Britain is heading for a hung parliamentafter one of the closest general election races in a generation.
At 08:15 GMT, with 38 of the 650 seats declared, the Conservatives were on 289 seats, Labour had 245 and the Liberal Democrats had captured 51.
An exit poll released after voting closed gave 305 seats to the main opposition [...]
Voters in the United Kingdom are casting their ballots in a general election, in what opinion polls have suggested will be one of the closest races in recent years.
Voting began at 06:00 GMT on Thursday and exit polls likely to be broadcast immediately after polling stations close at 21:00 GMT will give the first indication [...]
Polls have opened in Sudan for a second day of voting in multiparty elections that have been marked by confusion, delays and charges of fraud.
The three-day parliamentary and presidential elections, the first in 24 years, got off to a slow start on Sunday as polling stations in many parts of the country opened without ballots.
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Sudanese have begun voting in the country’s first multi-party elections in 24 years, despite the credibility of the process being marred by an opposition boycott and accusations of fraud.
Polls opened at 0500 GMT on Sunday as 16 million registered voters are asked to vote for their president as well as for parliamentary and local representatives.
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Sudan’s controversial elections will go ahead this month, the deputy head of the country’s election commission has said.
The announcement came less than a day after one of Sudan’s largest opposition parties said it would not take part in the polls unless the government agreed to a four-week delay to the vote.
“The National Elections Commission (NEC) [...]
The secularist Iraqiya coalition led by Iyad Allawi, a former prime minister, has won the most seats in Iraq’s March 7 parliamentary election, two more than those of the bloc of Nouri al-Maliki, the current prime minister.
Iraqiya won 91 seats in the 325-member Council of Representatives while al-Maliki’s State of Law Alliance won 89 seats, [...]
Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq’s prime minister, has asked the country’s electoral commission to respond to demands for a vote recount.
In a statement issued on Sunday, he said it was necessary to respond to the allegations of irregularities in order to preserve the country’s political stability.
The latest results from the parliamentary vote show al-Maliki’s State of Law [...]
Iraqis living abroad are voting in their country’s general election, two days before the poll in Iraq itself.
Hundreds lined up at polling stations in Syria, home to the largest Iraqi expatriate community, most driven from their homeland by the violence and instability.
In addition to Syria, Iraqi nationals are also voting in Jordan, the United Arab [...]