Officials in Zambia are counting votes from Tuesday’s general election, including the closely-watched presidential contest between incumbent Rupiah Banda and opposition leader Michael Sata. Initial tallies Wednesday showed Mr. Sata taking an early lead, but most of Zambia’s 150 constituencies have yet to report their results. Pre-election surveys suggested a close race between Mr. Banda, […]
Sata Takes Early Lead in Zambian Presidential Poll
Posted September 21st, 2011 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
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Zambian Officials Tally General Election Results
Posted September 21st, 2011 at 8:46 am (UTC-5)
Officials in Zambia are counting votes from Tuesday’s general elections, including the closely-watched presidential contest between incumbent Rupiah Banda and opposition leader Michael Sata. Local media Wednesday reported results from various constituencies. But it is too early to tell whether Zambians chose to keep President Banda in power or heeded Mr. Sata’s call for change. […]
Guinea Sets Dec. 29 For Legislative Elections
Posted September 15th, 2011 at 12:10 pm (UTC-5)
Guinea’s electoral commission has set December 29 as the day for long-awaited legislative polls. Commission chief Louceny Camara announced the date at a news conference in Conakry Thursday. These will be the first parliamentary polls in Guinea since 2002, when the country was still controlled by longtime President Lansana Conte. The West African country is […]
Medvedev Announces Duma Elections
Posted August 29th, 2011 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has announced that elections for the lower house of parliament will be held December 4. At a meeting Monday with political party leaders at his summer home in Sochi, Mr. Medvedev said the decree that sets the date for the State Duma elections will go into force as soon as it […]
Cape Verde, Sao Tome Voters Pick New Presidents
Posted August 7th, 2011 at 8:45 am (UTC-5)
Voters in two island nations off Africa’s western coast went to the polls Sunday to pick new presidents. In Sao Tome and Principe, voters cast ballots in a second-round run-off between former President Manuel Pinto da Costa and Parliament Speaker Evaristo de Carvalho. Da Costa, who led a one-party socialist state from 1975 to 1990, […]
Polish President Sets Parliamentary Elections for October 9
Posted August 4th, 2011 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski has set October 9 as the date for parliamentary elections. Opinion polls put the ruling Civic Platform party ahead of the Law and Justice party led by Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the twin brother of Poland’s late president Lech Kaczynski who was killed in a plane crash last year. Voters will be selecting […]
Zambia’s President Sets Election for Septemer 20
Posted July 28th, 2011 at 12:10 pm (UTC-5)
Zambia’s President Rupiah Banda has set national and local elections for September 20, and will seek his first full term in office. Mr. Banda has also dissolved parliament and his Cabinet as required by law when new polls are announced. During a nationwide address, Mr. Banda said he and the vice president will carry out […]
DRC Opposition Picks War Crimes Defendant as Candidate
Posted July 24th, 2011 at 7:55 am (UTC-5)
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s main opposition party has named Jean Pierre-Bemba, who is on trial for war crimes at The Hague, as it presidential candidate. The Movement for the Liberation of Congo announced its decision after a party meeting on Saturday. Bemba, a former Congolese vice president, is currently in jail at the International […]
North Korea Holds Local Elections
Posted July 24th, 2011 at 3:55 am (UTC-5)
North Koreans voted Sunday for more than 27,000 representatives for local assemblies, with the balloting expected to unanimously favor the ruling communist party. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said polling stations were crowded with well-dressed voters eagerly waiting for their turns…with many dancing to music of drums and gongs. During their four-year term, […]
Hong Kong Delays Legislative Action on By-Elections
Posted July 5th, 2011 at 2:50 am (UTC-5)
The Hong Kong government has abruptly postponed a controversial election-reform plan following a huge street protest last week. The legislation, backed by Chief Executive Donald Tsang, would end the practice of using by-elections to fill the seats of legislators who die or resign during their four-year terms. Vacant seats would instead be filled with runners-up […]
