TEHRAN, May 23- Seven people have died in election violence in the Indonesian capital, police said Thursday, as calm returned to the city and the losing presidential candidate prepared to challenge the result in court.
TEHRAN, May 22 - Six people have been killed and over 200 others wounded in clashes between the supporters of Indonesia’s unsuccessful presidential candidate and security forces in the capital, Jakarta, following the release of the official election results.
TEHRAN, May 21- Ukraine may hold a snap parliamentary election on July 21, an adviser to new President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday after Zelenskiy held consultations with lawmakers.
TEHRAN, May 21 - Indonesia's Joko Widodo won another term as president of the world's third-biggest democracy, official results showed Tuesday, after his rival Prabowo Subianto, a retired general, alleged widespread cheating.
TEHRAN, May 20 - Police rolled out more barbed wire on Monday to tighten security outside Indonesia's election agency and readied armored trucks and water cannons to quell any civil unrest when official results of a presidential poll are released this week.With the General Election Commission (KPU) set to declare its count from last month's election by Wednesday, authorities have detained dozens of militants suspected of planning attacks to create mayhem during demonstrations.
TEHRAN, May 19 -Indians were voting on Sunday in the seventh and final phase of national election s, wrapping up a six-week-long, grueling campaign season with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party seeking re- election for another five years.
TEHRAN, May 18 -The U.S. embassy in Jakarta has issued a security alert ahead of election results due on Wednesday, as Indonesian authorities have arrested nearly 30 suspected militants, including some who police say are able to detonate bombs using Wi-Fi networks.
TEHRAN, May 18 - Australians began voting in a federal election s on Saturday, with bookies predicting a return to power for the Labor party after six years in the political wilderness and a campaign in which it has put climate change and tax reform at the top of its agenda.
TEHRAN, May 17 - A small Turkish communist party withdrew its mayoral candidate for next month's Istanbul election in favor of the main opposition party, which won a initial March election by a narrow margin, calling the decision to re-run the vote "unlawful."
TEHRAN, May 16 - Thailand's Election Commission has recommended the leader of major political party opposed to military rule be barred from taking his seat in the soon-to-be-convened parliament because he is accused of violating electoral rules by holding shares in a media company.
TEHRAN, May 13 - Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has vowed to quit in July after being eliminated from a presidential runoff that will see an independent economist square off against a conservative on May 26.
TEHRAN, May 12 - Voters in north India lined up early on Sunday to cast their ballots in the second-to-last round of a seven-phase general election , with Prime Minister Narendra Modi facing a diverse group of opposition parties seeking to deny him a second term.
TEHRAN, May 12 - Lithuanians were choosing a new president on Sunday in a close race dominated by concerns over poverty and income inequality in the Baltic state that boasts some of the eurozone's strongest growth.
TEHRAN, May 08 - Thailand's Election Commission has announced the final results of the March 24 general election , which leave no party with an absolute majority.
TEHRAN, May 08 - Turkey's main opposition party said on Wednesday it had formally requested the annulment of President Tayyip Erdogan's mandate because the same flaws his AK Party alleged in the city's March 31 mayoral vote occurred in last year's national election s.
TEHRAN, May 08 - The African National Congress faced its toughest electoral test on Wednesday as it sought to reverse a slide in support from voters frustrated by graft and racial inequalities a generation after it won power in South Africa’s first all-race poll.
TEHRAN, May 08 - Finland's center-left Social Democratic Party which narrowly won last month's general election says it is having talks with four centrist and left-leaning parties to form a coalition government but not the populists.
TEHRAN, May 07 - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday the decision to re-run Istanbul's mayoral election was an important step toward strengthening democracy, describing the March vote as marred by "organized corruption" and illegality.