Eighty six per cent of the 58 million registered Turkish voters turned up in polling precincts to decide whether or not to adopt 18 proposed amendments in the Constitution. While Turkish elections regularly draw good turnout, the 2017 polls elicited one of the biggest voter participation in recent history. Early count has “Yes†winning with 51.36% of ...
Israelis headed to the polls on March 17 to elect their 20th Knesset (Parliament). The event was widely seen as a referendum on the governance of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu; who –after a close-fought campaign- has claimed victory. His party Likud won 30 seats, six more than his closest follower the opposition Zionist Union (led by ...
This year, approximately 1.5 billion people have elected their representatives in 96 elections held in five continents. That’s the equivalent of 21% of the world population. Asia, a continent with 4.427 billion people, saw some 800 million people casting a ballot. India (553 million voters) and Indonesia (134 million voters) accounted for almost half of the ...
The recent presidential polls in Afghanistan failed to determine a winner when none of the 11 candidates garnered the required minimum 50% votes to win. Â For the United States, though, the exercise was a resounding success. In a statement, President Barack lauded the millions of Afghans who voted, calling the elections a milestone in their aspiration ...
On 30 April Iraqi citizens will elect its Council of Representatives (CoR). Within 30 days of when the CoR first convenes, its members will elect the country’s President. He will then choose a Prime Minister from the new parliament’s majority coalition. 9,040 candidates, including 2,612 women, will vie for the 328 seats. The voting system The electoral system is ...