Election

Officials stated Thursday that an assessment of Guatemala’s June 25 presidential election, which aroused international concern over the potential undermining of democracy, has been completed. In an unexpected result, two social-democrats, Sandra Torres and Bernardo Arevalo,...

Olivia Chow was elected as the first Chinese-Canadian mayor of Toronto on Monday, vowing to pursue a more progressive approach in Canada’s largest city after a decade of conservative control. Chow, who was born in Hong...

On Monday, a day after national elections, Greece was bracing for a second ballot in which vote-winner Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ party is poised to seek sole power. Mitsotakis’ conservative New Democracy party won a landslide...

Peru’s embattled president Dina Boluarte on Saturday urged lawmakers to find a way out of a deepening political crisis by agreeing to snap elections in December, just hours after Congress voted against the idea. In the...

Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister, said Friday that he accepts “personal responsibility” for his Conservatives’ stunning by-election defeat in a seat they had never lost before, prompting questions about his leadership. “I take personal responsibility,”...

Germans began voting Sunday in a watershed national election that will mark the end of 16 years in power for Angela Merkel and determine who will follow her as chancellor. Polls opened at 0600 GMT and...

While German Chancellor Angela Merkel is praised worldwide for her calm crisis management, her legacy at home is threatened by a botched succession, with her party expected to receive its lowest postwar vote in Sunday’s election....

Japan’s ruling party on Thursday set a September 29 date for a leadership race ahead of an expected October general election and with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga facing record-low approval. Suga, who was appointed after the...

Zambians voted in national elections on Thursday, following a heated campaign dominated by economic concerns and the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. There are sixteen presidential contenders running, but President Edgar Lungu, 64, and his long-time...

On Tuesday, US Vice President Joe Biden accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of attempting to sabotage the 2022 congressional elections by distributing “misinformation.” “Look at what Russia is doing already about the 2022 elections and misinformation,”...