Articles for Snap Elections

Landslide win for Sri Lanka president's leftist coalition in snap polls
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1 month, 1 week ago

Landslide win for Sri Lanka president's leftist coalition in snap polls

Raw Story  

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake thanked voters Friday for delivering his leftist coalition a landslide victory in snap parliamentary elections that repudiated establishment parties blamed for triggering an economic crisis. Dissanayake, a self-avowed Marxist, swept September presidential elections on a promise to combat graft and recover stolen assets, two years after a slow-motion financial crash imposed widespread hardships on …

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France is facing an election like no other. Here’s how it works and what comes next
5 months, 3 weeks ago

France is facing an election like no other. Here’s how it works and what comes next

Associated Press  

PARIS — French voters are being called to the polls on Sunday for an exceptional moment in their political history: the first round of snap parliamentary elections that could see the country’s first far-right government since the World War II Nazi occupation — or no majority emerging at all. The outcome of the vote, following the second round on July …

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In a divided France, voters on the left hope to unite against the far right
5 months, 4 weeks ago

In a divided France, voters on the left hope to unite against the far right

Al Jazeera  

President Emmanuel Macron is testing the country’s support after a dramatic European Parliament election won by hardliners. Paris, France – Across France, tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets after President Emmanuel Macron called for snap elections in the wake of his party’s defeat at the hands of the far right in the recent European Parliament vote. …

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France bans extreme-right and radical Islamic groups ahead of snap elections announced by Macron
5 months, 4 weeks ago

France bans extreme-right and radical Islamic groups ahead of snap elections announced by Macron

India TV News  

Paris: The French government on Wednesday imposed a ban on extreme-right and radical Islamic groups in the country, days before the first round of snap national elections called by President Emmanuel Macron in wake of a humbling defeat by the far-right in the recent European Parliament elections. Notably, Le Pen's National Rally party is leading all polls ahead of the …

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Explained: Why Paris lost its crown as Europe’s biggest stock market to London
6 months ago

Explained: Why Paris lost its crown as Europe’s biggest stock market to London

Firstpost  

Paris has relinquished its title as Europe’s largest equity market to London following a week of political upheaval in France, triggered by Emmanuel Macron’s announcement of snap elections. Reuters Paris has recently lost its title as Europe’s largest equity market to London, largely due to political turmoil in France. The value of luxury goods maker LVMH, which significantly bolstered Paris’s …

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French protesters are standing up to the far right ahead of the country’s snap elections
6 months, 1 week ago

French protesters are standing up to the far right ahead of the country’s snap elections

Associated Press  

PARIS — Anti-racism groups joined French unions and a brand-new left-wing coalition in protests in Paris and across France on Saturday against the surging nationalist far right as frenzied campaigning is underway ahead of snap parliamentary elections. Cekar said she will vote for the left-wing coalition because “it is the only political party that addresses racism and Islamophobia.” “I fear …

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Macron dissolves the French parliament and calls a snap election after defeat in EU vote
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Macron dissolves the French parliament and calls a snap election after defeat in EU vote

Associated Press  

PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the lower house of France’s parliament in a surprise announcement sending voters back to the polls in the coming weeks to choose lawmakers, after his party was handed a humbling defeat by the far-right in the European elections Sunday. The announcement came after the first projected results from France put the far-right National Rally …

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Azerbaijan’s Aliyev calls snap presidential elections for February
1 year ago

Azerbaijan’s Aliyev calls snap presidential elections for February

Al Jazeera  

The president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has ordered elections to be held earlier than scheduled. Aliyev’s popularity in Azerbaijan has recently increased after the government took full control of the Karabakh region following a lightning rout of ethnic Armenian forces. In September, Aliyev ordered a lightning offensive, after a nine-month blockade, to take full control of Nagorno-Karabakh from the ethnic …

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Spain’s snap election: Will the Sánchez gamble pay off?
1 year, 5 months ago

Spain’s snap election: Will the Sánchez gamble pay off?

Al Jazeera  

After his party’s severe losses in regional and local polls in May, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez brought forward the national vote by four months. “I’ve not ruled out voting for Sánchez, although I’ll be looking at the polls right up until the last day before the election,” he said. As Alba Doblas, a former town councillor for the Communist …

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Ecuador’s president declines to run in snap elections after he disbands National Assembly
1 year, 6 months ago

Ecuador’s president declines to run in snap elections after he disbands National Assembly

Associated Press  

QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso said Friday he will not seek reelection in the early elections prompted by his decision to dissolve the National Assembly two weeks ago. Without fear and with a clear conscience.” Lasso, a conservative former banker, was elected in 2021 on a business-friendly platform and clashed from the start with the left-leaning majority coalition …

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Hopes for Renewal Disappointed Again in Kazakhstan
1 year, 8 months ago

Hopes for Renewal Disappointed Again in Kazakhstan

The Diplomat  

Not even one?” The Almaty newsroom of Vlast.kz was incredulous*. At the 2007 elections, in a surprising turn of omnipotence, the ruling party took all 98 seats, rendering the Majilis a superfluous entity, in the shadow of then-President Nursultan Nazarbayev, the “father of the nation.” Tokayev had promised something different after the authorities suppressed urban protests in January 2022, leading …

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EXPLAINED: As Canada Votes 2 Yrs Before Time, Here's All You Need To Know About Trudeau's Snap Polls
3 years, 3 months ago

EXPLAINED: As Canada Votes 2 Yrs Before Time, Here's All You Need To Know About Trudeau's Snap Polls

News 18  

Canadians are headed back to polling stations on September 20, two years before schedule, to cast their vote in snap elections called by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is looking to capitalise on his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic to win a decisive mandate. Leading a minority government meant he had to constantly rely on support from opposition parties on …

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Giuseppe Conte resigns as Italian Prime Minister in calculated move amid pandemic crisis
3 years, 10 months ago

Giuseppe Conte resigns as Italian Prime Minister in calculated move amid pandemic crisis

CNN  

Rome CNN — Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte handed in his resignation on Tuesday, in a tactical political maneuver that he hopes will allow him to build a new coalition. Italy was thrown into a fresh political crisis last week when Conte faced two confidence votes. Without a Senate majority, Conte would struggle to pass effective legislation at a time …

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