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Three people were killed and 15 others wounded as gunfire erupted hours before the polls opened on Monday in a semi-autonomous Muslim region of the Philippines set to choose its first elected parliament. The vote is the culmination of an on-off peace process that began in the late 1990s and established the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in the country’s far south. Cotabato police chief Jibin Bongcayao said the shooting took place just before midnight as members of rival...

Tinubu arrived in Paris on Sunday, halfway through a three-week leave that began eleven days after campaigning opened for the January 2027 election. The post Tinubu Reaches Paris as His Leave Runs Into the Campaign appeared first on The Rio Times.

Immediate France 24 analysis as polls close, and exit polls indicate how the country has voted in the 2026 election. France 24 Gavin Lee has been speaking to Scandinavia Correspondent Trine Villeman

Sweden's centre-left wing bloc, led by the Social Democrats, held an early lead at 51.3% in a parliamentary election on Sunday, an exit ​poll by broadcaster SVT ‌showed. Early results from the Swedish Election Authority were expected within hours.

Swedes are voting in a closely fought general election that could see the far-right Sweden Democrats enter government for the first time. With immigration, crime and the economy dominating the campaign, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson are locked in a neck-and-neck race.

Voters in an autonomous southern Philippine region will cast their ballots on Monday in the region’s first parliamentary elections, seen as a crucial step in the quest for self-determination and lasting peace after decades of insurgency and violence. The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, or BARMM, covers five provinces, three cities and 63 villages across eight special geographic area clusters. It has nearly 2.4 million voters, with election officials aiming for an 80 per cent...

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Sept. 13 (Jiji Press)--Genta Koja is certain to win Sunday's gubernatorial election in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, bringing the Liberal Democratic Party back into power in the prefectural government for the first time in 12 years. The 42-year-old former vice mayor of Naha, Okinawa's capital, was up against 66-year-old Denny Tamaki, who had sought a third...

Swedes were voting in a closely fought election on Sunday that will either bring a far-right party into government for the first time or shift the country back towards the liberalism that has long defined the northern European kingdom. Sweden’s centre-left opposition holds a narrow lead over the ruling right-wing bloc ahead of the September 13 election for parliament, several opinion polls have shown this week. But Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, ‌who has trailed in opinion polls throughout his...

The Court also upheld the finding of the Central Administrative Tribunal that contesting the election as a political party’s candidate violated the requirement of maintaining political neutrality

Rebel Congress councillors, whose alliance with the LDF helped wrest control of the municipality, have failed to reach a consensus on the municipal vice-chairperson’s post despite multiple rounds of discussions. KC(M), which had earlier decided against staking claim to any post, mulls fielding candidate for the September 16 election

Analysts link the Ibovespa rally to election positioning for Flávio Bolsonaro and Augusto Cury, reading gains off polling that has barely moved. The post The Election Trade Is Back on Brazilian Trading Desks appeared first on The Rio Times.

Cross-tabs put Lula level with 2022 in São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio, ahead 47-27 among the poorest, and down to 60-28 in the Northeast. The post Lula Is Running Level With 2022 in Brazil, and Behind in the Northeast appeared first on The Rio Times.

The Ballari Rural MLA hits back at Opposition leaders by saying that the 2028 Assembly election will give answers

The Election Commission of India registered a Congress complaint against Devasish Sharma, who joined the BJP less than a week after opting for voluntary retirement

Malaysia’s United Malays National Organisation has called for immediate national elections, signaling deepening tensions within Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s ruling alliance.

Malaysia’s Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi on Friday called for the general election to be held immediately, in the once-dominant Malay party’s clearest indication yet that it was looking beyond the country’s current governing alliance ahead of the next election. The call comes as Umno deepens ties with opposition Islamist party the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), buoyed by recent state victories and growing talk of a new alignment to consolidate the Malay vote. “The time has come for the...

Al Jazeera speaks to voters in Malmo, a city the far right often singles out for its diversity, ahead of Sweden's vote.

Brazil's Supreme Court chief justice stepped in Wednesday to halt conflicting rulings by two fellow judges as a dispute over alleged links between Justice Alexandre de Moraes and a fraud-accused banker deepened. The clash has spilled into the campaign for next month's presidential election, adding to tensions around the court.

Election to Kottayam’s district panchayat division necessitated following the election of sitting member to the Assembly. Byelection is also held in the first ward (Cheeramkulam) of the Meenadom grama panchayat and the 10th ward (Kumpanthanam) of the Pampady grama panchayat

The opposition politician faces five charges over protests that followed the disputed 2024 election.

The far-right Alternative for Germany is just short of a majority in a regional election.

Guinea-Bissau economy waits on the promised December 2026 election as ECOWAS weighs sanctions and the cashew trade meets the cocaine shadow. The post Military Council Promises Guinea-Bissau Vote by December 2026 as ECOWAS Debates Sanctions appeared first on The Rio Times.

The Cabo Verde election 2026 handed PAICV a one-seat majority, returning Francisco Carvalho to government as tourism and debt reshape the economy. The post Cabo Verde Election 2026 Returns PAICV to Power After Record Abstention appeared first on The Rio Times.

Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is projected to win a regional election in Saxony-Anhalt.

Voting began in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday in a closely watched election. Recent surveys place the AfD at just over 40%, followed by Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU) at 23%. If the AfD wins, "one of the main things they want to change is the education system. They say they want to reset education," our journalist Shirli Stibon explains.

Justice Zanin is seeking answers after a Senate candidate placed confidential data about him in a public election file in Brazil. The post Zanin Seeks Answers Over Confidential Data in an Election File appeared first on The Rio Times.

Tokyo, Sept. 6 (Jiji Press)--Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki won a third term in the Japanese opposition party's leadership election Sunday. In the election, held at an extraordinary party convention in Tokyo, Tamaki, 57, defeated his sole opponent, Mikihiko Hashimoto, 30, a member of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament. ...

DMK president urges the court to order 100% counting of VVPAT slips in the constituency and consequently nullify the election of TVK MLA V.S. Babu

Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema pledged to build on the economic turnaround achieved during his first term as he was sworn in for a new mandate Tuesday after tense elections