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1,200 seats up for grabs as Wales prepares for local elections
As with those in Scotland and many parts of England, the local elections in Wales will be a test of how national issues might be affecting the fortunes of political parties.
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Scottish voters prepare to head to polls for local elections
It looks like the soaring cost of living and community issues will be high up on the agenda in Thursday’s local elections.
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French elections: Macron ahead of Le Pen in polls
France has seen the final day of campaigning in an election that seems to be edging in Emmanuel Macron’s favour – if the polls are correct.
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French elections: Macron and Le Pen kick off presidency run-off campaigns
President Macron is nothing if not a fighter.
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Hong Kong elections: Western concern after pro-Beijing candidates sweep board
China has rejected Western claims that democracy is under threat in Hong Kong, after pro-Beijing candidates swept the board in the weekend’s legislative elections.
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Germany elections: Narrow win for Social Democrats
There are no resounding winners in yesterday’s German election, but there were some clear losers.
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German elections: Generational divide could decide result
Oktoberfest has been downsized thanks to Covid, but German politics has gone into full and final gear before Sunday’s election.
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German elections: Will floods and climate crisis decide country’s poll?
Today the Greens poll around 17 per cent of the vote. It had been higher this summer and many thought the devastating floods, widely blamed on climate change, would make all the difference. But did they?
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Russia elections: Putin’s party wins majority
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Russia’s ruling pro-Kremlin party looks poised to keep its supermajority in parliament, after elections marred by allegations of vote rigging and fraud.
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Russian elections ‘are manipulated public events’, says author Anne Applebaum
We spoke to Anne Applebaum, staff writer at The Atlantic and author of ‘Twilight of Democracy’.
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Russia elections: crackdown on Navalny app promoting Putin rivals
An app promoting smart voting was suddenly kicked off Google and Apple. Rivals with identical names and appearances are running against opposition candidates. State employees are allegedly being forced to turn out to vote.
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Ethiopia elections billed as country’s first test of democracy
In Ethiopia, 37 million people are going to the polls in elections that are being billed as the first test of democracy in the country.
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India’s Covid crisis: Authorities face criticism over local elections held during pandemic
India has recorded more than 400,000 daily cases of coronavirus for the first time since infections began surging last month.
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First vote for 16 and 17-year-olds in Welsh Parliament elections
One major change this year is that 16 and 17-year-olds will have the vote for the first time.