other things. Also, it's nice to see Somalis who have it together and display something other than what we encountered all those years ago.

And I just find it interesting, OK? Hmph.

ILikeVerin can answer for himself. ^_^



Fair enough.  Since you take an interest in some out of the way locales, do you know anything about what is currently going on in Krygyzystan?  I can't say that I'm up to speed on the situation, but there seems to have been an election a couple of months ago, and the ruling govt is charged with rigging the vote or something, ala Ukraine. 

DW-TV has been showing scenes of rioting and such, though I haven't seen anything on the US networks about it. 

Just wondering if you know anything about the political situation in that former Soviet Republic.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on March 25, 2005, 12:08:07 AM
Fair enough.  Since you take an interest in some out of the way locales, do you know anything about what is currently going on in Krygyzystan?  I can't say that I'm up to speed on the situation, but there seems to have been an election a couple of months ago, and the ruling govt is charged with rigging the vote or something, ala Ukraine. 

DW-TV has been showing scenes of rioting and such, though I haven't seen anything on the US networks about it. 

Just wondering if you know anything about the political situation in that former Soviet Republic.

Oh, I'm glad I have Stratfor right now. Basically, there were parliamentary elections (two rounds, 17 February and 13 March of this year per Electionworld.org) which were rigged - nothing new about that - but this time something different happened.

First, yes, the opposition to the (now-fled, I believe) presidential regime of Askar Akajevič Akajev had Western support this time. Yep, the same people who were involved in past electoral events in Serbia, Georgia, Ajara, Ukraine, and even a little bit in Moldova have arrived in Kyrgyzstan! The Russians and Chinese must be throwing a s*it fit over that, considering that there most definitely is the arm of the U.S. and E.U. behind this...(but not Germany, who is moving toward a pro-Russian stance).

Second, something I hadn't known before Stratfor: traditionally, the northern and southern clans in Kyrgyzstan would alternate in power - yea, even Stalin didn't interfere with that. Now President Akajev was going for a third term - he's from the north - and the tribes in the south who coincidentally make up the bulk of the protestors/resistance thought that it was time for a southerner to take over. Note how the protests began in the south of Kyrgyzstan.

Third, were you aware that a lot of those southern tribes are Uzbeks? Gee, that might add just a tad to the hostility.

Fourth, the military and police appear to have abandoned Akajev and cut a deal with the protestors/resistance.

Fifth, watch out for Uzbekistan's tyrant - he might try to interfere.

Finally, the big question is: can the protestors/resistance hold together to form a new government?

Hope that helps...
*edit*
New information: *SITUATION HIGHLY IN FLUX* (24 March 2005)

I just read my Stratfor site and things are rather complicated...it appears the U.S. and E.U. weren't quite expecting this to happen right this minute...watch Russia...watch China...watch Uzbekistan...watch Kazakhstan.
*end edit*


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Silent Hunter on March 25, 2005, 10:22:10 AM
April elections:

Djibouti Presidential April 8, 2005   
Central African Republic  Presidential (Second Round)  April 10, 2005       
Portugal EU Referendum April 10, 2005           
Dominica Legislative April 11, 2005       
Northern Cyprus  Presidential April 17, 2005           
Saudi Arabia Northern Municipal (Stage Three) April 21, 2005           
Andorra Legislative April 24, 2005
New Zealand  Parliamentary April 30, 2005
Togo Presidential April 2005 

http://www.electionguide.org/2005.htm


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Notre Dame rules! on March 28, 2005, 06:45:50 PM
Sen. WMS,

Good analysis.

According to DW-TV,  it was a little messier than the popular uprising in Ukraine, though not terribly so, and it appears the the military wasn't eager to put its neck out for the former Pres.  It will be interesting to see how things pan out.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on March 28, 2005, 11:57:34 PM
Sen. WMS,

Good analysis.

According to DW-TV,  it was a little messier than the popular uprising in Ukraine, though not terribly so, and it appears the the military wasn't eager to put its neck out for the former Pres.  It will be interesting to see how things pan out.

Thanks. I give lots of credit to my Internet sources on this one, especially Stratfor. I added a little bit myself, especially to the more general Freedom House picture, but I mostly just assembled some sources. That bit on DW-TV sounds interesting.

There's a thread over in International Politics on Kyrgyzstan as well. :)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Bono on March 29, 2005, 10:57:31 AM
Sen. WMS,

Good analysis.

According to DW-TV,  it was a little messier than the popular uprising in Ukraine, though not terribly so, and it appears the the military wasn't eager to put its neck out for the former Pres.  It will be interesting to see how things pan out.

Thanks. I give lots of credit to my Internet sources on this one, especially Stratfor. I added a little bit myself, especially to the more general Freedom House picture, but I mostly just assembled some sources. That bit on DW-TV sounds interesting.

There's a thread over in International Politics on Kyrgyzstan as well. :)

What do your starfor sources tell you about the Transnistria elections?


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: ilikeverin on March 29, 2005, 05:44:44 PM
Somaliland Election countdown...

0 days, HOORAY!

*goes and looks for any sites that might have ...anything...*


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Notre Dame rules! on March 30, 2005, 09:49:09 PM
Somaliland Election countdown...

0 days, HOORAY!

*goes and looks for any sites that might have ...anything...*




Don't keep us in suspense, who won?


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on March 30, 2005, 10:20:18 PM
What do your starfor sources tell you about the Transnistria elections?

They only do elections if they're geopolitically important, but let's see:
Quote
FSU: Mutual Aid Efforts Too Little, Too Late?
March 17, 2005 23 30  GMT

Summary

The breakaway regions of the former Soviet republics -- Transdniestria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Nagorno-Karabakh -- appear to be trying to unify themselves in the interest of self-preservation. Their efforts are likely too little, too late, however, since the West's political push to lay claim to Moscow's former territories has rewritten the region's strategic calculus.
...
Pressure on Transdniestria has increased dramatically since Moldova's March 6 parliamentary elections reinstalled a legislature to be led by Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin that has dedicated itself to a westward political shift.
...
Transdniestria was born out of a 1992 civil war in Moldova in which Moscow supported predominantly-Russian Transdniestria against a weak Moldovan central government. Russia has consistently failed to live up to its promises to withdraw its troops from the region since then and has used the region as leverage against the Moldovan government. Both Russian and Ukrainian businessmen and government officials have profited from the criminal activity that dominates the region's economy as a result of its unrecognized status and its standoff with Moldova, which have prevented Transdniestria's economic development.
...
Transdniestria is in the worst position of all. It is now encircled on both sides by two countries that are beginning a full-on shift to the West, and both of which support Transdniestria's reabsorption into Moldova. Moscow currently has a garrison of 2,500 troops in the region, but they are now under serious pressure to leave. With the Moldovan and Ukrainian governments suddenly strongly encouraging their departure -- along with every major relevant Western organization and the United States -- it is only a matter of time before Russian troops leave Transdniestria.

Though Transdniestria could have little time after that, unlike the others, it has a particularly interesting card to play. Russia's trunk gas pipeline to Europe runs through Ukraine, and then through Transdniestria before reaching Moldova. If the Transdniestrians become desperate enough and decide that Moscow is no longer supporting them, they could decide to switch it off. This maneuver would attract anger from Moscow to Madrid, with many prominent stops in between. Such a move would likely not only be brief, it probably would represent the last nail in Transdniestria's coffin.

This is an ideal illustration of how these regions' moves to assert independence and possibly work together will ultimately attract more enemies rather than new friends. In reality, there is little the regions can do for each other beyond offering words of support. Transdniestria likely will be part of Moldova again before the year is out...
...

And that's pretty much it. It probably won't matter, since Transnistria's days are numbered. But judging from The Freedom House Report on it (http://www.freedomhouse.org/research/freeworld/2004/countryratings/moldova-transnistria.htm), perhaps it's just as well.

Transnistria (Political Rights/Civil Liberties)
2004  6  6  NF
2003  6  6  NF
2002  6  6  NF
2001  6  6  NF
2000  6  6  NF
1999  6  6  NF
1998  6  6  NF
1997  6  6  NF
1996  X  X  XX
1995  X  X  XX
1994  X  X  XX

1991 Seceded from Moldova over concerns over Moldovan-Romanian unification; with lots of Russian support
1991-1992 war; 1992 cease-fire
1991-current: Authoritarian Republic; President Igor Smirnov;
highly corrupt and repressive; de-facto one-party rule
2000 parliamentary elections; 2001 presidential elections; both
sets not at all free and fair; "Smirnov was declared the victor,
in some areas winning by a considerable margin. In the northern
region of Kamenka, for example, he received 103.6 percent of the
vote, indicating significant ballot-stuffing."
*May not survive 2005 w/Ukraine and Moldova becoming pro-Western*


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on March 30, 2005, 10:45:48 PM
Somaliland Election countdown...

0 days, HOORAY!

*goes and looks for any sites that might have ...anything...*




Don't keep us in suspense, who won?

I haven't been able to find anything yet. If I do, I'll be sure to let you know. :)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Filuwaúrdjan on March 31, 2005, 02:23:31 PM
Norway has elections in the autumn. Looks like Labour are going to be back in charge again.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on March 31, 2005, 11:15:13 PM
Somaliland Election countdown...

0 days, HOORAY!

*goes and looks for any sites that might have ...anything...*

Don't keep us in suspense, who won?

I haven't been able to find anything yet. If I do, I'll be sure to let you know. :)

Still haven't found anything...in English. There's a site or two in Somali which appear to be more updated, but nothing I could make out. ;)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on April 02, 2005, 11:12:17 PM
Somaliland Election countdown...

0 days, HOORAY!

*goes and looks for any sites that might have ...anything...*

Don't keep us in suspense, who won?

I haven't been able to find anything yet. If I do, I'll be sure to let you know. :)

Still haven't found anything...in English. There's a site or two in Somali which appear to be more updated, but nothing I could make out. ;)
Here's (http://www.somalilandnews.com/) the site which has the most up-to-date information. But it's in Somali. :(


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Jake on April 02, 2005, 11:17:28 PM
Good, all I need now is a Somali dictionary :P


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Notre Dame rules! on April 03, 2005, 06:00:28 PM
Great!  Where's that English/Somali dictionary when  you need it?


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Notre Dame rules! on April 07, 2005, 10:20:21 PM
What are the latest polls in North Rhine-Wesphalia?


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Notre Dame rules! on April 07, 2005, 10:21:14 PM
Somaliland Election countdown...

0 days, HOORAY!

*goes and looks for any sites that might have ...anything...*

Don't keep us in suspense, who won?

I haven't been able to find anything yet. If I do, I'll be sure to let you know. :)

Still haven't found anything...in English. There's a site or two in Somali which appear to be more updated, but nothing I could make out. ;)








Still nothing?


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Jake on April 07, 2005, 10:26:52 PM
What are the latest polls in North Rhine-Wesphalia?

These:

Emnid (03/18)
CDU 43%
SPD 35%
Greens 10%
FDP 7%

Infratest-dimap (03/20)
CDU 42%
SPD 35%
Greens 10%
FDP 7%

Were posted awhile back


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Notre Dame rules! on April 07, 2005, 10:48:43 PM
What are the latest polls in North Rhine-Wesphalia?

These:

Emnid (03/18)
CDU 43%
SPD 35%
Greens 10%
FDP 7%

Infratest-dimap (03/20)
CDU 42%
SPD 35%
Greens 10%
FDP 7%

Were posted awhile back




Hmmm...I was hoping that there might be some more current polls.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on April 07, 2005, 11:39:01 PM
Somaliland Election countdown...

0 days, HOORAY!

*goes and looks for any sites that might have ...anything...*

Don't keep us in suspense, who won?

I haven't been able to find anything yet. If I do, I'll be sure to let you know. :)

Still haven't found anything...in English. There's a site or two in Somali which appear to be more updated, but nothing I could make out. ;)

Still nothing?

Elections Postponed (http://www.somaliland.org/ns.asp?ID=05040510); all three political parties vote for postponement; elections to be held "sometime this year"; sounds like some bugs have to be worked out.

Finally, some friggin' information!

