ACE Electoral News
ACE Electoral News
- UN declares Afghan election "credible, legitimate", Reuters (2009)
- Despite the widespread fraud used by critics to challenge the legitimacy of the recent presidential election, the UN General Assembly has declared Afghanistan's presidential election credible, sound and legitimate.
- Election Results - Afghanistan
- Upcoming and past elections
- EU Election Observation Mission to Afghanistan
- IFES Afghanistan
- UNDP Afghanistan
- Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan
- Here is a link to the official website of the Afghanistan Electoral Management Body.
- Afghanistan Wolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections 2005
- Afghanistan:Pre-Election Report, Presidential Election, ICOS (2009)
- Afghanistan Election: Guns and Money, International Council on Security and Development - ICOS (2009) This report published by London-based think-tank ICOS, highlights the upcoming elections in Afghanistan and the risk of conflict that could be sparked by them. Afghanistan’s presidential elections, to be held on 20 August 2009, will be a critical moment for a country struggling to deal with a violent Taliban insurgency and a crisis of legitimacy. As such, the success or otherwise of this election will prove crucial. Yet promises of legitimate, transparent elections may prove more difficult to fulfil than had been hoped.
- Bangladesh poll campaign begins, BBC (2008)
- This is an article about the commencement of campaigning for Bangladesh's upcoming general elections, noting that the interim government is lifting all restrictions on political rallies.
- Bangladesh lifts state of emergency, CNN (2008)
- This is an article about the Bangladesh parliamentary elections scheduled for December 29, 2008, and the lifting of the state of emergency.
- Bangladesh: ‘Voting No Vote! Think again’ (2007)
- Article by Golam Mostofa on the Election Commission's proposal to introducing a system for casting ‘No Vote’ in parliamentary elections. June 2007
- Bangladesh Electoral Management Body
- Here is a link to the official website of the Bangladesh Electoral Management Body
- Election Results - Bangladesh
- Upcoming and past elections
- IFES Election Guide - Bangladesh
- Bhutan: Winners of Bhutan's First Election Say They Will Follow the King's Vision, The International Herald Tribune (2008)
- Bhutan's soon-to-be governing party pledged Tuesday to follow the policies of the absolute monarchy it is replacing, after it won a landslide in this once-reclusive Himalayan kingdom's first parliamentary elections.
- Bhutan: Heavy Turnout in First Bhutan Election, The International Herald Tribune (2008)
- Orders from the palace sent the people of Bhutan rushing to the polls for their first national elections on Monday, as the once reclusive Land of the Thunder Dragon further opened its doors and joined the world's democracies.
- Bhutan sets March election date for first democratic elections, The Wall Street Journal (2008)
- Bhutan will hold its first democratic elections in March, the latest step in the transformation of the Himalayan nation where Buddhist kings reigned supreme.
- Bhutan announces general election on March 24, Independent Bangladesh (2008)
- Bhutan will hold its first-ever general election on March 24, the Election Commission said on Thursday. Bhutanese will vote to elect 47 members to the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, as the tiny Himalayan kingdom switches to democracy after a century of absolute monarchy.
- Bhutan: Campaign coffers, Kuensel Oline (2007)
- An article about the raising of funds for political parties in Bhutan.
