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Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov improves on his performance in 2007 election, but there are accusations of fraud.See some commentary on politics in the region on the Chatham House website.Eurasia net has articles and discussionThe Voice of Russia website has coverage in English. However do remeber this site is supported by the Russian government.other monitoring bodies covering human rights in the

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Last week the winner of Finland's presidential election was announced. Here are some recommended sites for finding out more.Ministry of Justice Finland. Has the resiults for each round of voting plus background on the system used.For up to date news coverage and analysis seeHelsingin Sanomat - International Edition. English Language analysisFinland press. Other links to Finnish language

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On the 2nd feb Kuwait will be holding Parliamentary elections.The official Kuwait news Agency has press releases in English about events.organisations observing the conduct of the elections includeKuwait transparency society (site in Arabic only) Kuwait Journalists association (Arabic only)New site Middle East online has predicted increased youth involvement becuase of the Arab Spring.TEIM

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On Jan. 14, Taiwan re-elected President Ma. Interestingly the Telegraph reported increased cases of 'election' illness syndrom. However, here are some more serious suggestions for studying the resorts and political climate.General background information can be found on the IFES guide.The Official election commission website has a good English language section. get the official election results

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In December the EU launched its own response to the Arab springThis memo highlights reactions from the EU to events in specific nations.It includes details of aid.Here are some other recommended starting points.News services.Guardian blogs and news analysis from the Middle East. There is also a separate news stories page.Aljazeera - includes live blogs and video contentBBC newsLede Blog from New

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To start 2012 Egyptians have been voting in the third round of their elections.IFES has some background information on the electoral system.Jadaliyya has a good site with topical news updates and analysis. It launched the Egypt elections watch in association with Ahram Online, with the Center of Contemporary Arab Studies (Georgetown University) and the Middle East Studies Program (George Mason

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Interesting article in French about the harassment and arrest of Russian bloggers following the recent electiosn. Includes links to relvant Russian language resources and examples. Material via Rue89

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Russia Votes Last week Russia held parliamentary elections. A good starting point for academic information is the Russia Votes website. This site is maintained by the Centre for the Study of Public Policy University of Aberdeen, which specialises in studies of post soviet regions. It has explanations of the electoral process, presidential election results 1996-2008For the Duma explanations of

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Last week New Zealand election results were announced. I have just been looking up places where you might find the results and analysis of the outcome.Elections New Zealand - is the official website with results and information on the electoral system.The website also has an excellent research section with literature reviews and papers on election related topics.It includes voter satisfaction

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Here are some sites for Spanish voters.Aritmetica 20N- Maths to break the electoral game.calculates which party would have more chances of breaking 2 party politics in each province. It aims to encourages people to vote for a potential third party force.Elecciones.es Find out which political parties are closer to your ideology, answer some questions, choose topics and discover the parties.

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Spain will soon be going to the polls. Here (with some help from my colleague Eugenie Gozalo-Velasco) are some recommended starting points!Official website from the Ministry of the InteriorUse this to check for legislations, electoral laws, regulation of candidates and parties. Also has online collection of previous election results.Includes a 2011 section.Earlier election results can also be

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This week the irish president was elected. here are some starting points for good quality facts about the election.The Presidential Returning Officer website has the official results. Good graphs of the percentage achieved by each of the candidates. There is also a simple leaflet which explains the election process.Results of past elections from 1938-2004 can also be downloaded.RTE news has a

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This week Tunisians went to the polls in what was regarded by some as the first election of the Arab SpringThe BBC has a good FAQ on the importance of the elections.Other sources of news includeThe Official Tunisian News Agency (TAP) which has government press releases in English.Tunisia.live.net - is a really good 'post revolution website' set up by Tunisians. It has blogs, podcasts and video

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Recently Oman went to the polls. A number of newspapers asked the question of whether the elections would settle protestors demands. Times of Oman reported a poll turnout success.Al- Jazeera also referred to high turnout. as did the Oman ObserverThe Government Ministry of information also hailed the success.However in the past Freedom House has been critical of the state of democracy in Oman.

