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Elections in Russia
Elections in Russia: national, regional, and local votes since 1989, now held under electoral authoritarianism. No democratic transfer of power; United Russia dominates; OSCE observers excluded; Golos dismantled; statistical fraud studies.
Elections in Scotland
Elections in Scotland (Scottish Parliament elections, Holyrood elections) use the Additional Member System: 73 constituency MSPs by first-past-the-post plus 56 regional MSPs by modified d'Hondt party list, every five years; SNP won 64 of 129 seats in 2021, turnout 53.4% in 2026.
Elections in South Africa
Elections in South Africa: national, provincial and local contests run by the IEC under proportional representation since the first non-racial vote of 27 April 1994; the ANC ruled until losing its majority in the 2024 election, forcing a coalition government.
Elections in Spain
Elections in Spain (elecciones en España) cover general, European, regional, and local votes under LOREG. Congress uses closed-list D'Hondt PR in 50 provinces with a 3% threshold; the Senate uses majority voting; first democratic election 15 June 1977.
Elections in Tamil Nadu
Elections in Tamil Nadu: contests for the 234-seat state Legislative Assembly. Dominated since 1967 by the DMK and AIADMK Dravidian parties; the debutant Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam won 108 of 234 seats in the single-phase 23 April 2026 election.
Elections in the Netherlands
Elections in the Netherlands (Nederlandse verkiezingen): proportional representation since 1917 with no formal threshold, 150-seat House elected nationwide, plus European, provincial, municipal, and water authority elections.
Elections in the Philippines
Elections in the Philippines: synchronized triennial national and local polls run by COMELEC, automated since 2010, marked by weak parties, clientelism, and entrenched political dynasties despite a constitutional ban.
Elections in the United Kingdom
Elections in the United Kingdom: general elections to the 650-seat House of Commons use first past the post, while devolved legislatures use AMS, STV, and closed-list PR; the 2024 result was the most disproportionate on record.
Elections in the United States
Elections in the United States: decentralized state-run contests for president, Congress, and local offices, using the Electoral College, primaries, and federal laws like the VRA, NVRA, and HAVA.
Elections in Venezuela
Elections in Venezuela, run by the National Electoral Council (CNE), cover presidential, legislative, and regional contests. Key facts: electronic voting with paper actas, disputed 2018 and 2024 Maduro victories, 2025 boycott election, and post-2026 transition.
Elections to the European Parliament
Elections to the European Parliament: five-yearly direct elections by universal suffrage since June 1979 under the 1976 Electoral Act, using proportional representation; 720 MEPs elected in June 2024.
Electoral College (India)
The Electoral College (India) elects the President under Articles 54-55: elected MPs and MLAs of States, Delhi, and Puducherry vote by single transferable vote with population-weighted values based on the 1971 census.
Electoral history of Barack Obama
Barack Obama's electoral history includes three Illinois state senate victories, a 2004 U.S. Senate win, and two presidential elections, becoming the first Black president in 2008.
Electoral history of Justin Trudeau
Electoral history of Justin Trudeau: five straight wins as Liberal candidate for Papineau, Quebec, 2008-2021; leadership 2013; majority 2015, minorities 2019 and 2021; resignation 2025.
Electoral history of Mark Carney
Electoral history of Mark Carney: Liberal leadership win 9 March 2025 with 85.88% of points, prime minister from 14 March 2025, MP for Nepean, Liberals first in the 45th general election 28 April 2025 with 169 of 343 seats, minority, later 174-seat majority.
Electoral history of Pierre Poilievre
The electoral history of Pierre Poilievre covers his seven federal election wins from 2004 to 2021, his 2025 defeat in Carleton, and his 2025 by-election return.
Electoral history of Rahul Gandhi
Electoral history of Rahul Gandhi: seven Lok Sabha candidacies 2004-2024 as INC candidate, six wins. Amethi wins 2004-2014, 2019 Amethi loss to Smriti Irani, Wayanad wins 2019 and 2024, Rae Bareli 2024, now 12th Leader of the Opposition.
Ellie Chowns
Ellie Chowns, also known as Eleanor Elizabeth Chowns, is a British Green Party politician who has been the MP for North Herefordshire since the 2024 general election.
Endorsements in the 2024 United Kingdom general election
Endorsements in the 2024 United Kingdom general election: press backing of parties on 4 July 2024. Labour won five of ten daily endorsements, including the Sun's first Labour backing since 1997 or 2005 (sources differ), while Telegraph, Mail and Express stayed Conservative.
English parish and town council elections
Elections to England's roughly 10,000 civil parish and town councils, the lowest tier of local government, are held every four years, though most seats are filled without a poll.
Estonian Constituent Assembly
The Estonian Constituent Assembly (Estonian: Asutav Kogu) was the first parliament elected by free elections in Estonia, serving from 1919 to 1920 during the War of Independence.
Europe of Sovereign Nations Group
Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN) is the far-right political group in the 2024–2029 European Parliament, formed 10 July 2024 around Germany's AfD with 25 MEPs from eight states; co-led by René Aust and Stanisław Tyszka.
European People's Party Group
European People's Party Group (EPP Group), largest centre-right political group in the European Parliament, founded 23 June 1953 as the Christian-Democratic Group in the ECSC Common Assembly; chaired by Manfred Weber, 188 MEPs from all 27 states.
Faithless electors in the 2016 United States presidential election
Faithless electors in the 2016 US presidential election: seven electors voted against their pledges (five Clinton, two Trump), casting votes for Powell, Kasich, Ron Paul, Sanders, and Faith Spotted Eagle; the episode led to Chiafalo v. Washington (2020).
February 1974 United Kingdom general election
The February 1974 UK general election (28 February 1974), called by Edward Heath during the miners' strike under "Who governs Britain?", produced a hung parliament: Labour under Harold Wilson won 301 seats to the Conservatives' 297 despite fewer votes, leading to a minority government and an October 1974 re-run.
Federal elections in Germany
German federal elections elect the Bundestag, Germany's federal parliament, at least every four years; each voter casts a constituency vote and a decisive party vote.
Federation Council (Iraq)
Federation Council (مجلس الاتحاد), Iraq's constitutionally mandated second legislative chamber under Articles 48 and 65 of the 2005 Constitution, intended to represent regions and governorates; never formed because its enabling law, requiring a two-thirds parliamentary vote, was never enacted.
Flávio Bolsonaro 2026 presidential campaign
Flávio Bolsonaro's 2026 Brazilian presidential campaign: the PL senator and Jair Bolsonaro's eldest son, designated in December 2025, formalized July 25, 2026, and took 47% to Lula's 45% in the October 4 first round, forcing an October 25 runoff.
Florida's congressional districts
Florida's 28 U.S. House districts, redrawn under the Fair Districts amendment; DeSantis's 2022 map eliminated a North Florida Black-opportunity district for a 20-8 GOP edge, and a 2026 mid-decade map adds up to four more Republican seats amid ongoing lawsuits.
Four Seasons Total Landscaping press conference
The Four Seasons Total Landscaping press conference: Rudy Giuliani's November 7, 2020 Trump-campaign event in a Northeast Philadelphia parking lot, held after a venue mix-up as networks called the 2020 election for Biden.