A pro-European Union Liberal Democrat candidate won a parliamentary seat previously held by Prime Minister Theresa May's ruling Conservative Party on Friday (Dec 2), in a vote that turned into a protest against Brexit.
The first parliamentary elections in Britain since the June 23 EU referendum take place this week to find MPs to replace former prime minister David Cameron and slain Labour politician Jo Cox.
With the race between U.S. Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and her Republican rival Donald Trump running neck and neck, the upcoming presidential debates could determine who will clinch the White House.
Mayoral runoffs held in Italy on Sunday sent a severe blow to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, as anti- establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) won in the key cities of Rome and Turin against the ruling Democratic Party (PD), official data showed on Monday.
The latest poll showed far-right Freedom Party (FPO) candidate Norbert Hofer has won the first round of the Austrian presidential election on Sunday.
Singapore's ruling People's Action Party (PAP) named K Muralidharan Pillai as its candidate for the Bukit Batok by-election on Monday.
Twenty percent of U.S. registered voters say they will only vote for a candidate who shares their views on immigration, with another 60 percent saying it will be one of many important considerations they take into account, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday.
The main candidate seeking to preside over the Argentinean Football Association (AFA) starting next year, Marcelo Tinelli, admitted Thursday that the body's management of funds needed to be "clarified".
The Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB), whose candidate Marina Silva came in third in the first round of presidential elections, announced Wednesday it will back opposition candidate Aecio Neves in the runoff on Oct. 26.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has widened her lead over main rival Marina Silva in the run-up to the October presidential elections, the latest poll showed Tuesday.
An unprecedented list of 70 candidates will be contending in Tunisia's presidential election in November, the country's Elections Board (ISIE) said on Tuesday.
Brazil's presidential race has changed dramatically over the past month, with a newly-introduced candidate rising fast in the polls and almost certainly leading to a runoff.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff Tuesday knocked her main election rival's industrial program.
A poll on Wednesday confirmed Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's lead position, while there is growing support for Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) presidential candidate Marina Silva in the lead up to Oct. 5 general elections.
The run for Brazil's presidency has seen a significant shift in the past two weeks, with newly-named candidate Marina Silva ranked second, said a poll released Tuesday,
A candidate backed by Japan's ruling coalition was defeated by an opposition candidate in a local election for a governorship on Sunday, as voters showed increasing opposition to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe'move to change a vital security policy.
Spain's political parties decided to suspend the activities they had planned for Monday following the fatal shooting of the President of the Deputation of Leon, Isabel Carrasco, earlier in the day.
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