Is there anyone out there who reads Amharic and can find me some detailed results of the recent Ethiopian elections?

Latest electoral news

	21 August: In the Australian legislative election, the governing Australian Labor Party of Prime Minister Julia Gillard has lost its majority in the House of Representatives, but the conservative coalition led by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has failed to win a majority. The balance of power is held by three independent members and one Greens member. National figures for both houses, a pendulum and maps are available.
	9 August: In the Rwanda presidential election, President Paul Kagame has been re-elected with 93% of the vote, against token opposition and amid violence and intimidation of opponents. National figures are available.
	1 August: In the Sao Tome and Principe legislative election, the opposition Independent Democratic Action party has won the largest number of seats, almost wiping out President Fradique de Menezes's Democratic Movement of the Forces for Change. National figures are available.

Forthcoming elections

4 August: Solomon Islands legislative election
21 August: Australia legislative election
16 September: Tuvalu legislative election
18 September: Afghanistan legislative election
19 September: Guinea presidential election (second round)
19 September: Sweden legislative election
26 September: Venezuela legislative election
30 September: Madagascar legislative election
2 October: Latvia legislative election
3 October: Bosnia-Herzegovina presidential and legislative elections
3 October: Brazil presidential and legislative elections
10 October: Kyrgyz Republic presidential and legislative elections
15 October: Czech Republic legislative election (Senate)
31 October: Cote d'Ivoire presidential election
31 October: Tanzania presidential and legislative elections
2 November: United States legislative election
7 November: Azerbaijan legislative election
7 November: Burma legislative election
9 November: Jordan legislative election
21 November: Burkina Faso presidential election
25 November: Tonga legislative election
26 November: Madagascar presidential election
28 November: Chad legislative election
28 November: Haiti presidential and legislative elections
3 January 2011: Niger presidential and legislative elections
23 January 2011: Central African Republic presidential and legislative elections

Elections in July 2010

	23 July: In the Burundi legislative election, supporters of President Pierre Nkurunziza have won 81 of the 106 seats in the National Assembly after most opposition parties boycotted the election. No figures are available.
	11 July: In the Japanese House of Councillors (upper house) election, the governing Democratic Party has lost ground to the opposition Liberal Democratic Party and its allies. National figures are available.
	4 July: In the second round of the Polish presidential election, the centrist candidate Bronislaw Komorowski has defdeated the right-wing candidate Jaroslaw Kaczynski, with 53% of the vote. National figures are available.

Elections in June 2010

	28 June: In the Burundi presidential election, President Pierre Nkurunziza has been re-elected unopposed afer the opposition boycotted the election. National figures are available.
	27 June: In the first round of the Guinea presidential election, the first free election in the country's history, former prime minister Cellou Dalein Diallo leads with 39% of the vote. He will contest a runoff against veteran opposition leader Alpha Condé on 1 August. National figures are available.
	20 June: In the second round of the Colombian presidential election, Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, candidate of outgoing President Uribe's Social Party of National Unity, has defeated the Green Party candidate Antanas Mockus by a wide margin. National figures are available.
	19 June: In the Nauru legislative election, the second in three months, all but one member of the non-party legislature have been re-elected. Constituency-level figures are available.
	13 June: In the Belgian legislative election, both the Flemish nationalists and the Socialists have made gains at the expense of the governing liberals of Prime Minister Yves Leterme. National figures are available.
	12 June: In the Slovak Republic legislative election, the governing Direction party of Prime Minister Robert Fico has improved its position in the legislature. National figures are available.
	9 June: In the Netherlands legislative election, the liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy has emerged as the largest party, and the centre-right has increased its overall majority. National figures are available.

Elections in May 2010

	29 May: In the Czech Republic legislative election, both the main parties, the conservative ODS and the Social Democrats, have lost seats to new right-wing populist parties. A right-wing coalition government is the likely outcome. District-level figures are available.
	25 May: In the Suriname legislative election, the Mega Combination party of former dictator and convicted drug dealer Dési Bouterse has emerged as the largest party. National figures are available.
	24 May: In the Trinidad and Tobago legislative election, the ruling People's National Movement pf Prime Minister Patrick Manning has been defeated by a coalition of opposition parties led by Kamla Persad-Bissessar, who will become the country's first female Prime Minister. Constituency-level figures and a map are available.
	23 May: In the Ethiopian legislative election, electoral authorities say that the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front has won all but two of the 546 seats in the House of Repesentatives. The opposition claims the election were rigged, and international observers say there were serious irregularities. Official results have not yet been released.
	16 May: In the Dominican Republic legislative election, the Dominican Liberation Party of President Leonel Fernandez has won majorities in both houses of the Congress. National and province-level figures are available.
	10 May: In the Philippines presidential election, Benigno Aquino III of the Philippines Liberal Party has been elected with 41% of the vote, defeating former President Joseph Estrada and other candidates. National figures are available.
	10 May: In the Philippines legislative election, the LAKAS-CMD party of outgoing President Gloria Arroyo has fallen just short of a majority in the House of Representatives. National, regional and constituency-level figures are available. This is the first time I've been able to present detailed figures from the Philippines.
	6 May: In the British legislative election, the Labour Party of Prime Minister Gordon Brown has lost its majority, but the Conservatives led by David Cameron have failed to win a majority. The Liberal Democrats and other minor parties hold the balance of power and will determine who can form a government. Constituency-level figures are available, plus maps.
	5 May: In the Mauritius legislative election, the governing coalition led by the Mauritius Labour Party under Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam has been returned to office with an increased majority. Constituency-level figures and a map are available.

Elections in April 2010

	25 April: In the Austrian presidential election, the incumbent Socialist president, Dr Heinz Fischer, has been re-elected with 79% of the vote, opposed only by minor party candidates. National figures are available.
	25 April: In the second round of the Hungarian legislative election, the conservative Alliance of Young Democrats led by Victor Orban has completed its crushing victory over the Socialist Party of Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai, winning an absolute majority of seats. Constituency-level figures are available, plus maps.
	24 April: In the Nauru legislative election, all members of the non-party legislature have been re-elected. Constituency-level figures are available.
	18 April: In the Northern Cyprus presidential election, Dervis Eroglu of the Party of National Unity has defeated the incumbent president Mehmet Ali Talat. Figures are available.
	11-15 April: In the Sudanese presidential election, President Omer Hassan Al-Bashir has been elected with 68% of the vote, according to official figures. Observers described the election as "not meeting international standards". National figures are available.
	10 April: In the Sri Lankan legislative election, the left-wing United People's Freedom Alliance of President Mahinda Rajapaksa has had a very big victory over the opposition United National Party. District-level figures are available.

Elections in March 2010

	20 March: In Australia, in the South Australian state election, the Labor government of Premier Mike Rann has been returned with an only slightly reduced majority, despite a large swing to the opposition Liberal party. Constituency-level figures are available.
	20 March: In Australia, in the Tasmanian state election, the Labor government of Premier David Bartlett has lost its majority, but will form a minority government with the support of the Greens. Constituency-level figures are available.
	14 March: In the Colombia legislative election, supporters of President Alvaro Uribe have won large majorities in both chambers of the National Congress. Department-level figures are available.
	7 March: In the Iraq legislative election, the Iraqi National Movement of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has won a narrow plurality of seats over Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's State of Law party. Negotiations with various minor parties will determine the composition of the new government. Governorate-level figures are available.
	4 March: In the Togo presidential election, President Faure Gnassingbe has been re-elected with 61% of the vote, defeating Jean-Pierre Fabre of the United Forces for Change. The opposition claims there has been electoral fraud, but observers from the European Union and the African Union say the election was conducted cleanly. Figures are available.

