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Iran to Hold Runoff Parliamentary Election on April 17

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran’s Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said a runoff vote for the parliamentary seats will be held on April 17 if the candidates fail to garner enough votes in the upcoming election this Friday.
News ID: 80230    Publish Date : 2020/02/16

Sinn Fein Surges as Most Popular Party in Irish Election

TEHRAN (defapress) – Nationalist party Sinn Fein won the popular vote in Ireland’s general election , ballot counts revealed Sunday, with the one-time political wing of the IRA disrupting a duopoly of center-right parties which have historically controlled the Republic.
News ID: 80174    Publish Date : 2020/02/10

New Zealand Prime Minister Ardern Calls September Election

TEHRAN (defapress) – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has called a general election for September, in a vote that will test whether her widespread popularity overseas is matched by support at home.
News ID: 80039    Publish Date : 2020/01/28

Afghanistan Election:

President Ghani on Course for Second Term

TEHRAN (defapress)- Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani is on course for a second five-year term after preliminary results showed him winning 50.64 percent of the votes in the September 28 election s.
News ID: 79649    Publish Date : 2019/12/22

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UK's Johnson Now Less Certain of Election Victory

TEHRAN (defapress) – Britain's election race has tightened markedly over the past two weeks and Prime Minister Boris Johnson is now likely to win only a modest majority in Thursday's vote, according to a closely watched forecast released on Tuesday.
News ID: 79548    Publish Date : 2019/12/11

Spain Votes in Fourth General Election in Four Years

TEHRAN (defapress) – Spain is voting in its fourth general election in four years on Sunday, after a campaign overshadowed by the crisis in Catalonia and the rise of the hard right.
News ID: 79244    Publish Date : 2019/11/10

Netanyahu Announces Failure to Form Cabinet after Election Deadlock

TEHRAN (defapress) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he could not establish a new cabinet after the regime's President Reuven Rivlin asked him to try in the wake of a deadlocked election .
News ID: 79062    Publish Date : 2019/10/22

Jeremy Corbyn Could Support Pre-Brexit Election to Stop No Deal

TEHRAN (defapress) – Jeremy Corbyn would support Boris Johnson in calling a general election , even if the polling day fell just days before the October 31 Brexit deadline, a report said.
News ID: 78519    Publish Date : 2019/08/27

Russian Embassy Prepares Report on Claims of Russia’s 2016 US Election Meddling

TEHRAN (defapress) - The Russian Embassy in the United States has released a 120-page report with examples of unfounded accusations of Moscow’s alleged interference into the 2016 US presidential election s, made by the US media and officials.
News ID: 76928    Publish Date : 2019/04/20

Thousands in Georgia Protest against Presidential Election Results

TEHRAN (defapress) - Thousands of Georgians protested in the capital Tbilisi on Sunday against the result of the country’s presidential election , as defeated candidate Grigol Vashadze said opposition parties would challenge the outcome in court.
News ID: 74086    Publish Date : 2018/12/03

Kremlin Blasts US Senators for Meddling in Interpol Election

TEHRAN (defapress) - A letter from some US senators who seek to block the Russian candidate Alexander Prokopchuk from being elected as Interpol chief is an obvious example of exerting undue pressure and election meddling, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
News ID: 73842    Publish Date : 2018/11/20

Israel's Netanyahu Says Early Election Must Be Avoided

TEHRAN (defapress) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he wanted his ruling coalition to fulfil its term, putting the onus of triggering an expected early election onto a coalition partner.
News ID: 73781    Publish Date : 2018/11/18

Bangladesh Election Commission Defers National Polling Date to Dec. 30

TEHRAN (defapress) - Bangladesh Election Commission (EC) Monday deferred the polling date for the country's national election to Dec. 30 from Dec. 23.
News ID: 73658    Publish Date : 2018/11/12

Sri Lanka President Dissolves Parliament, Calls for Election

TEHRAN (defapress) - Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved Parliament and called for fresh election s amid a deepening political crisis.
News ID: 73605    Publish Date : 2018/11/10

Bangladesh to Set Election Date as Opposition Cries Foul

TEHRAN (defapress) – Bangladeshi authorities were set to announce later Thursday a date for general election s despite the opposition crying foul and threatening protests.
News ID: 73573    Publish Date : 2018/11/08

French Far-Right Overtakes Macron in EU Parliament Election Poll

TEHRAN (defapress) - France's far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party jumped ahead of President Emmanuel Macron's LREM for the first time in a poll of voting intentions for May 2019 European Parliament election s.
News ID: 73486    Publish Date : 2018/11/04

Polls Open in Georgia Presidential Election

TEHRAN (defapress) - Georgians on Sunday started voting to elect a figurehead president in a poll seen as a crucial test for the increasingly unpopular ruling party.
News ID: 73331    Publish Date : 2018/10/28

Australian By-Election Count Goes to the Wire, after PM Concedes

TEHRAN (defapress) - As the count from a crucial Australian by- election spilled into Sunday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison faced the possibility that his Liberal party may have been too quick to concede a contest that would relegate his administration to a minority government.
News ID: 73193    Publish Date : 2018/10/21

Moscow Slams US for 'Fabricating' Election Indictment

TEHRAN (defapress) - Moscow on Saturday condemned Washington for indicting a Russian woman for interfering in US 2018 election s, saying the accusations were fabricated in order to impose further sanctions on Russia.
News ID: 73182    Publish Date : 2018/10/20

Iran Hails Election of New Iraqi President

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry congratulated Barham Salih on being chosen Iraq’s new president, hoping for stronger brotherly ties between Tehran and Baghdad under new Iraqi government.
News ID: 72827    Publish Date : 2018/10/03

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