*edit* I'm not sure the new rules they've voted on are a good thing or not...read more of the English articles on that site to see what I mean. :)
*end edit*


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: ilikeverin on April 11, 2005, 04:15:25 PM
Elections Postponed (http://www.somaliland.org/ns.asp?ID=05040510);

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy? :'(


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on April 11, 2005, 11:36:13 PM
Elections Postponed (http://www.somaliland.org/ns.asp?ID=05040510);

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy? :'(

I'm not sure...but it sounds like political games by all three main political parties. So much for this entertaining election. :(


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Middle-aged Europe on April 12, 2005, 05:37:26 AM
What are the latest polls in North Rhine-Wesphalia?

These:

Emnid (03/18)
CDU 43%
SPD 35%
Greens 10%
FDP 7%

Infratest-dimap (03/20)
CDU 42%
SPD 35%
Greens 10%
FDP 7%

Were posted awhile back




Hmmm...I was hoping that there might be some more current polls.


The latest NRW polls can always be fund on these two sites:

http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/nrw.htm

http://www.election.de/cgi-bin/showpoll.pl?name=ltw_nw


CDU: 45% to 46%
SPD: 34% to 36%
Greens: 8% to 9%
FDP: 6% to 7%

Note: Some polls are also indicating that about half of the voters (!) are still undecided whom they gonna vote for on May 22. So, in theory, everything could be still possible: the SPD could get something like 25% in the end... or more than 40%.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Notre Dame rules! on April 12, 2005, 07:02:40 AM
Hmmm...Half the voters could be undecided.  Wow!  Germans voters are even more volatile than those in the US, or maybe interest in the election is currently low.  Considering the economic crisis, interest should be high.


Which one of the polls on the list would be considered the German version of Gallup, or the most trustworthy polling firm?


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Middle-aged Europe on April 12, 2005, 07:21:58 AM
Hmmm...Half the voters could be undecided.  Wow!  Germans voters are even more volatile than those in the US, or maybe interest in the election is currently low.  Considering the economic crisis, interest should be high.

That´s probably because many people see both major parties as equally incompetent. So, they have to decide... a) if they go to the polls at all and b) if they do so, for which lesser evil they are going to vote.


Which one of the polls on the list would be considered the German version of Gallup, or the most trustworthy polling firm?

Do not trust, under any circumstances, the polls from Allensbach. Fortunately, they didn´t do any in NRW recently... maybe they just noticed how screwed their methods are. :D

I think the rest of the bunch is more or less trustworthy... as far as you can trust a polling firm. The one which predicted the outcome of the 2002 Bundestag elections most accurately was Forsa, but maybe this was just good luck. Perhaps Lewis knows more abut this topic.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: minionofmidas on April 12, 2005, 07:23:28 AM
Hmmm...Half the voters could be undecided.  Wow!  Germans voters are even more volatile than those in the US, or maybe interest in the election is currently low.  Considering the economic crisis, interest should be high.
Not really...keep in mind that on "normal" turnout levels, this is unlosable for the SPD...and that there is no reason to expect anything like normalcy. The NRW SPD definitely deserves to lose. Those many undecideds are mostly SPD supporters who are unsure whether to vote something else this time, or vote SPD as usual or (and this will in the end be the most popular option) stay at home.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: minionofmidas on April 12, 2005, 07:28:16 AM
All the major polling firms are ...more or less... trustworthy, with a semi-exception for Allensbach (though in 1998, Allensbach were more or less spot-on.) I'd have to check the link to see if there's any nonames mentioned.
Anyways, Germany is somewhat hard to poll because
a) so many people decide late if and how exactly to vote
b) so many people lie to pollsters
c) so many people won't talk to pollsters
d) probably other reasons more to do with the polling firms than the people.
So, sometimes they get it right, sometimes they screw up...the hard right is especially difficult to poll. The DVU's monster success in Sachsen-Anhalt in 1998 (accompanied by a surprise rise in turnout) was totally unforeseen , for example.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: CO-OWL on April 12, 2005, 11:52:16 AM
Hmmm...Half the voters could be undecided.  Wow!  Germans voters are even more volatile than those in the US, or maybe interest in the election is currently low.  Considering the economic crisis, interest should be high.
Not really...keep in mind that on "normal" turnout levels, this is unlosable for the SPD...and that there is no reason to expect anything like normalcy. The NRW SPD definitely deserves to lose. Those many undecideds are mostly SPD supporters who are unsure whether to vote something else this time, or vote SPD as usual or (and this will in the end be the most popular option) stay at home.
Agreed! Back in 2000 for various reasons SPD, CDU and Greens had big problems to mobilize their supporters. Hence turnout dropped to an all-time low of about 57%, with the FDP surging from 4% to almost 10%.
I think, this time turnout will increase due to a relatively good CDU turnout. But I would be surprised, if it exceeded the low 60es. With many SPD supporters staying home (and a few voting for left-wing minor parties) this should be sufficient for a CDU/FDP victory; thus ending 39 years of SPD rule in NRW. I'm cautiously optimistic...
However, the majority of the voters seem to trust neither party in handling unemployment, public debt, etc.  Moreover both major parties' PM candidates have problems to connect with the voters. A few weeks ago a poll gave SPD INCUMBENT Peer Steinbrück a name recognition below 50%! CDU candidate Jürgen Rüttgers, a former secretary in the Kohl government, is perceived as equally boring as far as I can tell...


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: minionofmidas on April 13, 2005, 05:40:41 AM
Not to mention equally incompetent. :)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: MasterJedi on April 19, 2005, 05:16:01 PM
When is the next national election in Canada for Prime Minister?


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Filuwaúrdjan on April 19, 2005, 05:20:05 PM
When is the next national election in Canada for Prime Minister?

That's up to m.Duceppe


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Gabu on May 18, 2005, 04:04:39 AM
When is the next national election in Canada for Prime Minister?

Pretty much whenever Martin's government finally falls through, whenever that might be.  Most people put it after the May 19 budget vote, but following the Stronach defection, they might survive that by a nose.  It remains to be seen, though.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Hatman 🍁 on May 19, 2005, 03:26:53 AM
When is the next national election in Canada for Prime Minister?

That's up to m.Duceppe

No, it's upto Mr. Cadman and Mr. Kilgour.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Filuwaúrdjan on May 19, 2005, 04:22:09 AM
When is the next national election in Canada for Prime Minister?

That's up to m.Duceppe

No, it's upto Mr. Cadman and Mr. Kilgour.

Well if m.Duceppe had decided not to play silly buggers (like that's ever going to happen ::) ) the votes of Messrs. Cadman and Kilgour wouldn't matter ;)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Hatman 🍁 on May 19, 2005, 08:55:21 PM
When is the next national election in Canada for Prime Minister?

That's up to m.Duceppe

No, it's upto Mr. Cadman and Mr. Kilgour.

Well if m.Duceppe had decided not to play silly buggers (like that's ever going to happen ::) ) the votes of Messrs. Cadman and Kilgour wouldn't matter ;)

Bah... it doesn't matter anymore. I think I'm going to cry now. It's all Cadman's fault. Damn hippy Conservative.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on May 19, 2005, 11:03:26 PM
The Ethiopian Parliamentary election was held on May 15, and at least didn't erupt into violence. Might be fair, might not.

Details here. ^_^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_general_elections%2C_2005)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Notre Dame rules! on June 14, 2005, 08:17:58 PM
Does anyone have any thoughts regardig the upcoming elections in Iran?  It appears the former President Rafsanjani is leading in the polls, though he may not win an outright majority without a runoff.  He is also running on a platform of a non-nuclear Iran--not sure how that will play with the theocrats who pull the strings of government.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: they don't love you like i love you on June 14, 2005, 09:54:14 PM
I don't really think the polls matter in Iranian "elections". No doubt a reformist and moderate would win in a fair election, but we all know that's not happening.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Notre Dame rules! on June 14, 2005, 11:17:12 PM
true, I think nearly 1,000 candidates registered for the elections, but the mullahs trimmed it down to 6 candiates that they feel wouldn't rock the boat--at least not too much


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on June 15, 2005, 12:06:49 PM
From, what else, Stratfor sources: Rafsanjani will win, and that isn't necessarily a bad thing - he's about the only person in Iran with the power and desire to open relations with the U.S. While he's no democrat - ruthless ambitious political pragmatist fits Raf the best - he's better than anyone else the mullahs will allow to win. That's why the vote will go his way - the other candidates will be worse!

The Ethiopian Parliamentary election was held on May 15, and at least didn't erupt into violence. Might be fair, might not.

Details here. ^_^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_general_elections%2C_2005)

Things kinda went downhill after protestors demonstrating against claimed (and quite possible) electoral fraud got shot and killed...details if I can find them. :(


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: they don't love you like i love you on June 15, 2005, 12:12:49 PM
Iran just needs to overthrow their government already. They overthrew the Shah pretty easily, I don't see why it'd be a problem


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on June 15, 2005, 04:51:32 PM
Iran just needs to overthrow their government already. They overthrew the Shah pretty easily, I don't see why it'd be a problem

Guns, guns, guns...one side's got them all. Now if there was an Iranian NRA, and an armed populace... :D


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: they don't love you like i love you on June 15, 2005, 07:56:05 PM
That was also true with the Shah.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on June 16, 2005, 10:47:57 AM

I think the Shah lost the support of the Iranian military. The mullahs haven't yet - also, developing nukes is really popular amongst all of Iranian society, so that helps out the mullahs. And the young people aren't ready to put their lives on the line yet either...


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Notre Dame rules! on June 16, 2005, 06:52:10 PM
The Shaw was also taking orders from the US.   Jimmy Carter linked continued US military and economic aid to nonlethal forms of crowd dispersal.  Far more Iranian students left the scene of protest crying from  tear gas than from bullet wounds. 


In hindsight, had the Shah followed Napolean's advice and given the crowds  a whiff of grapeshot, rather than Carter's teargas, he may have held on to power.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: they don't love you like i love you on June 18, 2005, 08:47:33 PM
except most of the people who wanted the Shah out were not Islamic fundamentalists. They mostly did support Khomeini, but simply because he was a leader of anti-Shah opposition, not because he was a fundamentalist. Khomeini and his hardliners didn't take complete control of the country until about a year later. You can't blame people for wanting their dictator out and it's stupid to blame Carter therefore, he and the rest had no way of knowing that someone way worse would take over.

Anyway, there's going to be a runoff. The candidates are Rafsanjani and Mahmoud Ahmadinezhad, the ultra-conservative hardliner mayor of Tehran. Rafsanjani is expected to win. A good thing since he is relatively moderate although not as reformist as the current president (who actually is relatively very progressive but has had his hands tied by the mullahs the whole time in office), so there probably won't be much progress under, but it's better than the hardliners obtaining more power.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: 2952-0-0 on June 26, 2005, 09:50:38 AM
July elections:
3: Albania, Parliament
3: Mauritius, Parliament
3: Tunisia, Senate
4: Burundi, House
10: Kyrgyzstan, President and parliament
10: Luxembourg, referendum on the European Constitution
17: Palestinian National Authority, Parliament
19: Burundi, Senate
unknown: Armenia, referendum on constitutional amendment

August elections:
19: Burundi, President
unknown: Singapore, President


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자) on June 27, 2005, 01:57:51 AM
From, what else, Stratfor sources: Rafsanjani will win, and that isn't necessarily a bad thing - he's about the only person in Iran with the power and desire to open relations with the U.S. While he's no democrat - ruthless ambitious political pragmatist fits Raf the best - he's better than anyone else the mullahs will allow to win. That's why the vote will go his way - the other candidates will be worse!

So much for Stratfor.  What are they saying to explain their errant guess prediction?


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on June 27, 2005, 11:22:53 AM
From, what else, Stratfor sources: Rafsanjani will win, and that isn't necessarily a bad thing - he's about the only person in Iran with the power and desire to open relations with the U.S. While he's no democrat - ruthless ambitious political pragmatist fits Raf the best - he's better than anyone else the mullahs will allow to win. That's why the vote will go his way - the other candidates will be worse!

