Elections coming up

[Bono]

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

[Bono]

Burundi, referendum on the new constitution

Results

[Bono]

Moldova Results

Another good site

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.

[Bono]

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.

[Bono]

I'd post the results for Micronesia, but they don't have parties, so it doesnt really matter.

[Bono]

Liechtenstein results

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

[Bono]

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.

[Bono]

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?