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Hong Kong, 452/452 seats counted.
District Council political camps:
Pro-Beijing: 59 (-239)
Pro-democracy: 388 (+262)
Unaligned: 5 (-2)
#HongKongElections
Pakistan: The Supreme Court has barred the opposition, PTI (Centrist) from contesting in the General election over a case related to the Party’s internal elections. An earlier lower court decision which allowed the party to contest has been overturned.
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Nepal, Upper House Composition:
CPN-UML (Left): 17 (-7)
CPN-MC (Left): 15 (+1)
NC (Centre-left): 10 (+3)
CPN-US (Left): 8 (+1)
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+/- vs. 2020 Election
The 5 party government coalition has won 18 of 19 seats up for re-election this year.
#Nepal
Israel: Balad (Arab) rises to 3.1% in the updated Kantar exit poll.
If the party surpasses the 3.25% threshold, it will secure 4 seats and may deny Benjamin Netanyahu's (Likud, Conservative) bloc its majority.
#Israel
#Israelex22
#Israelex5
#בחירות2022
Israel: Coalition government announced
-YA (Liberal)
-B&W (Centrist)
-Yamina (Right)
-Labor (Centre-left)
-YB (Centre-right)
-NH (Conservative)
-Meretz (Centre-left)
Supported by Ra’am (Islamist)
Bennett (Yamina) would serve as PM until 2023, when Lapid (YA) would take over.
Qatar, Final results:
Legislative Election
Ind (*): 100.0%
These are the first Legislative Elections in Qatar. Political parties are banned.
#Qatar
#ShuraCouncil
Hong Kong: The final electoral register for the 2019 district council elections has 4,132,977 people, a record high. 386,000 new voters have registered, a record high since the 1997 handover. In the 18-35 age group alone, there has been a 12% increase in registration.
#HongKong
Israel: I. Beiteinu (Right) will vote in favour of a bill that prevents members of the parliament who were indicted to serve as Prime Minister. This means the bill has a majority. Current incumbent PM Netanyahu (Likud-Conservative) is currently indicted and would be disqualified.
India (Kerala): LDF (Left) have won an increased majority compared to the last regional election while NDA (Right) lost their only seat. Here’s how they did in every constituency:
#keralaelections2021
Pakistan: The PTI (Centrist)'s leadership has claimed Victory in the General Election, additionally PTI has also claimed victory in the Regional elections of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces.
The PTI is led by Jailed Former PM Imran Khan.
Hong Kong: Today, Hong Kong is holding elections for its local district councils. 452 seats are directly elected in single-member districts by first-past-the-post, and 27 members are ex-officio members from amongst the New Territories’ rural committee chairmen.
#HongKongElections
Israel: Channel 12 exit poll predicts that PM Netanyahu’s Likud will no longer be the largest party in the parliament for the first time since 2009.
#IsraElex19v2
Afghanistan: Following the collapse of Government Authority across the Country including the Capital Kabul, President Ashraf Ghani (*) has resigned, handing the power over to the interim government of the Taliban (Islamist|Right).
Japan: NHK has projected that CDP (Centre-left) candidates have won all three Lower House by-elections, in line with polling.
This is the first time that the LDP (Conservative) have lost Shimane 1st district since the seat's creation in 1994.
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#補選3選
Pakistan holds general elections on 8th February. Since 2018, the country has deteriorated in its position in all major democracy indices:
V-Dem Electoral Dem. Index: 0.388/1.00 (-0.039)
Freedom House: 37/100 (-6)
EIU Democracy Index: 4.13/10.00 (-0.20)
Taiwan: Tsai Ing-wen (DPP-Liberal) has surpassed more than 8 million votes in today's Presidential Election. This means she has officially gotten more votes than any president in the history of democratic elections in Taiwan.
#Taiwan2020
Israel: Yisrael Beiteinu (Right) has recommended Benny Gantz (B&W-Centrist) for Prime Minister. This means Gantz will have the 61 MPs required to have the first chance to form a government.