Elections in February 2010

	18 February: In Niger, a military coup has deposed President Mamadou Tandja. In 2009 Tandja suspended Niger's constitution because he wanted a third term as President. The military junta headed by Commander Salou Djibo says it wants to turn Niger into "an example of democracy and of good governance."
	7 February: In the Costa Rica presidential election, Laura Chinchilla of the governing National Liberation party has been elected, with 46% of the vote against a divided opposition. She becomes Costa Rica's first female President. Figures are available.
	7 February: In the second round of the Ukrainian presidential election, Viktor Yanukhovych of the Party of the Regions has defeated Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Figures are available.

Elections in January 2010

	26 January: In the Sri Lanka presidential election, President Mahinda Rajapakse of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party has been elected to a second term with 54% of the vote, defeating General Sarath Fonseka of the United National Party. Figures are available.
	25 January: In the St Kitts and Nevis legislative election, the St Kitts Nevis Labour Party of Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas has been re-elected with a reduced majority. Constituency-level figures and a map are available.
	17 January: In the second round of the Chilean presidential election, Sebastian Pinera of the conservative National Renovation party has defeated the Christian Democract Eduardo Frei with 51% of the vote. This is first time Chile has elected a right-wing president since 1958. Figures are available. Constituency-level figures for the Chamber of Deputies election held on the same day as the first round of the presidential election are also available.
	10 January: In the second round of the Croatian presidential election, the Social Democrat candidate, Ivo Josipovic, has defeated right-wing independent candidate Milan Bandic with 60% of the vote. The mainstream conservative candidate, Andrija Hebrang, was eliminated in the first round. Figures are available.

Elections in December 2009

	20 December: In the Comoros legislative election, supporters of President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi have won a comfortable majority in the National Assembly. Constituency-level figures are available.
	18 December: In the Dominica legislative election, the Dominica Labour Party government of Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has been re-elected with an increased majority. Constituency-level figures are available.
	6 December: In the Bolivian presidential election, President Evo Morales of the Movement for Socialism has been re-elected with 63% of the vote. Figures are available.
	6 December: In the second round of the Romanian presidential election, President Traian Basescu of the Democratic Liberal Party has very narrowly defeated Mircea Geoana of the Social Democratic Party. Geoana has not conceded defeat. Figures are available.

Elections in November 2009

	29 November: In the Equatorial Guinea presidential election, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema has been re-elected with an officially reported 95% of the vote. Equatorial Guinea is a dictatorship and no serious opposition to his candidacy was permitted. Figures are available.
	29 November: In the Honduras presidential election, Porfirio Lobo Sosa of the conservative National Party has been elected with 56% of the vote. Despite calls for a boycott from deposed president Jose Manuel Zelaya, turnout was only slightly down. In legislative elections held the same day, the National Party won a majority in the National Assembly. Department-level figures are available.
	29 October: In the second round of the Uruguay presidential election, the veteran left-winger José Alberto Mujica Cordano has defeated the conservative Luis Alberto Lacalle de Herrera with 54% of the vote. Figures are available.
	27 November: In the Namibian presidential election, President Hifikepunye Pohamba of the ruling SWAPO party has been re-elected with 75% of the vote. In legislative elections held on the same day, SWAPO has retained its large majority in the National Assembly. Figures are available.

Elections in October 2009

	28 October: In the Mozambique presidential election, President Armando Guebuza of the ruling FRELIMO party has been re-elected with 75% of the vote. Province-level figures are available.
	25 October: In the Tunisian presidential election, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has been re-elected with nearly 90% of the vote. No effective opposition to President Ben Ali's rule is allowed. Figures are available.
	16 October: In the Botswana legislative election, the ruling Botswana Democratic Party of President Ian Khama has been re-elected with an increased majority. Figures are available.
	9 October: The legislative elections in the Czech Republic, set for this date, have been postponed until June 2010 following a court decision that the process for setting the election date was invalid. An interim government will hold office until the elections.
	4 October: In the Greek legislative election, the left-wing PASOK party of George Papandreou has defeated the New Democracy government of Kostas Karamanlis. Papandreou's father and grandfather were also prime ministers of Greece. District-level figures and maps are available.

Elections in September 2009

	27 September: In the German legislative election, the Christian Democrat Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has been re-elected in a stronger position. She will be able to end the "grand coalition" with the Social Democrats, who suffered heavy losses, and form a coalition with the Free Democrats. Preliminary figures are available.
	27 September: In the Portuguese legislative election, the Socialist Prime Minister, José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, will be able to form a new government with the support of left-wing parties. Preliminary figures are available.
	20 September: In the Macau legislative election, pro-Beijing candidates have won a majority of the directly-elected seats, although pro-democracy groups made some gains. Figures are available.
	14 September: In the Norwegian legislative election, the left-centre coalition of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has been re-elected with a slightly reduced majority, despite polling substantially fewer votes than the conservative opposition parties. District-level figures are available.

Elections in August 2009

	30 August: In the Gabon presidential election, Ali Bongo Ondimba, son of the late President Omar Bongo, has been elected with 41% of the vote against a divided opposition. Figures are available.
	30 August: In the Japan legislative election, the opposition Democratic Party of Japan led by Yukio Hatoyama has achieved the greatest electoral victory in modern Japanese history, winning more than two-thirds of the seats and crushing the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Prime Minister Taro Aso. National, prefectural and constituency-level figures are available.
	20 August: In the Afghanistan presidential election, President Hamid Karzai has been re-elected with 54% of the vote, according to unofficial but apparently final figures. Most observers believe there was massive vote-rigging in the election. Figures are available.

Elections in July 2009

	29 July: In the Moldova legislative election, which follows the annullment of the election held in April, the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova, led by Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanii, has been defeated after eight years in power. Vlad Filat, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, is likely to become Prime Minister. Figures are available.
	23 July: In the Kyrgyz Republic presidential election, President Kurmanbek Bakiev has been elected with 76% of the vote. Figures are available.
	18 July: In the Mauritania presidential election, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz of the Union for the Republic has been elected with 52% of the vote. Figures are available.
	8 July: In the Republic of Congo presidential election, President Denis Sassou N'Guesso has been re-elected with 78% of the vote. Figures are available.
	8 July: In the Indonesia presidential election, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been re-elected with more than 60% of the vote, defeating former President Megawati Sukarnoputri and Vice-President Jusuf Kalla. Province-level figures are available.
	5 July: In the Bulgaria legislative election, the right-wing Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria led by Sofia Mayor Boyko Borisov has decisively defeated the Socialist government of Sergei Stanishev. Figures are available.
	5 July: In the Mexico legislative election, the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party has made major gains, at the expense both of President Felipe Calderon's National Action Party and of the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution. Figures are available.

