Ruling Party Sweeps Egyptian Vote
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CAIRO, June 13 -- Candidates allied with Egypt's governing party secured 86 of 88 seats at stake in parliamentary elections this week, the government said Wednesday, in the first test of constitutional changes that critics charge were meant to block the opposition Muslim Brotherhood from power.
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Turkey's ruling Islamist-rooted AK Party won nearly 50 percent of the vote in a decisive national election victory on Sunday, early results showed.
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The latest partial results from Iraq's landmark election show Shia parties strengthening their lead.
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Egypt's largest Islamic opposition group is asserting itself as the main challenger to President Hosni Mubarak's autocratic regime, overshadowing secular reform groups a year after winning nearly one-fifth the seats in parliament.
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Moroccans vote in a general election on Friday that is expected to see the main Islamist party make gains that could throw up a new challenge for the reforming King Mohammed VI.
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The ruling party claimed victory Wednesday in special elections designed to clear the path for Pakistan's finance minister to be elevated to prime minister. The opposition said the vote was rigged.
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The radical Palestinian group Hamas, which the United States considers a terrorist organization, won an overwhelming victory in Thursday's local elections in the Gaza Strip, capturing almost two-thirds of all the seats being contested.
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expected to be a test of strength between the dominant Fatah movement and Islamists sworn to destroying Israel. the elections. A similar poll in the Gaza Strip was delayed because violence prevented registration.
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Botswana President Festus Mogae&#39;s ruling party swept ahead in early election results on Sunday and, with the opposition vote split, looked set to win overall in the world&#39;s biggest diamond producer.
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The first round of voting in France's legislative elections has put the new president's party firmly on the road to controlling Parliament.
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Long lines of people braved a blistering sun Saturday to cast their vote in tight elections pitting Lesotho's ruling party, which has brought stability to the mountain kingdom, against a new rival set up on a platform of change.
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Opposition activists win the two parliamentary seats for the Maldives capital, provisional results show.
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Turkey's Islamic-rooted ruling party was headed for victory Sunday with more than half the votes counted in parliamentary elections that pitted the government against opponents warning of a threat to secular traditions.
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The first results are declared in Ghana's general elections, with the two major parties ahead in their strongholds.
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Egyptian security forces detained 80 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday in sweeps at dawn, intensifying a clampdown against the government's most powerful political rival.
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Hong Kong -- Pro-democracy candidates gained seats in Hong Kong&#39;s legislature but failed to take control of the body despite winning a large majority of the popular vote in elections Sunday.
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Mozambique&#39;s ruling Frelimo party and its presidential candidate have won a landslide victory in elections held earlier this month.