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Cameroon presidential elections took place on the 9th October.the IFES website is a good starting point for data on the electoral system.According to AfricaNews the official electoral body has suffered a blow to its credibility.Allafrica.com reported that the opposition called the vote a 'mess'Brookings Institution has also voiced doubtsCameroon Center for Democracy and Human Rights - also has

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This week Polish voters will go to the pollsThe Polish central Electoral committee has an official website with informationOSCE will be monitoring the conduct of the election.. Their website also has full text reports on earlier parliamentary and presidential elections.Good news sources for following the polls and stories include:Polish radio news has good summaries in English. It includes a

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This week it was announced that in Saudi Arabia women will soon be able to vote.The bbc discusses some reaction from Egyptian citizens via social media sitesGlobal voices is a good place for finding up to date comment (In English) Al Arabiya also has well regarded news in English for instance see this articleYou can find further articles from its journalists on the Arab Insight site. Arab Insight

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Tony Tan narrowly won the singapore elections a few days ago see the official announcement of the count on the official elections website The Straits Times also has news coverage of the count, plus interviews and analysis. It alos has discussion of the use of facebook by candidatesfor discussion of the state of democracy in the region try these useful websites Amnesty International see how it

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Electoral Commission Independent body established by the UK Parliament. Website provides access to local, national, devolved assembly and European Parliament elections since 2005. Also available is data on political spending and analysis of the election campaigns. House of Commons Library Research Papers Produced by staff of the House of Commons Library to brief MPs, these regularly cover

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Elections have been very quiet over the summer. So here instread are a selection of my favourite recommended resources for finding election data on the net. International resources. ACE Electoral Knowledge Network Free access to a wealth of election information about 100s of nations worldwide. Maintained by a collaboration of authoritative institutions including International IDEA, IFES. It

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Recently elections took place in Thailand. These sites have some basic suggestions for keeping up with events.IFES election site has facts and figures about the electoral system.A number of news services discussed the use and limitations of social media in thailand. For instance see this article by ReutersThe Asian Correspondent also has some discussion of twitter. as does Global Voices online.on

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Another nation experiencing elections this week was TurkeyAccording to LSE Bloggers the political parties often stay the same IFES provides basic background on the electoral system and recent resultsKey resources (in Turkish) include the official election commission website and a special website created by Google which has statistics and graphs of the results. These include details about trends

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Portugal also had some snap elections recently. see discussion of how the economic crissi effected the election on the Guardian website.for further information onn the results see these websites.The Official Portuguese election commission website has information on regulations, plus results.The Minister of the Interior also has clear graphs of the results.Compare the results with voting intention

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Macedonia has announced snap elections on June 5thReuters reported that it was seen as a way out of political deadlock.Some useful sites for following the elections areOffocial website of the Election Authority of MacedoniaBalkan Insight which has news stories, analysis and an interactive election map showing top candidates in the different regions.SE times - also has news headlines.Voters are

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this week there was a close race in the Cyprus elections.Basic facts on the electoral system can be obtained on the IFES website and the ACE Electoral encyclopediaThe official Cyprus government website has official press releases on the final results.The Ministry of the Interior also has more graphics.The OSCE deployed an observer mission which will be reporting soon on the conduct of the

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Useful new addition from Backdoor Broadcasting listen to Is the Alternative Vote worth voting for?A debate on the AV referendumThe UCL Constitution Unit and the Centre for British Politics & Public Life at Birkbeck College, 11th April 2011.Speaking in favour of a ‘yes‘ vote:• Billy Bragg (singer and political campaigner) • Peter Facey (Chair, Unlock Democracy) Speaking in favour of a ‘no‘ vote:•

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The official results from the AV referendum can now be viewed on the Electoral commission website.For a more visual display see the Guardian datablog where you can get maps for your area.

