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Written by: Naeem Ashraf Butt A week before, winning of NA -122 by- election was an easy task for former Speaker National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq but now the scenario is different after the heroic entry of PTI Chief Imran Khan into the campaign has changed the situation and now this will be a close contest.

The Japanese government on Monday expressed its desire to build stronger ties with India, with talks reportedly under way to arrange a visit to Japan by Indian Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi in his first official foreign tour following his election win.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 26, 2014 (AFP) - Brazilians narrowly voted leftist President Dilma Rousseff back into office on Sunday after a virulent election campaign that split Latin America's biggest economy between poor north and richer south.

The Congress has complained to Election Commission asking the body to take action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his choice of words against former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Congress told EC that PM Modi not only violated Model Code of Conduct (MCC) but also insulted a Bharat Ratna awardee. The party wants EC to ban-PM Modi from addressing rallies. Here's what happened.

After the Election Commission (EC) cut short the campaigning period for the last phase of elections in West Bengal, opposition parties have come together to support CM Mamata Banerjee.

Please vote in the June 8th primary. In California, the June 8th Primary Election is fast approaching. If you vote by absentee/mail ballot, then you need to mail your ballot in the next day, or, so; ballots have to be received by election day.

Cuban Fidel Castro made a suggestion for American people: vote for a robot this November. Former Cuban President, in his latest op-ed, stated that "90 percent of voting Americans, especially Hispanics, blacks and the growing number of the impoverished middle class, would vote for the robot." While the current US political scene stands divided between Obama and yet unknown definite Republican candidate, a robot would certainly be a novelty. Now, if we are to consider HAL9000 (Artificial Intelligence from 2001:A Space Odyssey) as a serious candidate, we should compare him to the current White House incumbent in a imagined debate.

A frontrunner to succeed Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said his one time rival should continue to serve a role in politics and that he wouldn't pursue "vengeance" against the man he claims stole the last election.

In a recent revelation by the investigative portal, Cobrapost, around 194 Indian politicians, incuding 6 former chief ministers and 10 sitting ministers, have faked their PAN card details to the Election Commission. Out of these 194 lawmakers, 72 are from Congress and 41 are from BJP.

Nepal has almost completed two years of federalism implementation. This has been a landmark achievement as elected representative are working at the local level after gaps of almost two decades. Nepal has successfully elected around 42,000 representatives at local, provincial and federal level. Bulk of the elected representatives is now working at local level. Although it will be too early to assess the performance of federal mode of governance, but two things are evident. First, we wont revert back to old system of governance for any foreseeable future. Second, successful transition from centralist system of governance is not only slow but also complicated due to vested interest of various stakeholders. Focusing on the performance of local government, this paper outlines bright as well as blind spot of the performance of local government in Nepal

The Huzurnagar by-election results made TRS supremo and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao more confident of his welfare schemes and development programmes.

Elect John Westman for Webster Township Trustee in Dexter, Michigan.

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#UPElection 2022: #PriyankaGandhi lashes out at #NirmalaSitharaman over 'UP type' comment, calls it insult to UP

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If you feel abandoned by the government, the truth might be that your own representatives are just selling you out. As majority of Americans get poorer, fat-cat politicians only get richer. While 250 members - nearly 50 percent - of Congress are millionaires, one-in-ten residents of Washington DC live below half of the poverty line.

GOTV (Get Out the Vote) robocalls are a valuable campaign tool for candidates who are looking for a targeted and inexpensive method to remind voters about election information. Candidates or their spokespeople can send out pre-recorded messages via phone to thousands of voters simultaneously for a fraction of what it would cost to send campaign literature through the mail. Fact is, people do really forget to vote and the United States has one of the lowest voting rates in the free world hovering around 50% at a time when many European countries average well over 80% turnouts.

Millions of Australians voted in national elections Saturday with conservative challenger Tony Abbott heading for a thumping victory over Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.