ACE Electoral News

ACE Electoral News

Dutch Labor Party’s Rise May Hinder Anti-Islam Party, Bloomberg Business Week (2010)

Rising support for the Dutch opposition Labor Party is putting it in a dead heat with Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende’s Christian Democrats and may block an anti-Islam party’s bid for power in June elections.

India: Notification issued for Bengal municipal polls, Business Standard (2010)

A formal notification was today 27 April issued for the May 30 elections to the 81 municipal bodies across West Bengal.

Thailand: EC limit on candidate media spending stays, Bangkok Post (2011)

This article report that the Thai Election Commission will keep the media campaign budget for each candidate at 1.5 million baht for the July 3 election. It is the same ceiling imposed for the 2007 general election.

Thailand: 400 police for party lists registration, Bangkok Post (2011)

This article reports that about 400 policemen will be deployed at the venue for party list candidates registration, which starts from 19-23 May 2011. It is also reported that no outsiders will be allowed inside the building but the representatives of political parties, EC staff, and news reporters who registered their attendance in advance.

Thailand: Parties' candidates embrace social media, The Nation (2011)

This article reports that the advertising industry expects up t 1 million Baht in campaign ad spending by political parties in the run-up to the general election. It also highlights the use of social media amongst candidates. At least 60 per cent is expected to be spent through broadcast media such as free TV and radio, while 30 per cent will be spent on print and social media and 8 to 10 per cent on outdoor advertising such as billboards.

Angola: SADC holds summit amid spreading unrest, News24 (2011)

Southern African leaders are expected to meet this week in Luanda, Angola. Major focus of this meeting will be the deteriorating political situation in most parts of the region.

Philippines: Comelec upgrades voters registration system, Sun Star (2012).

This article discusses the upgrade on the voter registration system in Davao Region. The system can accommodate more than a hundred voter registrants a day, as compared in 2010 that could only process around 75.

Algeria: Islamist Parties in pole position for Parliamentary elections, Newstime Africa (2012)

This news article says that more than 30 political parties and around 100 independent lists with a total of more than 10,000 candidates will compete for the 462 seats in the National People’s Assembly. As the Algerian Parliament that comes out of next legislative elections in May 10 will have 73 additional seats, passing from today’s 389 to 462, what is new in the Algerian political landscape ,it is considered to be a harbinger to constituent assembly demanded by opposition parties.

Brothers in electoral arms in East Timor, Asia Times, (2012)

This article states that Francisco Guterres, the Fretilin party president, and Jose Maria Vasconcelos, a former defense chief, will face each other during the second round of the presidential elections in Timor Leste.

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Bermuda:MPs to discuss fixed term elections and ethical governance, Royal Gazette (2012)

Fixed term elections, an independent electoral commission and ethical governance are among a raft of items due to be discussed today in a take note motion led by United Bermuda Party MP Kim Swan.

Council Of Europe To Observe Ukraine Presidential Election (The Gov Monitor, 2010)

39-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), led by Mátyás Eörsi (Hungary, ALDE), will be in Ukraine from 14 to 18 January to observe the presidential election.

Yushchenko: 'I Will Never Say I Failed During These Five Years' (Radio Free Europe, 2010)

Yushchenko has been criticized for presiding over a half-decade of political chaos and drawing Ukraine into unwelcome conflict with Moscow. But in an interview with RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, he was unrepentant.

Ukraine’s dilemma (Financial Times, 2010)

On Sunday, Ukrainians vote in the first presidential election since 2004 and in very different circumstances from the Orange Revolution. Mr Yushchenko’s failure to create stability, fight corruption or protect citizens against a rapacious bureaucracy has created widespread disillusion.

Election Campaign Heats Up In Ukraine (The Moscow Times, 2010)

Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych promised to keep the country out of NATO if he wins the Jan. 17 election but said he remained committed to taking it into the European mainstream.

Ukraine election campaigns ignore EU relations (EUobserver, 2010)

The vote on 17 January is being billed by some experts as another turning point for the country, which five years ago overthrew the authoritarian, pro-Russian government of Leonid Kuchma and Viktor Yanukovych and plied a course for EU and Nato membership.

Kenya: Update on Recruitment of the IIEC Secretariat, iiecnews (2010)

IIEC is now finalizing the recruitment and deployment of key staff at the headquarters in Nairobi and at the constituencies countrywide. The training of these officials will be carried out in January 2010.

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Angola: Recognized parties get 9.6 million subsidies ahead of polls, ANGOP (2012)

The article reports on state funding for political parties. It is reported that 77 political parties and seven coalitions recognised by the Constitution of the country will each receive Kz 9.6 million ahead of this years general election.

Angola: National Youth Council runs round table, ANGOP (2012)

In this article the National Youth Council (CNJ) plan to have a round table on “Youth – Election, peace, democracy and participation”. It is reported that this is to promote the principles of good governance among youths in the country.