Elections

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won a two-thirds majority of parliamentary seats in Thursday’s election.

Bangladesh on Thursday held its first general election since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted by violent riots in August 2024.

Ukraine will hold simultaneous presidential elections and a peace deal referendum in the Spring, report claims.

Portuguese socialist politician António José Seguro became president-elect of Portugal after defeating right-wing populist André Ventura in Sunday’s runoff.

Conservative Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae has received President Donald Trump’s full endorsement ahead of Sunday’s snap election in the Asian country.

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae took a gamble by holding early parliamentary elections as a referendum on her agenda, but the gamble looks like it will pay off as her enormous personal popularity is set to sweep more members of her governing coalition into the Diet.

Saif al-Islam Qaddafi, the 53-year-old son and onetime heir apparent to former Libyan dictator Moammar Qaddafi, was murdered by a squad of masked gunmen in his hometown of Zintan, according to statements from his office, his political allies, and local media on Tuesday.

Costa Rica’s 39-year-old conservative politician Laura Fernández became president-elect of the Central American nation on Sunday, winning a 15-point lead ahead of her closest rival in the first round of the election.

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae said on Monday she will dissolve the lower house of the Japanese Parliament on Friday, setting the stage for snap elections on February 8. The next parliamentary election was not scheduled until October 2028.

“Don’t mess with vigilante mum”, warned Farage as he announced top prosecutor as mayoral pick, promising a ‘broken windows’ crackdown on crime.

WASHINGTON–President Donald Trump pushed for voter identification legislation on Monday while speaking at a House Republican retreat at the Trump-Kennedy Center. 

The vote for the 90-member assembly is seen as a test for the liberal government that is facing a challenge from populist right-wing parties.

The National Citizens’ Party (NCP) of Bangladesh, which grabbed headlines in 2024 as part of the worldwide “Gen Z” youth movement against corrupt dynasties, is facing a revolt from many of its members after announcing a political alliance with the Islamic supremacist Jamaat-e-Islami party.

Honduras’ National Electoral Council (CNE) on Wednesday proclaimed conservative and President Donald Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura as the winner of the 2025 presidential election — ending a three-week uncertainty period over the extremely narrow race and controversially slow vote count process. 

Protests in Honduras staged by members of the ruling socialist Libre party this week against the nation’s electoral authorities left at least eight injured, further delaying the slow vote counting process of the November presidential election.

Honduras reached its second week on Monday without final results from the National Electoral Council (CNE) officially determining who won on November 30.

Chilean conservative José Antonio Kast obtained a sweeping nationwide victory in Sunday’s presidential runoff election.

Chilean voters will choose their new president between conservative José Antonio Kast and communist Jeannette Jara in Sunday’s runoff.

President Donald Trump said in an interview published Tuesday that it is time for Ukraine to hold a presidential election.

Honduras on Sunday marked a week without definitive vote results from the Honduran National Electoral Council (CNE) indicating who won the November 30 presidential election.

Rixi Moncada, candidate of Honduras’ ruling Libre socialist party, on Sunday called for protests against its yet-to-be defined results and accused President Donald Trump of allegedly “coercing” in the nation’s recent election.

The State Department said on Thursday that America is “comprehensively reviewing our relationship with the Government of Tanzania” due to concerns over the “ongoing repression of religious freedom and free speech.”

UK gov follows up attacking Magna Carta by announcing it is postponing elections and inroducing a nationwide facial camera recognition system.

Matt Van Epps, the Republican candidate for Congress in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District, defeated his Democrat opponent, Aftyn Behn, in a special election on Tuesday night.

The Republican National Committee (RNC) is suing Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson over allegations that state election law intrinsically violates the state’s constitution by allowing non-residents to vote in the state’s elections.

President Donald Trump expressed concerns about the now-halted presidential vote count in Honduras in a statement on Monday — stressing that there will be “hell to pay” if the results are altered.

Citizens want fresh elections, they could see Zelensky outed, and they will happen “immediately” after ceasefire, Ukraine’s ousted FM said.

Preliminary results from Honduran authorities indicate that conservative candidate Nasry Asfura is narrowly leading the presidential election.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Friday suspended the nation of Guinea-Bissau from all decision-making roles after its civilian government was overthrown in a coup.

Communist Jeannette Jara and conservative José Antonio Kast will head to a presidential runoff election in Chile on December 14.

Chile will hold a general election on Sunday to choose the country’s new president and members of parliament, featuring eight candidates vying to succeed outgoing leftist President Gabriel Boric next year.

New Jersey Democrat gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill will be the next governor of New Jersey after defeating her Republican opponent, Jack Ciattarelli.

Virginia Democrat gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger will be the next governor of Virginia and the first female governor of the state after defeating her opponent, Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R).

New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli, and Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), the Democrat gubernatorial candidate, are virtually tied in the state’s gubernatorial race, ahead of Tuesday’s election.

Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajid, who resigned and fled the country in August 2024 amid violent protests, confirmed on Wednesday that she has been living in India since her abdication – and she “would love to go home,” if “law and order genuinely prevailed.”

There may be just a few thousand votes between the two top parties as the very final results come in for the dead heat vote.