Elections

BJP leader BS Yediyurappa announced his intention to withdraw from the Shikaripura constituency in the next Assembly elections and encouraged voters to endorse son BY Vijayendra. Yediyurappa's remark came after he denied being marginalized by the party in power in Karnataka. "There will be no Congress chief minister in Karnataka after Assembly elections in 2023,… read-more

Sri Lankan acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe won the Nation's Presidential elections, which concluded on July 20. A parliament house of 255 members voted for the three candidates--Ranil Wickremesinghe, Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Dullas Alahaperumain in the presidential fray. Of the total, 138 votes were given to Ranil, whereas Dullas Alahaperuma secured 82 votes and Anura was left with only three votes. With this, Wickremesinghe… read-more

Akhilesh Yadav, president of the Samajwadi Party, disbanded the national, state, and district executive bodies of all its organizations, including the youth and women's wings, with immediate effect on July 3. The action is perceived as an effort to reform the SP following the disastrous Lok Sabha by-poll results in the party strongholds of Rampur and Azamgarh. However, the party's Uttar Pradesh president, Naresh Uttam, will stay in his post… read-more

President Emmanuel Macron loses an absolute majority as the newly established left-wing alliance government gains a majority on June 20. In the second round of parliamentary elections, Macron's centrist coalition, Ensemble (Together), defeated the New Popular Environmentalist and Social Union (Nupes). Macron becomes the first incumbent French president since a 2000 election reform to lose a legislative majority as a result of the new outcome… read-more

As Australian PM Scott Morrison's government falls behind the opposition Labour Party days before a general election, he presented a housing policy on May 15, targeting the increasing house ownership and lowering costs. It is designed to motivate Australian elders to sell their family houses. In an election campaign driven by cost of living concerns, national security, and climate change, the idea will put downward pressure on high property… read-more