ACE Electoral News
ACE Electoral News
- Upcoming and past elections
- IFES Election Guide - Georgia
- IDEA Georgia
- Georgia, Final Report on the 21 May 2008 parliamentary elections, OSCE/ODIHR (2008)
- Final report of OSCE/ODIHR election observation mission on the 21 May 2008 parliamentary elections in Georgia. International Election Obsevation Mission concluded that “overall, these elections clearly offered an opportunity for the Georgian people to choose their representatives from amongst a wide array of choices. The authorities and other political stakeholders made efforts to conduct these elections in line with OSCE and Council of Europe commitments.” However, the IEOM “identified a number of problems which made this implementation uneven and incomplete.”
- Comments on the Georgian elections by the CECE (2008)
- We shall have a look at the Council of Europe’s observation of the Parliamentary elections in Georgia (21 May 2008) and the corresponding OSCE – ODIHR election mission statement of preliminary findings and conclusions. We will in no way make a summary of the two or try to pit one against the other. Both approaches are different and so be it. We will be technical, practical and professional.
- Statement of Preliminary Findings and Conclusions on the 21 May 2008 Parliamentary Elections in Georgia
- OSCE/ODIHR Election observation mission's Statement of Preliminary Findings and Conclusions on the 21 May 2008 Parliamentary Elections in Georgia
- 2008 Parliamentary Elections in Georgia: Interim Report 2
- OSCE/ODIHR interim report for May 2008 Parliamentary elections in Georgia, issues for 26 April-9 May 2008.
- 2008 Parliamentary Elections in Georgia: Interim Report 1
- On 21 March 2008, and following the January 2008 presidential elections, the President called parliamentary elections for 21 May 2008. Interim report of OSCE/ODIHR on the Parliamentary Elections in Georgia, issued for the period of 10-25 April 2008.
- Final Report on the 5 January 2008 Extraordinary Presidential Election in Georgia
- OSCE/ODIHR Final Report on the 5 January 2008 Extraordinary Presidential Election in Georgia, election observation
- 2008 Extraordinary Presidential Election in Georgia: Post-Election Interim Report 1
- OSCE/ODIHR Post-Election Interim Report 1 (for 6-18 January 2008), Extraordinary Presidential Election in Georgia
- 2008 Parliamentary Elections in Georgia: Interim Report 1
- 2008 Parliamentary Elections in Georgia: OSCE/ODIHR Interim Report 1, 10-25 April 2008
- OSCE - ODIHR Documents about Georgia
- Document collection including all observation reports
- 'Many violations' in Kyrgyz vote, BBC (2007)
- Kyrgyzstan: Field Narrowed Ahead Of Campaigning For National Elections, RadioFreeEurope (2007)
- This is an article about the upcoming parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan.
- Spokesman: Kyrgyz president accepts resignation of PM, China View (2007)
- This is an article about the resignation of the Kyrgyz PM Almazbek Atambayev.
- Modern election campaigning and propaganda in Kyrgyzstan, Ferghana.ru (2009)
- Less than a month prior to presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan Ferghana.Ru correspondent walked through the streets of Bishkek to learn how the presidential candidates run their campaign and convince the voters that "they are the best". Current President Kurmanbek Bakiev has most competitive positions.
- Kyrgyzstan: President Bakiev to spend more money on election campaign than other candidates, Ferghana.ru (2009)
- The central election committee in Kyrgyzstan published data on election campaign budgets of presidential candidates, 24.kg news agency reports. As of end of June, 2009 the President Kurmanbek Bakiev already spent KGS14.705 million. He has the biggest election fund – KGS35.5385 million.
- More at Stake in Kyrgyz presidential vote, RFERL (2009)
- Political analyst Marat Kazakbaev told RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service that the system will work to see Bakiev reelected. But he said that Almaz Atambaev, the candidate of the unified opposition who heads the Social Democratic Party (SDP), could provide stiff competition for the incumbent. Another political analyst in Kyrgyzstan, Mars Sariev, says the outcome of the race seems clear already.
- Kyrgyz Presidential Challenger's Supporters Detained, RadioFreeEurope (2009)
- On 18 June 2009, a group of opposition supporters was detained by police in Kyrgyzstan's Talas district on the first day of campaigning for an upcoming presidential election, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports.
- Lone Woman Approved For Kyrgyz Presidential Bid, RadioFreeEurope (2009)
- Kyrgyzstan's Central Election Commission has registered the only female applicant bidding to compete in July's presidential election. Toktaiym Umetalieva, the 49-year-old chairwoman of the Association of Nongovernmental and Nonprofit Organizations, was the country's first-ever female candidate for president when she ran against eventual winner Kurmanbek Bakiev in 2005.
- Kyrgyzstani presidential elections, Wikipedia (2009)
- An article about upcoming presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan, mainly covers candidates and the pre-election campaign.
