Tracing academic analysis of the European elections? Try these free resources.

Junk news during the elections - Computational Propaganda Project
find out if misinformation is occurring

Europe at a Glance: Studies and Analyses on the European Elections - Bertelsmann Stiftung
Includes regular opinion polls and ratings on what citizens think of Europe

European Council on Foreign Relations
this press release says voters are fearful for the election

Carnegie Europe Briefing
The Conversation - UK academic blog
European Sources Online
European Election Studies data and reports on analysis of manifestos, voter intentions and attitudes . Good for long term trends 1979-2014
Europe Elects predictions and seat analysis from non-partisan team

European Election Stats.
Site created by Camille Borrett and Moritz Laurer  recent postgraduates in European affairs from SciencesPo Paris, Free University of Berlin and University of East Anglia, includes an open data hub with media text mining and seat predictions.

What UK thinks EU - analysis of public attitudes in the UK John Curtice

European Elections newspaper coverage

Junk News during the EU elections- Computational Propaganda Project

avoid it by using these sources!

Explore the coverage from these major news services.

BBC
Deutsche Welle
Economist
FT
Guardian
Independent
Irish Times
Mirror
Le Monde
El Pais
Spectator
La Stampa
The Sun
Telegraph

European Elections- get started with these links

European elections are taking place this week

the EU has provided some guidance for citizens on the role of the EU and why and how they should vote

See What does Europe do for me? to browse examples by region of EU funded programmes (includes the UK!)

Thistimeimvoting EU - voter education documents

The Election Commission website provides insight into the regulations and timing for the UK.

Read the Manifestos from UK parties

Brexit Party Manifesto

Change Uk

Conservative Party Manifesto- general

DUP

Green Party

Labour

LibDems

Plaid Cymru

Sinn Fein

UKIP

Australia elections -were the results a miracle? Find out more

Australia elections
Last week Elections were help in Australia were the results a miracle?

Australian Electoral Commission: 2019 federal election
has the official results and background information on the regulations

Newspaper coverage
Check these sites for polls, comment and analysis
ABC News
Guardian UK
Daily Telegraph Australia
Sydney Morning Herald
Australian
Western Australian
Crickey- independent news site

Polls and analysis

Poll Bludger 2019 William Bowe
Tally Room blog by Ben Raue

Analysis
The Conversation blog
Lowry Interpreter blog published by the Lowry Institute
Griffith University Below the line election analysis
Australian National University Coverage includes podcasts, election data dashboards
and a Vote smart feature
APO Analysis aggregates content from over 600 organisations including universities and think tanks
Explore longer term trends in voter behaviour and attitudes using the Australian Election Studies website. It also includes some interactive charts

South Africa elections - get some facts

This week elections have taken place in South Africa.
The electoral commission has an official website with information on the electoral system, candidates and regulations . Results will be posted here.
For recent polls try ipsos
Alternatively see what people were searching for Google Trends as the most popular recent searches in South Africa

 Newspaper coverage

these include news stories, polls and analysis

 UK Guardian

The Times South Africa
The South African
Analysis from academic staff (mainly UK based ) the Conversation
All Africa. com

Fighting misinformation

Find out if it is an issue in the elections by reading these useful resources.

An account of what Google is doing 
AfricaCheck activities including analysis of specific manifesto promises

Reports from election observers.

Including assessment of the conduct of the elections

EISA South Africa

SADC
African Union
Corruption Watch has reports on the state of democracy and transparency in government
For historic information on observations of past elections see the Ace Project website

local government elections 2019- get up to speed with these links

Local elections in the United Kingdom are scheduled to be held on Thursday 2 May 2019, contesting 248 English local councils, six directly elected mayors in England, and all 11 local councils in Northern Ireland

Use the BBC postcode database to see if they are taking place in your area.

Your Vote matters provides more detailed official information from the Electoral Commission

Their official website has research reports on election registration and past results. It also has a handbook for journalists with basic facts about the elections

the House of Commons Library blog also has some good basic background to the elections

Democratic Audit has created a dashboard with information for votes.

Their main website also has some academic discussion of the issues

News coverage

FT
Telegraph
BBC
Belfast telegraph

Analysis
LGIU news and analysis
Conservative Home blog
Left Foot Forward
Britain elects poll analysis
Slogger O'toole NI
Institute for Government
Economist
Conversation blog
Fawcett society lack of female candidates 

Historic election data 

for historic elections data see the Elections centre University of Plymouth
it provides free access to detailed handbooks of trends and results from 1991-2011


Take a look at some great examples of digital posters from our 1907 London County council elections.