Elections in June 2009

	28 June: In the Albania legislative election, the Democratic Party of Prime Minister Sali Berisha and its allies have won 70 seats, one short of a majority, but ahead of the Socialist Party of Edi Rama and its allies, who have 66. After the election a minor party, the Socialist Movement for Integration, which won four seats, announced that it would support a Democratic Party government, thus averting a political crisis. District-level figures and maps are available.
	28 June: In the Argentina legislative election, the Front for Victory of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has lost its majority in both houses of the Argentine Congress, although it remains the largest single party. State-level figures are available.
	28 June: In the Guinea-Bissau presidential election, Malam Bacai Sanha of the ruling PAIGC leads in the first round. A second round will be held on 26 July. Figures are available.
	12 June: In the Iran presidential election, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been re-elected with 62% of the vote, defeating the reformist candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi, according to official figures. The legitimacy of this result has been widely disputed inside and outside Iran. The official figures are available.
	7 June: In the Lebanon legislative election, the March 14 Alliance of parties supporting Sa'ad al-Hariri and Prime Minister Fouad Siniora has been returned with its majority unchanged, defdeating an anti-Western alliance led by Hizbollah. Constituency-level figures are available.
	4 June: In the European Union legislative election, the centre-right European People's Party has emerged at the largest party, gaining seats from the Party of European Socialists. Figures from all member states are available.
	6 June: In the Luxembourg legislative election, the conservative Christian Social People's Party government of Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker has been re-elected with an increased majority. Figures are available.
	2 June: In the Greenland legislative election, the left-wing Inuit Ataqatigiit (Inuit Together) has emerged as the largest party. Figures are available.

Elections in May 2009

	24 May: In the Mongolia presidential election, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj of the opposition Democratic Party has defeated the incumbent President, Nambariin Enkhbayar of the Mongol People's Revolutionary Party. Figures are available.
	19 May: In the Malawi presidential election, the incumbent president Bingu wa Mutharika has been re-elected with 66% of the vote. Figures are available. No figures are available yet for the parliamentary election held on the same day.
	17 May: In the Lithuania presidential election, the independent candidate Dalia Grybauskaite has been elected in the first round with a remarkable 69% of the vote. She will be Lithuania's first female head of state. Figures are available.
	16 May: In the Kuwait legislative election, four women have been elected to the National Assembly, for the first time in the country's history. Apparently liberal candidates generally have done well, but I have seen no figures giving party identities. Names and vote totals of elected candidates are available.
	16 April to 13 May: In the India legislative election, the Indian National Congress led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh won an increased number of seats, and will be able to form a new government with the support of various allies. Both the conservative BJP opposition and the parties of the Left Front suffered losses. National, state and constituency level figures are available.
	9 May: In the Maldives legislative election, the first multi-party legislative election ever held in the country, the Maldives Democratic Party of President Mohamed Nasheed and the Maldivian Peoples Party have won approximately equal numbers of seats, with the balance held by independents. Constituency-level figures and maps are available.
	3 May: In the Panama presidential election, Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal of the conservative Democratic Change coalition has been elected with 60% of the vote. In the legislative election held on the same day, Martinelli's supporters have won a majority in the National Assembly. District-level figures are available.

Elections in April 2009

	26 April: In the Ecuador presidential election, left-wing incumbent President Rafael Correa Delgado has been re-elected with 52% of the vote. Province-level figures are available.
	26 April: In the Andorra legislative election, the Social Democrats led by Jaume Bartumeu Cassany have defeated the incumbent Liberals. Parish-level figures are available.
	25 April: In the Iceland legislative election, the left-wing coalition of the social democratic Alliance and the Left-Green Movement, led by Johanna Sigurdardottir has defeated the incumbent conservatives. Constituency-level figures and a constituency map are available.
	22 April: In the South Africa legislative election, the ruling African National Congress has won a large majority in the National Assembly, ensuring that Jacob Zuma will be elected President. The ANC has failed, however, to retain its two-thirds majority in the Assembly. Figures are available.
	19 April: In the Haiti Senate election, very few voters have taken part following the barring of candidates of the Lavalas Party of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. No figures are available.
	19 April: In the Northern Cyprus legislative election, the opposition Party of National Unity has had a victory over the governing Republican Turkish Party. Figures are available.
	9 April: In the Algeria presidential election, Abdelaziz Bouteflika of the ruling Front for National Liberation has been elected for a third term with 90% of the vote against only token opposition. Figures are available.
	9 April: In the Indonesia legislative election, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democrat Party and Vice-President Jusuf Kalla's Golkar party have polled about 35% of the vote between them, but but have not won a majority of seats. Constituency-level figures are available.
	5 April: In the second round of the Macedonia presidential election, Gjorgje Ivanov of the conservative party VMRO?DPMNE has defeated the Social Democrat Ljubomir Frckoski with 63% of the vote. Figures are available.
	5 April: In the Moldova legislative election, the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova, led by Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanii, has won an increased majority in the national Parliament. Figures are available. (These elections have since been annulled. See July 2009.)
	4 April: In the second round of the Slovakia presidential election, incumbent Social Democratic president Ivan Gasparovic has defeated Iveta Radicova of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union, with 55% of the vote. Figures are available.

Elections in March 2009

	29 March: In the Montenegro legislative election, the governing European Montenegro party of Prime Minister Milo Dukanovic has been returned with an increased majority. Figures are available.
	21 March: In Australia, in the Queensland state election, the Australian Labor Party government of Premier Anna Bligh has been re-elected with a reduced majority. Bligh is the first woman to be elected premier of an Australian state. Constituency-level figures and maps are available.
	15 March: In the El Salvador presidential election, Mauricio Funes of the left-wing FMLN has defeated Rodrigo Ávila of the ruling right-wing ARENA: the first time the left has won an election in El Salvador since the restoration of democracy in 1980.
	12 March: In the Antigua and Barbuda legislative election, the governing United Progressive Party of Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer has been returned to office with a reduced majority. Constituency-level figures and a map are available. I have also added constituency-level results for the 2004 election.

Elections in February 2009

	10 February: In the Israel legislative election, the governing centrist Kadima party led by Tzipi Livni has won the largest number of seats in the Knesset, closely followed by the right-wing Likud party of Binyamin Netanyahu. Overall, rightist parties have a majority of seats, but the formation of a new government will depend on negotiations among the parties. Figures are available.
	8 February: In the Liechtenstein legislative election, the governing coalition of the Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP) and the Fatherland Union (VU) has won all but one of the 25 seats in the Landtag, but the VU has displaced the FBP as the leading party. The new Prime Minister will be the VU's Klaus Tschütscher. Figures are available.

Elections in January 2009

	18 January: In the El Salvador legislative election, the governing ARENA party has lost seats in the National Assembly, although the opposition Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front has not gained a majority. Department-level figures and maps are available.
	18 January: In Germany, in the Hessen state legislative election, the governing CDU-FDP centre-right coalition has been returned to office with an increased majority. The opposition SPD polled its lowest vote in the state in the postwar period. Figures are available.

Elections in December 2008

	28 December: In the second round of the Ghana presidential election, John Atta-Mills of the opposition National Democratic Congress has defeated Nana A D Akufo-Addo of the governing New Patriotic Party. Figures are available.
	18 December: In the Bangladesh legislative election, the first for seven years, the Awami League of Sheikh Hasina Wazed and its allies have won an overwhelming victory, defeating the Bangladesh Nationalist Party of Khaleda Zia. National, regional and constituency-level figures are available.
	14 December: In the Turkmenistan legislative election, members of the ruling Democratic Party of Turkmenistan and other supporters of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov have won all 125 seats in the Turkmenistan Mejlis. Human Rights Watch commented: "The conditions are not in place to hold a free and fair election that would be a meaningful reflection of the will of the people." No figures are available.
	7 December: In the Ghana legislative election, the opposition National Democratic Congress has gained a one-seat majority, defeating the governing New Patriotic Party. National, regional and constituency-level figures are available.

