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Hard-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast wins Chile presidential election

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Chilean voters elected the most right-wing president in 35 years of democracy on Sunday, as official results showed Jose Antonio Kast with a thumping 58 percent of votes and his rival conceding defeat. With more than ten million votes…

Far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast wins Chile’s presidential election

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Kast's victory is seen as part of a trend of right-wing victories across Latin America, including in Argentina.

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Reps to Consider New Electoral Bill Limiting Election Petitions, Imposing Stricter Penalties on Frivolous Cases

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Nigeria’s House of Representatives is set to consider the Electoral Bill 2025 on Tuesday, December 16, which proposes major reforms to Nigeria’s election process, including reducing the time for filing and resolving election petitions. The…

2026 Osun governorship election: Adeleke in dilemma

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Osun state governor, Ademola Adeleke, is in serious dilemma as a faction of the party conducted parallel primary and elected Clement Bamigbola as its candidate

Chile’s election could reshape politics with most right-wing leader since dictatorship

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Even if elected, it remains uncertain whether Kast can implement his more grandiose promises

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Reps move to reduce time for election litigations, set Tuesday for consideration of bill

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The new Electoral Act has proposed a reduction in the period for election petition from 180 days to 150 days, while foreclosing agitations that election petitions be disposed off before

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Photos of voters taking part in Chile’s runoff presidential election

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Santiago, CHILE (AP) — Chileans took to the polls to vote in their country’s runoff presidential election between candidates Jeannette…

Photos of voters taking part in Chile's runoff presidential election

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Chileans took to the polls to vote in their country's runoff presidential election between candidates Jeannette Jara of the ruling Unity for Chile coalition and Jose Antonio Kast of the Republican Party.

Karen Bass, L.A.’s First Black-Woman Mayor, Announces Re-election Bid

Bass, 72, first took office in 2022, becoming Los Angeles’s first woman mayor and the second Black person to hold the city’s top post.

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Thirsty Bill de Blasio brings his awkward date life ‘drama’ to election as ex quits campaign

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Nomiki Konst left Blake's campaign on Thursday following a series of "strategic" disagreements between the progressive political operative and Blake, with de Blasio's endorsement spiraling into a top issue.

The Empty Refrigerator: A nation’s verdict on the APC’s re-election delusion, by Lanre Ogundipe

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​As the American politician Adlai Stevenson once warned, "A hungry man is not a free man."

2027: Defections to APC won’t guarantee Tinubu’s re-election, says ADC

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The ADC says defections to the ruling APC by politicians won’t secure President Tinubu’s re-election in 2027, citing failed policies and desperation.

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Chile election: Far-right Kast wins presidential runoff

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Jeannette Jara of the ruling leftist coalition conceded defeat, saying "Democracy spoke loud and clear." Security fears and migration concerns have shaped the tense runoff election.

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Osun 2026: Accord Party chairmen confident of Adeleke’s re-election

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Accord Party chairmen in the South West express confidence in Governor Ademola Adeleke’s re-election in 2026, citing his performance and public acceptance.

Iraq's election result ratified by Supreme Federal Court as premiership remains up for grabs

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BAGHDAD — The result of last month’s parliamentary elections in Iraq was ratified by the Supreme Federal Court on Sunday, confirming that the party of caretaker prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani won the largest number of seats — but…

Priyanka Gandhi dares the BJP to contest a fair election using ballot paper

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The Congress MP said youth are driven towards substance abuse and betting apps because of unemployment; alleges a PMO official to be involved in betting scam but doesn’t name anyone.

Congress warns Election Commissioners, threatens strict action over ‘vote theft’

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The party showcases nearly 6 crore signatures as part of its campaign against vote chori; senior leaders allege that vote theft is an attack on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Constitution, and accuse the BJP-RSS of standing with untruth and power

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Iraq's election result ratified by Supreme Federal Court as premiership remains up for grabs

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Iraq’s Supreme Federal Court has ratified the final results of last month’s parliamentary elections

Iraq’s election result ratified by Supreme Federal Court as premiership remains up for grabs

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BAGHDAD (AP) — The result of last month’s parliamentary elections in Iraq was ratified by the Supreme Federal Court on…