So much for Stratfor.  What are they saying to explain their errant guess prediction?

That they were surprised, for one thing - they admitted they got it wrong, and examinied why. Let's see...

First the summary of their big story on it:
"Iran: A Victory for the Hard-Liners
June 25, 2005 02 19  GMT

Summary

Preliminary results of the Iranian presidential election indicate that hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the mayor of Tehran, has defeated reformist and former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in the runoff presidential election held June 24. Ahmadinejad's victory shows some signs of tampering by the regime, and signals that Iran's clerics are not interested in reconciliation with the United States. The victory, however, could complicate a number of issues for the clerics. "

And some snippets from that article:
"Initially, Stratfor forecast that Rafsanjani would win the elections. Rafsanjani represented the best chance for political reconciliation between the clerical regime and the reformist camp, as he had gained support from both sides. He had also gained the lead in the majority of polls before the first round of elections. Moreover, with a showdown with the United States regarding Iran's potential development of nuclear weapons looming, the West also showed interest in Rafsanjani due to his statements that the time for reconciliation between the two sides may have come. "
[paragraph in between on how the Iranian regime 'influenced' the results]
"Rafsanjani's search for better relations with Washington is the thread that unwound his previously favorable relationship with the clerics. The regime, by refusing to allow Rafsanjani to take the political helm, is signalling the Bush administration and reformists that the regime is not ready or willing to make conciliatory actions toward the United States. Instead, the regime is sending the message that it is willing to accept the difficult consequences that could follow a policy clash with the reformists -- which will likely include some elements of public backlash the regime has tried so desperately to avoid."

Now from their daily Geopolitical Diary, one of my favorite things about them:

"The defeat of Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in Iran's presidential runoff over the weekend surprised much of the world -- including us."

"Though there is much about the inner workings of Iran's political system that has been opaque since the Revolution of 1979, two things are clear: The clerics continue to wield the utmost power, and Rafsanjani somehow has fallen from grace.

Ultimately, the election outcome signifies that the locus of influence within the Iranian establishment has shifted, and the political structure must be remapped for forecasting purposes. "

"The line in the sand, we suspect, was crossed when Rafsanjani publicly said he would spend considerable effort in pursuing rapprochement with Washington -- contingent, of course, upon a change in U.S. attitude toward Iran. This potential interface -- at a time when the Bush administration is aggressively touted a democratization offensive in the Middle East and elsewhere -- logically would be perceived by the unelected clerical establishment as a serious threat to its political legacy. The rapprochement stance, coupled with a significant domestic movement calling for political reforms, eventually would have sounded the death knell for the clerics. Thus, an Ahmedinejad presidency."

See, they admit when a forecast goes awry...


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자) on June 27, 2005, 07:30:00 PM
I still think that they pursue an overly Amero-centric interpretation of events.  Ahmadinejad's victory can be explained largely in terms of Iran's internal politics.  Clearly, his policies resonated enough for him to become the most popular of the anti-Rafsanjani candidates, and the mullahs were canny enough to offer the voters a choice of which style of hard liner would be president.  Given that the mullahs have made it abudantly clear that in certain areas they aren't going to let the President decide things, I think that the Iranian voters made the perfectly logical decision to base their votes upon the issues that the mullahs would let the next presidemt handle.  It's hard to say how much monkeying around the mullahs did in the electoral process, but Bush with his foot-in-mouth comment about the validity of Iranian elections certainly gave the mullahs added incentive to work against the most pro-Western of the candidates they allowed to run.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on June 28, 2005, 01:34:28 PM
I still think that they pursue an overly Amero-centric interpretation of events.  Ahmadinejad's victory can be explained largely in terms of Iran's internal politics.  Clearly, his policies resonated enough for him to become the most popular of the anti-Rafsanjani candidates, and the mullahs were canny enough to offer the voters a choice of which style of hard liner would be president.  Given that the mullahs have made it abudantly clear that in certain areas they aren't going to let the President decide things, I think that the Iranian voters made the perfectly logical decision to base their votes upon the issues that the mullahs would let the next presidemt handle.  It's hard to say how much monkeying around the mullahs did in the electoral process, but Bush with his foot-in-mouth comment about the validity of Iranian elections certainly gave the mullahs added incentive to work against the most pro-Western of the candidates they allowed to run.

They're a private company and their forecasts are used by their customers, which are probably dominated by Americans. They're also pretty much realists on foreign policy and so the impact the election has on the policies of the world's sole hyperpower+ probably is more important than the impacts on internal Iranian politics. Geopolitics over everything else, basically. And that's as much as I can guess, given that I don't work there or know anybody there. ;)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: minionofmidas on June 28, 2005, 01:42:19 PM
That's beside the point though...americocentric(or any other xyzcentric) viewpoints will lead to false interpretations of facts.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on June 28, 2005, 01:50:53 PM
That's beside the point though...americocentric(or any other xyzcentric) viewpoints will lead to false interpretations of facts.
Maybe, although I personally think it's more of a realist vs. liberal foreign policy viewpoint that affects the topic in question. As for said topic - the Iranian election - Stratfor admitted they (like everybody else, for that matter ;) ) got it wrong and were looking at why that was. You can disagree with their analysis of why, although given that there wasn't much space in-between the two candidates on Iranian-specific issues - two extremists, remember? - the notion that the election turned on policies vis-a-vis the U.S. is reasonable, as what else was there for the voters to base a decision on?


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: minionofmidas on June 29, 2005, 02:34:56 AM
That's beside the point though...americocentric(or any other xyzcentric) viewpoints will lead to false interpretations of facts.
Maybe, although I personally think it's more of a realist vs. liberal foreign policy viewpoint that affects the topic in question. As for said topic - the Iranian election - Stratfor admitted they (like everybody else, for that matter ;) ) got it wrong and were looking at why that was. You can disagree with their analysis of why, although given that there wasn't much space in-between the two candidates on Iranian-specific issues - two extremists, remember? - the notion that the election turned on policies vis-a-vis the U.S. is reasonable, as what else was there for the voters to base a decision on?
This election was fought almost 100% on the economy.
And they didn't get it wrong "like everybody else", btw. Polls done between the first round and the runoff all showed Ahmadinejad winning, although they underestimated the scale of Rafsanjani's defeat.
One other thing that should be obvious from these elections is that Rafsanjani didn't lose because "he has fallen out of favour with the Mullahs" - he was very much the establishment candidate. Which isn't the same as the Islamist candidate, or the Mullahs' candidate...but isn't the opposite either.
I came upon a very interesting article about Ahmadinejad's record as mayor of Tehran btw, see if I can still find it...


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on June 29, 2005, 12:15:53 PM
That's beside the point though...americocentric(or any other xyzcentric) viewpoints will lead to false interpretations of facts.
Maybe, although I personally think it's more of a realist vs. liberal foreign policy viewpoint that affects the topic in question. As for said topic - the Iranian election - Stratfor admitted they (like everybody else, for that matter ;) ) got it wrong and were looking at why that was. You can disagree with their analysis of why, although given that there wasn't much space in-between the two candidates on Iranian-specific issues - two extremists, remember? - the notion that the election turned on policies vis-a-vis the U.S. is reasonable, as what else was there for the voters to base a decision on?
This election was fought almost 100% on the economy.
And they didn't get it wrong "like everybody else", btw. Polls done between the first round and the runoff all showed Ahmadinejad winning, although they underestimated the scale of Rafsanjani's defeat.
One other thing that should be obvious from these elections is that Rafsanjani didn't lose because "he has fallen out of favour with the Mullahs" - he was very much the establishment candidate. Which isn't the same as the Islamist candidate, or the Mullahs' candidate...but isn't the opposite either.
I came upon a very interesting article about Ahmadinejad's record as mayor of Tehran btw, see if I can still find it...
Actually, another source of mine mentioned something about corruption being an issue, as 'ol Ahmad appears to be clean, whereas Raf - and a LOT of the ruling mullahs - are definitely not. Could make it difficult for Ahmad to do much about the economy if corrupt mullahs stand in the way of any moves to improve it. I think everyone before the first round was expecting a different result. ;) After the first round is another matter. Stratfor got it wrong, no doubt about it...but they admitted it, unlike many a news source (Newsweek and CBS on other issues, where they didn't really admit they got it wrong, but weaseled out of it). It's not as if this was a free and fair election anyway. :P


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Filuwaúrdjan on June 30, 2005, 02:05:31 AM
I seem to recall reading that Rafsanjani is a crook


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: minionofmidas on June 30, 2005, 05:00:00 AM
He's certainly a very rich (supposedly) "self-made" man. That's bad enough for most Iranians. Would be bad enough in many European countries, actually. Wouldn't matter in Italy or the US...


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on June 30, 2005, 01:30:31 PM
I seem to recall reading that Rafsanjani is a crook

That's my understanding as well. Nothing new - there were (quiet) jokes about Iranian mullah corruption during Khomeni's day as well.

Eh, one of these days the 1905 Iranian Constitutional Movement will come to fruition...I certainly think the Iranian people are ready for it.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: they don't love you like i love you on June 30, 2005, 01:36:06 PM
Eh, one of these days the 1905 Iranian Constitutional Movement will come to fruition...I certainly think the Iranian people are ready for it.

It got to that point under Mossadegh, but then the US and Britain decided their oil companies' business was more important, and had to screw things up.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on June 30, 2005, 01:45:51 PM
Eh, one of these days the 1905 Iranian Constitutional Movement will come to fruition...I certainly think the Iranian people are ready for it.

It got to that point under Mossadegh, but then the US and Britain decided their oil companies' business was more important, and had to screw things up.

Not one of the smarter moves, all things considered. The failure to consider cutting deals with nationalists - certainly possible, look at Tito in Yugoslavia - was a recurrent failure of Dulles. Oh well...


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on September 30, 2005, 10:34:41 AM
Elections Postponed (http://www.somaliland.org/ns.asp?ID=05040510);

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy? :'(

I'm not sure...but it sounds like political games by all three main political parties. So much for this entertaining election. :(

WOOT! (https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=29282.0) ;D


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on September 30, 2005, 01:22:25 PM
Elections Postponed (http://www.somaliland.org/ns.asp?ID=05040510);

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy? :'(

I'm not sure...but it sounds like political games by all three main political parties. So much for this entertaining election. :(

WOOT! (https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=29282.0) ;D

FINALLY, some party information! From the BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4289956.stm):
Q: What of parties?

The constitution limits the number of parties to three. It also forbids the creation of parties based on region or clan.

Each party must get at least 20% of the vote in each of the country's six regions to enter parliament.

The United People's Democratic Party (UDUB) is chaired by the president. Most ministers are UDUB members.

The UDUB says it stands for stability, sovereignty, unity and independence. It also backs women's rights.

The Kulmiye or Unity Party is the largest opposition party, founded by Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo, a former planning minister.

It calls for good governance and an expansion of social services.

The Party for Justice and Democracy (UCID) advocates Western-style democracy. Its calls for a welfare system and pledges to fight corruption.

Q: What are the issues?

Most politicians project themselves as above the sectarian and clan divides that have plagued the rest of Somalia.

Thus all parties stress independence and sovereignty, and speak of creating a climate for democracy and economic prosperity.

Often using forceful and derogatory language, they insist they will not rejoin Somalia.

A border row with Puntland, an autonomous region of Somalia, remains a contentious issue.

While parliamentary candidates have not campaigned on terrorism, it is a favourite topic of the president.

The authorities recently arrested four militants, including an internationally known al-Qaeda member.

The arrests came weeks after the authorities put troops on high alert, citing "conspiracies bent on interrupting the polls".


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on October 19, 2005, 04:52:21 PM
Region         UCID      KULMIYE      UDUB      Regional Total
Awdal             3               3               7                   13
Hargaysa       6               8               6                    20
Saaxil             4               2               4                   10
Togdheer       4               6               5                   15
Sanaag          2               5               5                   12
Sool               2               4               6                    12
Grand Total   21            28              33                  82

Source: Somaliland Electoral Commission (http://www.somalilandelectoralcommission.org/).