Elections in November 2008

	30 November: In the Romanian legislative election, the Democratic-Liberal Party and an alliance led by the Social Democratic Party have won an almost equal number of seats, with minor parties having the balance of power. County-level figures are available.
	16 November: In the Guinea-Bissau legislative election, the ruling African Independence Party of Guinea and Cape Verde has won a comfortable majority in the National People's Assembly. Figures are available.
	7 November: In the New Zealand legislative election, the National party led by John Key has defeated the Labour Party government of Prime Minister Helen Clark. Constituency-level figures are available.
	4 November: In the Palau presidential election, Johnson Toribiong has defeated Elias Chin in a non-partisan contest. Figures are available.
	4 November: In the Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, Luis Fortuño of the New Progressive Party has defeated incumbent Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vil?of the Popular Democratic Party. Figures are available.
	4 November: In the United States of America presidential election, the Democratic Party candidate, Senator Barack H Obama of Illinois, has defeated the Republican Party candidate, Senator John S McCain of Arizona, with 52.4% of the popular vote and 365 Electoral College votes. State-level figures and a map are available.
	4 November: In the United States of America legislative election, the Democratic Party has won increased majorities in the Senate and the House of Representatives. Full Senate and House of Representatives figures are available.

Elections in October 2008

	30 October: In the Zambia presidential election, Rupiah Banda of the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy has been elected with 40% of the vote, defeating three other candidates. Figures are available.
	29 October: In the second round of the Maldives presidential election, the country's first free presidential election, President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who has been in power for 30 years, has been defeated by Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives Democratic Party. Figures are available.
	24 October: In the Czech Republic Senate election, the opposition Social Democrats and Communists have won 24 of the 27 seats up for election, weakening the coalition government of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek. Figures and maps are available.
	24 October: In the Lithuanian legislative election, held in two rounds on 12 and 24 October, the governing Social Democrats appear to have been defeated by a coalition of conservative parties. Figures are available.
	18 October: In Australia, in the Australian Capital Territory legislative election, the Australian Labor Party led by Jon Stanhope has lost its majority in the Legislative Assembly and will be dependent on the Greens to form a new government. Figures are available.
	15 October: In the Azerbaijan presidential election, President Ilham Aliyev has been re-elected with 88% of the vote. International observers have described the election as not free and fair. Figures are available.
	14 October: In the Canadian legislative election, the governing Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, has improved its position in the House of Commons, but failed to win an overall majority. Constituency-level figures and maps are available.
	8 October: In the Slovenia legislative election, the governing Slovenian Democratic Party of Prime Minister Janez Jansa hasd been defeated by a coalition led by the Social Democrat leader Borut Pahor. Figures are available.

Elections in September 2008

	28 September: In the Austrian legislative election, the governing coalition of the Social Democrats and the People's Party has been re-elected, but has suffered heavy losses to the Freedom Party and the Alliance for the Future of Austria. Figures are available.
	15 September: In the Rwanda legislative election, the ruling Rwanda Patriotic Front has won a large majority of votes and seats. Figures are available.
	7 September: In the Hong Kong SAR legislative election, pro- and anti-Beijing parties have won approximately equal numbers of votes and seats. Constituency-level figures and a map are available.
	6 September: In Australia, in the Western Australia state election, the Liberal Party led by Colin Barnett has defeated the Australian Labor Party government of Premier Alan Carpenter, ending Labor's six-year monopoly of Australia's state and territory governments. Figures and a map are available.
	5 September: In the Angola legislative election, the first for 16 years, the ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola has won a large majority of votes and seats. Figures and a map are available.

Elections in August 2008

10 August: In Australia, in the Northern Territory election, the Australian Labor Party government of Chief Minister Paul Henderson has been returned with a reduced majority. Figures are available.

Elections in July 2008

	27 July: In the Cambodia legislative election, the governing Cambodian People's Party of Prime Minister Hun Sen has been re-elected with an increased majority. Figures are available.
	8 July: In the Grenada legislative election, the governing New National Party of Prime Minister Keith Mitchell has been defeated by the National Democratic Congress led by Tillman Thomas. Constituency-level figures are available.

Elections in June 2008

	29 June: In the Mongolia legislative election, the governing Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party has retained its majority in the legislature, the Great People's Khural. No figures are yet available.
	28 June: In the Iceland presidential election, the incumbent president, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, has been re-elected unopposed.
	27 June: in the second round of the Zimbabwe presidential elections, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has withdrawn, leaving President Robert Mugabe to be elected unopposed, but lacking any electoral legitimacy.
	1 June: In the Macedonia legislative election, the conservative- nationalist coalition led by Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has been re-elected with an increased majority. Figures are available.

Elections in May 2008

	21 May: In the Georgia legislative election, the United National Movement of President Mikheil Saakashvili has retained control of the legislature with a reduced but still large majority. Figures are available.
	16 May: In the Dominican Republic presidential election, the incumbent President Leonel Antonio Fernández Reyna of the Dominican Liberation Party has been re-elected with 53% of the vote. Figures are available.
	11 May: In the Serbia legislative election, the pro-Western and pro-reform parties, led by Boris Tadic's party For European Serbia, have won an increased majority over the anti-Western parties. Figures are available.

Elections in April 2008

	26 April: In the Nauru legislative election, a new legislature has been elected on a non-party basis. Constituency-level figures are available.
	24 April: In the Tonga legislative election, candidates favouring a fully democratic system have again won a majority of elected seats in the legislature, but will still be outnumbered by members representing the aristocracy or appointed by the king. Figures are available.
	20 April: in the Paraguay presidential election, the leftist candidate Fernando Lugo has defeated the conservative Blanca Ovelar, ending 60 years of conservative rule. Figures are available. In the legislative election on the same day parties supportive of President-elect Lugo have won majorities in both houses of the Congress.
	13 and 14 April: in the Italian legislative election, the conservative People of Liberty party of Silvio Berlusconi will be able to form a government with the support of the regionalist Northern League, defeating the new centre-left Democratic Party led by Walter Veltroni. For the first time since World War II, there will be no communists in the Italian parliament. Figures are available.
	10 April: in the Nepal constituent assembly election, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) has won the most seats. District and constituency-level figures are available.
	9 April: in the Republic of Korea legislative election, the conservative Grand National Party of President Lee Myung-bak has won a narrow overall majority, and is likely to have the support of several minor parties. Unofficial figures are available.
	6 April: in the Montenegro presidential election, the incumbent president, Filip Vujanovic of the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro, has been re-elected with 51% of the vote. Figures are available.

Elections in March 2008

	29 March: in the Zimbabwe legislative elections, President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF has lost its majority of elected members in the national legislature, to a combination of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and minor parties. Figures are available.
	22 March: in the Bhutan legislative election, the country's first ever election, the Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party has won a large majority of votes and seats. Constituency-level figures are available.
	22 March: in the Taiwan presidential election, Ma Ying-jeou of the conservative Nationalist Party has defeated Hsieh Chang-ting of the Democratic Progressive Party. Figures are available.
	14 March: in the Iranian legislative election, supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are reported to have won a large majority. The elections are generally regarded as rigged, with no parties allowed and most anti-government candidates being barred. No figures have been published.
	9 March: in the Spanish legislative election, the Socialist government of Prime Minister Jos?Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has been returned to office with its majority intact. Circumscription-level figures are available.
	8 March: in the Malaysia legislative election, the governing National Front of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi been returned to office with a sharply reduced majority, its worst result since 1969. National, state and constituency-level figures are available.
	8 March: in the Malta legislative election, the Maltese Labour Party has won the election in terms of seats gained. But because the Maltese constitution stipulates that the party gaining a plurality of votes must win a majority of seats, and because the Nationalists polled about 1,500 more votes than Labour (though not a majority), extra seats will be allocated to the Nationalists to give them an artificial majority. Figures are available.
	2 March: in the Russian presidential election, Dmitrii Medvedev, the candidate backed by outgoing President Vladimir Putin, has been elected with 70% of the vote. The elections were generally regarded as fraudulent. Since it is this archive's view that Russia is no longer a democracy, only a national summary is provided.

