List of Elections articles
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A man walks past campaign banner of Lagos gubernatorial candidate of Labour Party Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour in Lagos, on March 7. Is the Party Over in Nigeria?
Personality rules in a country where political parties were once kingmakers.
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Turkey's Republican People's Party (CHP) candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu speaks during a rally in Canakkale, Turkey, on Apr. 11. Turkey’s Opposition Can’t Win Without the Working Class
Kemal Kilicdaroglu’s abandonment of the left and his embrace of allies’ neoliberal economics could cost him the election.
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A large crowd waves Turkish flags in front of a billboard for Kemal Kilicdaroglu on the side of an apartment building. What if Kemal Kilicdaroglu Wins Turkey’s Election?
It seems that only an act of God could dislodge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Maybe the Feb. 6 earthquake was just that.
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An election poster featuring Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, who leads the Social Democratic Party, is displayed on a booth in Helsinki on March 31. Finland’s Sanna Marin Might Get the Pink Slip Sunday
The center-left prime minister is a rock star internationally—but she might lose this weekend’s vote.
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Boyko Borisov, the head of Bulgaria's center-right ruling GERB party and a former prime minister, delivers a speech during a pre-election rally in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. Bulgaria Is Stuck in an Electoral Doom Loop
Its parliament’s dysfunction has paved the way for a pro-Russian presidential power grab, and this week’s elections are unlikely to help.
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Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin speaks with the media upon her arrival for a European Union summit in Brussels on March 23. Finland Is Less Progressive Than It Seems
A debate over Indigenous issues has empowered the country’s nativist right ahead of a critical election.
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Children at a camp for Syrian refugees displaced by earthquakes Turkey’s Xenophobic Turn Targets Stateless Syrians
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is vowing to repatriate refugees ahead of an election he desperately wants to win.
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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador speaks in Mexico City. López Obrador’s Reforms Threaten Mexican Democracy
Gutting Mexico’s election watchdog is part and parcel of democratic backsliding all over the Americas.
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Supporters of Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar attend a rally marking the 71st anniversary of the country's independence from Italy in the eastern city of Benghazi. Libya Wants Elections but Needs More Than a Ballot Box
More than a decade after the country’s plunge into chaos, there are two governments and little governance.
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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte speaks to the press in The Hague, the Netherlands. The Netherlands’ Eternal Prime Minister Survives Another Populist Wave
Dutch parties keep changing, but the politics remain the same.
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Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and Kai Wegner, the CDU’s top candidate in Berlin, depart after the end of a joint press conference in Berlin on Feb. 13, one day after the city-state’s elections. The campaign placard behind them reads “Celebrate Berlin. Fire the Council.” Germany’s Conservatives Are Ready for a Culture War
The Christian Democrats aren’t the center-right party of Angela Merkel anymore.
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All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu (C-L) and his wife Oluremi Tinubu (C-R) arrive to vote at a polling station in Lagos on Feb. 25. Nigeria’s Kingmakers Are Still in Control
Divisive politics and historical power structures helped Bola Tinubu win.
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A voter casts her ballot at a polling station in Amatutu, Nigeria, on Feb. 25. Nigeria’s Flawed Election Risks a Democratic Backslide
The international community cannot afford to give up on Nigeria’s vast democratic promise.
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Nigerian President-elect Bola Tinubu (R) and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Mahmood Yakubu (L) look on during the presentation of the certificate of return to the president-elect by the INEC in Abuja on March 1. It’s Tinubu’s Turn to Fix Nigeria’s Broken System
For the president-elect to make the next four years a success for Nigeria, he’ll have to create a new political ethos for his country.
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A man reads newspaper at a newsstand as candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu is declared president-elect after the presidential election in Lagos, on March 1. Bola Tinubu’s Pyrrhic Victory
Nigeria’s new president will immediately face pressures from within his party, the opposition, and the majority of voters who didn’t back him.