No one dominating party. Cool, a real election! 8)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on January 11, 2006, 12:28:07 PM
Finally, some more information. From the Somaliland Government website (http://www.somalilandgov.com/): [emphasis mine]

"Two deputy Speakers
Hargiesa, Somaliland
5 December 2005    
        
   The Somaliland president H.E Mr. Dahir Riayle Kahin today congratulated the new speaker of Somaliland parliament Honorable Mr. Abdirihamn Mohamed Abdillahi and two new deputy speakers Honorable Mr. Abdulaziz Mohamed Samale and Honorable Mr. Bashe Mohamed Farah. The speaker of parliament is a member of the UCID party and his deputies are members of the Kulmiye party. The opposition parties of UCID and Kulmiye agreed in a coalition of power sharing in the new parliament. The opposition coalition elected the speaker and the deputies on Tuesday, 29, Novemeber, 2005; but the presidents party UDUB disagreed in the process the speaker and the deputies were elected. The Somaliland Guurti(Upper House) mediated in the dispute and recommended that the election of speaker and the two deputies stand as procliamed on Tuesday, 29 November, 2005. The Guurti recommended the president and his party to agree with the decision of the Guurti. The president and his party UDUB agreed to abide by the decision of the Guurti. The president reiterated that compromise and the interest of the unity of the people Somaliland supersedes any disagreement between the political parties and the presiden will work and cooperate with the new speaker and his deputies."
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Hey, an African state with a peaceful transition of power! Well done! ILV, it appears both of our parties are in power. Sorry BRTD, your party isn't. :P

Come on already, recognize their government! F the UN, and F the Arab League for opposing this! >:(


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on January 11, 2006, 12:30:17 PM
And as a bonus: From  here (http://www.somaliland.org/ns.asp?ID=06011006), which is actually a Christian Science Monitor article (yes, they attributed it on the site): [emphasis mine]
"U.S. Troops Build Schools In Africa
Christian Science Monitor — Camp Lemonier, DJIBOUTI — 10 January, 2006

Pointing to his computer screen, Maj. Gen. Timothy Ghormley sounds more like a Peace Corps volunteer showing off holiday photos than the shaven-headed U.S. Marine entrusted with defeating Al Qaeda in East Africa.

"That's what it's about right there," he says, stabbing his eyeglasses at the pictures of African children celebrating as water gushes from a new well. "Look at those kids. They're gonna remember this. In 25 years they'll say, 'I remember the West - they were good.' "

In 2002, more than 1,500 U.S. troops were sent to this former French colony in East Africa to hunt followers of Al Qaeda throughout the region. Now, under General Ghormley, their mission has evolved to preempt the broader growth of Islamic militancy among the area's largely Muslim population.

"We are trying to dry up the recruiting pool for Al Qaeda by showing people the way ahead. We are doing this one village, one person at a time," says Ghormley, commander of the joint task force based in Djibouti. "We're waging peace just as hard as we can."

Previously East Africa has hosted an array of Islamic militant groups. In 1998, Al Qaeda bombed the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing more than 220 people. The group has also tried to shoot down an Israeli airliner in Mombasa, Kenya, and sink oil tankers and U.S. Navy vessels in the Red Sea.

Now many analysts worry that trouble is again brewing as rising poverty combines with the anti-Western ideologies of hard-line Islamic missionaries in a region already dogged by porous borders, plentiful weapons, and poor governance.

"There aren't actually that many groups or individuals involved," says Matt Bryden, director of the Horn of Africa project for International Crisis Watch. "But there's a danger that if these groups are not contained it is just a matter of time before they strike at Western targets in Somalia or start reaching out to the region again."

"Some of them did have links with Al Qaeda but for the most part there doesn't seem to be an active Al Qaeda or even an Al Qaeda franchise," says Mr. Bryden. "But the US has discovered that there are actually much fewer targets than they expected." No targets but hearts and minds

Unable to find or strike at any visible Al Qaeda members, U.S. forces based in Camp Lemonier - Djibouti's former French Foreign Legion base - have instead begun to work to tackle the factors that might contribute to the growth of extremism in the future.

Ghormley's men have so far built more than 30 schools and 25 clinics, as well as new wells and bridges. They are focusing particularly on the mainly Muslim areas close to the porous Somali border where poverty and dissatisfaction with pro-Western central governments might make many receptive to extremist teachings.

"Ungoverned spaces are vulnerable. The forces of law and order don't exist there," says Lt. Col. Richard Baillon, of Britain's Parachute Regiment. A small contingent of British troops are working with U.S. forces in a coalition effort. "The people in these areas aren't getting government support."

Planners in Camp Lemonier say that their long-term strategy is to gradually move deeper into these poor and ungoverned areas.

"We're not likely to go where we're not wanted or where there's open hostility," says Baillon, tapping a wall-map like a schoolmaster. "But it's about pushing the boundaries of where we are wanted."

The Coalition's planners hope that by tackling localized dissatisfaction now, they can create long-term goodwill toward the US in the region. "A lot of times when we first show up there's a mixed reaction," says Sgt. Richard Crandall of the 96th Civil Affairs Battalion. "One place we went to they considered the US to be warmongers. But we built a school and when we left they said they considered us friends."

The military is taking time to adapt to its new humanitarian mission too - and this means that there have been some mistakes made along the way.

For example, the task force's military budget only covers the cost of constructing and renovating school buildings. Before the schools can open, soldiers have to pester nongovernmental organizations, charities, and friends back home for donated textbooks. In other cases there has been poor communication between the US and local people. Some villages, thinking that the Americans could only build schools, requested a new school when they needed wells and bridges instead. The mistake was realized too late.

Meanwhile, the US increasingly depends on local governments to use their cultural and linguistic knowledge to track and tackle Islamic extremists.

"The information sharing is not ideal; not up to the point that we would like," admits Nabeel Khoury, deputy chief of mission at the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen.

And although there are handfuls of up-armored Humvees parked alongside rusting French artillery pieces throughout Camp Lemonier, the US increasingly seeks to delegate its military operations.

"We're doing military-to-military training with five countries in the region," says Col. Doug Carroll, director of operations for the Horn of Africa task force. The US has trained Yemeni special forces in counter-terrorism while officers from Mauritius and the Comoros Islands in the Indian Ocean have been taught how to train their own soldiers once they return home.

"In Ethiopia we've taught border security, we've taught basic counter-terrorism, what they call advanced map reading and also defensive operations," says Carroll, who denies that the training will upset the region's delicate balance of power. "We're not teaching them anything that would be applicable to the Ethiopian-Eritrean border war," he says of the training of Ethiopian border guards, while also denying that U.S.-trained troops have been used to crush recent uprisings in Yemen. Somalia remains a clear blind spot

But although the lack of recent Al Qaeda attacks in the region points to the mission's success so far, there remains a clear blind spot at the heart of the U.S. deployment.

"It's a bit of a paradox," says Bryden. "The threat that the US perceives in the region comes from Somalia, but that is the only place where they can't operate."

Senior officers in Djibouti refuse to even discuss Somalia, although one officer privately admitted having contact with high-level members of the government of Somaliland - a breakaway republic in the north of the war-torn country that recently arrested one Al Qaeda team linked to extremist groups in Mogadishu.

"The US has had to develop a much more nuanced approach and it shows that they are dealing with the problem," says Bryden. "They've had to discover the difference between terrorism and a domestic insurgency."

As the US gradually increases its understanding of the region there is no sign of the mission winding down. Instead, as more British troops also prepare to deploy to the region, the operation seems to have become entirely open-ended.

"It's important that we share what we have to allow all nations to advance," says General Ghormley. "We didn't earn being born in America - the Good Lord put us there and with that came responsibility." An area five times larger than Iraq

Standing in his office, Ghormley, surrounded by maps where arrow-straight borders drawn by European colonialists cut across mountains, deserts, and complex ethnic groups, provides more than an echo of a Victorian soldier-missionary.

"You can win a heart and mind today and lose it tomorrow," Ghormley continues. "We see no spread of radical ideology. We see a lot of people who would like it to spread."

But with Camp Lemonier boasting less than 1 percent of the troops currently deployed in Iraq and responsible for an area five times larger, Ghormley is aware that there is a limit to what the US can achieve in the region.

"I could use more money, more people, but I've got the resources I need to carry on," he says, taking a last look at the pictures on his computer screen. "They're good people and it breaks your heart that you can't do more for them.""
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Somaliland even cooperates against Al Qaeda. But they're not recognized. ::)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: ilikeverin on January 13, 2006, 04:02:52 PM
Hey, an African state with a peaceful transition of power! Well done! ILV, it appears both of our parties are in power. Sorry BRTD, your party isn't. :P

Come on already, recognize their government! F the UN, and F the Arab League for opposing this! >:(

Most of the time, I'm an internationalist dove, but in this case I'll make an exception ;D

Hooray for UCID and Kulmiye!


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on January 23, 2006, 12:40:35 PM
Hey, an African state with a peaceful transition of power! Well done! ILV, it appears both of our parties are in power. Sorry BRTD, your party isn't. :P

Come on already, recognize their government! F the UN, and F the Arab League for opposing this! >:(

Most of the time, I'm an internationalist dove, but in this case I'll make an exception ;D

Hooray for UCID and Kulmiye!

Good to hear. :D

Hooray! Woot! ;D


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Jake on February 23, 2006, 10:52:10 PM
Important ones this year.

12 March: Colombia legislative election
28 March: Israel legislative election
9 April: Italy legislative election
9 April: Hungary legislative election (first round)
9 April: Peru presidential and legislative elections
23 April: Hungary legislative election (second round)
28 May: Colombia presidential election
2 July: Mexico presidential and legislative elections
17 September: Sweden legislative election
7 November: United States legislative election


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on February 24, 2006, 08:30:17 PM
Important ones this year.

12 March: Colombia legislative election

28 May: Colombia presidential election

Go Uribe and his Congressional Allies! WOOT for his communitarianism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvaro_Uribe)! And F-U-C-K the FARC! ;D


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Platypus on February 25, 2006, 01:35:23 AM
WMS, I hate to say it, but R-NM is a good looking avatar. Doesn't suit you whatsoever, but it looks good.

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South Australia is voting on the 18th of March, as is Tasmania; Victoria will be having an election in November.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on February 27, 2006, 11:59:30 PM
WMS, I hate to say it, but R-NM is a good looking avatar. Doesn't suit you whatsoever, but it looks good.

---------------------------

South Australia is voting on the 18th of March, as is Tasmania; Victoria will be having an election in November.

True, it is, isn't it? :) I may take it for a spin every now and again...

Ah! Local Politics! They can be a lot of fun, if you know what's going on...


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Platypus on February 28, 2006, 01:08:08 AM
WMS, I hate to say it, but R-NM is a good looking avatar. Doesn't suit you whatsoever, but it looks good.

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South Australia is voting on the 18th of March, as is Tasmania; Victoria will be having an election in November.

True, it is, isn't it? :) I may take it for a spin every now and again...

Ah! Local Politics! They can be a lot of fun, if you know what's going on...

You are welcome to contribute to the discussions. My lack of knowledge about American politics hasn't really held me back-although the more I know, the less I discuss US politics :p

Certainly in the early days, I discussed it quite a lot more...and knew very significantly less. ;)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on February 28, 2006, 01:31:59 AM
WMS, I hate to say it, but R-NM is a good looking avatar. Doesn't suit you whatsoever, but it looks good.

---------------------------

South Australia is voting on the 18th of March, as is Tasmania; Victoria will be having an election in November.

True, it is, isn't it? :) I may take it for a spin every now and again...

Ah! Local Politics! They can be a lot of fun, if you know what's going on...

You are welcome to contribute to the discussions. My lack of knowledge about American politics hasn't really held me back-although the more I know, the less I discuss US politics :p

Certainly in the early days, I discussed it quite a lot more...and knew very significantly less. ;)

If I knew anything about those elections I'd contribute ;) It's so hard to get the right kind of info - my knowledge of American politics went up a ton when my parents bought me the 2000 Alamanac of American Politics. I need something like that for other countries :D


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Platypus on March 01, 2006, 09:51:54 PM
SBS world guide is a great 'primer' as you say over there. It's reasonably cheap too-well, it isn't, but the value of the aussie dollar makes it pretty reasonable for you even with shipping. There is a scaled-back version available online; I think it's better then the CIA world factbook but maybe that's just me.

