Catalan elections useful academic links.

Here are some links relating to the recent Catalan regional elections

Official results 
Get results notices and information on election procedures from the Catalan regional government website.

 Analysis Debate and discussion
Catalonia votes  is an excellent English language website from
the Public Diplomacy Council of Catalonia (DIPLOCAT), a public-private partnership designed to foster dialogue and connect the citizens of Catalonia with the rest of the world. It includes a series of links to a collection of policy papers from academics. Many cover regional independence issues.
CIDOB has some papers on the possible economic effects of secession
Anuari Polític de Catalunya annual political review from Institute of Political and Social Sciences (ICPS)


Polls
CEO conducts regular political barometers on attitudes towards independence. the newspapers listed below also have features on public opinion.

Blogs
The Conversation blog - Academics from Uk Universities.
LSE EUROPP blog
Centre on Constitutional Change
Open Democracy Net

News coverage.
BBC coverage.
Guardian 
Spain report - monitors Spanish language press and provides independent analysis. Some services of the site are fee based.
El Pais
La Vanguardia

El Periodico
El Mon - catalan

Labour Party leadership - useful blogs and websites

These blogs are useful for discussion.

Labour party supporters opinions are being debated. in
 Labour  Left Forward.
Labour List

Trade unions

Unison
UCATT Construction workers
Musicians Union

Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers

Community

USDAW

NUM

ASLEF
Communication workers union

UNIte
TSSA
Prison Officers

Other Socialist organisations declarations on candidates.

LRC Committee

Socialist education Association discussion from candidates
Education Politics special issue

Socialist Health Association.

Fabian society has debate but no endorsements

Campaign for Labour Party Democracy

Progress

Disabled People Against Cuts

Stop the  War Coalition
New Statemans List of campaign organisations supporting Corbyn
Worker’s Liberty
National campaign Against Fees and Cuts.

Academic blogs
Search these sites for interesting comment

• LSE Blogs 
• the Conversation

Labour Party leadership debates

For those with access to Box of Broadcasts .
This service offers free access to a number of Labour leadership debates from TV and radio. Links available below. For information on the candidates see their main websites.


Candidate websites
Andy Burnham for Labour Leader
Yvette Cooper for Labour
Jeremy Corbyn for Labour
Liz Kendall for Labour Leader

Candidate debates.

• Wednesday 17 June; 19.00 Leadership debate Newsnight

• Monday 13th July Victoria Derbyshire Show 9.15 - audience questions

• Sunday 17th July - Sunday Politics

• 1st September Channel 4 News Labour Leadership Hustings

• 3rd September Sky News Labour's future the final debate

• 22nd July LBC leadership debate (via LBC website)

• 5 Live Breakfast 25th August leadership hustings.

• Guardian live 27th August live stream from hustings.

Coming soon Labour party leadership contest

in Mid september the Labour Party will be holding leadership elections.
Here are some starting points for academic research.

Official Labour Party site has lists of candidates and their nominations.

Candidate websites

• Andy Burnham for Labour Leader
• Yvette Cooper for Labour
• Jeremy Corbyn for Labour
• Liz Kendall for Labour Leader 

Newspaper /magazine coverage

BBC 
Telegraph 
Independent 
Guardian
Daily Mirror

New Statesman
Economist
Prospect magazine
Spectator blogs
Renewal

Guatemala elections 2015

On september 6th Guatemala is due to go to the polls.
IFES has a useful guide to the elections. 
ACE project also has background on the electoral system

The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) of Guatemala has a Spanish language website with information for voters on the electoral process and voting procedures. 

Newspaper coverage of events is available from
Pensa Libre
Publinews
Emisoras unidas

Acounts of the electoral system and state of human rights in the Region.
NDI 
Reports without Borders. 
Stratfor
International Republican Institute analysis 
Americas Society - website has good poll watches and analyses
Freedom House - analysis of state of human rights


Reports of previous elections.
Carter center observation and monitoring
European Parliament

Sri Lanka elections - academic resources

This week Sri Lanka's ruling United National Party (UNP) won the country's parliamentary elections

IFES has a good background briefing paper on the electoral system

For access to the full election results. Consult the website of the national election authority.

Also useful is the Sri lankan elections website which is maintained by a news service and also has stories, analysis and polls.

Sri Lanka Newspapers

Daily News

virakesari.

Daily Mirror

Election analysisThe following organisations all monitored the conduct of the elections. Their website has comment and analysis.

European Union mission.
Commonwealth

Anfrel- Asian Network for Fair and free elections.

Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) This website has comuniques and twitter feeds

Campaign Free and Fair Elections Sri Lanka- excellent summaries and reports.

Peoples Action for Free and Fair Elections-

Haiti elections: are women still represented ?

Elections are due to take place in Haiti on 9th August.
One concern has been the lack of female involvement.
The Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. Haiti Forty-third session 19 January-6 February 2009 noted a low participation and called for quotas.
the amendment to the 2012 constitution introduced a  minimum 30% representation . The quotas project has some details on the initiative and the Ace project website enables you to download the full text of the current constitution in French. Article 17.1 covers representation of women.
In 2014 the Human Development reports recorded less than 4% of seats in parliament as held by women and also continuing high levels of gender inequality.
As a result UNDP has funded projects seeking to encourage female political participation. International Idea has also been involved in similar projects.

Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has developed the country’s first national gender and elections strategy with support from the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES). see some examples of promotional materials relating to women on its website.
however despite this the Haiti election blog has raised concerns about continuing under representation.
L’ Observatoire Citoyen de l Action des Pouvoirs Publics (OCAPH) has expressed general concerns about the conduct of the elections to the press. Its website also has details of voter education campaigns.
Further discussion on women's rights and political participation can be found on the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti
For more background information on human rights and democracy in Haiti se our previous blog posting on the 2015 elections.