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The leader of Papua New Guinea's Triumph Heritage Empowerment, or THE, party says that the election has been well conducted by electoral officials and security forces despite some hiccups. Vote...

The President of Nauru says he hopes to have additional political reforms considered by MPs ahead of the election due late this year or early next year. Last week MPs...

Papua New Guinea's Electoral Commission is conducting round-the-clock shifts for counting officials in order to get vote counting for the general election complete by the end of next week. Three...

The People's National Congress remains the leading party in vote counting for Papua New Guinea's general election. Three weeks of polling to choose a new 111-member parliament concluded at the...

The voting for the 2012 National Elections in Papua New Guinea has officially ended. The Electoral Commissioner, Andrew Trawen says the last votes were cast on the Bougainville Atolls and...

Papua New Guinea police say counting is progressing peacefully in areas of the Highlands which were deemed high-risk areas for the election period. The Commonwealth Observers group has this week...

The Nauru Parliament has agreed to increase the number of MPs from 18 to 19 following the next general election. Having an additional member is part of a political reform...

The People's National Congress continues to lead the party standings in counting for Papua New Guinea's general election. The PNC, which is led by the caretaker Prime Minister Peter O'Neill,...

The US Ambassador to Papua New Guinea says election observers have seen serious irregularities in some parts of the country. Polling has been extended into this week after widespread delays,...

The group observing the Papua New Guinea election from the Commonwealth says it has seen a lack of urgency to ensure that the polling schedule is met. Polling has been...

The People's National Congress party of Papua New Guinea's caretaker Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has secured victory in the first two confirmed election results. While Mr O'Neill's landslide victory…

The Commonwealth group observing the Papua New Guinea election says reported attempts of candidates to bribe voters is a major concern. Polling has been extended into this week after widespread...

The leader of the National Alliance Party says the decision to allow early vote counting for the general election in some parts of Papua New Guinea is a blatant show...

A domestic observer monitoring Papua New Guinea's general election says that there have been some disruptions in the counting process which is underway in 8 of the country's 22 provinces.

Papua New Guinea's Electoral Commission has confirmed it's advised the Governor-General to extend polling for the general election into this week in seven provinces. These provinces are Chimbu…

As Papua New Guinea's election period has been extended into a third week, the Electoral Commission says the outer islands of the Bougainville area will complete polling by Thursday. It...

Libyans are celebrating their first free national election in 60 years after turning out for a poll widely seen as drawing a line under Muammar Gaddafi's dictatorship.

Vote counting has commenced in at least 30 of the 111 seats in Papua New Guinea's general election while polling has been extended by the Electoral Commission. The two-week polling...

The electoral commission in Libya says there was a 60% turnout on Saturday in the first national election since the fall of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Preliminary results are due to be announced on…

Preliminary results from East Timor's general election show the party of the prime minister Xanana Gusmao emerging with the biggest share of the vote.

Tens of thousands of people in Mexico City are demonstrating against the result of the presidential election, which was won by Enrique Pena Nieto.

Polls have closed in East Timor in parliamentary elections that will also determine if United Nations peacekeepers can withdraw by the end of the year.

The electoral authorities in Mexico have confirmed the winner of last weekend's presidential poll as Enrique Pena Nieto, of the centrist PRI.