Elections in February 2008

	24 February: in the second round of the Cyprus presidential election, the communist Dimitris Christofias has defeated the conservative Ioannis Kasoulidis, becoming the first communist ever to win a free national election in an EU country. Figures are available.
	19 February: in the Armenian presidential election, Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan of the Republican Party has defeated former president Levon Ter-Petrossian. Figures are available.
	18 February: in the Pakistan legislative election, the PML(Q) party of President Pervez Musharraf has been heavily defeated. The Pakistan People's Party is the largest party, and will be able to form a coalition government. National, provincial and constituency-level figures, plus constituency maps, are available.
	7 February: in the Belize legislative election, the opposition United Democratic Party led by Dean Barrow has defeated the governing People's United Party led by Said Musa. Constituency-level figures are available.
	3 February: in the second round of the Serbian presidential election, the incumbent president, Boris Tadic of the Democratic Party, has narrowly defeated Tomislav Nikolic of the Radical Party. Figures are available.

Elections in January 2008

	15 January: in the Barbados legislative election, the opposition Democratic Labour Party of David Thompson has defeated the Barbados Labour Party government led by Owen Arthur. Constituency-level figures and a map are available.
	12 January: in the Republic of China (Taiwan) legislative election, the opposition Nationalist Party (KMT) has had a landslide victory over the Democratic Progressive Party of President Chen Shui-bian. Constituency-level figures and maps are available.
	5 January: in the Georgia presidential election, incumbent President Mikheil Saakashvili has a small overall lead with counting incomplete. Updated figures are available.

Elections in December 2007

	27 December: in the Kenya presidential election, incumbent President Mwai Kibaki is claiming a narrow victory over the opposition candidate, Raila Odinga. The result is being disputed. What appear to be official figures are available.
	23 December: in the Thailand legislative election, the People's Power Party of Samak Sundaravej has won the largest number of seats but has not won a majority. Figures and maps are available.
	19 December: in the Republic of Korea presidential election, Lee Myung-bak of the conservative Grand National Party has been elected with 48% of vote, defeating Chung Dong-young of the United New Democratic Party with 26%. Province-level figures and maps are available.
	2 December: in the Russian legislative election, United Russia, the party backed by President Vladimir Putin, has won a large majority of votes and seats. The elections were generally regarded as fraudulent. Since it is this archive's view that Russia is no longer a democracy, only a national summary is provided.

Elections in November 2007

	24 November: in the Australian legislative election the Australian Labor Party led by Kevin Rudd has defeated the Coalition government of Prime Minister John Howard. Preliminary figures are available. My comprehensive pre-election guide remains available here.
	20 November: in the Jordanian legislative election, most elected candidates as always are nominal independents and supporters of the government. District-level figures are available.
	17 November: in the Croatian legislative election, the Croatian Democratic Community (HDZ) of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader has been re-elected, although the opposition Social Democrats have made the biggest gains. District-level figures are available.
	17 November: in the Kosovo legislative election, the Albanian-nationalist Democratic Party of Kosovo led by Hashim Thaci has won the largest number of seats. Figures are available.
	13 November: in the Danish legislative election, the liberal-conservative coalition government of Anders Fogh Rasmussen has been returned with a reduced majority. District-level figures are available.
	11 November: in the second round of the Slovenian presidential election, Dr Danilo Türk, the candidate supported by the Slovenian Social Democratic Party, has been elected. Figures are available.
	5 November: in the Trinidad and Tobago legislative election, the People's National Movement of Prime Minister Patrick Manning has been returned with an increased majority. Constituency-level figures are available.
	4 November: in the second round of the Guatemala presidential election, Alvaro Colom Caballeros of the National Unity of Hope has defeated Otto Fernando Perez Molina of the Patriotic Party. Figures are available.

Elections in October 2007

	28 October: in the Argentinian presidential election, the Peronist candidate Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, wife of the outgoing president, has been elected on the first round. Figures are available. Figures are also available for the Chamber of Deputies and Senate elections held on the same day.
	21 October: in the Polish legislative election, the liberal Citizens' Platform party led by Donald Tusk has defeated Jaroslaw Kaczynski's conservative government. District-level figures are available.
	21 October: in the Swiss legislative election, the right-wing Swiss People's Party has strengthened its position within the four-party governing coalition. Canton-level figures are available.
	14 October: in the Togo legislative election, President Faure Gnassingb?s Rally for the Togolese People has won a majority. Prefecture-level figures are available.

Elections in September 2007

	30 September: in the Ecuador Constituent Assembly election, supporters of President Rafael Correa Delgado have won a large majority. Figures are available.
	30 September: in the Ukrainian legislative election, supporters of President Viktor Yushchenko and former Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko have won a majority. Regional-level figures are available.
	16 September: in the Greek legislative election the New Democracy government of Costas Karamanlis has been re-elected with a reduced majority. District-level figures and maps are available.
	9 September: in the Guatemala legislative election, the social-democratic National Unity of Hope (UNE) has won the largest number of seats. Figures are available.
	8 September: in the second round of the Sierra Leone presidential election, Ernest Bai Koroma of the All People's Congress has been elected with 54% of the vote. Figures are available.
	7 September: in the Moroccan legislative election, the Independence Party of Abbas El Fassi has energed as the largest party. Circumscription-level figures are available.
	3 September: in the Jamaica legislative election, the Jamaica Labour Party of Bruce Golding has defeated the incumbent People's National party government, which had been in power for 18 years. Constituency-level figures are available.

Elections in August 2007

11 August: in the Sierra Leone legislative election, the All People's Congress has won the largest number of seats. Constituency-level figures are available.

Elections in July 2007

	30 June to 10 July: Counting in the Papua New Guinea legislative election is still not concluded, but I have given up waiting and have posted the constituency figures as they stand.
	29 July: In the Japanese upper house legislative election, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has suffered heavy losses to the opposition Democratic Party. Prefecture-level figures are available.
	22 July: In the Turkish legislative election, the ruling Justice and Development Party of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been re-elected with a greatly increased vote and comfortable majority. Constituency-level figures are available.

Elections in June 2007

	30 June: In the East Timor legislative election, FRETILIN and CNRT have emerged as the largest parties, but neither has won a majority of seats. Figures are available.
	24 June: The Togo legislative election scheduled for this date has been postponed indefinitely.
	17 June: In the second round of the French legislative election, supporters of President Nicholas Sarkozy have won a comfortable majority in the National Assembly, but the Socialist opposition has polled better than was expected after the first round. Constituency-level figures and maps are now available.
	10 June: In the Belgian legislative election, the liberal-socialist government of Guy Verhofstadt has resigned after losing ground to the opposition Christian Democrats. Constituency-level figures are available.
	3 June: In the Senegal legislative election, the party of President Abdoulaye Wade has won almost all the seats after the opposition parties boycotted the election. Figures are available.

