Thursday 20 January, 2022
With ballots in 49% of polling stations counted, Ortega had 75% of votes.
The vote was brought forward from 2022 as a rare concession to a protest movement.
Milos Zeman has been grappling with liver problems according to local media
It is expected that the incumbent will form a minority government.
Voting in the primary elections to find a candidate to challenge Orban was suspended on Saturday.
The country has been in turmoil since the army ousted the civilian leader in February.
Caitriona Gleeson of Women for Election says Ireland’s record of women entering politics is a matter of concern but this by-election is a step forward.
The voting was being closely scrutinised as a litmus test of whether the anti-immigration National Rally was gaining in acceptability.
Surveys have the AfD neck-and-neck with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU.
Modi stands weakened but faces no threats to staying on as the country’s leader until his term ends in 2024.
The 38-year-old says he is ‘happy’ as Arsenal manager, amid speculation that Barca presidential candidate Joan Laporta wants him to return to the Catalan giants.
Minister Darragh O’Brien described the proposed bill as the “most significant development for our electoral system in decades”.
Members vented their frustration during the conference.
The elections will be held in two phases, with the first covering 14 provinces today and tomorrow.
Hong Kong elections were due to have taken place today but were postponed for a year by the authorities.
Dozens were injured and thousands detained hours after Sunday’s disputed vote.
Opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya rejected the results of the exit poll.
The chief executive said Hong Kong has the support of the Chinese government in making the decision.
Hong Kong says only those who pledge allegiance to both local government and China can run.
Trump has since rolled back on his threat but still claimed that widespread postal voting promotes “a lot of illegality”.
35 deputies did not get re-elected, including some high profile names.
The move comes amid growing concern about so-called “deepfake” videos altered by using artificial intelligence.
An Electoral Commission has been on the cards for over a decade.
A December election does not come around often, writes Cormac Moore.
Over 200 complaints were made about the location of posters during the local and European elections.
It follows controversial comments by candidate Verona Murphy.
According to the intelligence community official, the transcript was loaded into a system that is used to store “especially sensitive” classified information.
Netanyahu said he preferred to form a right-wing coalition but the results showed that would not be possible.
FOI documents show correspondence sent to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in the wake of the Maria Bailey swing fall case.
It’s hoped an electoral commission will solve problems with the electoral register and address issues redrawing constituency lines.
The history of e-voting in Ireland is a long, winding, costly saga.
Fewer than half of poll respondents thought it was a good idea.
The European elections have thrown up some tricky timeline issues.
On Friday, people around the country turned out at local polling stations to cast their vote on the ballot papers.
A comprehensive list of everyone who has nabbed a seat.
More than 4% of European election votes were deemed invalid this year.
From TheJournal.ie
The story of Friday’s election is still being written.
