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Electoral reforms: Panel recommends more powers for ECP

Nov 19 2014
Pakistan
Source: 
The Express Tribune
ISLAMABAD: 

After months of wrangling, a parliamentary panel on electoral reforms on Tuesday agreed to hand over administrative control to the top poll supervisory body over returning officers (RO), polling staff and on duty security personnel.

In its meeting, the sub-committee on electoral reforms proposed amendments in the election laws, empowering the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to have control over polling officials.

Tunisie: Présidentielle: Mustapha Kamel Nebli se retire de la course

Nov 17 2014
Tunisia
Source: 
Tunisie Numérique

L’ancien gouverneur de la Banque centrale et candidat indépendant à la présidentielle, Mustapha Kamel Nebli, a annoncé, lundi, son retrait de la course.

Intervenu, ce lundi soir en direct sur la chaine Nessma, Mustapha Kamel Nebli a justifié sa décision par son refus de s’inscrire dans une campagne axée sur la division, la violence et l’argent politique.

Libyan court rules elected parliament illegal

Nov 07 2014
Libya
Source: 
Al Yazeera English

Libya's highest court has ruled that general elections held in June were unconstitutional and that the country's parliament and government, which resulted from that vote, should be dissolved.

The development further deepened the rift in the politically divided Libya, which has been mired in months-long deadly clashes between armed groups who have been fighting for the control of the oil-rich African nation.

PTI demand for bio-metric system will further delay local bodies' elections: ECP

Nov 07 2014
Pakistan
Source: 
The Express Tribune

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday warned that if the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government remains adamant about its demand for bio-metric systems, then the much-awaited local bodies’ elections will be delayed further.

The local bodies’ elections have been postponed time and time after again since 2009.

ECP expressed its reservations and said if K-P’s fresh legislation will be followed, then elections cannot be held till August/September of 2015.

Republika Srpska Opposition Strikes Back at Ruling Party

Nov 03 2014
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Source: 
Balkan Insight

The Serb Democratic Party, SDS, which came second in the elections in Republika Srpska last month, has offered cabinet positions to the Socialist Party, SP, in a bid to win its favours from the ruling Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, SNSD.

The SNSD came first in the polls. But both the SNSD and the SDS need the support of smaller parties to help them create a parliamentary majority and form a government in the entity.

Bosnian Serbs, Croats Cement Alliance on Govt

Oct 31 2014
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Source: 
Balkan Insight

Bosnia's two main Serbian and Croatian parties, the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, SNSD, and the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, agreed in Mostar to join entity and state-level governments together. They said they now seek a partner among the Bosniaks.

At a meeting on October 30 held in the HDZ's headquarters, SNSD president Milorad Dodik and the HDZ's Dragan Covic agreed on the formation of new governments and invited Bosnia's main Bosniak party, the Party of Democratic Action, SDA, and others, to join them.

The ISIE announces the results of the legislative elections

Oct 30 2014
Tunisia
Source: 
ISIE

The ISIE announces the results of the legislative elections

Tunis, 30 October 2014 – The ISIE has announced this Thursday at 02.00 AM the preliminary election results for the 2014 legislative elections. The announcement has been made in presence of numerous media representatives and observers.

Based on the announced election results, the 217 seats at the Assembly of the People’s Representatives have been allocated as follows:

1 Nidaa Tounes 85

2 Ennahda 69

3 Free Patriotic Union 16

4 Popular Front 15

5 Afek Tounes 8

6 Others 24

Tunisie. Les femmes élues à l'Assemblée des représentants du peuple

Oct 30 2014
Tunisia
Source: 
al Huffington Post Maghreb

L'ISIE a communiqué les résultats préliminaires des élections législatives dans la nuit du mercredi au jeudi 30 octobre.

Parmi les 217 élus, 68 sont des femmes contre 149 hommes, soit une représentation légèrement inférieure au tiers (31,3%).

35 ont été élues sur les listes de Nida Tounes, 27 Ennahdha, 2 UPL, 2 Front populaire, 1 Courant démocratique et 1 Courant de l'Amour.

Ça se précise. Des résultats préliminaires de 25 circonscriptions

Oct 29 2014
Tunisia
Source: 
al Huffington Post Maghreb

Qui sont les 217 nouveaux députés qui composeront le nouveau Parlement?

Au lendemain du vote pour les élections législatives, l'heure est à présent à la communication des résultats. L'Instance électorale (ISIE) chargée d'organiser et de contrôler le processus électoral n'est pas au bout de ses peines et a décidé de publier les résultats préliminaires au compte-goutte.

Les circonscriptions dont les résultats ont été communiqués:

Tunisia's Elections start smoothly despite sporadic irregularities

Oct 26 2014
Tunisia
Source: 
Tunisia Live

Tunisian citizens are lining up at schools around the country to vote in the country’s second free elections in history. In La Marsa, a neighborhood on the outskirts of Tunis, queues of hundreds formed within minutes of polling stations’ openings. As of 11:15 AM, Mourakiboun, an independent watchdog organization observing the elections in partnership with the National Democracy Institute, estimated the nationwide turnout between 35 and 40 percent.

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