Elections in May 2007

	24 May: In the Irish legislative election, the Fianna Fail-led government of Prime Minister Bertie Ahern has been returned, although the Opposition Fine Gael party made the biggest gains. Constituency-level figures are available.
	17 May: In the Algerian legislative election, the ruling National Liberation Front has lost its overall majority in the National Assembly but remains the largest party. As in 2002, the election was marked by very low turnout. Figures are available.
	14 May: In the Philippines legislative election, parties opposed to President Gloria Arroyo have won nine out of twelve Senate seats contested. Figures are available. As usual, no figures are available for the House of Representatives elections.
	12 May: In the Armenian legislative election, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia and its allies have been returned with an increased majority, in elections generally held to be fair. Figures are available.
	12 May: In the Iceland legislative election, the coalition government of Prime Minister Geir Haarde has been returned with a reduced majority. Constituency-level figures are available.
	10 May: In the Seychelles legislative election, the ruling Seychelles People Progressive Front has been returned with an unchanged majority. Figures are available.
	8 May: In the second round of the East Timor presidential election, Jose Ramos Horta, the current Prime Minister, has defeated Francisco Guterres of FRETILIN with 69% of the vote. Figures are available.
	6 May: In the Burkina Faso legislative election, the ruling Congress for Democracy and Progress has retained control of the National Assembly. Figures are available.
	6 May: In the second round of the French presidential election, Nicholas Sarkozy of the Union for a Popular Movement has won with 53% of the vote, defeating the Socialist Party's Ségolène Royal. Department-level figures and maps are now available.
	4 May: In the Bahamas legislative election, the Free National Movement of Hubert Ingraham has defeated the incumbent Progressive Liberal Party government. Constituency-level figures are available.
	3 May: In Britain, in the Scottish regional legislative election, the Scottish National Party of Alex Salmond has emerged as the largest party. Constituency-level figures are available.
	3 May: In Britain, in the Welsh regional legislative election, the Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition government has been returned with a reduced majority. Constituency-level figures are available.

Elections in April 2007

	29 April: In the Mali presidential election, President Amadou Toumani Tour?has been re-elected with 71% of the vote. Figures are available.
	21 April: In the Nigerian presidential election, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua of the ruling People's Democratic Party has been elected with 69% of the vote. Figures are available.

Elections in March 2007

	25 March: In the second round of the Mauritania presidential election, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi has been elected with 53% of the vote. Figures are available.
	24 March: In Australia, in the New South Wales state election, the Australian Labor Party government of Premier Morris Iemma has been returned with a slightly reduced majority. Figures are available.
	18 March: In the Finnish legislative election, the conservative National Rally party and the Greens have made gains at the expense of the Centre Party and the Social Democrats. The National Rally and the Centre Party are expected to form a new centre-right government. District-level figures and maps are available.
	4 March: In the Estonian legislative election, the free market Reform Party of Prime Minister Andrus Ansip made major gains, and will form a new three-party coalition government. Figures are available.

Elections in February 2007

	25 February: In the Senegal presidential election, President Abdoulaye Wade has been re-elected with 56% of the vote. Figures are available.
	11 February: In the Turkmenistan presidential election, Acting President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has been elected President with 89% of the vote. Only members of the ruling party were allowed to stand. OSCE observers described the election as "absolutely not free and fair." Figures are available.

Elections in January 2007

	25 January: In the Gambia legislative election, President Yahya Jammeh's Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction has won a large majority. Figures are available.
	21 January: In the Serbia legislative election, The four pro-Western and pro-reform parties, led by Boris Tadic's Democratic Party, have won a clear majority over the anti-Western Radicals and Socialists. Figures are available.

Elections in December 2006

	11 December: In the St Lucia legislative election, The conservative United Workers Party led by Sir John Compton (who was first PM of St Lucia in 1964) has defeated the incumbent St Lucia Labour Party government. Figures are available.
	3 December: In the Madagascar presidential election, President Marc Ravalomanana has been re-elected with 55% of the vote. Figures are available.
	3 December: In the Venezuelan presidential election, the left-wing President Hugo Chavez Friaz has been re-elected with 62% of the vote, defeating the opposition candidate Manuel Antonio Rosales Guerrero. Figures are available.

Elections in November 2006

	26 November: In the second round of the Ecuadorian presidential election, the left-wing candidate Rafael Correa has defeated the liberal candidate Alvaro Noboa, polling 56.7% of the vote. Updated figures are available. Updated figures for the 15 October legislative election are also available.
	25 November: In Australia, in the Victorian state election, the Australian Labor Party government of Steve Bracks has been re-elected with a slightly reduced majority. Figures are available.
	22 November: In the Netherlands legislative election, the conservative Christian Democrats of Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende have retained their position as the largest party, but will face difficult negotiations to form a majority coalition government. Figures are available.
	7 November: In the United States legislative election, the opposition Democratic Party has gained control of both houses of the Congress from the Republican Party of President George W. Bush. Final figures for the Senate and House, plus updated maps of House districts, are now available.
	5 November: In the Nicaragua presidential election, former President Daniel Ortega of the Sandinist National Liberation Front has returned to office after polling 38% of the vote in a five-candidate race. Figures are available.

Elections in October 2006

	29 October: In the second round of the Brazilian presidential election, incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been re-elected with 60% of the vote. Figures are available.
	29 October: In the second round of the Bulgarian presidential election, the incumbent Socialist candidate Georgy Parvanov has been re-elected with 76% of the vote. Figures are available.
	29 October: In the second round of the Democratic Republic of Congo presidential election, President Joseph Kabila has been re-elected with 58% the vote, defeating Vice-President Jean Pierre Bemba with 42%. Figures are available.
	7 October: In the Latvian legislative election, the governing coalition of Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis has returned to office. Figures are available.
	1 October: In the Austrian legislative election, the incumbent Austrian People's Party government of Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel his lost its majority, but the opposition Social Democrats led by Alfred Gusenbauer also lack a majority. A "grand coalition" between the two parties is a possible outcome. State-level figures are available.
	1 October: In the Bosnia and Herzegovia presidential election, the three ethnic communities, Bosniaks, Croatians and Serbs, have elected members of the collective presidency. Social Democrats have won two of the three positions. Figures are available.
	1 October: In the Brazilian legislative election, parties opposed to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have won a majority of seats in the Senate and improved their position in the Chamber of Deputies. State-level figures are available.

Elections in September 2006

	28 September: In the Zambian presidential election, President Levy P Mwanawasa of the Movement for Multi-party Democracy has been re-elected with 43% of the vote over Michael C Sata of the Patriotic Front and Hakainde Hichilema of the United Democratic Alliance. Figures are available.
	24 September: In the Gambia presidential election, President Yahyah Jammeh has been re-elected with 67% of the vote. Figures are available.
	23 September: In the Yemen presidential election, President Ali 'Abdullah Salih has been re-elected with 77% of the vote. Figures are available.
	17 September: In Germany, in the Berlin and Mecklenberg state elections, the Social Democrats have retained government in both states. Figures are available.
	17 September: In the Swedish legislative election, the centre-right coalition led by Fredrik Reinfeldt of the Moderate Party has won a majority over the Social Democrats. District-level figures and maps are available.
	10 September: In the Montenegro legislative election, the country's first since becoming independent, the Coalition for European Montenegro of Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic has won a majority. Figures are available.
	9 September: In Australia, in the Queensland state election, the Australian Labor Party government of Peter Beattie has been re-elected with a slightly reduced majority. Preliminary constituency-level figures are available.

Elections in August 2006

	28 August: In the Guyana legislative election, the ruling People's Progressive Party has been re-elected with an increased majority and 54% of the vote. Figures are available.
	3 August: In the Tuvalu legislative election, a new legislature has been elected on a non-party basis. Figures are available.

