Polls open in 20 EU countries to elect new European Parliament | Elections News

Polls open in 20 EU countries to elect new European Parliament | Elections News

The election will shape how the European bloc confronts challenges including a hostile Russia, increased industrial rivalry with China and the United States, climate change and immigration. Voters across 20 European Union countries have started picking the bloc’s next parliament amid concern that a likely shift to the political right…

India’s Rahul Gandhi nominated as opposition leader after election gains | India Election 2024 News

India’s Rahul Gandhi nominated as opposition leader after election gains | India Election 2024 News

Gandhi’s Congress party’s election results defied analysts’ expectations, and helped rehabilitate his political career. Rahul Gandhi, scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family that governed India for decades in the wake of independence, has been nominated to lead India’s opposition in parliament following an election result that pulled his party back from…

‘Humbling moment’: What will Modi 3.0 look like for India? | India Election 2024 News

‘Humbling moment’: What will Modi 3.0 look like for India? | India Election 2024 News

New Delhi, India – Vishal Paliwal, a 57-year-old worker of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), spent Tuesday afternoon sleeping at home as India counted over 640 million votes cast in its national election. A granite stone trader in the northwestern state of Rajasthan, Paliwal lost his livelihood after…

South Africa’s ANC wants a national unity government: What is it? | Elections News

South Africa’s ANC wants a national unity government: What is it? | Elections News

EXPLAINER The ruling ANC is avoiding a coalition government with any single opposition group as it faces its toughest challenge yet. South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has said it wants to form a national unity government with major opposition parties after it lost its majority in general elections last…

How much will a presidential election reveal about Iran’s future? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

How much will a presidential election reveal about Iran’s future? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Iran’s recent history is a rollercoaster of contrasts, alternating between hope and despair, traditions and modernisation, revolutions and counterrevolutions, conservatism and reformism. The country is once again on the verge of an historic moment as it prepares for a June 28 snap presidential election, following the death of President Ebrahim…

Election results: How have India’s past coalition governments fared? | India Election 2024 News

Election results: How have India’s past coalition governments fared? | India Election 2024 News

Narendra Modi is likely to return as India’s prime minister for a third term but will have to rely on allies to run a coalition government for the first time after his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fell short of a majority. Modi led the BJP to landslide victories in the…

South African minister charged with corruption amid coalition talks | Elections News

South African minister charged with corruption amid coalition talks | Elections News

Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Zizi Kodwa arrested and charged of taking bribes as his ANC party struggles to form a government. South Africa’s outgoing sports, arts and culture minister has appeared in court after being arrested over bribery allegations as his African National Congress (ANC) party meets for coalition…

Sunak and Starmer clash in heated first debate of UK election | Elections News

Sunak and Starmer clash in heated first debate of UK election | Elections News

The two men clash over tax, health and the cost of living in fractious debate that failed to land any knockout blows. The leaders of the United Kingdom’s two top political parties have faced off in their first live television debate of the election campaign, attacking each other over issues…

UK’s Sunak and Starmer to clash in debate as Farage enters election fray | Elections News

UK’s Sunak and Starmer to clash in debate as Farage enters election fray | Elections News

Conservative leader Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will go head-to-head in a televised debate. The two main contenders to be Britain’s next prime minister are set to face off in a televised debate, with Conservative leader Rishi Sunak hoping to boost his party’s dismal outlook and Labour’s…