Israel's incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed victory following exit polls showing him tied with opposition center-left Zionist Union led by Isaac Herzog in Tuesday's parliamentary elections.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he will make a quick decision on the lineup of his new cabinet after Sunday's election, which saw a landslide victory for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its small Komeito partner.
Banri Kaieda, leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), decided on Monday to quit over the party's failure in Sunday's general election.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was in the lead in the latest polls that showed Thursday the party may win over 300 seats in the Dec. 14 election for the parliament's lower house.
The Kuomintang Party won six county and city chief seats in Taiwan's biggest-ever local elections held Saturday, while the opposition Democratic Progressive Party landed 13 seats, according to the island's electoral authorities.
The Japanese cabinet on Friday approved a resolution to dissolve the parliament's lower house later in the day and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to call a snap general election slated for Dec. 14.
Republicans appear to be in the lead as the clock winds down to Tuesday's U.S. midterm Congressional elections, with polls and experts pointing to a strong possibility of a Republican Senate takeover.
Myanmar's Union Election Commission announced here Sunday cancellation of the upcoming second by- election originally scheduled for the end of this year.
Chinese budget airliner China United Airlines (CUA) will remove all first-class seats by the end of the month, the company announced Monday.
Rival political parties in South Korea has been going neck and neck in local elections, which were seen by many as a referendum on the Park Geun-hye administration after the ferry sinking disaster.
British Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the pro-European Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg said Monday his party suffered a "huge setback" in the European elections, as the Eurosceptic UK Independence Party (UKIP) has wiped out most of its seats in the European legislature.
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee Sunday dissolved the 15th Lok Sabha or Lower House of Parliament, an act of formality for the coming of the new lower house of parliament just elected by the voters into power.
The Democratic Party of Struggle ( PDI-P), Indonesia's largest opposition party led by former president Megawati, will dominate the national and regional parliamentary elections on April 9, analysts said.
Thai caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra expressed satisfaction after the general election concluded on Sunday with no injuries reported and voting in the majority of constituencies completed.
Thai citizens cast their votes in Sunday's general election, though polling in a few constituencies of the capital city and in most southern provinces was called off due to unrest caused by anti-government protesters.
The Indian capital is facing President's rule followed by a re-election in the next six months, as none of the two major political parties has come forward to stake a claim to form the state government.
Nepali Congress (NC), a centrist party of Nepal, has emerged as the largest party as counting of voters concluded on Thursday, Election Commission said.
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