2,006 articles
2031 Peruvian general election
2031 Peruvian general election: Peru's next national vote, expected April 2031, electing president, vice presidents, and Congress for 2026-2031's successor term under the five-year, no-immediate-reelection rule.
20th Congress of the Philippines
The 20th Congress of the Philippines (Ika-20 Kongreso ng Pilipinas) is the bicameral legislature elected May 12, 2025, serving June 30, 2025 to June 30, 2028: a 24-seat Senate plus a 318-seat House, led by Senate President Tito Sotto and Speaker Bojie Dy.
20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (中共二十大), held in Beijing October 16–22, 2022, gave Xi Jinping a third term, elected a 205-member Central Committee, amended the party constitution on Taiwan, and promoted Chinese-style modernization.
31st Saskatchewan general election
31st Saskatchewan general election, scheduled for October 30, 2028 under the Legislative Assembly Act, 2007 fixed-date rule, following the 30th election of October 28, 2024; date may shift only if a federal election call delays it.
34th Dáil
34th Dáil, current Dáil Éireann of Ireland, elected at the 29 November 2024 general election; largest Dáil ever with 174 TDs in 43 constituencies; Fianna Fáil–Fine Gael coalition under Taoiseach Micheál Martin from January 2025.
42nd New Brunswick general election
The 42nd New Brunswick general election is a provincial election in Canada, where campaign contributions cannot exceed $3,000, and it is called by the Lieutenant-Governor.
43rd British Columbia general election
The 43rd British Columbia general election, held October 19, 2024, elected 93 MLAs under a modernized Election Act. The BC NDP won 47 seats to 44 for the Conservatives and 2 for the Greens, after judicial recounts in Kelowna Centre and Surrey-Guildford.
43rd Parliament of British Columbia
43rd Parliament of British Columbia: the legislature elected October 19, 2024 with 93 seats, NDP government under David Eby, two sessions (2025, 2026), dissolved September 22, 2026 before the October 24, 2026 election.
44th British Columbia general election
The 44th British Columbia general election, set for October 24, 2026, is a snap election called by Premier David Eby two years early over the Trump trade war, with the BC Conservatives in leadership turmoil.
44th Manitoba general election
The 43rd Manitoba general election was held in Manitoba on October 3, 2023; Wab Kinew's NDP won a majority with 34 of 57 seats over the PCs' 22.
45th Canadian federal election
The 45th Canadian federal election, held April 28, 2025, elected 343 House of Commons members; Mark Carney's Liberals won a minority government (168 seats) as Trump's tariffs and 51st-state threats dominated, and Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre lost his seat.
45th Canadian Parliament
45th Canadian Parliament: House of Commons elected April 28, 2025, first sat May 26, 2025, 343 seats. Liberal minority (169) under Mark Carney; floor crossings and 2026 by-elections produced a majority.
45th Ontario general election
The 45th Ontario general election title refers to Ontario's snap provincial election of February 27, 2025 (numbered the 44th by Elections Ontario), called by Doug Ford over Trump tariff threats; his Progressive Conservatives won a third majority with 82 of 124 seats.
46th Canadian federal election
The 46th Canadian federal election, following the 45th of April 28, 2025, is scheduled for October 15, 2029 under the Canada Elections Act fixed-date rule, unless Parliament is dissolved earlier; 343 seats, first past the post.
48th Parliament of Australia
48th Parliament of Australia: federal parliament elected May 2025, opened July 2025. Labor under Albanese holds 94 of 150 House seats, largest majority since 1996; hung 76-seat Senate.
98th United States Congress
The 98th United States Congress (1983–1985) was a divided Congress under Reagan, with a Democratic House and Republican Senate; it enacted the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday law (PL 98-144) and the Shipping Act of 1984.
A Time for Choosing
A Time for Choosing, also called The Speech or A Rendezvous With Destiny: Ronald Reagan's October 27, 1964 televised Goldwater campaign address, about 30 minutes, that raised millions and launched his political career toward the California governorship and presidency.
Adrian Zandberg
Adrian Tadeusz Zandberg, born 1979 in Aalborg, Denmark, is a Polish historian, programmer, and co-founder of the Razem party; Sejm MP since 2019 and Razem's candidate in the 2025 Polish presidential election with a state-investment program.
African representation in the French National Assembly (1945–1958)
African representation in the French National Assembly (1945–1958) was the system by which French West Africa, French Equatorial Africa, Togo, and Cameroon elected deputies to the French Parliament.
Al Gore 2000 presidential campaign
Al Gore 2000 presidential campaign: the Democratic nominee's run against George W. Bush, with Joseph Lieberman as running mate, lost by 537 Florida votes after the Supreme Court ended the recount on December 12, 2000.
Alison Collins
Alison Collins, San Francisco Board of Education member elected 2018 and vice president in 2021, resigned under pressure over 2016 anti-Asian tweets, lost an $87 million lawsuit, and was recalled with 76 percent of the vote in February 2022.
Alliance for a Magnificent Albania
Alliance for a Magnificent Albania (Aleanca për Shqipërinë Madhështore, ASHM, also rendered Greater Albania) is the Democratic Party-led Albanian opposition coalition formed by Sali Berisha in March 2025; it won 50 of 140 seats with 32.93% in the May 2025 election, losing to Edi Rama's Socialists.
Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas
Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas: five-party Philippine electoral coalition (PFP, Lakas-CMD, NPC, NP, NUP) formed by Marcos allies in 2024; contested the 2025 midterms, winning the House majority but only six of 12 Senate seats.
Anna Jagiellon
Anna Jagiellon (Anna Jagiellonka, 1523–1596) was a Jagiellonian princess elected Queen/King of Poland in 1575 alongside husband Stephen Báthory, the Commonwealth's first female ruler, later orchestrating Sigismund III Vasa's election.
Argentine Chamber of Deputies
Argentine Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados de la Nación), lower house of Argentina's bicameral Congress: 257 deputies, four-year terms with half renewed every two years, D'Hondt proportional representation by province.
Arizona's congressional delegations
Arizona's congressional delegations comprise the state's US senators and House members since 1912. The House delegation has nine districts, six Republicans and three Democrats, alongside two Democratic senators.
Arizona's congressional districts
Arizona's nine U.S. House districts, drawn by the five-member Independent Redistricting Commission created by Proposition 106 (2000), upheld by the Supreme Court in 2015; current map adopted January 2022, yielding a 6-3 Republican delegation.
Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
Assassination of Benazir Bhutto, 27 December 2007, Rawalpindi's Liaquat Bagh: suicide bombing and gunfire killed Pakistan's former prime minister and 24 others; UN inquiry found preventable security failures.
Assassination of Fernando Villavicencio
The assassination of Fernando Villavicencio was the fatal shooting of an anti-corruption journalist and Ecuadorian presidential candidate in Quito on 9 August 2023, days before the election.
Attempted assassination of Jair Bolsonaro
Stabbing attack on Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, 6 September 2018, in Juiz de Fora, by Adélio Bispo de Oliveira; he acted alone per Federal Police inquiries, was acquitted as legally insane, and Bolsonaro won the 2018 election.