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With one more day to go. Use therse resources to track who is ahead in the polls.the UK Polling report is an excellent site for aggregating recent results.some academic political blogs which are discussing the issue include:The LSE British Politics and Policy Blog According to the most recent post from Robin Archer (comoparing the situation with Australia) AV may bring unexpected benefits.David

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Here are some quick links to think tanks and organsiations both for and against. Most have news and reports on their website.Yes VoteYes to AV - formed from the original make my vote count campaign.Take back Parliament - campaign groupUnlock Democracy - incorporates materials from Charter 88Electoral Reform Society Long term campaign group. Website has numerous briefings and reports. Compass -

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Of course most newspapers have special coverage of the issues. Here are some recommended resourcesBBC has good coverage of the position of the different parties. plus a special section with news and views You can also see video coverage from BBC programmes such as the daily politics.The Guardian (which broadly supports AV) has a special feature.It alos has video content of key speeches and an

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While this isnt an election as it is a major referendum and will effect future voting patterns. This blog will be presenting a toolkit of useful sites over the next few days. Here are some basic starting points. Use these tro find out what is going to happen in the referendum and the nature of the changes proposed.About My Vote is a public site maintained by the UK Electoral Commission. It

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The following organisations have notifed that they will have a presence covering the elections. Their websites will therefore be good places for keeping up to date.European UnionAfrican Unionrelief web has a statement on its remit and methods.NDI supported earlier elections. It has some useful comment on the website.

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See the official Nigerian election authority website for the latest updates in the delayed elections. The The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) also has official press releases, lists of candidates and information on procedures. A number of Nigerian newspapers have online coverage of events see,.Nigerian GuardianThis dayVanguardNigeria Nation.Nigerian tribuneAllafrica.com has a

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Nigeria has again postponed its parliamentary elections.here are some sources for finding out more about why this has occurred.IFES has some general news and discussion.Find more detailed materials on the ACE Electoral site. This includes current news stories, plus links to recent reports and assessments of the political system.For discussion of the human rights situation excellent starting

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This week voting took place in the Haitian presidential elections.here are some starting points for finding out more.basic information on the electoral system and past results can be found on the IFES website.The Haitian Election authority has its own website with official information in French about results counting and candidates. The UN Mission in Haiti also has coverage of events, including

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Following on from last week's referendum. A few more favourity sites for finding digitised materials on the progress of Welsh devolutionYmgyrchu! : a century of political and social campaigning in Wales The website Ymgyrchu! presents a history of social and political campaigning in Wales throughout the twentieth century. Published by the National Library of Wales it uses a range of digitised

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Votes are being counted in the Welsh referendum. The electorate are voting on increased decision making papwers.The BBC has a good introduction to the issues at stake. It also has a live report and interactive polls on a special section of the BBC Wales websiteWales Office has some details about the organisation of the elections.However the main source on the adminsitration and conduct is the

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According to some sources a digital election hit the Irish elections 2011 with parties and candidates increasingly using the web to campaign.Here are some useful examples.Unlock democracy with Irish TV channel TV3 launched the first ever Vote Match in Ireland. This enabled voters to answer questions and see which party to voter for. Try the interactive quizMore 'traditional use of the web'

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Read the official manifestos on the party websitesFianna Fáil: Real Plan Better Future Fine Gael: Let’s Get Ireland Working A number of useful sites have been created which are storing examples of election literature.Green Party: Renewing Ireland Labour Party: One Ireland - Jobs, Reform, Fairness Sinn Féin: There Is A Better Way Election Leaflets 2011 is a real-time election leaflet project. It

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This week Ireland has been to the polls.Here are some good sites for background information on the Irish systemthe ifes website has information on the electoral system.Oireachtas Library & Research Service has 2009 Profiles of Each Dáil ConstituencyTrinity College Dublin has produced a guide which reviews recent elections, highlighting good sites and sources. It includes materials relating to

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AS Uganda goes to the polls- here are some starting points.The Guardian has a good discussion of the issues which it feels are at stake.An excellent basic guide to the electoral system and past elections results is on the IFES websiteOfficial information from the Ugandan government is located on the electoral commission website. Some of its materials are also loaded on the ACE project websiteUp

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Elections should be taking place in Chad on 13th Feb.On of the best sources for starting research on the background and conduct of these seems to be EISAThe Electoral Institute of South Africa has a country profile page. This has facts and figures on previous elections, the full text of the constitution and some electoral laws.Also valuable is the ACE elections website which has news, plus

