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Greece votes Sunday in a general election that could deliver a chaotic outcome, with the leading candidate, conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, unlikely to garner a lead wide enough to avoid a new vote. The EU country goes…

For the first time in more than a decade, Greeks will go to the polls Sunday to elect a leader no longer confined to steering the country’s economy from a back seat. Conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is seeking a second…

A little-known nationalist who helped push Turkiye’s election to a runoff told AFP on Tuesday he could throw his support behind either President Recep Tayyip Erdogan or his secular rival. Entering the campaign at the last minute, Sinan…

Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on course on Monday for a crushing runoff victory in two weeks’ time after coming within a whisker of winning Turkiye’s presidential election in the first round. A final count showed that Erdogan had defied…

After neither side passed the threshold required for an outright win in Sunday’s elections, Turkey’s incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will face his challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu in a second runoff vote on May 28. So the longest two…

Adding another victory to his two decades of wins, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan dominated the polls in presidential elections on Sunday, according to unofficial results. As of 2 a.m. on Monday, Erdoğan had 49% of the vote. His Justice and…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has ruled his country with an increasingly firm grip for 20 years, was locked in a tight election race early Monday, with a make-or-break runoff against his chief challenger possible as the final…

The polling precinct where she signed up to vote did not open till 6am, but Ms Estrella Gabino, 69, thought it best to go early. As a house help, she is used to waking up at 4am anyway. Despite reaching the polling station…

After waiting for more than 30 years, Mr Ferdinand Marcos Jr is finally set to become the Philippines' 17th president. Just before midnight on Monday (May 9), hours after balloting closed in the presidential election, the 64-year-old son…

Colombia will hold its presidential election on May 29th as the Pacto Historico Party is expected to win the elections for the first time in the country’s history. However, the Colombian people will need from the winner of the elections to…