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Sri Lanka presidential candidates submit election nominations

Colombo, Sri Lanka Reuters Thirty-nine candidates for Sri Lanka’s presidential election submitted nominations on Thursday as the Indian Ocean island nation prepares for a 21st September vote key to charting its path out of a gruelling financial crisis. The election will be Sri Lanka’s first major poll since it ran out of foreign reserves, sending […]

Losing Indonesian presidential candidate Ganjar calls for new election

Jakarta, Indonesia Reuters The legal team of losing Indonesia presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo filed a complaint at the country’s constitutional court on Saturday, calling for a fresh election and disqualification of the winning team of defence minister Prabowo Subianto. Ganjar, a former Central Java governor supported by the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), […]

After months in jail, Senegalese family vows to vote out ruling party

Dakar, Senegal Reuters When Aramata Djiba was arrested and taken with her four-month-old baby to a maximum security prison in Senegal’s capital Dakar, she said she felt it was the “end of the world”. “I had no hope…I cried for a week,” said the 29-year-old kindergarten teacher. She said she shared a cell, and a […]

Centre-right’s Stubb wins close-fought Finnish presidential election

Helsinki, Finland Reuters Alexander Stubb of the centre-right National Coalition Party narrowly won Finland’s presidential election on Sunday, defeating liberal Green Party member Pekka Haavisto, who conceded defeat. Stubb is pro-European and a strong supporter of Ukraine who has taken a tough stance towards Russia. National Coalition Party presidential candidate Alexander Stubb reacts to the […]

Push to mobilise turnout as Egyptians vote for president

People stand next to a polling station on the first day of the presidential election in Cairo, Egypt, on 10th December, 2023.

Suez, Egypt Reuters Egyptians, some arriving on buses or stationed waving national flags outside polling stations, voted on Monday in the second of three days in a presidential election in which Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to sweep to a third, six-year term. Many have shown little interest or knowledge about the election, which is […]

Updated: Ecuador leftist Gonzalez concedes presidential election to rival Noboa

Ecuadorian presidential candidate Daniel Noboa reacts during the presidential election, in Santa Elena, Ecuador, on 15th October, 2023.

Updated: 12:15pm (AEDT) Quito/Guayaquil, Ecuador Reuters Ecuadorean presidential candidate Luisa Gonzalez on Sunday conceded the presidential election to her rival, business heir Daniel Noboa, congratulating him on his victory. Noboa was tallying more than 52 per cent of the vote, while Gonzalez had about 48 per cent, with nearly 90 per cemt of ballot boxes […]

Fed up with graft, Guatemalans face familiar names in presidential vote

Sandra Torres, presidential candidate for the National Unity of Hope party addresses to supporters during a campaign event in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on 27th May, 2023.

Guatemala City Reuters Guatemala holds a presidential election on Sunday with voters clamouring for a government that can tackle corruption, inflation and violence, though no candidate is expected to secure enough votes to win outright, setting the scene for a run-off.  Polling points to a close contest between former First Lady Sandra Torres, conservative career […]

Montenegro holds run-off presidential election

People walk past an election campaign poster of incumbent President Milo Djukanovic in Podgorica, Montenegro, on 1st April, 2023.

Podgorica, Montenegro Reuters Montenegrins were set to vote in a run-off presidential election on Sunday, pitting long-time incumbent Milo Djukanovic against a Western-educated economist pledging to lift the nation out of a crisis marked by no-confidence votes in two governments. Polling stations opened at 7am and will close at 8pm. First unofficial results by pollsters, […]