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Campaigning has officially concluded ahead of Vanuatu's general election tomorrow. 346 candidates are vying for the 52 seats in the country's parliament. Johnny Blades reports from Santo "Campaigning…

President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney were campaigning in battleground states on Saturday, 10 days before an election that polls show is a dead heat.

A Green MP will hold the balance of power in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) for the next four years. In the territory's closest-ever poll, voters have delivered a hung parliament.

France has decided that the two rounds of French Polynesia's territorial election will be held in April and May. The French overseas territories minister, Victorin Lurel, gave the dates of...

The attorney-general of Texas in the United States has warned international observers to stay away from polling stations in the state during next month's United States presidential election.

Vanuatu's electoral office says an international observer team, including New Zealanders, will monitor selected polling stations during the general election there next Tuesday.

President Barack Obama has become the first sitting US president to vote early, casting his vote in his home town of Chicago 11 days before the presidential election on 6 November.

The chairman of Vanuatu's Electoral Commission says it has deployed all necessary materials and personnel for next Tuesday's general election. To all but one of Vanuatu's six provinces, the…

Vanuatu's Electoral Office says an international observer team will visit and monitor selected polling stations during the general election next Tuesday. This follows recent criticism that the…

Papua New Guinea's opposition leader has called for an inquiry into June's election, saying he has evidence of corruption. Belden Namah publicly apologised for his part in last August's political...

French Polynesia's territorial election is expected to be held in March and April. The French overseas territories minister, Victorin Lurel, has told the National Assembly that Paris will closely…

Republican US Senate candidate Richard Mourdock has said he is sorry if anyone misunderstood his comment that pregnancy resulting from rape can be "something that God intended to happen."

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have come face to face in their last television showdown before Americans choose who will be their president. Audio

Japan's justice minister Keishu Tanaka has resigned less than a month into the role after intense speculation about his ties to organised crime.

Presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will meet in their third and final debate on Monday night. The United States goes to the polls on 6 November. Audio

One of the organisers of a rally held in protest against corruption in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas says people will be highly motivated to vote in next month's...

An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll suggests United States President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are tied at 47% support each.

Fiji police are reported to be starting to prepare for the elections promised in two years. The Police Commissioner, Brigadier-General Ioane Naivalurua, says it was critical that the Fiji Police...

French Polynesia's president says elections originally due early next year should be held off until the long-running trials and appeals of his rivals have run their course. Oscar Temaru made...

The People's Party of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy retained power in an election in the region of Galicia in north-west Spain on Sunday. It was seen as a test of the government's economic policy.

With more than 70% of the vote counted in Canberra, no clear winner is apparent in an election in ACT.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says US President Barack Obama has no agenda worthy of a second term in office.

Almost 64% of respondents to a poll in Queensland oppose a decision by the state government to sell assets to repay state debt.