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19 February 2016

Iran’s parliamentary hopefuls hit the campaign trail yesterday, with only a week of canvassing to go before Iranians head to the polls on 26 February. As votes will be cast in both a parliamentary election and an election…

20 January 2016

Vietnam’s head honchos are gathering in Hanoi today to select the communist country’s next generation of leaders. Typically the preferred candidates for the top jobs of party secretary, state president and prime minister…

6 December 2016

West Africa is still in collective shock after The Gambia’s 22-year dictator Yahya Jammeh graciously accepted his electoral defeat over the weekend. No call to arms, no accusations of fraud. Now the electoral compass turns…

11 January 2016

As Taiwan heads to the polls this weekend, hotly tipped opposition party leader Tsai Ing-wen – who is vying to become Taiwan’s first female president – is taking nothing for granted. While the ruling KMT targets the older…

22 October 2019

Our Toronto bureau reports on Canada’s election. Plus: Japan marks the enthronement of Emperor Naruhito, department store Nordstrom unveils a new flagship in New York and we discuss how political chaos affects the art of…

18 February 2016

As the US primaries hot up with make-or-break votes in Nevada and South Carolina on 20 February, TV programmes in the US are looking to keep the populace locked to all things election. Weary viewers in need of a tickle can…

1 October 2015

With Japan’s voting age set to drop from 20 to 18, there will be an extra 2.4 million voters participating in next summer’s Upper House election. Legislation that passed in June marked the first lowering of the voting age…

26 November 2016

A presidential election in Ghana doesn’t tend to get much coverage in western media and the reason is very simple: it tends to run smoothly. Unlike many of its neighbours it's a real democracy – power has changed hands…

15 October 2016

Somalia has been without a functioning government for more than 25 years. The fact that it is about to hold a presidential election should be seen as progress but the more you learn about how the election works the less…

16 May 2015

As Turkey prepares to head to the polls next month, Monocle’s Steve Bloomfield asks if this is the moment the country could change - and not for the better. Featuring author and political commentator Ece Temelkuran, Mustafa…

5 April 2014

As over 800 million voters prepare to head to the polls in India's general election, Monocle's foreign editor Steve Bloomfield chairs a discussion on the present state and future course of the world's largest democracy.…

14 February 2024

It’s election day in the world’s third-largest democracy: we get the latest from Jakarta. Then: we discuss Ukraine’s view on Nato and US funding, the latest setback to the EU-Mercosur trade deal and hear why cabin crew in…

31 May 2017

Monocle’s Asia editor at large, Kenji Hall, looks at the upcoming election in Mongolia.

24 June 2016

Britain has voted to leave the European Union – and they may not be the last nation to do so. Within minutes of the result being confirmed earlier this morning, Marine Le Pen and Geert Wilders had called for similar polls…