Search results

Thailand will face regular legislative gridlock

Location:

THAILAND

A seven-party coalition led by the main anti-junta Pheu Thai Party is short of the halfway mark in the 500-member House of Representatives. The pro-junta Phalang Pracharat Party…

Finland will shift to the right following election

Location:

FINLAND

Marin’s Social Democrats (SDP) finished in third place behind the right-wing populist Finns Party. The change in government coincides with a transforming geopolitical and security…

Cambodia local polls will aid both parties for now

Location:

CAMBODIA

Cambodia has 1,646 such councils, which administer groups of villages. The elections, for councillors and commune council chiefs, were the first test of the Cambodian People’s…

Political value of social media will rise in Africa

Location:

AFRICA

Relatively low internet penetration rates (an average of 40% across the continent) and stark differences in digital access within and across states mask social media’s increasing…

Nepal’s coalitions could change markedly after polls

Location:

NEPAL

Voters will elect lawmakers for parliament’s lower house, the House of Representatives, and the seven provincial assemblies. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’s Nepali Congress…

Modi’s party will be relaxed about upcoming polls

Location:

INDIA

Each of these states except Punjab has a government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Punjab is one of just three states with a chief minister…

Water crisis could threaten South Africa’s opposition

Location:

SOUTH AFRICA

The Democratic Alliance (DA), the main national opposition, runs both the Western Cape provincial government and the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality but has been…

Upcoming Uruguay elections may see opposition win

Location:

URUGUAY

President Luis Alberto Lacalle, who is not eligible for re-election, has seen his approval ratings fall somewhat over the past year although they remain positive. He hopes to…

Trudeau gambles by calling election two years early

Location:

CANADA

Trudeau believes he can win back the parliamentary majority lost in 2019 by campaigning on his government’s response to the pandemic and its plans to combat climate change. The…

Economic pressures will test Sierra Leone president

Location:

SIERRA LEONE

President Julius Maada Bio's performance.