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Canadian PM urged to create gender-equal Senate

More than 80 Canadian women have signed a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, urging him to work to ensure that the new process of selecting nominees to the Senate of Canada could produce a gender-equal Senate.

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Opposition wins majority in Venezuelan parliamentary elections

Venezuela's opposition coalition won a majority in parliament during legislative elections Sunday, the country's National Electoral Council (CNE) said Monday.

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HK political organizations to encourage younger generation to contest for district councilors

​ The result of Hong Kong's fifth District Council Election was unveiled on Monday, when political organizations contested for the election pledged to continue to strive to serve the public and to attract more young contestants in the future.

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Myanmar opposition qualified to nominate two candidates for vice presidential run

​Myanmar's opposition party has won the qualified number of seats in the country's two-house Union Parliament to nominate two candidates for vice presidential run for next term.

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Myanmar announces 54 more parliament representatives-elect

​Myanmar's Union Election Commission (UEC) announced 54 more parliament representative-elects to the Region or State Parliament in eight regions or states as part of the second day election result on Tuesday.

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Myanmar announces 106 parliament representatives-elect in 1st-day election

​Myanmar's Union Election Commission (UEC) announced 106 parliament representatives-elect on Tuesday as the first-day election result, including 54 to the House of Representatives and 52 to Region or State parliament.

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Myanmar's election commission announces 1st series of election result

​Myanmar's Union Election Commission (UEC) on Monday released the first series of the result of the general election held on Sunday following the opening of the election results center in Nay Pyi Taw.

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Huge turnout for historic, peaceful Myanmar vote

From first-time voters to the elderly, millions queued to cast their ballots on Sunday (Nov 8) in Myanmar’s first genuinely multi-party election in a generation. Observers said the poll was peaceful - a landmark achievement in a country only recently emerged from decades of military rule.

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Myanmar's general election begins across country

Myanmar's multi-party general election began across the country Sunday morning at 6 a.m. local time with 33.5 million eligible voters starting to go to polls and cast votes at respective polling stations .

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Portuguese ruling coalition heads to win general election: exit poll

​Portugal's center-right ruling coalition that enforced harsh austerity for the past four years, including spending cuts and tax hikes, is heading to their victory on Sunday despite the main opposition Socialist Party promising a less aggressive alternative, according to an exit poll.

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"Greek people gave us new clear mandate for four year term": Leftist leader

​Greece's former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras welcomed the results of Sunday's early general elections as a new "clear mandate" by Greek people for a four year term in office.

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Singapore's ruling party expected to be challenged on praliament seats

​Singapore's ruling People's Action Party (PAP) is expected to be challenged on 89 parliamentary seats as candidates are filing their nomination papers Tuesday morning.

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Sri Lanka's ruling UNF party wins parliamentary polls

​Sri Lanka's ruling United National Front (UNF) secured a clean win over the opposition United People' s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) in the parliamentary polls held in the island nation on Monday.

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Australian FM says gov't needs to "attract" more women to parliament

​Australia's Foreign Minister has backed colleagues' calls to set a target for equal representation for women in Parliament on Wednesday.

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Burundi's ruling party wins legislative poll

​The Burundian ruling party, the National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD), has won the legislative poll held on June 29, with 77 seats, the Electoral Commission Chairman announced Tuesday.

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Scotland to play key role in British general election

​Voting for Britain's "most unpredictable" general election started early Thursday amid the surge of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and possible prospects of a hung parliament.

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Netanyahu's Likud party wins in Israeli parliamentary elections

Incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emerged early Wednesday as the decisive winner of Israel's parliamentary election, showed official results after 99 percent of the ballots having been counted.