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United Kingdom

Voting underway across the UK on 'Super Thursday'

Voting is underway across the length and breadth of Great Britain in a series of elections.

05/05/2016

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia elects women councillors for the first time

As many as 20 women have been elected in municipal polls in Saudi Arabia after a ban on women voting and running as candidates was lifted. It’s being

14/12/2015

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian vote in first female councillors in landmark election

Saudi Arabian women have taken another large leap forward in their path to greater equality with at least eight female candidates winning seats in

13/12/2015

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian women vote and stand as candidates in historic day for Islamic kingdom

Saudi Arabian women have made history on Saturday in their country by voting for the first time in local council elections. They have also been

12/12/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine postpones local elections in two key areas for Kyiv

Local elections in two areas in the disputed Donetsk region of Ukraine have been cancelled. Polls failed to open in the Kyiv controlled

25/10/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine: Darth Vader runs for mayor

Darth Vader is among the candidates vying for the post of Mayor in the Ukrainian port city of Odessa. He joins Peking Duck and a man calling himself

23/10/2015

Germany

Stabbing victim to become Colognes's first female mayor

Henriette Reker, the mayoral candidate for the German city of Cologne who was attacked while campaigning has been elected with an absolute majority

19/10/2015

Austria

Far-right makes gains in Vienna's city hall elections

A far-right populist party in Austria has scored its best ever results in the election for Vienna’s city hall. Support for The Freedom Party leaped

12/10/2015

Spain

Spain's regional elections threaten to shake-up traditional politics

Voters go to the polls in Spain this weekend. They will elect leaders for 13 autonomous regions as well councillors in thousands of towns and cities

22/05/2015

Spain

Spain: the viral soldiers fighting in Madrid and Barcelona mayoral races

19/05/2015

USA

Rahm Emanuel wins second term as Chicago mayor

Barack Obama's former chief of staff has been re-elected for a second term as Mayor of Chicago

08/04/2015

World News

Sarkozy denies far-right Marine Le Pen victory in French local elections

Setting the conditions in France for a “massive swing back to the right and centre”. That’s the view of centre-right UMP party leader Nicolas Sarkozy

23/03/2015

France

Sarkozy's UMP party knocks National Front into second place in French local elections

Former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s conservative UMP party and their allies have won the first round of French local elections, denying Marine Le

23/03/2015

France

French regional vote: Polls suggest Front National has mediocre first round

Initial exit polls suggest Le Pen's Front National has had a disappointing first round in the French elections, while Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP looks set to triumph.

22/03/2015

France

France regional elections: exit polls put Sarkozy's UMP in lead

Exit polls following the first round of regional elections in France suggest President Nicolas Sarkozy’s UMP Party will come out in the lead. The

22/03/2015

France

Le Pen's Front National hopes to top local elections in France

Voting began on Sunday in the first round of French local elections where the far-right Front National (FN) hopes to come top and consolidate leader

22/03/2015

World

French blues: conservatives win elections, far right gains, left lies bruised

31/03/2014

World

Turkey: 'voters didn't vote to punish government over corruption allegations'

31/03/2014

World

Turkish local elections: 'What is at stake are fundamental rights and freedoms'

28/03/2014

France

Henriette Frantz, 100, puts herself forward in French municipal elections

19/02/2014