Proportional outcomes promote a sense of fairness and that’s valuable. You only need to look at the UK, where the Labour Party won a massive majority in seats with about one-third of the votes, to ...

New Zealanders head to the polls on Oct. 17 with popular 40-year-old Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern seen as a frontrunner to secure a second term in office.

A mixed system gives the opposition a tangible stake in lawmaking and reduces the urge to topple governments from the streets.

The Yukon is the latest Canadian jurisdiction to flirt with electoral reform, with voters in next month's territorial election being asked to cast a ballot in a plebiscite on the issue. But if recent ...

I don't understand any of this PR system. I am not sure who I am even supposed to vote for." This is a frustrated remark from a tea vendor at a small stall in Barguna's Betagi upazila, about the ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Vijitha Herath told Parliament yesterday a Bill to establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission will be presented soon, while preparations were underway to hold Provincial ...

BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed has issued a stark warning that any delay in holding national elections will pave the way for the resurgence of fascism and undemocratic forces in ...

Any group intending to contest the upcoming elections must register as a political party by November 16, as per the Election Commission’s schedule.

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, speaking in Parliament yesterday, paid a glowing tribute to the Election Commission (EC) of Sri Lanka, which was recently named the Electoral Commission of the ...

The Green Party's head of elections, Chris Williams, oversaw the Greens' best-ever general election campaign last year - it gave the party four MPs for the first time by tailoring and targeting ...

FAIRNESS is a prerequisite for any legitimate election. It is a categorical requirement of the Constitution under Article 218 (3) which makes the Election Commission duty-bound to conduct elections ...

BNP senior leader Salahuddin Ahmed on Saturday, in an oblique reference, accused Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami of siding with a vested quarter trying to create political unrest and obstruct the next ...