Elections in July 2006

	30 July: In the Democratic Republic of Congo presidential election, the first free election in the country since 1960, President Joseph Kabila has polled 44.8% of the vote, while his nearest rival, Vice-President Jean Pierre Bemba, has polled 20%. A run off will be held in October. Figures are available. Figures are also available for the legislative election held on the same day.
	30 July: In the Sao Tome and Principe presidential election, President Fradique De Menzes of the Independent Democratic Action party has been re-elected with 60% of the vote. Figures are available.
	28 July: In the Seychelles presidential election, President James Michel of the Progressive Front of the Seychelles People has been re-elected with 54% of the vote. Figures are available.
	5 July: In the Macedonia legislative election, the conservative nationalist VMRO-DPMNE coalition of Nikola Gruevski has defeated the incumbent Social Democratic government. District-level figures and maps are available.

Elections in June 2006

	2 July: In the Mexican presidential election, the conservative Felipe de Jesus Calderon Hinojosa of the National Action Party has narrowly defeated the leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the Party of the Democratic Revolution. Final figures are available. Figures for the Senate and Chamber of Deputies elections held on the same day are also available.
	17 June: In the Slovakia legislative election, the centre-left Direction party of Robert Fico has emerged as the largest party. Figures are available.
	5 June: In the second round of the Peruvian presidential election, former President Alan García Pérez has defeated Ollanta Humala Tasso with 54% of the vote. Figures are available. District-level figures for the legislative elections held on the same day are also available.
	4 June: In the San Marino legislative election, the Christian Democrats have won the largest number of seats. Figures are available.
	2 and 3 June: In the Czech Republic legislative election, the conservative Civic Democratic Union and its allies have won exactly half the seats, while the ruling Social Democrats and the Communists have retained the other half, creating a deadlock. Figures are available.

Elections in May 2006

	28 May: In the Colombia presidential election, Conservative President Alvaro Uribe has been elected to a second term with 62% of the vote. Figures are available.
	21 May: In the Cyprus legislative election, supporters of President Tassos Papadopoulos have won a majority in the legislature. Figures are available.
	16 May: In the second round of the Comoros presidential election, Ahmed Abdallah Sambi has been elected with 58% of the vote. Figures are available.
	16 May: In the Dominican Republic legislative election, the Party of Dominican Liberation of President Leonel Fernández Reyna has won majorities in both chambers. Figures are available.
	6 May: In the Fiji Islands legislative election, the governing Fiji United Party, which represents ethnic Fijians, has been returned with a narrow majority over the Fiji Labor Party, which is dominated by ethnic Indians. Figures are available.
	6 May: In the Singapore legislative election, the governing People's Action Party has been re-elected with its majority intact but some decline in its level of support. Figures are available.
	3 May: In the Chad presidential election, President Idriss Deby has been re-elected with 64% of the vote. Figures are available.

Elections in April 2006

	23 April: In the second round of the Hungarian legislative election, the governing Hungarian Socialist Party and its allies have defeated the opposition Alliance of Free Democrats. Figures are available.
	9 April: In the Italian legislative election, the centre-left Olive Tree coalition has won a very narrow victory over the incumbent rightist House of Freedom coaliion of Silvio Berlusconi. Figures and maps are available.
	5 April: In the Solomon Islands legislative election, the Prime Minister, Sir Allen Kemakeza, has resigned following the loss of many seats. Figures are available.
	2 April: Following the Thailand legislative election, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has resigned, despite the fact that his Thais Love Thais party won 61% of valid votes and an overwhelming majority of seats, following a boycott by the opposition parties. Preliminary figures are available.

Elections in March 2006

	31 March: In the Samoa legislative election, the governing Human Rights Protection Party has won an increased majority. Constituency-level figures are available.
	28 March: In the Israel legislative election, Acting Prime Minister's Ehud Olmert's Kadima Party has won enough seats to be able to form a centre-left coalition government with Labour and other parties. Figures are available.
	26 March: In the Ukraine legislative election, supporters of opposition leaders Viktor Yanukovitch and Julia Timoshenko have made major gains, mainly at the expense of the Communists but also at the expense of supporters of President Viktor Yushchenko. Figures are available.
	26 March: In the São Tom?and Príncipe legislative election, the Democratic Movement of the Forces for Change has won a majority of seats. Figures are available.
	19 March: In the Belarus presidential election, President Aleksandr Lukashenko has been re-elected with an officially reported 87% of the vote. Figures are available.
	19 March: In the second round of the Benin presidential election, independent candidate Boni Yayi has been elected with 74% of the vote. Figures are available.
	12 March: In the South Australian and Tasmanian state elections, Australian Labor Party governments have been easily re-elected. Preliminary figures are available.
	12 March: In the Colombia legislative election, supporters of President Álvaro Uribe have retained control of both houses of the Congress. Figures are available.
	12 March: In the El Salvador legislative election, the conservative ARENA party and its allies have retained control of the Legislative Assembly. Figures are available.

Elections in February 2006

	23 February: In the Uganda presidential election, President Yoweri Museveni of the National Resistance Movement has been re-elected with 59% of the vote. Figures are available.
	12 February: In the Cape Verde presidential election, President Pedro Verona Rodrigues Pires of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde has been re-elected with 51% of the vote. Figures are available.
	6 February: In the Haiti presidential election, Rene Preval of the radical Lespwa (Hope) coalition has been declared the winner with 51% of the vote. Final figures are available. Figures are also available for the Senate election held on the same day.
	5 February: In the Costa Rica presidential election, Oscar Arias Sanchez of the National Liberation party holds a narrow lead over Otton Solis Fallas of the Citizen Action party. Figures are available. Figures from the legislative elections held on the same day are also available.

Elections in January 2006

	29 January: In the second round of the Finnish presidential election, incumbent Social Democratic President Tarja Halonen has defeated Sauli Niinisto of the National Rally with 51% of the vote. Figures are available.
	25 January: In the Palestinian Territories legislative election, the Islamist party Change and Reform (Hamas) has defeated the incumbent Fatah Movement government. Figures are available.
	23 January: In the Canadian legislative election, the Conservative Party led by Stephen Harper will form a minority government following the defeat of Paul Martin's Liberal government. Figures are available.
	22 January: In the Cape Verde legislative election, the governing African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde has been re-elected with an increased majority. Figures are available.
	22 January: In the Portuguese presidential election, Anibal Cavaco Silva of the conservative Social Democratic Party has defeated former President Mario Soares. Figures are available.
	18 January: In the second round of the Chilean presidential election, Michelle Bachelet of the centre-left Democratic Coalition has defeated Sebastián Piñera of the conservative National Renewal. Figures are available.

Elections in December 2005

	18 December: In the Bolivian presidential election, Evo Morales of the left-wing Movement for Socialism has been elected with 54% of the votes. Figures are available.
	18 December: In the Bolivian legislative election, the left-wing Movement for Socialism has won the largest number of seats. Constituency-level figures are available.
	15 December: In the Iraqi legislative election, the Shia-led Unified Iraqi Coalition has fallen just short of winning a majority of seats. Governorate-level figures are available.
	14 December: In the Tanzanian presidential election, Jakaya Kikwete of the ruling Revolutionary State Party has been elected with 80% of the vote. Figures are available. The ruling party has also won almost all the seats in the National Assembly.
	11 December: In the Chilean legislative election, the ruling Democratic Concertation of centre-left parties has retained control of both houses of the Congress. District-level figures are available.
	7 December: In the St Vincent and the Grenadines legislative election, the governing United Labour Party has been comfortably re-elected. Constituency-level figures are available.
	4 December: In the Kazakhstan presidential election, president Nursultan Nazarbayev has been re-elected with 91% of the vote, in elections not regarded as free or fair. Figures are available.
	4 December: In the Venezuelan legislative election, parties supporting President Hugo Chavez have won all the seats as a result of an opposition boycott. District-level figures are available.

