Exit polls from three governor’s races in Mexico show candidates from the main opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party are winning in the country’s most populous state. Television polls show Eruviel Avila, PRI’s candidate in the state of Mexico, won an estimated 64 percent of the vote, while Alejandro Encinas, a member of the Democratic Revolution Party […]
Polls: PRI Takes Lead in Race for Mexico State Governors
Posted July 3rd, 2011 at 9:30 pm (UTC-5)
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Mexico Voters Choose Governors in Three States Sunday
Posted July 3rd, 2011 at 4:25 am (UTC-5)
Mexican voters head to the polls on Sunday to elect governors in the states of Mexico, Coahuila and Nayarit. Early opinion polls indicate candidates of the Institutional Revolutionary Party are leading candidates from President Felipe Calderon’s conservative National Action Party . The PAN has attempted to partner with the leftist Democratic Revolution Party to defeat […]
UN Agency Warns of Electoral Violence in Asia
Posted June 30th, 2011 at 12:05 am (UTC-5)
A United Nations agency is calling for strong oversight and other measures to strengthen election credibility in Asia, saying the risk of electoral violence is high in the region. In a report released Wednesday, the U.N. Development Program says even the suspicion of election fraud can be enough to spark violence in democracies where the […]
North Korea Sets Date for Local Legislative Elections
Posted June 14th, 2011 at 4:20 am (UTC-5)
North Korea’s official news agency says the country will hold local elections next month. The Korean Central News Agency announced Tuesday that balloting will be held July 24 for delegates to provincial, city and county people’s assemblies. About 25,000 delegates were chosen in the last round of local elections in 2007. Local people’s assemblies typically […]
Turkey’s Triumphant Erdogan Promises Compromise With Opposition
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 11:50 am (UTC-5)
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party will have an unprecedented third term after winning a decisive victory in Sunday’s parliamentary elections. However, the ruling party failed to win the two-thirds majority needed to carry out constitutional reforms, forcing Mr. Erdogan to seek support from other political parties. Mr. Erdogan has […]
Erdogan Promises Compromise With Opposition
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 5:45 am (UTC-5)
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to reach out to the opposition after election results gave his party a landslide victory in Sunday’s parliamentary elections. However, the ruling Justice and Development Party fell short of the two-thirds majority it needed to change the country’s constitution. Mr. Erdogan said the vote result shows that […]
Turkish PM Wins 3rd Term
Posted June 12th, 2011 at 6:05 pm (UTC-5)
Turkey’s ruling party won a landslide victory in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, but fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to amend the constitution. With nearly all the ballots counted, state-run television is giving Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party 50 percent of the vote. The main opposition Republican People’s Party has 26 […]
Turkey’s Government Poised for Election Victory
Posted June 12th, 2011 at 3:10 pm (UTC-5)
Nearly complete results from Turkey’s parliamentary elections Sunday indicate an overwhelming victory for the country’s prime minister and his Islamic-rooted party, giving Recep Tayyip Erdogan a third straight term. Unofficial results have the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, securing around 50 percent. The opposition Republican People’s Party is trailing at about 26 percent, […]
Initial Results: Turkey’s Ruling Party on Course to Win Parliamentary Elections
Posted June 12th, 2011 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
Initial results from Turkey’s parliamentary elections Sunday indicate the country’s prime minister and his Islamic-rooted party are on course for a landslide victory, giving Recep Tayyip Erdogan a third straight term. With more than 84 percent of the vote counted, unofficial results have the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, securing around 51 percent. […]
Initial Results: Turkey’s Ruling Party on Course to Win Parliamentary Elections
Posted June 12th, 2011 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
Initial results from Turkey’s parliamentary elections Sunday indicate the country’s prime minister and his Islamic-rooted party are on course for a solid victory, giving Recep Tayyip Erdogan a third straight term in power. With more than 43 percent of the vote counted, unofficial results have the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, securing about […]