SBS World Guide (http://www.theworldnews.com.au/Worldguide/index.php3)

Australia (http://www.theworldnews.com.au/Worldguide/index.php3?country=12)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on March 02, 2006, 01:52:17 PM
SBS world guide is a great 'primer' as you say over there. It's reasonably cheap too-well, it isn't, but the value of the aussie dollar makes it pretty reasonable for you even with shipping. There is a scaled-back version available online; I think it's better then the CIA world factbook but maybe that's just me.

SBS World Guide (http://www.theworldnews.com.au/Worldguide/index.php3)

Australia (http://www.theworldnews.com.au/Worldguide/index.php3?country=12)

I'll have to take a look at that when I have time. :)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: freek on March 06, 2006, 12:41:48 PM
Tomorrow local elections in the Netherlands.

Four years ago these elections were the breakthrough of Pim Fortuyn. His party Liveable Rotterdam won a third of the vote for Rotterdam municipal council, which resulted in Rotterdam Labour Party (PvdA) going in opposition for the first time since 1945.

Later that evening a debate on national television between the leaders of the large political parties and Fortuyn was won by Fortuyn in a glorious way. If Fortuyn wouldn't have been murdered two months later, he would have bedome our prime minister.

In Fortuyn's slipstream other local parties named Livable [municipality] (unconnected with Fortuyn's party) also won the election for their councils, usually causing huge upsets. In general, many of these parties fell apart in more than one fraction after huge infighting. Many Livable-aldermen had to resign because of their inexperience.

For this election, it is expected that PvdA, SP and VVD will win, especially the PvdA suffered great defeats in 2002. Local parties and D66 will lose a lot. Polls suggest that CDA will also lose, but I don't believe that.

This map shows the largest party in the council, usually three or four parties form a coalition, since only in 8 municipalities a party has 50+% of the seats. A traditional coalition is CDA/PvdA/VVD, sometimes local parties, CU or GreenLeft are part of it. In orthodox calvinist municipalities SGP may take part, the SP is only in Oss and Nijmegen municipality in the coalition:

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Geen verkiezingen = no elections in 2002 (early elections because of municipal reorganisations)
Leefbaar = Liveable ...
Overige lokale partijen = Other local parties, not named Liveable ...
Overige partijen = Other parties, this is the New Communist Party of the Netherlands NCPN, they still have a stronghold in the outer northeastern corner, on the German border.

National results for local elections 2002:

Turnout 57.7%

Local parties 29.4%
CDA 20.5%
PvdA 16.0%
VVD 15.8%
GrLinks 6.1%
CU/SGP (often combined lists) 4.8%
D66 4.2%
SP 2.8%
Other 0.5%

edit: I live in Groningen municipality, a city of 150,000 inhabitants in the north of the country.

The council (39 seats) consists of PvdA 9 seats, VVD 6, GrLinks 6, SP 5, CDA 5, D66 2, CU 2, City Party (local) 2 and Student's Party 2.

The coalition consists of PvdA/VVD/GrLinks/CDA. It is expected that VVD will lose its place to SP the next period.

I will vote (by proxy, my room mate will vote on my behalf) VVD tomorrow.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on March 06, 2006, 01:00:56 PM
Ooh, nice map! :)

*cheers for CDA* :D


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Cubby on March 11, 2006, 04:34:33 AM
There's an election in Israel in less than 3 weeks, are we going to have a thread on it, or has it been postponed? From what I can tell its still going to happen, and Kadima will win.

Right now it looks like the results will be:

1st Place- Kadima (Olmert)
2nd Place- Labour (Peretz)
3rd Place- Likud (Netanyahu)
4th Place- ? Shinui maybe, I know they did really good in 2003


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Middle-aged Europe on March 13, 2006, 07:34:35 AM
There's an election in Israel in less than 3 weeks, are we going to have a thread on it, or has it been postponed? From what I can tell its still going to happen, and Kadima will win.

Right now it looks like the results will be:

1st Place- Kadima (Olmert)
2nd Place- Labour (Peretz)
3rd Place- Likud (Netanyahu)
4th Place- ? Shinui maybe, I know they did really good in 2003

Yes, there was a thread about the Israeli election somewhere. Shinui basically collapsed a few weeks ago and currently polls between 0 and 1 seat (!).

A good summary of the most recent opinion polls can be found in the Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_legislative_election%2C_2006#Most_Recent_Opinion_Polling


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on March 20, 2006, 04:08:16 PM
I can't believe I and others missed this one. :)

March 12 - Colombia legislative elections. Uribe's supporters do very well. ;D

Senate (http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/c/colombia/colombia2006.txt) and Chamber of Deputies (http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/c/colombia/colombia20062.txt). I note that there certainly isn't a two-party system in place any more due to the offshoots and fragments from the original two parties (Liberal and Conservative, and no, they don't mean what you probably think they do ;) ).

Trying to find just who is in Uribe's coalition is a bit tricky (please, just SAY it, you damn Internet sources *grumble* ) but...from something tucked away in a StrategyPage.com email..."March 12, 2006: National elections gave president Uribe's seven party alliance 70 percent of the votes."

So, that would mean...check here for the Wiki version (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombian_legislative_election%2C_2006)...hmm, trickier than expected...dig dig dig...the PSUN, PCC, and CR all are listed as backing Uribe...that's 3 parties, 46.98% of the vote and 53 Senate seats, with 79 seats in the chamber. Now for the other 4 parties in Uribe's coalition...well, if the PL is in opposition, *editeditedit* the BBC seat "government" totals clash with the 70% vot % totals from SP...grr...clearly not the PDA or the CC...maybe the MAEC...

Geez, will one source or another just say who is aligned with who?! Electionworld used to be good at this...and the BBC is guilty of the silly "Uribe is a right-winger!" crap ::) (you can almost viscerally feel their disappointment that politicians who aren't totally opposed to Bush and the U.S. didn't win ::) ) but do provide seat totals...61 of 102 Senate seats, 91 of 166 Chamber Seats...

But anyway, Uribe's side won and thus I am happy with the results. 8)

Maybe ag can shed some light on the seven-party coalition (if that is, in fact, correct of course). :)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Filuwaúrdjan on March 20, 2006, 04:20:11 PM
Yes, the BBC's Latin America people aren't brilliant. Good for some other parts of the world though.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on March 20, 2006, 04:43:26 PM
Yes, the BBC's Latin America people aren't brilliant. Good for some other parts of the world though.
Thanks for the info Al. :)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: jerusalemcar5 on May 02, 2006, 05:49:10 PM
Are there any more international elections upcoming?


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Hatman 🍁 on May 02, 2006, 09:13:50 PM
Are there any more international elections upcoming?

Here are the elections this month:

    * May 3 2006: Chad, President
    * May 6 2006: Singapore, Parliament
    * May 6 - May 13 2006: Fiji, General Election for the House of Representatives
    * May 14 2006: Comoros, Federal president
    * May 16 2006: Dominican Republic, Legislature
    * May 21 2006: Montenegro, referendum on Montenegrin independence
    * May 21 2006: Cyprus, Legislative
    * May 28 2006: Colombia, President
    * May 28 2006: Peru, Presidential runoff
    * May 31 2006: Montserrat, President
    * May 2006: Nauru, Parliament


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: jerusalemcar5 on May 04, 2006, 03:22:52 PM
Are there any more international elections upcoming?

Here are the elections this month:

    * May 3 2006: Chad, President
    * May 6 2006: Singapore, Parliament
    * May 6 - May 13 2006: Fiji, General Election for the House of Representatives
    * May 14 2006: Comoros, Federal president
    * May 16 2006: Dominican Republic, Legislature
    * May 21 2006: Montenegro, referendum on Montenegrin independence
    * May 21 2006: Cyprus, Legislative
    * May 28 2006: Colombia, President
    * May 28 2006: Peru, Presidential runoff
    * May 31 2006: Montserrat, President
    * May 2006: Nauru, Parliament


I found a site that had some more
May 12, 2006: Italy, President
May 13, 2006: Azerbaijan, Parliament


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: minionofmidas on May 05, 2006, 12:11:06 PM
Are there any more international elections upcoming?

Here are the elections this month:

    * May 3 2006: Chad, President
    * May 6 2006: Singapore, Parliament
    * May 6 - May 13 2006: Fiji, General Election for the House of Representatives
    * May 14 2006: Comoros, Federal president
    * May 16 2006: Dominican Republic, Legislature
    * May 21 2006: Montenegro, referendum on Montenegrin independence
    * May 21 2006: Cyprus, Legislative
    * May 28 2006: Colombia, President
    * May 28 2006: Peru, Presidential runoff
    * May 31 2006: Montserrat, President
    * May 2006: Nauru, Parliament


I found a site that had some more
May 12, 2006: Italy, President
Elected by Parliament.
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Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: they don't love you like i love you on May 18, 2006, 01:41:57 PM
Well they did elect one and installed him a few days ago, and he's a former Communist who supported the Soviets crushing the Hungarian Revolution. Interesting.

Does the President of Italy have any real power? I heard he does have the power to decide things such as if there should be a recount and mediate Constitutional crises, but that's about it.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: minionofmidas on May 19, 2006, 05:17:39 AM
Well they did elect one and installed him a few days ago, and he's a former Communist who supported the Soviets crushing the Hungarian Revolution. Interesting.

Does the President of Italy have any real power? I heard he does have the power to decide things such as if there should be a recount and mediate Constitutional crises, but that's about it.
In Italy the pm can issue edicts that are sort of like laws but only valid  for three months ... which the president can veto. Berlusconi talked about changing the recount procedures for three months by edict ... but the president made it clear that he'd veto any such thing.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Gustaf on August 17, 2006, 04:54:14 AM
Sweden's general election is in a month.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Platypus on August 25, 2006, 06:19:26 PM
Victoria's is coming up soon, it'll be my first. I'm certain i'll preference the local (ALP) member, the deputy premier John Thwaites, over the Lib, but I'm not sure who'll get my first preferance. Depends on the quality of candidates the dems and greens put up I suppose.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Silent Hunter on September 01, 2006, 06:08:16 AM
This month: Montenegro, Sweden, Gambia, Yemen and Zambia.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Harry Hayfield on September 20, 2006, 05:38:19 PM
And in 64 days time, the Isle of Man

www.iomelections.com


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Silent Hunter on September 30, 2006, 08:32:49 AM
October 1: Austria, Legislature
October 1: Bosnia and Herzegovina, General Elections
October 1: Brazil, General Elections (1st Round)
October 7: Latvia, Parliament
October 8: Belgium, Belgian municipal elections
October 15:Ecuador, General Elections
October 22: Bulgaria, President
October 22: Panama Canal expansion referendum regarding the Panama Canal Expansion Proposal
October 29: Brazil, General Elections (2nd round)
October 29: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Presidential Run-off


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Harry Hayfield on December 27, 2006, 10:02:02 AM
Can I ask what elections are being next held year that fulfill the following rules?

1) Majority Vote in single member districts
2) No more than 5 parties likely to win seats
3) Ideally (but not required) A total election of more than 50 seats
4) Past results readily available online
5) Swingometer enabled


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Tetro Kornbluth on December 27, 2006, 10:23:14 AM
Can I ask what elections are being next held year that fulfill the following rules?

