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5/29/2023 1:39:17 PM
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a surprise July 23 snap election on Monday, a day after his Socialists suffered a drubbing in local and regional polls.
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5/28/2023 11:01:12 AM
India’s major opposition parties Sunday boycotted the inauguration of a new parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a rare show of unity against his Hindu nationalist ruling party, which has spent nine years in power and is seeking a third term in general elections next year.
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5/28/2023 10:29:14 AM
Spain on Sunday holds local and regional polls seen as a crucial barometer ahead of a year-end general election.
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5/19/2023 1:56:43 PM
Greece's outgoing conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and leftist challenger Alexis Tsipras will make a final push for votes at closing rallies on Friday ahead of the most uncertain general election in a decade.
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5/15/2023 8:08:59 PM
Argentina's central bank hiked its base interest rate Monday by six points to 97 percent as the government prepares to announce a spate of measures to tackle soaring inflation ahead of October's general election.
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5/15/2023 10:47:01 AM
Ballots tallied Monday showed voters in Thailand wanted change after nine years under a former general who took power in a coup, with the main opposition parties easily besting other contenders in the general election.
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4/27/2023 2:51:15 PM
Finland's conservative leader Petteri Orpo, who won the country's April general election, on Thursday said he plans to form a coalition government that includes the far-right runner-up Finns Party.
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4/22/2023 1:28:16 PM
Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called for the dissolution of parliament on Saturday, kicking off the countdown to general elections set for May 21.
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4/3/2023 3:37:39 PM
An Indian court on Monday suspended a two-year prison sentence for Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi as he appeals his criminal conviction for mocking the prime minister’s surname which resulted in his expulsion from Parliament, dealing a huge blow to his Congress party ahead of general elections next year.
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4/2/2023 10:47:08 PM
Finland's centre-right leader Petteri Orpo claimed victory in Sunday's general election, with the far-right Finns Party in second place ahead of Prime Minister Sanna Marin's Social Democrats in third.
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3/6/2023 5:32:39 PM
The center-right Reform Party of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, one of Europe’s most outspoken supporters of Ukraine, overwhelmingly won the Baltic country’s general election, while a far-right populist challenger lost seats in a vote that focused on national security and the economy.
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3/5/2023 9:41:05 AM
Polling stations have opened in Estonia for a general election that the center-right Reform Party of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas. one of Europe’s most outspoken supporters of Ukraine, is a favorite to win.
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Africa
2/1/2023 8:07:08 PM
Nigerians will soon determine who their next president will be in a general election. Polling is due at the end of February and inauguration is scheduled for 29 May 2023.
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1/18/2023 1:40:04 PM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday signaled that he intended to call the next general election on May 14.
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1/3/2023 7:22:28 PM
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah late on Monday said his government is ready to hold general elections in the year 2023.
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11/30/2022 3:21:52 PM
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah late on Tuesday expressed his government's readiness to hold general elections in the country, calling for local and international pressure to complete the laws regulating the elections.
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11/24/2022 11:11:18 AM
Malaysia's king on Thursday named reformist opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim as the country's prime minister, ending days of uncertainty after the divisive general election produced a hung Parliament.
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11/8/2022 9:17:28 PM
The government of new UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is repeating the mistakes of earlier ones, adding to calls for early general elections, writes Ahmed Mustafa
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11/3/2022 4:54:59 PM
The apparent comeback of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the dramatic rise of his far-right and ultra-Orthodox allies in Israel's general election this week have prompted little more than shrugs from many Palestinians.
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11/2/2022 11:34:22 AM
Israeli troops killed a Palestinian on Wednesday after he seriously injured a soldier with a van, Israeli occupation authorities said, as votes were counted in an Israeli general election.
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