A new Politics/Elections poll has been created.
General elections will be held in Botswana on 9 October 2009. These are the 10th general elections held since Botswana’s independence in 1966. Botswana’s parliament has 57 seats, each elected using a single-member district plurality system, meaning there are 57 constituencies, each electing a single MP.
A new Politics/Elections poll has been created.
A new Politics/Elections poll has been created.
Originally scheduled to be held in 2005, the election has been delayed numerous times due to issues arising from the Ivorian Civil War and difficulties involved in the organization and preparation of the election. A peace agreement between the government and the New Forces (former rebels) was signed in March 2007. On 15 May 2009, the date was announced to be 29 November 2009.
A new Politics/Elections poll has been created.
Critics call the referendum a ‘coup’ – citing major discrepancies between stated turnout (+60%) and actual (4%). Was it rigged just to maintain power?
UN special envoy says the accord would see a transitional period of 15 months, during which legislative and presidential elections would be held, Tiebile Drame said.
The deal follows days of negotiations in the Mozambican capital, Maputo. Ousted President Marc Ravalomanana said he would return to Madagascar but not personally take part in the process.
Mediators hope it will bring an end to months of crisis which culminated in the opposition leader, Andry Rajoelina, forcing Mr Ravalomanana to resign as president on 17 March and flee.
Mr Rajoelina and his allies, who accused the president of being a tyrant who misspent public money, were accused by the African Union of taking power through a coup and foreign aid was frozen.
The power struggle led to the deaths of more than 100 people in violent riots and crippled the island’s tourist industry.
Niger’s president has overwhelmingly won a referendum that will allow him to stay in power beyond the end of his second term in office, results show.
Mamadou Tandja, 71, had already claimed victory before the official announcement, putting up giant posters in the capital thanking the voters.
The election commission said Mr Tandja won more than 92% of the vote.
Opposition groups had urged a boycott and dispute the 68% turnout figure, saying it was as low as 4%.
The result means Mr Tandja will be able to go ahead with plans to change the constitution and run for a third term in office.
The president, whose second term ends in December, dissolved both parliament and the constitutional court to push through the referendum.
His backers say he has boosted living standards during 10 years in power and deserves to remain in office.
The president says he needs more time to complete multi-billion-dollar projects such as a uranium mine, an oil refinery and a dam on the River Niger.
But his critics portray him as a classic strongman determined to hold on to power so he can benefit financially from the projects he has started.
The head of Mauritania’s electoral commission has resigned because he has doubts over the “reliability” of last week’s presidential vote.
Sid’Ahmed Ould Deye said the complaints he had received had sown doubts in his mind – despite his own commission being satisfied with the election.
Official results gave victory to Gen Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, who initially took power in a coup last year.
The opposition has said the poll was rigged and lodged complaints.
Overseas observers praised the poll’s conduct but said the challenges should be investigated.
Mr Deye said he had resigned as a matter of “conscience”.
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