Elections
Malaysia's leading coalition records landslide win in state polls
The GPS took 75 of 82 state Assembly seats, while the main opposition party Pakatan Harapan (PH) won two seats and another opposition party Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) won four seats, the election commission said. The results for one remaining seat have been delayed due to continuing bad weather hitting the country, reports Xinhua news agency.
Major blow to Johnson as minority party snatches 'safe' Conservative seat
The minority Liberal Democrats won the North Shropshire parliamentary seat with a margin of 5,925 votes, overturning a 23,000 majority the Conservatives gained in the 2019 general election, reports Xinhua news agency. The Conservative Party held the seat for nearly 200 years.
Bulgaria's incumbent President wins presidential runoff: exit polls
According to Alpha Research agency, Radev would have 63.9 per cent of the vote against 33.1 per cent for Anastas Gerdjikov, and 3 per cent preferred the option "none of the above." Gallup International anticipated 65.7 per cent for Radev, 31.5 per cent for Gerdjikov, and 2.8 per cent "none of the above. The official results are expected to be announced on Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported. As many as 23 candidates participated in the first round of the presidential elections last Sunday. .
Hungarian PM Orban re-elected as ruling party leader
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was re-elected as the only candidate for a period of two years during a Congress of Fidesz, to lead the party in next spring's general elections, Xinhua news agency reported. "If we continue to govern, we could be among the most developed countries in ten years. Today, Hungary is still an emerging country, and we can only move forward if we work more precisely and raise smarter children than ourselves," said the Prime Minister.
Portuguese President announces to dissolve Parliament
The President made the statement on Thursday in his national televised speech, in a bid to solve the political crisis after the 2022 State Budget of the current Socialist Party (PS)'s government was rejected by the Parliament late October. Rebelo de Sousa has threatened before the parliamentary debate that he would dissolve the Parliament and call for early elections if the budget is rejected, Xinhua news agency reported.
Voting for Japan's general election underway as PM seeks mandate
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partner Komeito aim to keep a majority in the House of Representatives, the powerful lower chamber of Parliament, reports Xinhua news agency. The result of the general election depends on the constituencies where ruling coalition candidates were in close race with those from opposition parties, which have also formed coalition in a bid to take the reins of government.
Germany's ruling conservatives move up in polls
The CDU/CSU had gained one percentage point compared to the previous week and stood at 28 per cent, according to a recent Trendbarometer survey conducted by the market and opinion research institute forsa among 1,003 voters in Germany, reports Xinhua news agency. In the race for Chancellor, the Green Party candidate, Annalena Baerbock, has lost her first place to the CDU/CSU's candidate Armin Laschet.
Raisi wins Iran prez polls by landslide: Preliminary results
Deputy Interior Minister Jamal Orf said 28.6 million Iranians participated in Friday's election, and with around 90 per cent of the votes counted, Raisi garnered over 17.8 million votes, Press TV reported. Raisi, who has been the Chief Justice since 2019, has formerly held several other posts in the country judicial branch following the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Assad wins 4th term as Syrian President
In a statement on Thursday, Parliament Speaker Hamoudeh Sabbagh said that Assad won 95.1 per cent of the vote as opposed to 88.7 per cent in the 2014 election, reports Xinhua news agency. He said that about 14 million of the estimated 18 million eligible voters inside and outside Syria cast their votes, with a turnout rate of 78.64 per cent.
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