1) Majority Vote in single member districts
2) No more than 5 parties likely to win seats
3) Ideally (but not required) A total election of more than 50 seats
4) Past results readily available online
5) Swingometer enabled

As for Ireland 2007...
1) No. We use PR-STV.
2) No. At least six, probably seven, will hold seats after the election unless something spectacular happens.
3) Yes, 166 seats iirc in the Irish Dail
4) http://www.electionsireland.org/results/general/index.cfm (http://www.electionsireland.org/results/general/index.cfm)
5) Don't Know.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Silent Hunter on January 07, 2007, 01:29:46 PM
Coming up in the rest of January

January 21: Serbia, Parliament
January 21: Mauritania, Senate
January 23: Bangladesh, Parliament
January 25: Gambia, Parliament


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on January 08, 2007, 07:22:29 PM
Coming up in the rest of January

January 21: Serbia, Parliament
January 21: Mauritania, Senate
January 23: Bangladesh, Parliament
January 25: Gambia, Parliament

Serbia - vital election for all of Europe
Mauritania - might be the first free election in their entire history...we shall see
Bangladesh - might very well lead to civil war or a military coup
Gambia - not going to be a free election IIRC...


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Filuwaúrdjan on January 08, 2007, 07:35:22 PM
Serbia - vital election for all of Europe

Oh dear...


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on January 09, 2007, 02:51:56 PM

Well, you don't get much more vital than Peace or War. ;) And that is what it comes down to - if the Radicals gain power, Kosovo and Bosnia are going to explode.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Cubby on January 12, 2007, 03:00:30 AM
I've heard it suggested that Canada may have a federal Election this year, to give George W. Harper a majority government. Has there been any news on this lately?


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Hash on February 20, 2007, 08:54:21 AM
Coming up February through March 2007:

February 25: Senegal, President

March
March 4: Estonia, Parliament
March 4: Abkhazia, Parliament
March 6: Micronesia, Parliament
March 7: Northern Ireland, Assembly
March 7: Netherlands, First Chamber
March 11: Mauritania, President
March 18: Finland, Parliament
March 25: Benin, National Assembly
March 25: Hong Kong, Chief Executive
March: Mayotte, Assembly
March: Qatar, Consultative Assembly

Only a few will actually be covered with intensive coverage.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Harry Hayfield on February 21, 2007, 01:05:03 PM
A little ahead perhaps but May is filling up quite nicely

May 3rd 2007: Welsh Assembly, Scottish Parliament, English and Scottish Locals (the latter using STV)
May 11th 2007: Counting begins after seven non consective days of voting in the Uttar Pradesh Regional Parliamentary Elections, India


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Verily on February 21, 2007, 04:04:09 PM
I've heard it suggested that Canada may have a federal Election this year, to give George W. Harper a majority government. Has there been any news on this lately?

An old post now, but I'll respond. Harper is unlikely to win a majority government (and may lose his minority) if he calls an election. Therefore, he's unlikely to do so. On the other hand, neither the Liberals or the Bloc are doing well enough right now to want to force an election. (The NDP is doing poorly as well, but I can't see them thinking they can get away with propping up the Conservatives. They'd just lose out further to the Liberals and Greens.) If an election does happen soon, it will likely come as a surprise to everyone, though it also depends on what the Conservatives are willing to try in their budget.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: freek on February 21, 2007, 05:27:54 PM
March 7, The Netherlands Provincial parliaments

This is relevant for national politics, since the members of the provincial parliaments will vote for the Senate/First Chamber next May.

In the polls it is not clear if the new government coalition of CDA, PvdA and ChristenUnie will have a majority in the Senate, which has not happened since WWII. The Senate has a veto right on all bills.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Harry Hayfield on March 27, 2007, 02:52:02 AM
April 9th 2007: BBC Parliament Replay of UK General Election 1992


Title: Super Thursday UK Election Coverage
Post by: Harry Hayfield on April 20, 2007, 06:11:24 PM
English Locals:
BBC One: 11.35pm to 6.00am (Regional Inserts throughout the night)
BBC News 24: 11.35pm to 6.00am (Same as BBC One with inserts from News 24)
ITV 1 Anglia: 11.30pm to 12.00am
ITV 1 Granada: 11.30pm to 12.00am
ITV 1 Tyne Tees: 11.30pm to 12.00am
ITV 1 Yorkshire: 11.30pm to 12.00am

Scottish Parliament:
BBC One Scotland: 11.05pm to 6.00am
BBC Parliament: 11.05pm to 6.00am

Welsh Assembly:
BBC One Wales: 10.35pm to 6.00am
ITV 1 Wales: 11.30pm to 5.30am
S4C: 10.30pm to 5.30am


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Verily on May 15, 2007, 12:18:51 PM
May 17: Algeria, Parliament
May 19: Romania, impeaching the President
May 20: Vietnam, Parliament
May 20: Bulgarian delegation to the European Parliament
May 22: Manitoba, Legislative Assembly
May 24: Ireland: Dail/Parliament


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Hash on June 18, 2007, 04:09:38 AM
Upcoming June/July

20 June: Albania, President
24 June: Republic of the Congo, Parliament (1st round)
30 June: East Timor, Parliament
30 June-10 July: Papua New Guinea, Parliament
June: Jordan, Parliament
June: Kiribati, Parliament
June: Nauru, President

July

July 1: Mali, Parliament (1st round)
1 July and 8 July: Saint Barthelemy and Saint Martin, Territorial Council (SB) and Territorial Council (SM)
7 July: Latvia, referendum on security laws
9 July: Puerto Rico, referendum on constitutional changes (unicameral legislature)
19 July: India, President
19 July: Nagorno-Karabakh, President
July 22: Japan, House of Councillors
22 July: Republic of the Congo, Parliament (2nd round)
22 July: Cameroon, Parliament
22 July: Turkey, Parliament
July 29: Mali, Parliament (2nd round)
July: Kiribati, President


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Harry Hayfield on August 22, 2007, 03:19:41 PM
Because of Hurricane Dean, the Jamaician Electoral Commission have postponed their general election from August 27th to September 3rd


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: minionofmidas on September 09, 2007, 08:57:03 AM
There were elections in Morocco. Much less gains for the Islamists than expected, although this was partly due to a regerrymandering apparently. Of course the Moroccan parliament has f-all power anyways.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Tender Branson on October 01, 2007, 08:43:08 AM
Upcoming elections in October 2007: 

* 6 October: Pakistan, President
* 7 October: Costa Rica, referendum on DR-CAFTA
* 11 October: Gibraltar, Parliament
* 14 October: Togo, Parliament
* (20-24) October : Tokelau, referendum on self-determination
* 21 October: Switzerland, Parliament
* 21 October: Åland, Lagting
* 21 October: Slovenia, President
* 21 October: Turkey, constitutional referendum
* 21 October: Poland, Parliament
* 21 October: Kyrgyzstan, constitutional referendum
* 27 October: Oman, Assembly
* 28 October: Argentina, President and Parliament

* October at latest: Pakistan, Parliament
* October: Kiribati, President
* October: Nauru, constitutional referendum
* October: Serbia, President
* October: United Nations, Security Council


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Platypus on October 14, 2007, 02:31:34 AM
November 24: Australia :)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Хahar 🤔 on October 23, 2007, 07:23:40 PM
When exactly are the elections in Bangladesh going to take place? Are they ever going to?


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Hash on January 08, 2008, 07:36:29 PM
January (Upcoming)

    * 12 January: Lebanon, President
    * 12 January: Republic of China (Taiwan), Parliament
    * 15 January: Barbados, Parliament
    * 19 January: Faroe Islands, Parliament
    * 20 January: Cuba, Parliament
    * 20 January: Serbia, President (1st round)
    * 27 January: French Polynesia, Legislative (1st Round)
    * 29 January: Bhutan, National Council
    * January: Tokelau, Parliament

February

    * 3 February: Serbia, President (2nd round)
    * 3 February: Monaco, Parliament
    * 8 February: Czech Republic, President (indirect)
    * 10 February: French Polynesia, Legislative (2nd Round)
    * 17 February: Cyprus, President
    * 18 February: Pakistan, Parliament
    * 19 February: Armenia, President
    * 24 February: Switzerland, Referendum on business tax reform
    * February: Bhutan, General (1st Round)
    * February: Djibouti, Parliament


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: danny on January 08, 2008, 09:25:01 PM

Are we sure they aren't just going to delay yet again? (the number of times it's been delayed is in the double digits I believe).


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Upsilon on February 09, 2008, 09:57:04 AM
According parties-and-elections.de, there were elections on 3 February in Monaco :

http://www.parties-and-elections.de/monaco.html (http://www.parties-and-elections.de/monaco.html)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Harry Hayfield on February 23, 2008, 02:57:20 PM
March 9th: Spain parliament
May 1st: London Assembly, London Mayor, Locals (some English, all Wales)
June 26th: Likely date for any Henley by-election


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Hash on February 26, 2008, 09:38:02 AM
March 9: France municipal and cantonale, round one
March 16: France municipal and cantonale, runoffs


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Frodo on March 15, 2008, 05:59:49 PM
Don't forget about Serbia's early general election on May 11th. (http://www.reuters.com/article/europeCrisis/idUSL136458) 


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Hash on April 10, 2009, 02:01:22 PM
lol Algeria. Abdelaziz Bouteflika has won a third term after changing the Constitution. The old crook has won 90.24% of the votes on 74.54% turnout. The candidate I supported, a Trot, got 4.22% and second place.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: doktorb on June 30, 2009, 02:34:12 AM
Quote

July

July 1: Mali, Parliament (1st round)
1 July and 8 July: Saint Barthelemy and Saint Martin, Territorial Council (SB) and Territorial Council (SM)
7 July: Latvia, referendum on security laws
9 July: Puerto Rico, referendum on constitutional changes (unicameral legislature)
19 July: India, President
19 July: Nagorno-Karabakh, President
22 July: Japan, House of Councillors
22 July: Republic of the Congo, Parliament (2nd round)
22 July: Cameroon, Parliament
22 July: Turkey, Parliament
23 July:  Norwich North By-election (Westminster)
July 29: Mali, Parliament (2nd round)
July: Kiribati, President 
 

 
 Norwich North Added =)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Harry Hayfield on June 30, 2009, 07:09:39 PM
Bloomberg News is reporting that Japan's general election may be held on August 8th. As I have NHK World TV and know that Japan operates an Assembly style electoral system, I might just pay attention to them and would like to know where I can find the last election result?


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Hash on June 30, 2009, 07:14:34 PM
Bloomberg News is reporting that Japan's general election may be held on August 8th. As I have NHK World TV and know that Japan operates an Assembly style electoral system, I might just pay attention to them and would like to know where I can find the last election result?

Wikipedia, obviously.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Frodo on September 06, 2009, 02:27:50 PM
For the ones I am actually interested in:

Germany- September 27, 2009

United Kingdom- 2010 (exact date still unknown, but should be on or before June 3, 2010)

France- April and May, 2012 (exact dates unknown -at least to me)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Hash on September 06, 2009, 02:59:58 PM
France- April and May, 2012 (exact dates unknown -at least to me)

Probably April 22 and May 6. Second-to-last Sunday in April and first Sunday in May.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Frodo on March 07, 2010, 03:38:51 PM
Is no one here covering the Iraqi elections? 


