ACE Electoral News

ACE Electoral News

Socialist PM candidate starts rally around Hungary (Politics.hu, 2010)

Prime minister candidate of the ruling Socialist Party Attila Mesterhazy started a tour of the country in Polgar (E) on Saturday.

Registered Hungarian parties number 183 (Politics.hu, 2010)

At present there are a total 183 parties in Hungary, including 55 registered since the last parliamentary elections in 2006, data published by the National Judicial Council show.

Elections 2010 - Dem Forum sees education, tax as key reform areas (MTI, 2010)

Education and tax reform in Hungary are key components of job creation in the small-business sector, Lajos Bokros, prime-minister candidate of the Democratic Forum, said on Monday.

Bajnai’s goodbye (The Budapest Times, 2010)

In the last session of parliament last Monday Gordon Bajnai, who has been prime minister since last April, made his farewell speech. Numerous opposition MPs, including Fidesz chairman Viktor Orbán, were conspicuously absent.

Uruguay Inaugurates Ex-Rebel Leader as President, ABC (2010)

"A former guerrilla leader who won over voters with his homespun manner and moderate agenda has been inaugurated as Uruguay's new president".

Namibia:Poll battle kicks off, The Namibian (2010)

A PACKED courtroom in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday witnessed the start of a hearing that will determine the immediate future of Namibia’s democracy and government.

Namibia: Opposition insists on poll ‘fraud’, New Era (2010)

upply of evidence to back claims of irregularities that allegedly marred last year’s elections remained the subject of much of the arguments yesterday when the hearing in the case in which nine opposition parties are challenging the outcome of that election kicked off in the Windhoek High Court.

Presidential election in Latvia 6th june 2007 (Robert Schuman Fondation 2007)

Analysis and results

General elections in Serbia, 21st January 2007 (Robert Schuman Fondation 2007)

Analysis and results

Presidential Election in Ukraine (Fondation Robert Schuman 2010)

Analysis and Results

Presidential election in Estonia,28th August 2006 (Robert Schuman Fondation 2006)

Analysis and results

General elections in Estonia, 4th March 2007 (Robert Schuman Fondation 2007)

Analysis and results

Planned changes to Guernsey's electoral roll, BBC News (2010)

Guernsey's State Assembly and Constitution Committee expressed their desire of simplifying the registration process, so that it is easier for people to be registered but also removed from electoral rolls. This suggested change comes as a reaction to the 2008 election, when a number of individuals were left off the roll due to administrative errors. If the changes get adopted, they should be implemented before the 2012 election.

Isle of Man: Island's registered voters have UK voting right, Isle of Man Today (2010)

This article highlights the fact that any Isle of Man residents who have registered as voters in Northern Ireland during the last 15 years can vote in the upcoming UK general election. The electoral office also offers a bonus for those who re-register, as there will be a prize draw in which they can win up to 5, 000 pounds.

Tajik Opposition Threatens Protests After Poll, RFE/RL (2010)

The article mentions that Tajikistan opposition threatens to call street protests to challenge results of parliamentary elections. The president's party has won 54 of 63 seats in the lower house of the parliament. Any unrest in Tajikistan could worry the West, which uses Tajikistan as part of a northern route supplying NATO troops fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Presidential Party Wins Tajik Landslide, But Who Came In Second?, RFE/RL (2010)

The article writes that according to the official results, in the parliamentary elections of 28 February, 2010, President Rahmon's People's democratic party won about 72% of votes. For the first time, the Islamic Renaissance Party (IRP) appears to have moved ahead of the Communist Party and was in the second place.

Tajik Leader's Party Grabs Parliament Majority, RFE/RL (2010)

The article writes that President Rahmon's party retained parliamentary majority in Tajikistan, and the present configuration in the parliament will change little. Western observers have widely critisnzed Sunday elections as failing to meet basic democratic standards.

Tajiksitan: Rulling party rolls in parliamentary vote, but observers blow whistle, EurasiaNet (2010)

The article reports that governing People’s Democratic Party of Tajikistan is goin to victory in the country’s parliamentary election with almost 72 percent of the vote. Western election monitors, however, expressed disappointment with the conduct of the polling, saying that fraud boosted the governing party’s winning margin.

UPDATE 1-Tajikistan election to yield docile parliament, Reuters (2010)

The article writes about presidential party to retain majority in the parliament, public discontent on the rise in crisis-hit nation, and opposition, voters complaining over irregularities.

A Color Revolution in Tajikistan? Be very careful…, Neweurasia.net

The article writes that the Tajikistan opposition is furious at the recent parliamentary election results and is planning massive protest actions across the country.