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According to EU observers the elections that took place in Niger this week were well conducted.But why were they concerned.The BBC has a basic timeline of events.Good sources of news (although not all articles are free ) can be found on AllAfrica.comEIN NewsJeune AfriqueLe Niger dans le web from TamatinfoLe republicain Niger More detailed analysis can be obtained from the observers

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Here are some useful sources of research on Portuguese elections which you might want to explore further.Direcção-Geral da Administração Interna. This is an official website of the Portuguese government It provides access to Portuguese election results from parliamentary elections, presidential elections, local elections, referendums and European elections in Portugal from approximately 1999

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On the 23rd January Portugal is due to have a presidential election.Here are some starting points for research.IFES has the basic facts on the candidates and electoral systemThe National Electoral Commission of Portugal has far more detailed information (in Portuguese) about the process and official government documents.All the canidadates have their own webpages.Cavaco Silva official website

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As an add on to the previous message. Here are some suggestions on where you can get further full text information on human rights in the aftermath of the conflict in Sudan. These might be helpful for considering the background to the elections.The Human Security Gateway (a joint project of the Human Security report project and School for International Studies at Simon Fraser University,

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The Sudan referendum has been observed by a number of watchdogs- what did they think of the conduct?The EU mission has made a statement. You can also find facts about its deployment on the websiteThe Carter Center has a number of press releases on conditions. Their website also has more detailed reports on health and democracy programmes which it has organised in the region over a number of

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To begin 2011, a Referendum is due to take place in Sudan concerning independence for Southern Sudan.A good starting point for finding information on this is the BBC news site. This has a clear guide to the issues, plus a timeline of recent history, profiles of voters and more.Another good basic introductory guide is the IFES Election Guide. This has basic facts and figures about the referendum

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This week the USA said it was concerned about the conduct of the forthcoming Kosovo elections.Here are some resources for finding out who is concerned and why.IFES has some background information on the electoral system and previous elections. It also has some other recent publications assessing recent votes.OSCE has monitored past elections and historic reports can be read on its websiteMore up

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This week the US government criticised the conduct of the Egyptian electionsDuring the elections a number of organisations used the web to enable citizens to get involved in reporting fraud in the elections. See this useful discussion of the examples in the TechPresident blog some examples of these (most in Arabic) can be viewed online. They includeEgypt elections crowdmapshahid

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Despite the cholera crisis news agencies are reporting that the elections in Haiti will go ahead on Sunday 28th November.Here are some starting points for tracing information on conditions in the region.Amnesty International has several years of human rights reports on its website. Another good source for this type of materials is Human Rights Watchand the International crisis GroupMore specific

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Early elections have been set for Moldova next week. According to the BBC faces it is the third election in two years 'after members of parliament in one of Europe's poorest states failed twice to pick a president'. The Central Election Commission has official information on the dates and process (in Russian or Moldovian)This includes a separate voter information siteHowever One of the best

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Following on from the previous posting- here are some recomended resources for news coverage and analysis of the 2010 elections.Irrawaddy - well regarded news service with up to date stories and coverage.Also provided are electoral laws, interviews and quotes.PBS reported on Media censorship during the elections. Its article contains useful links to related reports on Media freedom in the

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According to Barack Obama the recent elections in Burma were 'anything but fair'Here are some useful resources for tracing facts about why he said this. They focus on the human rights situation in Burma. later today I will post on other news sources which you may find useful.The Fund for Peace ranks Burma in 16th place on its 2010 Failed States Index.Freedom House - Freedom of the Press report

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What role did money play in the elections? Does money equal votes?The US Federal Election Commission has official returns and maps of campaign spending which you can checkFairvote campaigns for greater democracy. Check its website forn a good campaign spending map. There are also research reports on redistricting and constitutional issues relating to voter enfranchisement in the USA.Other

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AS the votes come in the BBC is giving live updates from its websitealso offering live updates are a number of other news services including the Guardian.Live video streams are being offered from major news services via this websiteBut how does this compare with past election trends? You can look at past results on the Clerk of the House website.Trace trends back to 1920!For more in depth studies

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According to research by the Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Jon Stewart and Jimmy Fallon joked about Obama a total of 309 times compared to Sarah Palin, at 137. On a more serious note you can read their research on media coverage of the elections on the CPMA website. This has an Obama Watch website which has been monitoring coverage

