May 18 Portugal’s center-right alliance headed for another minority government after election By Barry Hatton, Helena Alves, Associated Press The incumbent center-right Democratic Alliance won a general election in Portugal on Sunday, but it failed to secure a majority in Parliament and was set to take office as a minority government for the second time in a year. Continue reading
May 18 Liberal mayor and conservative historian headed to presidential runoff in Poland, exit poll shows By Vanessa Gera, Associated Press Liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and a conservative historian, Karol Nawrocki, emerged as the front-runners in Poland's presidential election Sunday, according to an exit poll, putting them on track to face off in a second round in two weeks. Continue reading
May 18 Pro-EU centrist wins Romania’s tense presidential runoff over hard-right nationalist By Stephen McGrath, Justin Spike, Associated Press Pro-European Union candidate Nicusor Dan has won Romania’s closely watched presidential runoff against a hard-right nationalist, nearly complete electoral data shows. A huge turnout Sunday played a key role in the tense election that many viewed as a geopolitical choice… Continue reading
May 11 Polls close in Albanians election dominated by uphill efforts to join the EU By Llazar Semini, Associated Press Albanians voted Sunday in parliamentary elections after a boisterous campaign dominated by the country’s uphill effort to join the European Union and Prime Minister Edi Rama’s bid for a fourth term in office. Continue reading
May 04 Hard-right candidate secures victory in 1st round of Romania’s presidential election redo By Stephen McGrath, Associated Press Nationalist George Simion secured a decisive win Sunday in the first round of Romania’s presidential election redo, nearly complete electoral data showed. The election took place months after an annulled vote plunged the European Union and NATO member country into… Continue reading
May 03 Singapore’s long-ruling party wins another election landslide in boost for new prime minister By Eileen Ng, Associated Press Singapore's long-ruling People’s Action Party won another landslide in Saturday’s general elections, extending its 66-year unbroken rule in a huge boost for Prime Minister Lawrence Wong who took power a year ago. Continue reading
May 03 Australian Prime Minister Albanese wins election for second 3-year term By Rod McGuirk, Tristan Lavalette, Associated Press Anthony Albanese claimed victory as the first Australian prime minister to clinch a second consecutive term in 21 years on Saturday and suggested his government had increased its majority by not modeling itself on U.S. President Donald Trump's administration. Continue reading
Apr 27 Watch 4:28 What’s on voters’ minds as Canada elects a new prime minister By John Yang Monday is the end of voting in Canada to elect a new prime minister. The big issue in this campaign has been U.S.-Canadian relations, especially Trump’s tariffs. Since the beginning of the year, opinion polls have gone from showing a… Continue watching
Apr 24 State and local election officials question agency about Trump’s attempt to overhaul operations By Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press Election officials from around the country questioned the leaders of a federal agency tasked by President Trump with implementing parts of his sweeping election overhaul. Continue reading
Apr 17 Judge to hear arguments from watchdog groups seeking to block Trump’s order on elections By Ali Swenson, Associated Press The hearing will determine if the judge should grant a preliminary injunction blocking the order as the cases play out. Continue reading