Elections

Minimal democracy, maximum economic power, and a region dragged between the far right, social frustration, Indigenous peoples, and the new empires “When a democracy needs only half a point to govern one hundred percent of a fractured country, perhaps we…

by Asif Showkat Kallol (Dhaka Bureau) In the wake of the historic July uprising, Bangladesh is undergoing an unprecedented constitutional and administrative transformation. Following the fall of the autocratic regime, the country’s grassroots democratic structure has fallen entirely under bureaucratic…

Is voting for a boot to your own face exclusively a Kansas problem? What is going on in California? There’s a primary election for governor with three leading candidates, the top two of whom will compete in a runoff. One…

by Maksuda Lisa (Dhaka Bureau) As Bangladesh prepares for the upcoming holy festival of Eid-ul-Adha, a wave of political and administrative tension has gripped the country’s cricketing arena. The focus is entirely on the highly anticipated Board of Directors election…

by Nava J Thakuria  Guwahati: Counting of votes begins in all 126 legislative assembly constituencies of Assam, where elections were held simultaneously in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry union territory, along with bye-elections in some other States of…

by Nava Thakuria As Assam completed the single-phase, largely peaceful polling on 9 April 2026 to elect 126 representatives for the State legislative assembly, the focus shifted to the probable outcome as both the ruling and opposition parties are claiming…

Viktor Orbán, the prime minister of Hungary since 2010, suffered a humiliating defeat (April 12th) after a record turnout of roughly 77.8 percent. His challenger, the center-right candidate Péter Magyar and his Tisza party, won 136 of 199 seats in Hungary’s parliament, or…

by Nava Thakuria After Assam, Keralam and Puducherry (union territory), the State legislative assembly elections are knocking at the doors of  Tamil Nadu and West Bengal in the second half of April 2026. Meanwhile, millions of voters have shown an…

The Hungarian people have the greatest stakes since they’ll be the ones who’ll live with the consequences. Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Hungary have been described by RT as the “Battle for Hungary” due to the huge stakes involved for the…

Northeast Indian State of  Assam goes to the single-phase polling on 9 April 2026, where 2.50 crore registered voters (including 5.75 lakh young/first-time voters) will exercise their franchise to elect 126 representatives for the State legislative assembly. Under the guidelines…