Al Urdun Al Jadid Research Center (UJRC)

Scope of countries

For specific information on individual countries, please visit the country pages below

·         Algeria

·         Bahrain

·         Comoros

·         Djibouti

·         Egypt

·         Iraq

·         Jordan

·         Kuwait

·         Lebanon

·         Libya

·         Mauritania

·         Morocco

·         Oman

·         Palestine

·         Qatar

·         Saudi Arabia

·         Somalia

·         Sudan

·         Syrian Arab Republic

·         Tunisia

·         United Arab Emirates

·         Yemen

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Welcome to the Regional Center page for the region of the Arab world. This page is facilitated by UJRC, an associated member of the ACE network. Here you will find updated information about the region, such as electoral news, case studies and election-related links. To access this material, use the menus to the right. If you need information about other regions, select another Regional Centre from the drop-down menu on the left side.

About UJRC

Al Urdun Al Jadid Research Center (UJRC) is an independent think tank established in 1990. It works for democratic development in Jordan and the Arab world through conducting scientific research, managing debates and training, and organizing workshops and conferences with regional and international institutions. UJRC possesses an active Elections and Parliament program which analyses elections in Jordan, the Arab region, and the world at large.
 

Algeria Presidential Elections 2009

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika won 90.24 percent of the vote in a presidential election, extending his hold over Algeria, an oil producer with a lingering Islamist insurgency.
The result gives Bouteflika, 72, a third five-year term as president and leaves him in power until 2014. Read More

Iraq Provincial Elections 2009

Governorate or provincial elections were held in Iraq on 31 January 2009, to replace the local councils in fourteen of the eighteen governorates of Iraq that were elected in the Iraqi governorate elections of 2005, where 14,431 candidates - including 3,912 women - contested 444 seats. The candidates came from over 400 parties - 75% of which were newly formed. Read more on the elections and the results.

Lebanese Presidential Elections

Lebanon's parliament elected a new president on 25 May, 08, taking a step to stabilize the country after a long, violent political crisis. Read more

Regional Election Spotlight 

Forthcoming Elections

Kuwait | Parliamentary

16 May 2009

Iraq| Parliamentary Kurdistan

19 May 2009

Mauritania | Presidential 

6 June 2009

Lebanon| Parliamentary 

7 June 2009

Morocco | Local

12 June 2009

Tunisia| Parliamentary 

October 2009

Comors| Parliamentary & Presidential

2010

Palestine| Parliamentary & Presidential

2010

Sudan| Parliamentary & Presidential 

2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recent Elections

 Algeria - Presidential

9 April 2009

Iraq- Local

31 January 2009

Lebanon - Presidential

25 May 2008

Kuwait - Parliamentary

17 May 2008

Egypt- Local Councils

8 April 2008

Djibouti - Parliamentary

8 February 2008

Algeria: Municipal

29 November 2007

Jordan: Parliamentary

20 November 2007

Oman: Parliamentary

27 October 2007

Morocco: Parliamentary

7 September 2007

Lebanon: By-Elections

5 August 2007

Jordan: Municipal

31 July 2007

Regional Conferences

CDEM Hosts Regional Conference for Gulf Election Officials in Kuwait

In response to a need identified by election officials and election partners in the Gulf region, American University’s Center for Democracy and Election Management (CDEM) convened a conference in Kuwait on February 15 and 16, 2009, to explore establishment of a regional association of Gulf election officials.

Funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), the conference provided an opportunity for wide-ranging discussions on regional electoral cooperation that could serve as a platform for improved professional development, networking, data sharing and promotion of electoral best practices and procedures.

For more information click here, or read the press release.