#IsraElex2020
Israel: The Arab, big-tent party Joint List (GUE/NGL) have announced their final decision to recommend Benny Gantz (B&W-Centrist) for Prime Minister. This will be the first mainstream recommendation made by the Arab parties since 1992.
#IsraElex19v2
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Hong Kong: With less than 200 seats counted, the pro-democracy camp has already surpassed the number of seats it held after the 2015 election.
#HongKongElections
Palestine: Hamas (Islamist) and Fatah (Centre-left) agree to terms to hold new elections in Gaza, the West Bank, and Jerusalem. The last legislative elections were held in 2006.
#Palestine
Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud-Conservative) is being indicted on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in the 3 cases he has been investigated on. This is the first time a sitting Israeli prime minister has been indicted.
#IsraElex19v3
Thailand: MFP (Centre-left) achieves its highest recorded party-list result of 62% in the latest Sripatum University and D-Vote poll.
If repeated in the upcoming national parliament election, it would be the party's all time high.
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#Thailand
Israel: Benny Gantz (B&W-Centrist) has been granted the mandate to form a government by the President of Israel. This is the first time a person other than Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud-ECR) has been granted this mandate since 2009.
#IsraElex19v2
Pakistan: Amid reports of a media coverage blackout and internet blackouts, Huge protests are taking place across Pakistani cities against the ouster of former Prime Minister Imran Khan (PTI-Centrist) in the recent No-Confidence vote in Parliament.
#Pakistan
#ImranKhan
Pakistan: The PTI (Centrist) has announced that it will not boycott the General election, despite being barred from competing as a party by the Election Commission.
PTI's candidates will run as Independents in each constituency with individual symbols.
Japan: On the day he was approved as Prime Minister by parliament, Kishida (LDP, Conservative) has called for a parliamentary election. Parliament will be dissolved on 14th October and the election will be held on 31st October.
#Kishida
#Japan
Hong Kong: With 451/452 seats counted, the pro-democracy camp has won a majority in all 18 councils among the directly elected seats. However, when New Territories rural chairmen are included, the Pro-Beijing camp retains it majority in Islands District.
#HongKongElections
Japan, Mainichi poll:
Party Identification
LDP (Conservative): 16% (-7)
CDP (Centre-left): 16% (+2)
Ishin (Libertarian): 13% (+4)
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No party to support: 28% (+1)
+/- vs. 27-28 January 2024
Fieldwork: 17-18 February 2024
Sample size: 1,024
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#Japan
Israel: The Joint List (Left) have announced that all of their 15 MPs will back Benny Gantz (B&W-Centrist) to form a government. If Yisrael Beiteinu (Right) also back Gantz, this will give him the 61 MPs needed to form a government.
#IsraElex2020
Hong Kong:
District Council Elections today
➤ Eligible voters: 4,132,977
➤ Polls close: 22:30 local time (CST)
➤ Number of seats available: 452 on 18 councils
➤ Voting age: 18+
#HongKongElections
Japan: Fumio Kishida has won the second round of the LDP (Conservative) leadership contest by 257 votes to 170, becoming the next leader of the party, and thus the 100th Prime Minister of Japan.
#Japan
#Suga
#Kishida
China (Hong Kong):
The HKSAR government has announced that students in Hong Kong will now be banned from participating in any political activities, including singing protest songs, forming human chains, chanting political slogans, or discussing political issues.
#HongKong
Israel: i24 exit poll shows that Netanyahu's national-conservative Likud (EC)R is not strongest party anymore. Centrist "Blue and White" strongest party with 33 seats - but without majority to govern.
#israelelections2019
#Israel
Israel: Netanyahu (Likud-ECR) is expected to return his mandate to form a government back to President Rivlin tomorrow. Traditionally the mandate lasts 4 weeks, Netanyahu is returning it after only 3 days.
#IsraElex19v2