democracy High turnout in presidential runoff in the Czech Republic People walk past an election poster for presidential candidate Andrej Babis on a street in Prague. photo © Tomas Tkacik/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa Populist ex-prime minister or pro-Western former NATO general? In the Czech Republic, people can elect a new president. It seems that many are involved in the decision. In the run-off election for the presidency in the Czech Republic, a high turnout is emerging. According to...
Status: 01/22/2023 01:53 am The opposition in Slovakia wanted to have the constitution changed in a referendum to enable early elections. But the vote failed due to insufficient participation. The government crisis is therefore likely to continue. In Slovakia, a referendum for a constitutional amendment failed due to insufficient participation. According to preliminary figures from the electoral commission, only around a quarter of those entitled to vote voted - for the referendum to have been valid, it would have had...
Kais Saied does not currently intend to play the mea culpa card on his way of leading Tunisia. The country's president on Wednesday played down the massive abstention in the recent legislative elections. He even violently attacked his critics who denounce a decline in freedoms in the country since he monopolized power.The electoral authority officially announced a turnout of 11.22% in the legislative elections on December 17, very slightly up from the preliminary figure of 8.8% made public after the...
STORY: In Tunisia, not even one in ten voters took part in the parliamentary elections. The turnout was 8.8 percent, the election commission said after the polling stations closed on Saturday. As a result, the restructuring of the state being pursued by President Kais Saied is finding little support among the population. As late as Saturday morning, Saied appealed to the Tunisians to vote. 40 percent of those entitled to vote took part in the penultimate parliamentary election in 2019....
Khaled Saad is sitting with his wife Mouna and their 6-year-old daughter in a street restaurant in front of the Zitouna Mosque in the medina of Tunis. In the narrow streets, there is more hustle and bustle than on normal weekends because of the unusual temperature of 25 degrees for December. Maybe it's because of today's date, December 17, that so many families like the Saads are out and about. The holiday commemorates Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation and the start of...
South East Asia Parliamentary elections in Malaysia ended - high turnout A woman shows her inked finger after voting in Seberang Perai. photo © Vincent Thian/AP/dpa Actually, the country would not have elected a new parliament until next year. But the election was brought forward after a disagreement. Despite the rainy season, many people came to the polling stations - especially young people. The counting of votes has started in Malaysia's parliamentary elections. The polling stations in the Southeast Asian...
South East Asia High voter turnout in Malaysia A woman shows her inked finger after voting in Seberang Perai. photo © Vincent Thian/AP/dpa A close race between three major political coalitions emerged until the very end. Malaysia is often criticized for irregularities in the elections. There are signs of a high turnout in the parliamentary elections in Malaysia. According to the authorities, four hours after the polling stations opened this morning, more than 40 percent of the approximately 21 million...
What lesson the loss of votes holds in store for the FDP in particular - and which ones certainly not. source site
The state election in Lower Saxony is the last in the current year. In recent polls, the SPD was ahead. Voter turnout at midday was slightly lower than five years ago. All developments in the live blog. 4:50 p.m Voter turnout slightly lower than 2017 By 12.30 p.m. in Lower Saxony, 24.59 percent of those entitled to vote had cast their votes for the new state parliament. This was announced by the state election authority on request. For comparison: In...
Status: 09/26/2022 8:03 p.m The sham referendums in the occupied territories of Ukraine will continue until Tuesday evening. Russia reports a high voter turnout, but this cannot be proven. Bitter fighting is reported from the front. By Thomas Spickhofen, WDR "More than half of those eligible to vote in the Cherson region have already voted," says Marina Zakharova, the Russian head of the local election commission. In other regions it should even be up to 70 percent. These numbers cannot...
