May 23 EU elections begin in the Netherlands and the UK By Mike Corder, Associated Press Four days of voting across the 28-nation bloc pits supporters of deeper integration against populist euroskeptics who want more power for their national governments. Continue reading
May 13 Filipinos cast vote in elections crucial to Duterte By Jim Gomez, Associated Press The midterm elections are a showdown between President Rodrigo Duterte's allies and opposition candidates fighting for checks and balances of the leader. Continue reading
May 09 South Africa's ruling ANC party holds lead in national election By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press With returns from 46% of South Africa's voting districts tallied, the ANC had 57% of the vote, according to results announced by the electoral commission. Continue reading
May 07 South Africa's election falls amid graft scandals, high unemployment By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press A quarter-century after the end of apartheid, South Africans go to the polls Wednesday for the sixth national elections since the demise of the harsh system of racial discrimination, although the country remains divided by economic inequality. Continue reading
May 06 Turkish election board orders new Istanbul vote after opposition victory By Associated Press Turkey's state-run news agency says the country's highest electoral body has ruled for a rerun of the Istanbul mayoral election after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party challenged the legitimacy of the vote an opposition candidate narrowly won. Continue reading
Apr 29 Challenge to Georgia's election system faces first court test By Kate Brumback, Associated Press The lawsuit accuses the secretary of state and election board members of mismanaging the 2018 election in ways that deprived some citizens, particularly low-income people and minorities, of their constitutional right to vote. It seeks substantial reforms and asks that… Continue reading
Apr 23 Egyptian voters extend el-Sissi's rule until 2030 By Associated Press The referendum was widely seen as another step toward restoring authoritarian rule eight years after a pro-democracy uprising that toppled autocratic president Hosni Mubarak. Continue reading
Apr 10 Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu poised for 5th term as rival concedes By Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press With 97.4 percent of the vote counted, Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud and the rival Blue and White were deadlocked with a projected 35 seats apiece in the 120-seat parliament. But Likud and its traditional political allies were in command of a… Continue reading
Apr 09 Watch 5:21 How Israel's election represents a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli voters went to the polls Tuesday to choose a prime minister and 120 members of the legislature. With election results too close to call, both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Blue and White coalition opponent, Benny Gantz, are… Continue watching
Apr 09 Israeli exit polls show tight race By Josef Federman, Aron Heller, Associated Press With final results hours away, the early indications were that Netanyahu suffered a setback by failing to score a decisive victory. Continue reading