Ireland elections - get started with our research links

The Irish general election of 2016 took place on Friday, 26 February. Here are some recommended links for researchers and students to get started with this topic.

Ireland has a complex electoral system see the Proportional Representation (PR)/Single Transferable Vote (STV) guide from the Journal
Official government orders relating to the 2016 election.
IFES guides to past elections and results.

Key Parties contesting the election.
With links to their manifestoes

	Fine Gael - Let's Keep the Recovery Going Labour Party- Standing Up for Ireland's Future Fianna Fáil- An Ireland for All Sinn Féin- Better with Sinn Féin AAA Real Change not Spare Change Social Democrats Building a Better Future 2016–2026 Green Party think ahead act now AAA–PBP Common Principles: Radical Alternatives and Real Equality PBP Share the Wealth: An Alternative Vision for Ireland Renua Rewarding Work Rebuilding Trust

 

EU referendum - intial reactions

The latest reaction to the EU referendum.
A number of business leaders have signed a letter to the Times stating that leaving the EU would damage business prospects. This is behind a paywall but the BBC has summaries.

other initial reactions

Newspapers
Financial Times  - the case for Britain to remain in Europe
Telegraph - Time to talk about Brexit.
Guardian 
Daily Mail- at last the fate of Britain is up to you! 
Economist - Bagehot blog.

Business Groups
CBI  response, response to 23rd feb letter
EU resources.
British Chambers of Commerce EU referendum hub has surveys and responses. Initial response to deal
 Bank of England governor speech. The European Union, monetary and financial stability, and the Bank of England -October 2015
Institute of Directors -
 business leaders poll
City Uk report on EU reform.

EU referendum June 2016 - get started with these research links.

The date has finally been announced for 23rd June.
Here are some background sources on the referendum and what is means.

David Cameron's statement to Parliament in 22nd February
Statement about the EU renegotiation and settlement on 20th February 


Use the Uk Parliament website to terrace the passage of the EU Referendum act to its final royal assent in December 2015. The site includes links to the Bill, statements and discussion in parliament and revisions.
The Electoral Commission website has details of debate about the wording of the question. Its website also has a media briefing and background information on the timing.
This followed a number of years of discussion about the process. The Guardian has a transcript of David Cameron's speech from 2013 which outlined plans.
It was also a pledge in the 2015 Conservative Party manifesto.


 Campaign Groups.
The official campaign group website include: Britain Stronger in Europe Britain Stronger in Europe (formally The In Campaign Ltd) is a lobbying group campaigning for the United Kingdom to remain in the European Union key members Danny Alexander, Peter Mandelson

Leave.EU- The campaign was co-founded by Bristol-based businessman and UKIP donor Arron Banks, with property entrepreneur Richard Tice.

Grassroots out cross party group include Kate Hoey, Peter Bone

Conservatives for Britain - Supporters Lord Lawson campaigning for a new relationship with EU.

Uganda Elections- are there fears about violence?

Ugandans went to the polls on the 18th February
were the fears about violence real?
Certainly the US state department expressed fears.
 Here are some recommended academic resources.

Official sources.
 Electoral Commission - has legislation, rules and official results.
 IFES election guide has basic facts

Analysis
African Arguments- supported by the Royal African Society has some backgound analysis of the importance of the elections.
Global Voices  has discussion from bloggers.This includes a good discussion of the role of social media in the elections.

News  coverage.
All Africa.com  has coverage of news stories.

Deutsche Welt has coverage of the fears of violence.

Huffington Post

Ugandan Radio network 

Ugandan Observer coverage.

Techcabal has links to influential Twitter accounts including candidates, news sources

 

Uganda Elections 2016- Vision Group has created a good news site with headlines and polls.

Human Rights groups and observers.
Amnesty International Background reports.
Civil Rights Defenders Analysis
Womens Democracy network expressed concerns about gender issues that need to be addressed.
Citizens Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda has grassroots news, campaigns and reports. It includes coverage of campaigns directed at women.
Citizens Election Observers Network - commentary from grassroots observers.
Human Rights Watch
Commonwealth is observing the conduct of the elections
Also observing is the European Union. Preliminary reports can be obtained from the website.
 

Central African Republic - presidential election run off- get the facts.

This week People in the Central African Republic have voted to elect a new president in a run-off contest between two former prime ministers.

The first round of voting was held on the 30th December. Refer back to our blog posting for links to background analyses. from 2015.

L’Observatoire National des Elections reported low turnout but good conduct.(French Language).

African Union has deployed a mission - its preliminary reports on conduct can be viewed on the AU website.
United Nations statements call for an end to the violence
RJDH is a network of journalists. It website has some interesting news stories and coverage of election issues in French.

Portuguese presidential elections 2016 - academic resources

Last week

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, won the Portuguese presidential election with 52% of the vote. 

Here are some resources where you can find out more.

There is an official Portuguese government website

This has detailed results and enables comparison with earlier elections.

The national election commission has background information on the electoral system and legislation in Portuguese.  The national tribunal also has official notices and reports on the legislation

ERC opinion polls of voting intentions.

Electoral Geography has some good visualization of results

 Newspaper coverage from Portugal is offered via these websites

Diário de Notícias

Observador

TVi24

 Academic discussion of Portuguese politics from the Conversation blog

Robert Schuman fondation election analysis