All news on the topic: Elections

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Disgraced Tory donor Frank Hester contributed £5 million to the party just days before the election
Donation came after Rishi Sunak condemned businessman’s remark that Diane Abbott made you ‘want to hate all black women’
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High-profile politician sprayed with liquid as Germany prepares for key state elections
Sahra Wagenknecht, whose alliance opposes Nato and military aid for Ukraine, said she was ‘scared but fine’ after incident in Erfurt
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’Match-match’ politicians violated electoral ban
A Facebook page paid millions of pesos to promote content favorable to politicians from the Citizen Movement, including Samuel García, Mariana Rodríguez and Jorge Álvarez Máynez.
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US neo-Nazi terror group plans election-time resurgence
The Russia-based leader of the Base, which adheres to principles of accelerationism, seeks ‘A-team leader’ in US
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Venezuela election: US recognizes opposition candidate Edmundo González as winner
US secretary of state Antony Blinken says there is ‘overwhelming evidence’ González beat Nicolás Maduro in last weekend’s presidential election
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Donald Trump claims Kamala Harris ‘happened to turn black’ from Indian heritage
Ex-President Donald Trump claimed that Kamala Harris ‘happened to turn black’ and attacked her racial identity in a heated panel.
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Anti-Maduro protests spread as Venezuelan opposition claims he stole the election
Opponents and supporters of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro planned to rally on Tuesday as protests and clashes spread after a weekend election was awarded to the long-ruling socialist despite opposition claims of a landslide victory.
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Venezuela election: Government-controlled authority declares Maduro the winner
Result with 80% of votes is immediately challenged by opposition and several governments
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Venezuelans hope to end their suffering by casting ballots on Sunday
Venezuelans are heading to the polls on Sunday in the most anticipated elections in decades, with many hoping to put an end to the repressive political system established 25 years ago by Hugo Chávez and inherited a decade ago by Nicolás Maduro.
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Biden endorses Vice President Kamala Harris after exiting presidential race
Joe Biden has declared his support for Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for the upcoming presidential election following his confirmation that he would not run for reelection
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President Joe Biden finally bows out of race after weeks of Democratic Party pressure
Joe Biden has announced he will not seek re-election against Donald Trump in November.
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Rishi Sunak announces Shadow Cabinet as David Cameron quits
Rishi Sunak, who is serving as the interim Tory leader, announced his Shadow Cabinet after many top Tories lost their seats in a devastating general election night for the party
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Labour confirms plans for Universal Credit, PIP, state pension, and cost of living support after election win
Labour has promised to "kickstart economic growth" after 14 years of Conservative Government and wants to address the rise in economic inactivity. But what does it mean for the benefits system?
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Marine Le Pen’s far-right party suffers a shock defeat in French election exit poll
Marine Le Pen’s far right party has suffered a shocking defeat in the French election, according to the exit polls.
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Keir Starmer expresses his feelings as Prime Minister in a three-word vow offering hope to the nation
Keir Starmer promised that ’self-interest is yesterday’s politics’ in his first press conference as Prime Minister after a Labour landslide at the General Election
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Tories are now on life support after this truly historic and humiliating defeat
The Conservative’s have fundamentally lost touch with their core voters
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Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian wins the Iranian presidential election
Victory reflects deep dissatisfaction with direction of country and could bring greater cooperation with west
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Carol Vorderman offered sassy words of advice to Keir Starmer as he enters No. 10 as Prime Minister
Carol Vorderman says Tory ’gremlins’ in No10 have ’ransacked the house and tried to nick the lead off the roof’ but gave Starmer ’words to the wise’
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How many people voted for Labour, Reform and the Tories in general election?
Almost all of the 650 UK constituencies have now declared their results, and Labour has been overwhelmingly voted to victory. But how many millions of people voted for each party?
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Jacob Rees Mogg snoozes and loses as the ‘big beast’ is forced to take a nap
Britain is waking up to a new chapter in its history – Conservative Party ‘big beast’ Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg losing his seat, and a Labour majority.
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Sir Ed Davey celebrates an ’exceptional’ election result for the Liberal Democrats
The Lib Dem leader said he "rather enjoyed" the election campaign as he was re-elected in his Kingston and Surbiton seat.
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Nigel Farage has been elected as an MP for the first time during a breakthrough night for Reform UK
Reform were projected to win 13 seats in the exit poll.
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Labour wins UK general election as Keir Starmer says: ‘We did it! Change begins now’
Sir Keir Starmer will enter Downing Street as Labour’s first prime minister in 14 years after a landslide victory at the general election.
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A pub running for election aims to ban all other pubs in town
A London pub is running in this year’s General Election and the owner has warned of some harsh policies on the horizon if he wins.
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101 reasons to vote the Tories out on election day: Partygate scandal, sewage issues, and Liz Truss
From Rishi Sunak’s helicopter usage, fury over the Tories partying while the nation was locked down under strict Covid rules and a burgeoning mental health crisis, to Liz Truss’ disastrous stint as PM and spiralling energy costs... there are more than enough reasons to give the Tories a kicking in the ballot box on July 4