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Iranians Vote in Elections as Voting Extended until Midnight

par This Is Beirut, 01/03 21:19 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Iranians voted on Friday in elections for parliament and a key clerical body, amid fears of a low turnout and with conservatives expected to tighten their grip on power. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has called for a strong turnout, was the first to cast his ballot, at a polling station in central Tehran, state television ...

New Poll Flags Warnings for Biden Campaign

par This Is Beirut, 02/03 19:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Days before the biggest night of the presidential primary season, a new poll published Saturday rings alarm bells for Joe Biden, who is seen lagging behind his likely White House challenger Donald Trump. The nationwide survey of registered voters by the New York Times and Siena College found that if the election were held today, 48 percent would ...

Rai: Electing a President Gives Institutions Legitimacy

par This Is Beirut, 03/03 13:34 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai said on Sunday that the election of a president "gives institutions their legitimacy." "Lebanese political leaders need to reconcile with each other, turn the page on the past and re-establish mutual trust," added Archbishop Rai in his Sunday homily. "This makes it possible to place the good of the Lebanese above ...

Iranian Legislative Elections: Bittersweet Victory for Conservatives

par This Is Beirut, 03/03 18:17 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Iranian conservatives secured the bulk of seats in elections for a key clerical body and the national legislature, local media reported on Sunday, estimating a record low turnout. Authorities were still counting ballots two days after Friday's vote for members of parliament and for the Assembly of Experts, which selects the Islamic republic's ...

The Turks Head to the Polls in Local Elections

par This Is Beirut, 31/03 10:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Turkish voters headed to the polls on Sunday in municipal elections, with all eyes on Istanbul, the national "jewel" that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hopes to pry away from the opposition. As soon as he clinched re-election as president last May -- he has been head of state since 2014 -- Erdogan launched the campaign to reclaim the city of 16 ...

Turkey Poll Counts: Opposition Edges Ahead in Key Cities

par This Is Beirut, 31/03 20:18 - Reading : less than a minute

Ankara élections Istanbul Recep Tayyip Erdogan This is Beirut Turkey

According to early partial results, Turkey's opposition appears to be ahead for now in the key cities of Istanbul and Ankara, state media said on Sunday. With 20 percent of the votes counted, the current mayor of Istanbul was leading with 49.6 percent of the vote, compared with 41.6 percent of his main rival, who was backed by President Recep ...

Kuwait: Elections to be Held, Third Time's the Charm

par This Is Beirut, 04/04 14:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Kuwaitis are voting on Thursday to elect the first parliament of Emir Sheikh Mechaal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah's reign, in the third parliamentary elections in three years in this rich Gulf oil state mired in repeated political crises. Some 835,000 voters were called upon to choose 50 deputies from 200 candidates, including 13 women, after the ...

Kuwaiti Opposition Retains Majority in Parliament After Vote

par This Is Beirut, 05/04 14:01 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Kuwait's opposition retains a majority in parliament, according to the results of parliamentary elections published on Friday in this Gulf country. Opposition lawmakers maintained a majority in Kuwait's parliament, results showed on Friday, after the Gulf state's third parliamentary vote in as many years held just months into the new emir's ...

Nicolas Chikhani Withdraws His Candidacy From the Order of Engineers Elections

par This Is Beirut, 13/04 18:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Nicolas Chikhani, engineer and economist, announced on Saturday his decision to withdraw his candidacy from the Order of Engineers elections, to be held on Sunday. He said he will not take part in the elections "until all the conditions guaranteeing the democracy of the ballot are met and the rights of engineers are preserved. All our supporters ...

Geagea on Municipal Extension: FPM, Pro-Hezbollah Blocs 'Stabbed Democracy'

par This Is Beirut, 25/04 17:28 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Leader of the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea claimed on Thursday that the pro-Hezbollah “Moumanaa axis” and the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) “are once again stabbing democracy, the right of people to choose their representatives and the establishment of public institutions.” Geagea wrote on his X account, “The flimsy argument used by ...

Postponment of Municipal Polls for 3rd Consecutive Time Echoes State Failure

par Chelsea Al Arif, 25/04 20:32 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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In a legislative parliamentary session presided over by Speaker Nabih Berri on Thursday, Parliament approved "extending the existing municipal and elective councils' mandate until a date no later than May 31, 2025," despite objections from lawmakers opposed to Hezbollah. It was the third time in a row that the local elections have been ...

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