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Sri Lanka begins voting for parliamentary polls amidst tight security

​Sri Lankan voters on Monday queued up to cast their votes for a parliamentary election amidst tight security to elect a new 225 member parliament and a new government.

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Incumbent Sri Lankan president takes lead in 2015 election

​The first result of Sri Lanka's 2015 Presidential Election was released late on Thursday with incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa achieving leading number of votes.

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Tight race expected in Croatian presidential run-off

​Croatia's incumbent President Ivo Josipovic maintained a slim lead in the first round of presidential election by winning 38.48 percent of the votes, compared with his rival Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic's 37.18 percent.

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Myanmar pledges free, fair election in 2015

​Myanmar's Union Election Commission (UEC) has pledged a free and fair general election in 2015, calling on political parties, civil society organizations and international aid groups to cooperate for the upcoming event, according to the commission Tuesday.

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Rousseff, Neves to have runoff in Brazilian presidential poll

A runoff is expected to take place between Brazil's incumbent President Dilma Rousseff and her rival Aecio Neves on Oct. 26, preliminary results showed.

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Afghan election results in uncertainty despite completion of vote recounting

​Even though Afghan election commission completed the votes auditing and recounting process a couple of days ago, the election results have yet to be announced obviously owing to the continued dispute between the two presidential candidates.

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Brazil presidential race runoff likelier, despite gov't approval rate rises: poll

​The likelihood of a runoff in Brazil's presidential race was growing, despite the government saw an upturn in its approval rating, according to a poll released Monday.

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Egypt's Sisi officially declared president

Egypt's presidential election commission on Tuesday officially announced ex-military chief Abdel- Fattah al-Sisi to be the new president of the most populous Arab state, after achieving a landslide victory over leftist candidate Hamdeen Sabahy in the three-day polls held in late May.

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Egypt's Sisi to sweep presidential polls after initial count

Initial poll count on Wednesday shows that Egypt's former military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will sweep the presidential elections with an overwhelming majority of votes.

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Indonesian main opposition party leads elections in quick count

The Democratic Party of Struggle ( PDI-P), Indonesia's largest opposition party led by former president Megawati, took an early lead in the parliamentary election on Wednesday, unofficial results showed.

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Chile's Bachelet wins presidency

Chile's former president Michelle Bachelet, the center-left New Majority opposition candidate, won the second-round vote on Sunday by 62 percent against 38 percent for her rival Evelyn Matthei of the ruling conservative party, Chile's Electoral Service (Servel) announced.

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Venezuelan opposition candidate rejects election results

Venezuela's opposition leader Henrique Capriles said early Monday that he refused to accept the election results and demanded recount of all votes after Acting President Nicolas Maduro narrowly won Sunday's vote.

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Kenyans wait for presidential poll results amid anxiety and fear

Kenyans are anxiously waiting for the results of the general elections, with growing fear of violence, as the release of votes tally was delayed by an information communication technology's breakdown which hit data transmission system of the election.