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According to Sarah Palin, Barack Obama has lost ground in the US mid-term elections. You can view this prediction (and many others via the RealClear Politics website) but what are other political commentators saying?Here are a few recommended blogs for following the debate.One of the most well read American blogs is the Huffington Post which of course has extensive coverage. This includes videos

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According to the Guardian Barack Obama is down but not out. but what do the other newspapers and polls say?If you need basic facts on what the Mid-Term elections are and their significance. A good starting point is the BBC guide to the basics.Other major news stories which have special features on the elections include:the Guardian which has alive mid-terms blog and an interactive map of the key

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One of the recent issues raised by the elections in Bahrain was the political participation of womenYpu can consider how bahrain compares with other nations by looking at the Gender gap report which is prepared by the World Economic Forum The Report examines four critical areas of inequality between men and women:1. Economic participation and opportunity – outcomes on salaries, participation

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Parliamentary elections are due to take place in Bahrain on 23rd October. Recently Human Rights watch raised concerns about their conduct. Other monitors hve focussed on the lack of women in politics.Here are some more useful starting points for getting more information.There is an official Bahrain government election site (Arab only) Government body Supreme Council for Women has some basic facts

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Parliamentary elections are due to take place on the 15th October. Here are some useful links for tracing background information on the lectoral system and past elections. The IFES election calendar has basic facts about the electoral system and information on past elections from 1998 onwards. The Ace Electoral Network project encyclopedia also has a good collection of basic facts Plus useful RSS

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Bosnian elections also took place this weekHere are some resources where you can find out more about the winner and research elections in general.Firstly you can check basic news stories from the Balkan insight round up.a news service maintained by Balkan Investigative Reporting NetworkLe Courrier des Balkans is a French association which seeks to develop solidarity with journalists in Balkan

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This week presidential elections are taking place in Brazil.Bloggers and newspapers have been talking about the popularity of a professional clown!Here are some recommended strating points for finding out more established facts about the election!IFES has a country guide to the system and results from previous elections.The BBC has some succinct candidate profiles and links to the latest news

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According to Foreign Policy magazine the west should be worried about fraud in the forthcoming Afghan elections.But what do others think.Here are some organisations which monitor human rights and security in the region.The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation unit is an independent body based in Kabul. Its website has papers on economic, social and political development. For instance see this

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Parliamentary elections are due to take place in Afghanistan on the 18th September. As I will be way for a couple of weeks I thought i would offer some starting points on researching them.The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has some background information on the electoral system. Also from the United Nations UNDP Elect site has summaries of news and background information. It

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Here are some useful websites for researching issues relating to the reform of the Labopur Party. Most dont address the election directly, but they are useful background on the type of thinking taking place in the party about its future direction.Tribune magazine has online articles and discussionCompass is a membership organisation which was launched in September 2003. It is composed of left of

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Unlock Democracy have just launched the Votematch tool to help you decide who you would support in the 2010 Labour Leadership election.Some other useful places for finding news and discussion of the qualities of the candidates include newspapersMany of the mainstream ones have special coverage.For instance the Guardian has online video interviews, cartoons and stories.The BBC has blogs and

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This week - a key event for the uk the Labour leadership election.The best starting point is the official labour party website. This has a section which lists the candidates, and the rules.The candidates are:Diane Abbot campaign website twitter constituency websiteThey work for You (useful voting records, election results, membership of comittee and other facts)Ed BallsCampaign

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Following on from the elections a number of blogs ghave been discussing the hung parliament.Some good examples areNews servicesCrickey which has lots of comment and cartoons on the hung parliament!The Drum from ABC National Times Columnists The Punch News Limited staffElection Blackout was a group blog covering the elections in some detail. it included postings on the use of social media during

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This website has an excellent collection of links to the main national and regional newspapers from AustraliaMost have special election coverage with interviews, polls and more.The Australian has news polls, tweets and videos canberra Times has multimedia discussion of issues in the regionSydney Morning Herald has a Pulse blug as well as the usual news and reportsABC public broadcaster has a

