Al Urdun Al Jadid Research Center (UJRC)
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· 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.
Comoros Legislative election 2009
Legislative elections was held in Comoros on 2 August 2009; though originally set for July 2009, they were postponed until after a constitutional referendum was held to propose extension to the current presidential term for two years to hold all elections at the same time in 2011, as well as reform the constitutional structure of the Comoros to save money. Read more the constitutional referendum.
Iraqi Kurdistan legislative election 2009
The Iraqi Kurdistan legislative elections of 2009 took place on
25 July 2009. A total of 2.5 million citizens of Iraqi Kurdistan were eligible to vote for the parliamentary and presidential elections. Read more
Iraqi Kurdistan presidential election 2009
The Iraqi Kurdistan presidential elections of 2009 took place on
25 July 2009, coinciding with the Iraqi Kurdistan parliamentary
elections of 2009. A total of 2.5 million citizens of Iraqi Kurdistan
were eligible to vote for the parliamentary and presidential elections.
It is the first time that the president of Iraqi Kurdistan was chosen directly through popular votes. Read more
Mauritania Presidential Elections 2009
General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who ousted Mauritania's first democratically elected leader in a coup last year, has won the desert nation's presidential election in the first round with 52.58 of the vote in provisional results. The opposition dismissed the result as a "charade". Read more
more information on the election at Wikipedia. Click here
Mauritania's election, the first since a coup in the desert state last August, was due to take place on June 6 but opposition parties had said they would boycott the poll in protest at the military government's election timetable. Read more
Kuwait Local Elections 2009
Turnout was lukeworm early Thursday as polls opened for the 2009 Municipal Council elections, the second largest in volume after the National Assembly (parliament) which was held on May. Read More
Morocco Local Elections 2009
Modernity and Authenticity Party wins around 20 percent of nearly 28,000 Moroccan local council seats.
A new party led by a politician close to Morocco's King Mohammed VI emerged victorious in the local elections on June 12. Read more
Lebanese Parliamentary elections 2009
Parliamentary elections were held in Lebanon on 7 June 2009.
Preliminary results indicated that the turnout had been as high as 55%. The March 14 Alliance garnered 71 seats in the 128-member parliament, while the March 8 Alliance won 57 seats. This result is virtually the same as the result from the election in 2005. Read more
Mauritania Presidential Elections 2009
Postponement of elections
A presidential decree was issued on 5 June to postpone the presidential elections scheduled to take place on 6 June. The election date will be determined later by a decree.
Kuwait Parliamentary Elections 2009
Low turnout at parliamentary election
Kuwaitis voted on Saturday with little hope that their third election in three years will end a power struggle between parliament and the ruling family cabinet that has held up key economic reforms. Turnout was low as expected. Read full news
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
Tunisia| Presidential
October 2009
Tunisia| Parliamentary
October 2009
Algeria| Parliamentary
December 2009
Mauritania | Parliamentary
January 2010
Iraq| Parliamentary
16 January 2010
Palestine| Parliamentary & Presidential
25 January 2010
Sudan| Parliamentary
February 2010
Sudan| Presidential
April 2010
Comoros| Presidential
May 2010
Tunisia| Local
May 2010
Egypt| Parliamentary "Shura"
November 2010
Egypt| Parliamentary "People's Assembly"
November 2010
Djibouti| Presidential
April 2011
Yemen| Parliamentary
April 2011
Egypt| Local
April 2012
Recent Elections
Comoros | Parliamentary
2 August 2009
Iraq| Parliamentary Kurdistan
25 July 2009
Iraq| Presidential Kurdistan
25 July 2009
Mauritania - Presidential
18 July 2009
Kuwait - Local
25 June 2009
Morocco - Local
12 June 2009
Lebanon- Parliamentary
7 June 2009
Kuwait - Parliamentary
16 May 2009
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
Preliminary Statement on the 7 Sept. election to the House of Representatives, issued by DRI and Transparency Maroc.
Read report
Report on Morocco Parliamentary Elections 07: Results & Implications.
Lebanon: By-Elections
5 August 2007
Lebanese by-elections results:
Facts and Figures
Jordan: Municipal
31 July 2007
