With all eyes on Italy’s parliamentary election last weekend, voting held on the same day for assemblies in two of the country’s most significant regions, Lazio and Lombardia, were somewhat overlooked. In both, regional Presidencies were retained by the incumbent parties – easily in the case of the Centre Right alliance in Lombardia, and narrowly […]
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Election result: Kaernten regional parliament 2018
There was some rare good news for Austria’s Social Democrats (SPO) as they turned in an excellent performance in the regional election in Kaernten (Carinthia) yesterday. With nearly 48 per cent of the votes the SPO came within a whisker of an absolute majority in the parliament in Klagenfurt, close to the southern border with […]
Election result: Tirol regional parliament 2018
There was comfort for all three of Austria’s main parties in today’s regional election in the Tirol, with gains in vote share for national ruling coalition partners the People’s Party (OVP) and Freedom Party (FPO) as well the main opposition Social Democrats (SPO). With 44 per cent of the votes, the OVP adds a second […]
Election result: Monaco National Council 2018
The newly-created Primo! list led by former National Council President Stéphane Valeri swept to victory in yesterday’s parliamentary elections in the Principality of Monaco. Primo! took 21 of the 24 seats available for the legislature of the tiny Mediterranean enclave, obtaining an absolute majority of the votes cast. Horizon Monaco, which had dominated the previous […]
Election result: Cyprus Presidency 2018, second round
Conservative Nicos Anastasiades (Democratic Rally, DISY) won himself a second five year stint as Cypriot President in today’s run-off election. In a virtual carbon copy of the 2013 contest, he beat Stravros Malas, an independent backed by the leftist AKEL party, by 56 to 44 per cent – a score close to the 57-43 margin […]
Election result: Finnish Presidency 2018
Incumbent Sauli Niinisto made political history in Finland yesterday by becoming the only winner on the first round of voting since direct Presidential elections were introduced in 1994. Sweeping to victory with a crushing 62.6 per cent of the vote, the conservative National Coalition (KOK) candidate, running as a nominal independent, lived up to his […]