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: k-onmmunist on March 07, 2010, 03:50:33 PM
For the ones I am actually interested in:

Germany- September 27, 2009

United Kingdom- 2010 (exact date still unknown, but should be on or before June 3, 2010)

France- April and May, 2012 (exact dates unknown -at least to me)

Rumours of 'May 6th' flying about.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Tender Branson on June 13, 2010, 01:59:11 AM
June

    * 13 June: Belgium, Parliament
    * 19 June: Nauru, Parliament
    * 20 June: Colombia, President (2nd Round)
    * 20 June: Poland, President
    * 26 June: Somaliland, President
    * 27 June: Guinea, President (1st Round)
    * 27 June: Kyrgyzstan, Constitutional referendum
    * 28 June: Burundi, President (1st Round)
    * 29 June: Hungary, President (indirect)
    * 30 June: Germany, President (indirect)
    * June: Nauru, President (indirect)

July

    * 11 July: Japan, House of Councillors
    * 18 July: Guinea, President (2nd Round, if necessary)
    * 23 July: Burundi, National Assembly
    * 26 July: Burundi, President (2nd Round, if necessary)
    * 28 July: Burundi, Senate (indirect)
    * July: Tuvalu, Parliament
    * July: Suriname, President (by the parliament)

August

    * 1 August: São Tomé and Príncipe, Parliament
    * 4 August: Kenya, Constitutional referendum
    * 4 August: Solomon Islands, Parliament
    * 9 August: Rwanda, President
    * 12 August: Madagascar, Constitutional referendum

September

    * 12 September: Turkey, Constitutional referendum
    * 18 September: Afghanistan, Parliament
    * 19 September: Sweden, General
    * 26 September: Venezuela, Parliament
    * 30 September: Madagascar, Parliament
    * September: Cook Islands, Parliament
    * September: Somaliland, Parliament
    * September: Moldova, Constitutional referendum

October

    * 2 October: Latvia, Parliament
    * 3 October: Brazil, President (1st Round) and Parliament
    * 3 October: Bosnia and Herzegovina, President and Parliament
    * 10 October: Kyrgyzstan, Parliament
    * 24 October: Niger, Constitutional referendum
    * 31 October: Brazil, President (2nd Round)
    * 31 October: Tanzania, President and Parliament
    * October: Egypt, Parliament
    * October: Czech Republic, Senate (a third)

November

    * 2 November: United States, House of Representatives and Senate (one third: "Class III" Senators)
    * 21 November: Burkina Faso, President
    * 25 November: Tonga, General
    * 26 November: Madagascar, President
    * 28 November: Chad, Parliament
    * November: Bahrain, Parliament
    * November: Moldova, Parliament

December

    * 26 December: Niger, President (1st Round) and Parliament
    * December: Transnistria, Parliament

Unknown

2010

    * Burma, Parliament
    * Central African Republic, President (1st Round) and Parliament
    * Comoros, President
    * Côte d'Ivoire, Parliament and President
    * Faroe Islands, Constitutional referendum
    * Guinea, Parliament
    * Haiti, Parliament
    * Iraq, Status of Forces Agreement referendum
    * Jordan, Parliament
    * Qatar, Parliament (by June 2010)
    * Sudan, Darfur amalgamation referendum (by July 2010)
    * United Arab Emirates, Parliament


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Frodo on December 19, 2010, 11:25:19 PM
FYI: there will be an independence referendum in Southern Sudan on January 9, 2011. 

Mark it.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Јas on September 29, 2011, 06:27:59 AM
Isle of Man votes today for the House of Keys.
http://iomelections.com/2011/


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Tender Branson on October 22, 2011, 11:30:18 AM
This needs an update:

    * 21/28 October: Kiribati, Parliament
    * 23 October: Argentina, President and Legislative
    * 23 October: Bulgaria, President
    * 23 October: Switzerland, Federal
    * 23 October: Tunisia, Constituent Assembly
    * 27 October: Ireland, President and constitutional referendums
    * 30 October: Kyrgyzstan, President

November

    * 6 November: Guatemala, President (2nd round)
    * 6 November: Nicaragua, President and Parliament
    * 8 November: Gibraltar, Parliament
    * 13 November: South Ossetia, President and referendum
    * 20 November: Spain, Parliament
    * 21 November: Marshall Islands, Parliament
    * 24 November: Gambia, President
    * 25 November: Morocco, Parliament
    * 26 November: New Zealand, General and Voting method referendum
    * 28 November/5 December: Egypt, Parliament (1st round)
    * 28 November: Democratic Republic of the Congo, President and Parliament
    * 28 November: Guyana, Parliament
    * November: Kiribati, President

December

    * 4 December: Croatia, Parliament
    * 4 December: Slovenia, Parliament
    * 4 December: Russia, Parliament
    * 11 December: Côte d'Ivoire, Parliament
    * 11 December: Transnistria, President
    * 14 December: Switzerland, Federal Council (indirect)
    * 14 December/21 December: Egypt, Parliament (2nd round)
    * 17 December: Gabon, Parliament
    * 29 December: Guinea, Parliament
    * December: Saint Lucia, Parliament

... 

2012:

January

    * 3 January/10 January: Egypt, Parliament (3rd stage)
    * 22 January: Finland, President (1st Round)
    * 29 January and later: Egypt, Shura Council

February

    * 12 February: Turkmenistan, President
    * 26 February: Senegal, President
    * February: Syria, Parliament

March

    * 4 March: Russia, President
    * 10 March: Slovakia, Parliament
    * 11 March: El Salvador, Parliament
    * 24 March: Gambia, Parliament
    * 29 March: Iran, Parliament
    * March: Madagascar, President and Parliament

April

    * 11 April: South Korea, Parliament
    * 22 April: France, President (1st Round)
    * April: Libya, General
    * April: Mali, President

May

    * 6 May: France, President (2nd Round if required)
    * 16 May Dominican Republic, President
    * May: Bahamas, Parliament
    * May: Burkina Faso, Parliament
    * May: East Timor, President
    * May: Serbia, Parliament
    * May: Seychelles, Parliament

June

    * 10 June: France, Parliament (1st Round)
    * 10 June: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senate (indirect)
    * 17 June: France, Parliament (2nd Round)
    * June: Kuwait, Parliament
    * June: Mongolia, Parliament
    * June: Papua New Guinea, Parliament

July

    * 1 July: Mexico, President and Parliament
    * July: Albania, President (indirect)
    * July: Cameroon, Parliament
    * July: India, President (indirect)
    * July: Mali, Parliament

August

    * 14 August: Kenya, President
    * August: Sierra Leone, President and Parliament
    * August: Kazakhstan, Parliament

October

    * 7 October: Venezuela, President
    * 8 October: Slovenia, President
    * 28 October: Ukraine, Parliament
    * October: Jamaica, Parliament
    * October: Lithuania, Parliament

November

    * 6 November: United States, President, House of Representatives and Senate (one third: "Class I" Senators)
    * 30 November: Romania, Parliament

December

    * 19 December: South Korea, President
    * December: Ghana, President and Parliament
    * December: Kenya, Parliament


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Tender Branson on December 04, 2011, 10:28:59 AM
So, the next important election is Russia President (well, not really - because we know who wins).

At least we have the US primaries in between, because otherwise I would probably die because of boredom.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Tender Branson on December 17, 2011, 08:38:51 AM
So, the next important election is Russia President (well, not really - because we know who wins).

At least we have the US primaries in between, because otherwise I would probably die because of boredom.

OK, Taiwan and Greece are in between - so this makes it a little less boring ... ;)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Nhoj on March 02, 2012, 05:13:06 PM
    Updated march list

    * 2 March: Iran, Parliament
    * 2 March: Pakistan, Senate (indirect)
    * 4 March: Russia, President
    * 7 March: Belize, Parliament
    * 10 March: Slovakia, Parliament
    * 10 March: Abkhazia, Parliament
    * 11 March: El Salvador, Parliament
    * 12 March: Switzerland, Referendum
    * 17 March: East Timor, President
    * 18 March: Germany, President (indirect)
    * 18 March: Guinea-Bissau, President
    * 18 or 25 March: Senegal, President (2nd round)
    * 25 March: Hong Kong, Chief Executive (indirect)
    * 25 March: Slovenia, Referendum on same-sex unions
    * 25 March: South Ossetia, President
    * 29 March: Gambia, Parliament
    * 31 March: Mauritania, Parliament


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: mileslunn on April 30, 2012, 04:20:34 PM
Should start one for the Dutch general election.  Haven't followed the issues closely there, but I know there will be one on September 12th.  I do know they could have their credit rating downgraded so I may become more newsworthy never mind it seems no party ever gets above 30% meaning there are multiple parties who could win and multiple possible coalitions.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: EU-US on June 08, 2012, 05:24:24 AM
Should start one for the Dutch general election.  Haven't followed the issues closely there, but I know there will be one on September 12th.  I do know they could have their credit rating downgraded so I may become more newsworthy never mind it seems no party ever gets above 30% meaning there are multiple parties who could win and multiple possible coalitions.

They have already passed an austerity plan so there will be no downgrade for my northern neighbors.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Tender Branson on December 30, 2012, 11:42:37 AM
So, here's the calendar for 2013:

January

    11–12 January: Czech Republic, President
    20 January: Austria, conscription referendum
    22 January: Israel, Parliament
    23 January: Jordan, Parliament
    27 January: Bulgaria, nuclear power referendum
    Cuba, Parliament [1][2]
    Barbados, Parliament

February

    1 and 3 February: Liechtenstein, Parliament
    10 February: Monaco, Parliament[1][3]
    17 February: Cyprus, President
    17 February: Ecuador, President and Parliament[1][4]
    18 February: Armenia, President [1][5][6]
    22 February: Djibouti, Parliament
    24–25 February: Italy, Parliament [1][7]
    October 2012 to February 2013: PR China, National People's Congress
    Cameroon, Parliament

March

    4 March: Kenya, President and Parliament
    9 March: Malta, Parliament
    By March 2013: Malaysia, Parliament [1][8]

April

    21 April: Paraguay, President and Parliament[1][9][10]
    21 April and 5 May: French Polynesia, Assembly
    Montenegro, President [1]

May

    8 May/3 July: Madagascar, President and Parliament
    12 May: Guinea, Parliament
    13 May: Philippines, General (Senate, House of Representatives)
    Italy, President [1][11]
    Andorra, Parliament (tentative) [1]
    Mongolia, President [1][12]

June

    14 June: Iran, President
    23 June: Albania, Parliament
    23 June: Tunisia, President and Parliament
    Qatar, Legislative (tentative)

July

    28 July: Cambodia, Parliament
    Maldives, President

September

    9 September: Norway, Parliament
    Germany, Federal
    Macau, Parliament[1]
    Rwanda, Parliament[1]
    Austria, Legislative[1]

October

    6 October: - Belize and Guatemala, International Court of Justice referral referendum
    Azerbaijan, President[1]
    Ethiopia, President[1]
    Georgia, President

November

    Tajikistan, President[1]
    Honduras, President and Legislative[1]
    Saint Helena, Parliament[1]

December

    Chile, President[1]
    Turkmenistan, Parliament[1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_electoral_calendar_2013


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Frodo on March 09, 2013, 12:21:36 PM
In chronological order, here is a list of upcoming Australian elections:

Parliament of Victoria: November 29, 2014
Parliament of New South Wales: March 28, 2015



Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: lincolnwall on March 20, 2013, 02:37:41 PM
Next New Zealand general election (House of Representatives) scheduled for no later than 24 January 2015, but will most likely be held in November 2014.

Polls currently show National still hovering around 48-49%, despite some unpopular policies. Support for Labour has gone up to just over 36% (they received only 27.5% in 2011), but this has been at the expense of their possible coalition partners, the Greens and NZ First.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Frodo on May 05, 2013, 03:09:46 PM
Thanks to the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-term_Parliaments_Act_2011) (2011), the next United Kingdom general election is set for May 7, 2015.  

Also, the next Canadian general election is currently (and tentatively) scheduled for October 19, 2015.  


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Famous Mortimer on November 07, 2013, 02:23:24 AM
Is there a Honduras thread already? Honduras is actually going to be exciting.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Kosmos on January 01, 2014, 05:46:18 AM
The South African general election is this year, my guess would be end of april (but exact date not announced yet).

That will be interesting.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Јas on January 16, 2014, 08:52:32 AM
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Wikipedia: National Electoral Calendar 2014 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_electoral_calendar_2014)
Wikipedia: Local Electoral Calendar 2014 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_electoral_calendar_2014)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Hatman 🍁 on January 16, 2014, 09:13:40 AM
Chart is missing New Brunswick (September 22)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Tender Branson on January 16, 2014, 09:18:22 AM
Chart is missing New Brunswick (September 22)

That's because the chart is not about local elections.

Scotland and Catalonia are local, but of international significance.

New Brunswick on the other hand is not.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: politicus on January 16, 2014, 09:28:40 AM
Chart is missing New Brunswick (September 22)

That's because the chart is not about local elections.

Scotland and Catalonia are local, but of international significance.

New Brunswick on the other hand is not.

Another way of putting it would be that Scotland and Catalonia are non-independent nations, while New Brunswick isn't a nation by any stretch.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Hatman 🍁 on January 16, 2014, 12:28:32 PM
I see.