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Here are some good starting points for basic information on the elections.Australian Electoral Commission The Australian Electoral Commission is responsible for conducting Australian federal elections, maintaining the electoral register and providing electoral information to the public. Its website provides detailed information on the functions and structure of the Commission. It includes the

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As Australia prepares to go to the polls here are some excelelnt recommended resources for finding out more about past elections.Australian government and politics database This website is maintained by researchers at the University of Western Australia. It provides free access to a wealth of facts and figures about Australian politics from 1890 to the present day. It includes results of all

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This week presidential elections took place in Rwanda.Foreign policy journal discussed the outcome on its websiteThe official government website has results and information on the procedures. It refers to meaningful participation in the elections by all Rwandans. The Rwanda Press centre (managed by the Media High Council) also has some positive comment. However a number of other organisations

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This week a selection of our recommended sites for finding out more about parliamentary and presidential elections in Africa.Africa Governance, Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) is a special project of the Open Society Institute which is working in conjunction with NGOs to promote democracy and the rule of law in African nations. Its website provides access to information about the aims

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This week Presidential elections took place in Guinea.IFES has a calendar of results from recent elections.and the Official election Commission CENI has some results and background information (in French)On 24th July the Carter Center observation mission stated that despite some flaws preparations were going well.But do others agree.French broadcaster RFI has a useful guide in French to the

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At the ned of this week the people of Burundi go to the polls. But in asituation where there is little choice can the elections be fair?Listed below are some recommended sources where you can find more.CENI is the official electoral commission website. It has information in French. It contains news releases, lists of candidates and legal texts on the conduct of the elections.CSIS has a good

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Japanese Politics Central has results from 1946 onwards. These include seats, national level and district level. It also links to Japanese sources of election results.The Comparative National Elections Project (CNEP) currently includes 24 national election surveys conducted in 19 countries since 1990. It is based at the Social Sciences Institute of the University of Lisbon. The 3 phases of

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Japanese elections on the 11th July lead to a loss of seats for the Democratic Party.Here are some starting points on what was at stake and how to find out more about Japanese politics.CSIS Center for Strategic and International Studies has a good introduction to the issues and the implications of the results for the foreign policy of the USA.The Liberal Democratic Party has its own website where

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The office of the President website has information in English about the role of the president, recent events and biographies of past presidents from 2000 onwards.The Hungarian National Election office has background information on the electoral system, legislation . information from 1996-2008 . It doesnt seem to include presidential elections.The Centre for the Study of Public Policy (CSPP),

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Presidential elections will take place in Hungary on July 7thThe IFES website has a basic guide to the elections.It lists the main candidates as Pál SCHMITT - further information can be found on the Party: Hungarian Civic Union / Magyar Polgári Szövetség (Fidesz)website. information and recent speeches via the European parliament website Krisztina MORVAI more on the party website The Movement for

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Today Germans are going to the polls in a snap presidential election which is widely seen as a test to the authority of referendum on the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel.A brief summary of why the elections are taking place and the main candidates is provided by the Robert Schuman Fondation.The American Institute for Contemporary German Studies at John Hopkins University has a number of

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Elections have been taking place in GuineaAccording to news posted on All.Africa.com sms texting will increase democracy by enabling closer voters to receive messages and report abusesCENI the official electoral body has a website where you can find out more. This includes news and background information on the electoral systemAll africa.com also offers free news headlines from Guinea on eventsA

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According to unofficial results released by the Slovak Statistical Bureau yesterday, Saturday’s parliamentary elections in Slovakia were won by Slovak PM Robert Fico’s left-wing Social Democrats articles and discussion of the election outcome can be found in the following news resources -Spectator Radio Slovakia International This includes a collection of articles on the electionsSome

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This week voters in the Netherlands went to the polls. Radio Netherlands reported that the decision to place some voting booths in stations was a success.In 2008 researchers from Stanford University argued that location effects voting bhaviour see the abstract and references for Contextual priming: Where people vote affects how they vote on the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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On a related theme the Netherlands has also digitised some excelelnt historic materials relating to its political and electoral history.Databank verkiezingsuitslagen - Dutch election results created by the Dutch Election Council to provide free access to information and statistical data from Dutch election. These include the results from Senate, House, local, European elections and Dutch

