Salvadoreans can divide their votes between parties
Voters in El Salvador have elected their national Asamblea Legislativa (Legislative Assembly), using an unusual variant of the party list seat allocation electoral system. In filling out their ballots, Salvadoreans … Continue reading
German parties will form new governing grand coalition
Nearly six months on from last year’s national elections, German Chancellor Angela Merkel will finally form a new government with a parliamentary mandate, after Social Democrat party members agreed to … Continue reading
The numbers for Italy’s next government: no good options
The Italian election has produced the result anticipated by polls, and dreaded by most external observers – a complicated three-way scenario between the anti-establishment 5 Star Movement (5*M) and the … Continue reading
Tasmanians elect Liberal majority government
Tasmanians, voting with their century-old single transferable vote (STV) voting system, have returned the incumbent Liberal party to majority government. Since the southern-most Australian state started using the voter-proportional election … Continue reading
Italian election preview: a mess, partly down to electoral system design
Italians go to the polls on Sunday, but seem unlikely to end up with a happy parliament. The nation’s 48 million voters will elect the two chambers of their national … Continue reading
Monaco: the world’s worst electoral system?
Elections in the tiny Mediterranean principality of Monaco last week have resulted in one of the most bizarre of election results, with the leading party winning 21 out of 24 … Continue reading
South Australian election 2018: preview
Australia may be headed for an historic upset of its traditional two-party election dynamic at the election of the State parliament in South Australia on March 17. For decades the … Continue reading
Tasmanian election 2018: preview
Voters in the Australian state of Tasmania head to the polls on Saturday March 3rd. The incumbent Liberal majority government is facing a significant challenge in holding its majority of … Continue reading
Costa Rican politics fragments
Elections in Costa Rica in Central America have thrown up a highly fragmented result, with the Legislative Assembly to be divided among at least five significant parties. The run-off vote … Continue reading
Nationalists remain in power in Northern Cyprus
The first legislative election for 2018 has seen Turkish nationalists maintain their narrow majority in the parliament of Northern Cyprus. The vote for parties favouring re-unification with the Republic of … Continue reading
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