British Columbia's centre-right premier Christy Clark has scored a stunning election victory, contradicting every poll to trounce the opposition New Democratic Party and silence critics of her...
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The UK Independence Party made big gains in local elections, siphoning support from Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives in a vote that underlined the threat the anti-EU party poses to his...
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Britain's ruling Conservatives were yesterday at risk of losing hundreds of seats in local polls amid a surge in popularity for the anti-European Union UK Independence Party (UKIP). The elections...
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A key Australian government figure yesterday confirmed pre-election unrest within the Labor Party over Prime Minister Julia Gillard's leadership, but claimed there was no leadership challenge...
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Singapore's governing People's Action Party is soul-searching as to how it could have lost another election to the opposition Worker's Party of Singapore.
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28 Jan 2013
Singapore's ruling party needs to reconnect with voters or face more severe setbacks in national polls, analysts said yesterday after a massive swing to the opposition in a by-election dominated...
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The opposition Workers' Party defeated the People's Action Party (PAP), which has been in power for more than 50 years, following a campaign dominated by issues including the rising cost of living...
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Singapore's governing party faces a poll test this month to fill the seat of the ex-parliamentary Speaker who quit over an affair, officials said, at a time of growing criticism of its rule.
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One of Hong Kong's most powerful legal lobbying groups has thrown its weight behind the fight to retain by-elections to fill midterm vacancies in the Legislative Council, in the...
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Challenges could still be in the pipeline despite the government's changes to the way vacant Legislative Council seats are filled, according to legal scholars.
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Elaine Yu Yee-nee, 15, Creative Secondary School
It is not necessary to hold a by-election to fill a vacant seat in the Legislative Council. The government should scrap wasteful and...
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In the letter ('Move to axe by-elections is an affront', May 28) Civic Party chairman Chan Ka-lok quotes a Polish politician saying that 'democracy is priceless'.
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