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Welcome to Psephos
Adam Carr's Election ArchiveThe
largest, most comprehensive and most up-to-date archive of electoral information in the
world, with election statistics from 176 countries. Use the alphabetical index at left to
find information about every country in the world.
This archive was created by and is maintained by
Dr Adam Carr of Melbourne Australia |
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Latest electoral news
 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 28 June: In the
Iceland presidential election, the incumbent president, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson,
has been re-elected unopposed.
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 | 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withdrawn, leaving President Robert Mugabe to be elected unopposed, but lacking any electoral legitimacy.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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 Radicals and Socialists. Figures are available.
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| I have been unable to locate figures for the recent elections in Nauru, Kuwait and
Equatorial Guinea. Any assistance would be appreciated.
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Forthcoming elections
29 June: Mongolia legislative election
27 July: Cambodia legislative election
5 September: Angola legislative election
8 October: Slovenia legislative election
12 October: Belarus legislative election
12 October: Lithuania legislative election
15 October: Azerbaijan presidential election
4 November: Palau legislative elections
4 November: Puerto Rico gubernatorial and legislative elections
4 November: United States presidential and legislative elections
15 November: New Zealand legislative elections
16 November: Guinea-Bissau legislative elections
28 November: Romania legislative elections
30 November: Cote d'Ivoire presidential election
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Elections in April 2008
 | 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.
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 | 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. Results of the legislative election on the same day are not
yet available.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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Elections in March 2008
| 29 March: in the Zimbabwe legislative election, 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 9 March: in the
Spanish legislative election, the Socialist government of Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has been
returned to office with its majority intact. Preliminary figures are available.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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| 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.
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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.
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| 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.
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| 5 January: in the
Georgia presidential election, incumbent President Mikheil Saakashvili has a
small overall lead with counting incomplete. Updated figures are available.
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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.
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 | 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 14 October: in the
Togo legislative election, President Faure Gnassingbé's Rally for the
Togolese People has won a majority. Prefecture-level figures are available.
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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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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 are available.
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| 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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Elections in August 2007
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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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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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.
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| 24 June: The
Togo legislative election scheduled for this date has been postponed indefinitely.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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 | 10 May: In the
Seychelles legislative election, the ruling Seychelles People Progressive Front
has been returned with an unchanged majority. Figures are
available.
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| 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.
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 | 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.
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| 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 Ségolčne Royal.
Department-level figures and maps are now available.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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| 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.
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Elections in April 2007
 | 29 April: In the
Mali presidential election, President
Amadou Toumani Touré has been re-elected with 71% of the vote. Figures are available.
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 | 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.
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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.
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| 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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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.
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 | 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.
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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.
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| 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.
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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.
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 | 3 December: In the
Madagascar presidential election, President Marc Ravalomanana has
been re-elected with 55% of the vote. Figures are available.
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 | 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.
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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.
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| 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 7 October: In the
Latvian legislative election, the governing coalition of Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis has
returned to office. Figures are available.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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| 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.
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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.
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| 24 September: In the
Gambia presidential election, President Yahyah Jammeh has been
re-elected with 67% of the vote. Figures are available.
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 | 23 September: In the
Yemen presidential election, President Ali 'Abdullah Salih has been
re-elected with 77% of the vote. Figures are available.
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 | 17 September: In Germany, in the
Berlin and Mecklenberg state elections, the Social Democrats have retained
government in both states. Figures are available.
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 | 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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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.
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 | 3 August: In the
Tuvalu legislative election, a new legislature has been elected on a non-party basis.
Figures are available.
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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.
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 | 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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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.
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 | 17 June: In the
Slovakia legislative election, the centre-left Direction party of Robert Fico has emerged as the largest party. Figures are available.
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 | 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.
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 | 4 June: In the
San Marino legislative election, the Christian Democrats have won the
largest number of seats. Figures are available.
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 | 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.
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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.
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| 21 May: In the
Cyprus legislative election, supporters of President Tassos Papadopoulos have won a
majority in the legislature. Figures are available.
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 | 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.
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| 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 3 May: In the
Chad presidential election, President Idriss Deby has been re-elected with 64% of the
vote. Figures are available.
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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.
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| 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.
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 | 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.
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| 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.
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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.
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 | 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.
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| 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.
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| 26 March: In the
Săo Tomé and Príncipe legislative election, the Democratic Movement of the Forces for Change has
won a majority of seats. Figures are available.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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| 12 March: In the
South Australian and
Tasmanian state elections, Australian Labor
Party governments have been easily re-elected. Preliminary figures are available.
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| 12 March: In the
Colombia legislative election, supporters of President Álvaro Uribe have
retained control of both houses of the Congress. Figures are available.
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 | 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.
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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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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| 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 18 January: In the second round of the
Chilean presidential election, Michelle Bachelet of the centre-left Democratic
Coalition has defeated Sebastián Pińera of the conservative National Renewal. Figures are available.
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