Exit polls in Bulgaria show ruling party candidate Rosen Plevneliev the likely winner of Sunday’s presidential election, but without enough votes to avoid a runoff. The polls give Plevneliev about 40 percent of the vote, while his closest challenger, Socialist candidate Ivailo Kalfin, has about 30 percent. If officials uphold the results, the two will […]
Bulgarian Presidential Runoff Set for Next Week
Posted October 24th, 2011 at 5:05 am (UTC-5)
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Huge Turnout in Tunisia’s First Democratic Polls
Posted October 23rd, 2011 at 7:40 pm (UTC-5)
Tunisia held its first democratic elections Sunday, just months after a revolution that sparked the Arab Spring uprisings across North Africa and the Middle East. The country’s independent electoral commission said more than 90 percent of Tunisia’s 4.1 million registered voters cast ballots. The commission said many of the other 3.1 million voters who did […]
Bulgarian Exit Poll: Plevneliev Wins, Presidential Runoff Set for Next Week
Posted October 23rd, 2011 at 7:10 pm (UTC-5)
Exit polls in Bulgaria show ruling party candidate Rosen Plevneliev the likely winner of Sunday’s presidential election, but without enough votes to avoid a runoff. The polls give Plevneliev about 40 percent of the vote, while his closest challenger, Socialist candidate Ivailo Kalfin, has about 30 percent. If officials uphold the results, the two will […]
Swiss TV: Anti-Immigrant Right Wingers to Lose Sets in Parliament
Posted October 23rd, 2011 at 3:50 pm (UTC-5)
Swiss television is projecting that the far-right Swiss People’s party will lose seats in Sunday’s parliamentary election, but will still finish on top. If the prediction holds up, it will be the first time in 20 years the party has failed to gain votes in an election. Pre-election opinion polls had the fiercely anti-immigration party […]
Huge Turnout in Tunisia’s First Democratic Polls
Posted October 23rd, 2011 at 3:05 pm (UTC-5)
Tunisia has held its first democratic elections, just months after a revolution that sparked the Arab Spring uprisings across North Africa and the Middle East. Tunisians turned out to vote in huge numbers Sunday, expressing excitement and pride at the chance to choose among multiple political parties for the first time since independence in 1956. […]
Huge Turnout in Tunisia’s First Democratic Polls
Posted October 23rd, 2011 at 2:55 pm (UTC-5)
Tunisia has held its first democratic elections, just months after a revolution that sparked the Arab Spring uprisings across North Africa and the Middle East. Tunisians turned out to vote in huge numbers Sunday, expressing excitement and pride at the chance to choose among multiple political parties for the first time since independence in 1956. […]
Huge Turnout in Tunisia’s First Democratic Polls
Posted October 23rd, 2011 at 12:35 pm (UTC-5)
Tunisia, whose revolution sparked the “Arab Spring” revolts across North Africa and the Middle East, is again making history, holding its first-ever democratic election. Tunisians are turning out in huge numbers Sunday, and expressing excitement and pride at the chance to choose among multiple political parties for the first time since independence in 1956. The […]
Large Turnout in Tunisia’s First Democratic Polls
Posted October 23rd, 2011 at 8:50 am (UTC-5)
Tunisia, whose revolution sparked the “Arab Spring” revolts across North Africa and the Middle East, is again making history, holding its first-ever democratic election. Tunisians are turning out in large numbers, and expressing excitement and pride at the chance to choose among multiple political parties for the first time since independence in 1956. More than […]
Tunisian Voters Head to the Polls
Posted October 23rd, 2011 at 4:40 am (UTC-5)
Tunisians began voting Sunday to select a so-called Constituent Assembly, tasked to draw up a new constitution and chart a political roadmap for the North African country. It will be the first democratic election since Tunisia’s independence in 1956. More than 100 parties are running for a place in the 217-seat assembly, a sharp contrast […]
Voters in Tunisia Head to Polls
Posted October 22nd, 2011 at 6:45 pm (UTC-5)
Tunisian voters head to the polls Sunday to select a so-called Constituent Assembly, tasked to draw up a new constitution and chart a political roadmap for the North African country. It will be the first democratic election since Tunisia’s independence in 1956. More than 100 parties are running for a place in the 217-seat assembly, […]
