What are India’s electoral bonds, the secret donations powering Modi’s BJP? | Narendra Modi News

What are India’s electoral bonds, the secret donations powering Modi’s BJP? | Narendra Modi News

A mysterious source of electoral funding, which has generated hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is under scrutiny in India after the country’s top court found in November that they “put a premium on opacity” and can be “misused for money laundering”….

Pakistan election: PTI joins religious parties, PPP backs rival PMLN | Politics News

Pakistan election: PTI joins religious parties, PPP backs rival PMLN | Politics News

Islamabad, Pakistan – Five days after Pakistan’s general election, two opposing parties, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), have both announced plans to form a government – with the PTI allying with religious parties and the PPP supporting the rival Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN). The PTI leadership on…

Pakistan election: Can Imran Khan’s winning candidates form a government? | Elections News

Pakistan election: Can Imran Khan’s winning candidates form a government? | Elections News

Supporters of imprisoned Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party chant slogans during a protest against the delaying result of parliamentary election by Pakistan Election Commission, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan) Islamabad, Pakistan — Five days after the elections on February 8, Pakistan is nowhere closer…

‘Fix it from within’: More Chinese Indonesians chase seats in parliament | Elections News

‘Fix it from within’: More Chinese Indonesians chase seats in parliament | Elections News

Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia will see almost 10,000 people, including some from the country’s ethnic Chinese minority, competing in Wednesday’s general elections to become one of 580 lawmakers in the national parliament. According to Indonesia’s General Elections Commission (KPU), there are 9,917 candidates representing 18 political parties across 38 provinces….

In New York, a head-to-head House race foreshadows national elections | US Election 2024 News

In New York, a head-to-head House race foreshadows national elections | US Election 2024 News

Glen Cove, New York – Mansions rise from the coastline. Sailboats clip the waves. And overlooking the landscape, atop a grassy hill, sits the house of a former president, Theodore Roosevelt. Nestled on the north shore of Long Island, New York’s third congressional district is the wealthiest in the state…

How AI is used to resurrect dead Indian politicians as elections loom | Business and Economy

How AI is used to resurrect dead Indian politicians as elections loom | Business and Economy

Bengaluru, India – On January 23, an icon of Indian cinema and politics, M Karunanidhi appeared before a live audience on a large projected screen, to congratulate his 82-year-old friend and fellow politician TR Baalu on the launch of his autobiographical book. Dressed in his trademark black sunglasses, white shirt,…

A kidney for votes: Candidates struggle with Indonesian election costs | Elections News

A kidney for votes: Candidates struggle with Indonesian election costs | Elections News

Bali, Indonesia – For the last few months, 47-year-old Erfin Dewi Sudanto has been trying to sell his kidney. One of thousands of candidates running in Indonesia’s regional legislative council elections on February 14, he had hoped to raise $20,000 to help fund his political campaign. “This is not just…

Centre-right Alexander Stubb elected Finland’s next president | Elections News

Centre-right Alexander Stubb elected Finland’s next president | Elections News

New president will have a central role in defining Finland’s NATO policies, amid growing security concerns about Russia. Former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb has won the election runoff against ex-Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto to become Finland’s next president, and take on the task of steering the Nordic country’s foreign and…

Khan’s PTI leads as final results in Pakistan election called | Elections News

Khan’s PTI leads as final results in Pakistan election called | Elections News

Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party and its affiliates have won the most seats in Pakistan’s elections, the election commission has revealed as it declared final results in the hotly-contested vote. A number of independent candidates allied to the jailed former leader’s PTI have won National Assembly seats in…

Q&A: Indonesia’s Prabowo Subianto ‘confident’ of election victory | Elections

Q&A: Indonesia’s Prabowo Subianto ‘confident’ of election victory | Elections

Jakarta, Indonesia – On February 14, more than 204 million Indonesians will have the chance to vote for their new president. Incumbent Joko Widodo is in his second and final term, and is constitutionally barred from seeking re-election. Voters have a choice between three presidential candidates – Anies Baswedan, the…