ACE Electoral News

ACE Electoral News

Thai PM calls for public participation in national reconciliation plan, Xinhua News (2010).

This article discusses Thailand's Prime Minister statement for public participation in making national reconciliation

Thailand: Reconciliation before polls, The Straits Times (2010).

This article discusses the statement by an envoy for Thailand's prime minister that the government will be dealing with social divisions before going to elections

Myanmar: Suu Kyi Says Burmese Have Right Not to Vote, The Irrawaddy (2010).

This article discusses the right not to vote in the Myanmar election as stated by Aung San Suu Kyi.

Call for fair Myanmar vote, ASEAN Affairs (2010).

This article discusses the call for fair elections in Myanmar by senior U.S. State Department official.

Thailand: Yes to democracy, but no elections now: Thai PM, Asia News Network (2010).

This article discusses the possibility to conduct elections in 2011.

Thailand: 35% turnout picked for district polls, Bangkok Post (2010).

This article discusses the voter turnout for council elections in 14 city districts in Bangkok.

Indonesia: Ballot paper problems for Jambi's sightless, The Jakarta Post (2010).

This article discusses the complaint to the Jambi General Elections Commission (KPUD) regarding the ballot paper that may not be able to use by more than 18,000 vision-impaired residents.

Indonesia: Constitutional Court rejects four election lawsuits, The Jakarta Post (2010).

This article discusses the Constitutional Court (MK) rejection of lawsuits in election disputes in Medan, Binjai, Sibolga cities and Serdang Bedagai regency.

Philippines: Watchdog to Comelec: Release documents on poll automation, GMA News (2010).

This article discusses the call to Comelec from Election watchdog Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) to make public documents relevant to the 2010 elections.

Belgian polls split by linguistic row, The Wall Street Journal (2010)

This article comments the latest results of the June 13 elections in Belgium. As predicted, the electorate split: the Flemish nationalists and and French-speaking Socialist Party received the majority of the votes (gaining 27 and 26 seats each in the Parliament).

Slovak election extended by half an hour over storms (Earth Times, 2010)

Slovakia's general election, which was set to end at 2000 GMT, was extended by at least 30 minutes after storms caused power outages at some polling stations in the country's west, officials said.

Slovakian election: Robert Fico profile (Telegraph, 2010)

Despite being derided by rivals as a populist demagogue and damaged by scandal, Robert Fico remains Slovakia's most popular politician with his pledges to defend the disadvantaged.

Slovak president taps leftist premier to form government (AFP, 2010)

Slovakia's president Sunday tapped incumbent Prime Minister Robert Fico to form a new government after his leftist party won the most votes in the general election.

Nationalist fury as center right makes gains in Slovakia (CNN, 2010)

Slovak voters have dumped their government, prompting one nationalist firebrand to warn that the country would now be run by "homosexuals and Hungarians," the Slovak news agency TASR reported Sunday.

Slovakia says goodbye to the Fico-Slota-Mečiar ruling style (The Slovak Spectator, 2010)

SLOVAK National Party (SNS) chief Ján Slota said that the exit-poll results from the parliamentary elections made him want to cry.

Slovakia: SMER-SD Won the General Elections But Might Not be Able to Form the New Government RSI (Radio Slovakia International, 2010)

Prime Minister Robert Fico’s SMER-SD party won the general election on Saturday with 34.79 percent of the votes; nonetheless, despite being asked by the Slovak President to form the new government he might not be able to do it, as its current coalition partners - the Slovak National Party (SNS) and the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (LS-HZDS) - failed to receive enough votes to back it up.

Slovakia turns to centre-right (EurActiv, 2010)

Slovakia is likely to form a centre-right government after elections held on 12 June were narrowly won by the ruling centre-left SMER-SD party, which stands no chance of forming a coalition. A similar development was seen in the Czech Republic two weeks ago. EurActiv Slovakia contributed to this article.

Poland: Presidential candidates warm up for TV debates (thenews.pl, 2010)

With less than two weeks before the presidential elections on June 20, Polish broadcaster TVP has invited all the running candidates to take part in televised debates: officially, all the candidates are willing to take part.

Sri Lanka to test run a hybrid election system soon, The Asian Tribune (2010)

This article reports on Sri Lanka's decision to change its election system. The new Delimitation Commission is planning to change the boundary delimitations, and at the same time to introduce new seats in the Parliament. Furthermore, Sri Lanka will try a mixed system for the first time.

Kaczynski narrows gap in race for Polish president (Reuters Canada, 2010)

Poland's Jaroslaw Kaczynski, vying to succeed his twin brother as president after his death in a plane crash, has seen his support rise sharply and now trails his main rival by just two percentage points, a poll showed on Saturday.