“We’ll make America great again,” thundered Donald Trump in front of guests and journalists gathered in the luxurious Hilton Hotel in Midtown, New York City. It’s 02:40 Eastern time and the results reveal what no one thought was possible. The Republican candidate has overtaken the magic threshold of 270 electors voting in his favour, out of a total
The 2016 Nicaraguan elections took place on the 6th of November: voters chose the next country’s president, vice-president, members of the National Assembly and representatives of the Central American Parliament. Incumbent President Daniel Ortega, leader of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), together with his running mate and wife Rosario Murillo won 72 per cent of votes out of
Incumbent President Edgar Lungu of the Patriotic Front (PF) secured 50.35 per cent of the vote in the elections held in Zambia on the 10th and 11th of August, just over the 50 per cent threshold needed to avoid a second ballot. His principal rival, Hakainde Hichilema, leader of the United Party for National Development (UPND) – who
“Son of a bus driver“. This is how Sadiq Khan, the new Mayor of London, has described himself repeatedly throughout his political career. He was sworn in on the 7th of May in a ceremony held in Southwark Cathedral, becoming the first Muslim mayor of a major Western capital. Of humble and immigrant
Today the new Mayor of London is elected. British billionaire Goldsmith and bus driver’s son of Pakistani origin Khan are running for the position.
The new president of Myanmar is Htin Kyaw, Aung San Suu Kyi’s closest aide. His nomination was announced by the Lady’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party on the 10th of March, and his appointment confirmed by the parliament on Tuesday the 15th of March. The Myanmar presidential election The NLD, which gained absolute majority in
Only a few hours after parliamentary elections were held in Venezuela on the 6th of December the electoral commission announced that the opposition coalition Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) has won 99 of 167 seats, compared to only 46 seats for the ruling party, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), of President Nicolás Maduro. It
Marking a turning point in the history of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) has won an absolute majority in the country’s recent elections, officially obtaining the power to control parliament and select the new president. With only 83% of the total results announced so far, the government’s Union Election
A day after Myanmar’s elections, held on the 8th of November, the Union Election Commission (UEC) is slowly announcing the preliminary results as they are being counted. So far Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD) has seen a strong start, winning 35 out of the first 36 seats declared
The Justice and Development Party (AKP) led by Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has won the parliamentary elections of the 1st of November against all odds. All polls in fact indicated the AKP not exceeding 40%, whilst official results said Erdogan’s party won 49.4% of votes. It gained 316 out of 550 seats, being thus able to