Tender, are you "The Pollster" on Wikipedia? It's no coincidence that the local elections page that Jas linked to would get edited by me, and then by you(?) soon after his post.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Tender Branson on January 16, 2014, 12:30:28 PM
I see.

Tender, are you "The Pollster" on Wikipedia? It's no coincidence that the local elections page that Jas linked to would get edited by me, and then by you(?) soon after his post.

"The Pollster" ? Me ? Really ?

;)










PS: Yeah, I put in the Vorarlberg state election today.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Hatman 🍁 on January 16, 2014, 12:34:10 PM
First post in 3 years (4th in the last 6). Well done.  I'll stop stalking you now.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Tender Branson on January 16, 2014, 12:37:27 PM
First post in 3 years (4th in the last 6). Well done.  I'll stop stalking you now.

Yeah, for some reason I was very active on Wikipedia during 2004 and 2007.

Then lost interest.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: politicus on September 16, 2014, 05:13:44 PM
Solomon Islands parliamentary election on Novmber 19. Its Year of Elections in Melanesia: Fiji, New Caledonia and the Solomons. Only Vanuatu and PNG don't have one.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Colbert on October 08, 2014, 05:18:15 PM
So, the next important election is Russia President (well, not really - because we know who wins).

At least we have the US primaries in between, because otherwise I would probably die because of boredom.



i love that sort of quotes. Only crazy-elections fans like us could understand (mrgreen)


where are those damn smileys ???


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Harry Hayfield on November 14, 2014, 04:02:50 PM
CNBC's floor correspondent on their programmes from the NYSE has suggested that Prime Minister Abe may scrap the proposed sales tax increase next week and may also call a snap general election.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: 🦀🎂🦀🎂 on December 04, 2014, 07:30:31 PM
If you include referendums, on the 7th February Slovakia will vote to constitutionally define marriage as between man and woman; and sometime in May Ireland will vote on the opposite.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: SNJ1985 on December 04, 2014, 10:22:10 PM
I hope the Slovak referendum passes, and that turnout is over 50 percent so it can be legally binding.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: politicus on December 04, 2014, 11:05:35 PM
National election list 4rd quarter of 2014:

October

4/10 Lativa
5/10 Bulgaria
5/10 & 26/10 Brazil
9/10 Lebanon " (postponed)
12/10 Bosnia
12/10 Bolivia
12/10 São Tomé and Príncipe
15/10 Mozambique
24/10 Botswana
26/10 Ukraine
26/10 Tunisia
26/10 & 30/11 Uruguay


November

2/11 & 16/11 Romania
4/11 USA ¤  
16/11 Lebanon (postponed)
19/11 Solomon Islands @
22/11 Bahrain "#
23/11 & 21/12 Tunisia
27/11 Tonga
28/11 Greenland
29/11 Namibia
30/11 Moldova


December

8/12 Dominica @
10/12 Mauritius
10/12 Lebanon "  (postponed)
14/12 Japan
17/12 Greece #
20/12 Liberia
21/12 Uzbekistan "
28/12 Croatia
      
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Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: politicus on December 04, 2014, 11:06:27 PM
National election list 1th half of 2015:

January

4/1 Uzbekistan, Parliament (2nd round) "
7/1 Lebanon, President (indirect) failed
8/1 Sri Lanka, President
11/1 Croatia, President (2nd round)
20/1 Zambia, President
25/1 Comoros, Parliament (1st round) @
25/1 Greece, Parliament
28/1 Lebanon, President (indirect)
29/1 Italy, President (indirect)


February

7/2 Slovakia, Referendum
16/2 St. Kitts and Nevis, Parliament @
22/2 Comoros, Parliament (2nd round) @
28/2 Lesotho, Parliament #


March

1/3 Andorra, Parliament
1/3 Tajikistan, Parliament "
1/3 El Salvador, Parliament + Local
1/3 Estonia, Parliament
3/3 Micronesia, Parliament @
17/3 Israel, Parliament
28-29/3 Nigeria, President and National Assembly
29/3 Uzbekistan, President "  
31/3 Tuvalu, Parliament @


April

11/4  Malta, Referendum and Local Elections
13-15/4 Sudan, President and National Assembly "
19/4 Finland, Parliament
19/4 Northern Cyprus, President (1st round)
25/4 Togo, President
26/4 Benin, Parliament
26/4 Northern Cyprus, President (2nd round)
26/4 Kazakhstan, President "


May

7/5 United Kingdom, Parliament
10/5 Poland, President (1st round)
11/5 Guyana, Parliament + Regional
11/5 Micronesia, President (indirect) @
22/4 Ireland, Referendum
24/5 Ethiopia, Parliament " (on the IG board)
24/5 Poland, President (2nd round)
25/5 Suriname, Parliament


June

3/6 Latvia, President (indirect)
7/6 Mexico, Parliament
7/6 Luxembourg, Referendum
7/6 Turkey, Parliament
14/6 Switzerland, Referendum (Swiss election thread)
18/6 Denmark, Parliament
29/6 Burundi, Parliament " #

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Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Frodo on December 28, 2014, 02:26:13 PM
Next Scottish parliamentary election will be on May 5, 2016:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_2016


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: politicus on December 28, 2014, 02:29:29 PM
Next Scottish parliamentary election will be on May 5, 2016:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_2016

A bit early to start with 2016 elections.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Frodo on December 28, 2014, 02:56:37 PM
Next Scottish parliamentary election will be on May 5, 2016:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_2016

A bit early to start with 2016 elections.

We already have a thread on the Austrian presidential election, which is apparently also in 2016...

 


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: politicus on December 31, 2014, 09:21:41 AM
Next Scottish parliamentary election will be on May 5, 2016:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_2016

A bit early to start with 2016 elections.

We already have a thread on the Austrian presidential election, which is apparently also in 2016...


True, but that is a Tender thread and he is kind of a special case.

Elections coming up is generally for elections coming up within in a year or so, or at least that seems to be the general practice. There is little point in having elections further away listed.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Tender Branson on December 31, 2014, 09:51:43 AM
Next Scottish parliamentary election will be on May 5, 2016:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_2016

A bit early to start with 2016 elections.

We already have a thread on the Austrian presidential election, which is apparently also in 2016...


True, but that is a Tender thread and he is kind of a special case.

Elections coming up is generally for elections coming up within in a year or so, or at least that seems to be the general practice. There is little point in having elections further away listed.

The 2016 Pres. thread is more like an early thread for your vote preferences. Hashemite might as well move it to "alternative elections" at some later point.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: MASHED POTATOES. VOTE! on January 12, 2015, 04:28:58 AM
Polish presidential election will take place somewhere in June or July.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: DavidB. on February 02, 2015, 06:12:18 AM
Dutch provincial elections will be held on March 18. The Dutch provincial councils will afterwards vote for the Senate, so the provincial elections are indirectly Senatorial elections as well. Many voters therefore focus on the Senate rather than the provincial councils.

The current Liberal-Labor government doesn't have a majority in the Senate, so it relies on support of D66 (LibDem), ChristianUnion and the orthodox Protestant SGP party. However, this five-party coalition might end up with a minority in the Senate after the provincial elections, because the current government is pretty unpopular - the Labor Party is currently polling all-time lows. This would bring new difficulties to the government, and many speculate about the coalition falling apart after the provincial elections.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: politicus on February 03, 2015, 02:45:00 AM
Here's a poll for the Dutch provincial elections.

http://www.peil.nl/?4011 (http://www.peil.nl/?4011)

Wrong place to put it.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: SNJ1985 on February 03, 2015, 10:35:06 PM
Here's a poll for the Dutch provincial elections.

http://www.peil.nl/?4011 (http://www.peil.nl/?4011)

Wrong place to put it.

I created a new thread for them and put it there.


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: politicus on March 08, 2015, 07:09:42 AM
National election list, 2nd half of 2015:


July

5/7 Greece, Referendum
21/7 Burundi, President "


August

9/8 Haiti, Parliament
17/8 Sri Lanka, Parliament


September

1/9 Faroe Islands, Parliament
6/9 Guatemala, President and Congress
6/9 Poland, Referendum
7/9 Trinidad and Tobago, Parliament @
11/9 Singapore, Parliament
20/9 Greece, Parliament
27/9 Catalonia, Regional Assembly


October

3/10 United Arab Emirates, Parliament "
4/10 Central African Republic, Referendum "
4/10 Kyrgyzstan, Parliament "
4/10 Portugal, Parliament
11/10 Belarus, President "
11/10 Guinea, President
17–19/10 Egypt, Parliament (1st round) "
18/10 Central African Republic, Parliament, 1st Round "
18/10 Switzerland, Federal Assembly (Swiss election thread)
18/10 Åland, Parliament and Local
19/10 Canada, House of Commons
24/10 Poland, Parliament
25/10 Argentina, President and Legislature
25/10 Côte d'Ivoire, President
25/10 Congo, Referendum #
25/10 Haiti, President
25/10 Tanzania, President and National Assembly
26–28/10 Egypt, Parliament (1st round run-off) "


November

1/11 Turkey, Parliament
1/11 Azerbaijan, Parliament "
8/11 Burma, Parliament
8/11 Croatia, Parliament
16/11 Marshall Islands, Parliament @
22/11 Central African Republic, Parliament, 2nd round "
21–23/11 Egypt, Parliament (2nd round) "
30/11-2/12 Egypt, Parliament (2nd round run-off) "


December

3/12 Denmark, Referendum
6/12 Venezuela, Parliament
20/12 Spain, Parliament
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Parliament @

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Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Steak Mountain Steak Hill Snake Snake on March 15, 2015, 08:50:14 PM
One of New Zealand's parliament seats will be up for a by election at the end of the month: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northland_by-election,_2015 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northland_by-election,_2015)


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Crumpets on May 28, 2016, 10:16:52 PM
One to add to the above list (not sure if it was mentioned earlier) is Moldova's presidential election on October 30th. It'll be the first direct presidential election since 1996, although the President isn't as powerful compared to the Prime Minister as in some of the other Eastern Bloc countries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldovan_presidential_election,_2016


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Terry the Fat Shark on April 14, 2017, 11:22:11 PM
Why does nobody ever update this? :P

Elections list for 2017:

April:
4/16 - Turkish Referendum
4/23 - French Presidential Election

May:
5/4 - Algerian National People's Assembly
5/6 - Niuean Assembly
5/7 - French Presidential Election Runoff
5/9 - South Korean Presidential Election
5/10 - Bahamas House of Assembly Elections
5/19 - Iranian Presidential Election
5/24 - British Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly Elections

June:
6/3 - Lesotho National Assembly Elections
6/11 - French National Assembly Elections
6/18 - French National Assembly Elections Runoff
6/18 - Albanian Parliamentary Elections
6/24 - Papua New Guinea Parliamentary Elections
6/26 - Mongolian Presidential Election

July:
7/2 - Sengalese National Assembly Elections
7/29 - Gabonese National Assembly Elections
7/31 - Timorese Parliamentary Elections
7/31 - Congolese Parliamentary Elections

August:
8/4 - Rwanda Presidential Elections
8/8 - Kenyan Senate, Assembly, and Presidential Elections
8/27 - Singapore Presidential Elections (date not confirmed yet will edit later)

September:
9/11 - Norwegian Parliamentary Elections
9/17 - Macau Legislative Council (China)
9/23 - New Zealand House of Representatives Elections
9/24 - German Federal Elections
9/30 - Aruban Legislature Elections
Will add beyond September later


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Frodo on November 08, 2017, 10:46:14 PM
What happened with Australia's gay marriage referendum?


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Dr. MB on November 08, 2017, 11:00:33 PM
What happened with Australia's gay marriage referendum?
Results aren't in yet


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: Lachi on November 09, 2017, 12:00:40 AM
What happened with Australia's gay marriage referendum?
Results are released at 11 AM AEDT, Tuesday, November 14


Title: Re: Elections coming up
Post by: WMS on March 08, 2018, 08:46:15 AM
So, is anyone like, say, Hashemite, going to comment on the election in El Salvador? There seems to be several interesting things going on with it, but I would really like an expert to weigh in. :)