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A snap election will be taking place tomorrow in the Netherlands. The government collapsed on 20 February 2010 when the Labour Party ministers resigned over differences on whether to extend the country's military mission in Afghanistan.Here are some useful starting points for following events.A basic guide to the electoral system as well as results of previous elections can be found on the IFES

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According to the BBC voters have moved to the right in the Czech elections of the 28th May. But is this right get some more information from these useful websites.Basic background information on the elections and past election results can be obtained from the IFES website which has an excellent election guide.the osce has also sent an observation mission which has a preliminary needs assessment

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The UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Bangladesh has just launched a new independent study Elections in Bangladesh 2006-2009: transforming failure into success.Intute has a good collection of links to other websites on this topicThe official Election Commission website has recent results, lists of candidates and full text legislationThe Alliance for Democracy and Reform in Asia also has some

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A fourth term landslide victory was announced in the Ethiopian elections for Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and the ruling EPRDF party. Listen to the BBC world service coverage of the events.The site also includes a montage of opinions from Ethiopians and some assessments of alleged poll irregularities.The National Election Board of Ethiopia has some provisional results, lists of candidates and

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This week there have been some elections in the Domenican Republic. here are some recommended starting points for research.The Official Electoral Junta website has official details on the poll, candidates and results.newspaper coverage can be found on the websites of these national newspapers:Hoy digitalEl NacionalDominican TodayListindiarioA number of international observation teams witnessed

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2010 UK Parliamentary General Election Interim Report: Review of problems at polling stations at close of poll on 6 May 2010 - Electoral Commission. According to the commission at least 1,200 people lost their chance to vote on election night because of bad planning by councilsThe Guardian datablog has a useful spreadsheet of places where the electorate couldn't vote.You can donload it directly

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Following on from the Earlier postingon evoting in the 2010 Philippine elections. Here is some more on the use of the web.The elections have been characterised by increased use of social media. Some interesting examples include the cult following for the twitter feed from a harassed vote counting machine!Bloggers were also accredited by the election body to provide official coverage of

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Of course the Uk is not the only nation which has recently gone to the polls. Millions have been voting to queue in the Philippines where national and presidential elections have been held. They include widespread use of voting machines. A twitter feed has even been launched which claims to be a harassed machine and attracted 100s of eager followers!Here are some useful starting points for

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Yesterday it was announced that David Cameron had become the new Prime MinisterHere are some sites where you can find out more.His official website tells you that his hobbies include growing vegetables. You can also download details of expenses and look at recent speeches.the 10 Downing Street Flickrand YouTube channels now contain information on Cameron. You can watch his acceptance speech and

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One of the news stories relating to election day was the claim that many people did not get to vote as the polling stations closed before they got their chance.The Electoral Commission has now launched an investigation where members of the public can write in with their experiences.The BBC website provides an introduction to what they regard as the root problems. It also contains a discussion

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The final results have indeed revealed a hung parliament. The Guardian has a spreadsheet where you can download date for each constiuencyBut the question now seems to be what will the libDems do? Most of the Uk newspapers have columns discussing this at lengthSee David Camerons offer to them via the BBC websiteand Gordon Brown's statementThe Official LibDem website has Nick Cleggs statement and

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As Britain edges towards a hung parliament. You can catch up with hours of last nights events condensed in a 17 minute election night podcast from the BBC Today programme. Download from their main websiteOr alternatively Take a look at some TV footage on the BBC website and find out what happens in a hung parliament.Read the log entries from the LSE Election Night event. A live webcast was

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If you havent decided which party you want to vote for yet why not try the vote match tool developed by Unlock Democracy, the Joseph Rowntree Trust and the Telegraph Answer some questions and see which party your opinions most closely match.CEP LSE 2010 election analysis - 110 page book discussing some research on the key issues. These include health, immigration, the economy.About My Vote from

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Much of the emphasis of the main TV and news outlets has been on the leaders debates for England. But we shouldn't forget that dabates have also been taking place in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Here are some more quick suggestions for following these.ScotlandThe BBC scotland website has news stories, polls and blog. Look out for clips of the leaders debates on the BBC iPlayerScottish

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