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Study finds gender pay gap leads to fewer female candidates on the ballot
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 7 (ANI): A new study has found that electoral districts with larger gender pay gaps show favouritism toward male political candidates in Parliamentary elections, with fewer female candidates on the ballot.
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Pakistan PM calls Chinese system better than electoral democracy
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 3 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has termed China's one-party rule a unique model of governance that is an alternative to Western electoral democracies.
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Pashinyan's party wins Armenian Parliamentary election with nearly 54 pc
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Yerevan [Armenia], June 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The Civil Contract Party of Armenia's Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan won in the Sunday snap parliamentary election with nearly 54 per cent, according to the Central Electoral Commission.
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Passage of contentious bills on poll reforms in Pak will jeopardise future
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 17 (ANI): With Pakistan recently passing two more controversial bills on electoral reforms in haste without any consultation with the opposition, the very holding of elections might be jeopardised should the federal government continue on this path, says a local me
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CEC urges CEOs of States, UTs to sustain year-round effort to engage with
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra on Wednesday stated that the Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) of all the States and UTs should sustain a year-round effort to engage with new voters for registration and other services such as correction and change o
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Imran Khan govt wants to steal next general elections, says Pak opposition
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 13 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has alleged that the Imran Khan-led incumbent government wants to 'steal' the next general elections by passing the bill on electoral reforms and introducing the electronic voting machine (EVM).
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Congress leaders slam Prasada for joining BJP, call for major surgery, str
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): Even as senior Congress leaders have slammed former union minister Jitin Prasada for joining BJP, they have also called for "major surgery" and "strengthening feedback" to chart out the way forward for the party which has seen a series of electoral revers
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Mexico's ruling coalition heading for majority in Sunday's elections
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], June 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Mexico's ruling coalition is set to get a majority in the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the parliament, according to a preliminary vote count by the National Electoral Institute (INE).
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Mike Pence acknowledges he and Trump may 'never see eye to eye' on January
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], June 4 (ANI): Referring to the January 6 Capitol riots, former US vice president Mike Pence on Thursday acknowledged that he and former President Donald Trump may never agree on what transpired in the incident which left many people dead during the certification of President
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China changes electoral system to strip democracy in Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Hong Kong, May 28 (ANI): With the overhauling of election rules in Hong Kong, China has stamped out the opposition by reducing public voting rights. The Hong Kong legislature passed a bill amending electoral laws that drastically curtails islanders' right to vote as the majority of lawmak
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Japan to convey its concerns to China over new Hong Kong election reforms
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 28 (ANI): The Japanese government on Friday said it is increasingly and gravely concerned over Hong Kong after the city's legislature approved an electoral overhaul ordered by China to ensure Beijing's loyalist govern the city.
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China continues to undermine Hong Kong's democratic institutions, says Bli
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 27 (ANI): The Chinese government continues to undermine the democratic institutions of Hong Kong and denies the residents the rights that China itself has guaranteed, said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday after the city's Legislative Council approved t
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