Elections in November 2005

	27 November: In the Gabon presidential election, El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba has been re-elected with 79% of the vote. Figures are available.
	27 November: In the Honduras presidential election, Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales of the Liberal Party of Honduras has been elected with just under 50% of the vote. Figures are available.
	26 November: In the Zimbabwe Senate election, the ruling ZANU-PF has won most of the seats, since the election was boycotted by the opposition. Constituency-level figures are available.
	22 November: In the Greenland legislative election, the Foward party has won the most seats, though not a majority. Figures are available.
	17 November: In the Sri Lanka presidential election, Mahinda Rajapaksa of the left-wing United Peoples Freedom Alliance has been elected with 50% of the vote. Figures are available.
	13 November: In the Burkina Faso presidential election, president Blaise Compaore has been re-elected with 80% of the vote. Figures are available.
	9 November: In the second round of the Liberian presidential election, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of the Unity Party has been elected with 59% of the vote. She is the first woman to be elected president of an African country. Figures are available. Constituency-level figures are also available for the legislative election held on the same day.

Elections in October 2005

	23 October: In the Argentine legislative election, the Peronist Front for Victory has won the most seats in both chambers of the Congress. Figures are available.
	23 October: In the second round of the Polish presidential election, Lech Kaczynski of the nationalist Law and Justice party has defeated Donald Tusk of the Citizens' Platform with 54% of the vote. Figures are available.

Elections in September 2005

	25 September: In the Macau legislative election, no party has won more then two seats. Figures are available.
	25 September: In the Polish legislative election, the nationalist Law and Justice party and the conservative Citizens' Platform have emerged as the largest parties, heavily defeating the governing Democratic Left Alliance. District-level figures are available.
	18 September: In the Afghanistan legislative election, the country has held its first ever democratic legislative election. Province-level figures are available.
	18 September: In the German legislative election, The ruling coalition of SPD and Greens have lost their majority in the Bundestag, but the the centre-right coalition of the CDU-CSU and FPD is also short of a majority. The Left has the balance of power. The CDU-CSU and SPD will form a "grand coalition" government. Constituency-level figures are available.
	17 September: In the New Zealand legislative election, the governing Labour Party of Prime Minister Helen Clark has been returned with a reduced majority. Constituency-level figures are available.
	12 September: In the Norwegian legislative election, the Labour Party led by Jens Stoltenberg and its allies have defeated the incumbent conservative government. District-level figures are available.
	11 September: In the Japanese legislative election, the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has been returned with an increased majority. Constituency-level figures are available.
	7 September: In the Egyptian presidential election, the first contested presidential election in Egyptian history, President Hosni Mubarak has been re-elected with 88% of the vote. Figures are available.

Elections in July 2005

	29 July: In the Burundi presidential election, the National Council for the Defence of Democracy has won a majority of seats. Figures are available.
	24 July: In the Guinea-Bissau presidential election, Joao Bernardo Vieira has been elected president with 52% of the vote. Figures are available.
	3 July: In the Mauritius legislative election, the liberal Social Alliance has defeated the left-wing Militant Socialist Movement. Constituency-level figures are available.
	3 July: In the Albanian legislative election, the conservative Democratic Party of Albania of Prime Minister Sali Berisha has defeated the Socialist Party of Albania. Constituency-level figures are available.

Elections in June 2005

	25 June: In the Bulgarian legislative election, the Coalition for Bulgaria, led by the Socialist Party, has defeated the incumbent National Movement for Simeon II. District-level figures are available.
	24 June: In the second round of the Iranian presidential election, the radical candidate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has defeated the establishment candidate Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani with 63% of the vote. Figures are available.
	19 June: In the Lebanese legislative election, parties supporting the anti-Syrian reformist Sa’ad Hariri have won a clear majority of seats. Constituency-level figures are available.

Elections in May 2005

	25 May: In the Suriname legislative election, the governing New Front for Democracy has lost its parliamentary majority. District-level figures are available.
	22 May: In the Mongolian presidential election, Nambariin Enkhbayar of the Mongol People's Revolutionary Party has been elected with 54% of the vote. Figures are available.
	15 May: In the Ethiopian legislative election, the governing coalition, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front, has won a majority, but the opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy has for the first time won a significant number of seats. Constituency-level figures are available.
	8 May: In the Central African Republic presidential election, the military ruler François Bozize has been elected president with 64% of the vote. Figures are available. No figures are available for the legislative elections held at the same time.
	5 May: In the British legislative election, the Labour government of Prime Minister Tony Blair has been re-elected with a reduced majority. Constituency-level figures are available.
	5 May: In the Dominican legislative election, the Dominica Labour Party government of Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has been re-elected with an increased majority. Constituency-level figures are available.

Elections in April 2005

	24 April: In the Andorra legislative election, the conservative Liberal Party of Andorra has retained its majority. Constituency-level figures are available.
	24 April: In the Togolese presidential election, President Faure Gnassingbe has been re-elected wih 60% of the vote. Figures are available.
	17 April: In the Northern Cyprus presidential election, Mehmet Ali Talat of the Republican Turkish Party has been elected president with 55% of the vote. Figures are available.
	8 April: In the Djibouti presidential election, President Ismail Omar Guelleh has been re-elected unopposed after opposition parties boycotted the election.

Elections in March 2005

	31 March: In the Zimbabwe legislative election, the ZANU-PF party of President Robert Mugabe has increased its majority. Constituency-level figures are available.
	17 March: In the Tonga legislative election, the Human Rights and Democracy Movement In Tonga has won a majority of the elected seats in the legislature. Constituency-level figures are available.
	13 March: In the Kyrgyz Republic legislative election, the counting of votes has been terminated by the violent overthrow of the government. Some figures are available.
	13 March: In the Liechtenstein legislative election, the governing coalition of the Progressive Citizens' Party and the Fatherland Union have won most of the seats. Figures are available.
	8 March: In the Micronesia legislative election, partial figures are available.
	6 March: In the Moldova legislative election, the Communist Party of the Republic of Moldova has been returned to power with a reduced majority. Figures are available.

Elections in February 2005

	20 February: In the Northern Cyprus legislative election, the opposition Republican Turkish Party has won the largest number of seats, though not a majority. Figures are available.
	20 February: In the Portuguese legislative election, the Socialist Party led by Jose Socrates has defeated the incumbent conservative government of Pedro Santana Lopes. District-level figures are available.
	8 February: In the Danish legislative election, the Liberal Party of Denmark led by Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has won the largest number of seats and will be able to form a government. District-level figures are available.
	6 February: In the Thai legislative election, the Thais Love Thais party of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been returned with a greatly increased majority. Figures are available.

Elections in January 2005

	31 January: In the Iraqi legislative election, the first free election ever held in the country, the Shia-led United Iraqi Alliance has won a narrow majority of seats. Governorate-level figures are available.
	22 January: In the Maldives legislative election, supporters of President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom have won the largest number of seats. Constituency-level figures are available.
	16 January: In the second round of the Croatian presidential election, President Stipe Mesic has been re-elected with 66% of the vote. Figures are available.
	9 January: In the Palestinian Territories presidential election, Mahmoud Abbas of the Fatah party has been elected with 67% of the vote. Figures are available.

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