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2019-04-14 22:33
Interior Ministry readying for parliamentary polls
TEHRAN – The Interior Ministry director for election affairs Esmaeil Mousavi says his ministry has begun preparatory work for the 2020 parliamentary elections.
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2019-03-12 09:58
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
Battle lines drawn for India elections; Modi and Gandhi main challengers
TEHRAN _ Battle lines are drawn and countdown has virtually begun for the biggest electoral showdown on the earth – the elections for India’s parliament – scheduled in April.
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2019/03/09
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
Netanyahu’s political honeymoon over
TEHRAN _With just a month to go until general elections in Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu’s legal troubles have compounded, making his re-election bid difficult.
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2019-03-03 20:22
Local chambers of commerce board members elected
TEHRAN- In the ninth election of Iran’s 34 chambers of commerce, which was held on Saturday, the board members of the chambers were elected.
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2019-02-26 10:32
Pakistan PM says he is in ‘favor of peace’
TEHRAN - Amidst the shrill rhetoric of war and retaliation, Pakistani prime minister has again extended an olive branch to India, saying he is in favor of peace in the region.
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2019-02-24 10:04
Separatists arrested in Kashmir in overnight raids
TEHRAN - Situation continues to be tense in Indian-controlled Kashmir with more than 100 separatist leaders and activists detained in overnight raids, sources said on Saturday.
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2019/01/05
By Alan J. Steinberg
Ex-Bush and Whitman adviser: Trump won’t be impeached, but he will leave the presidency in 2019
President Trump will leverage the Oval Office to avoid any likely charges levied against him and his family. Will a President Pence pardon him after he resigns from office?
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2019-01-01 21:13
Bahonar: Principlists unifying for 2020 parliamentary elections
TEHRAN – Former senior lawmaker Mohammad Reza Bahonar said on Tuesday that a strong coalition is being formed within the principlist camp for the 2020 parliamentary elections.
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2018-12-31 21:45
Afghan presidential polls delayed till July 20
TEHRAN - In the wake of volatile security situation and lack of preparedness of election authorities, the presidential polls in Afghanistan have been delayed by three months.
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2018-12-31 21:45
Hasina retains power in Bangladesh
TEHRAN - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has retained power with a landslide victory in general elections that were marred by incidents of violence and allegations of rigging.
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2018-12-27 09:54
Opposition activists arrested in Bangladesh
TEHRAN - Ahead of the bitterly contested general elections in Bangladesh, the Sheikh Hasina government has reportedly arrested more than 10,500 opposition activists.
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2018-12-19 19:57
Security beefed up for Bangladesh polls
TEHRAN - Ahead of general election in Bangladesh, more than 20,000 paramilitary forces have been deployed across the country to prevent incidents of violence.
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2018-12-16 09:53
By: Syed Zafar Mehdi
Election results in India show huge drop in support for BJP and revival for Congress
TEHRAN - The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India suffered a major setback last week after losing three key states to the main opposition party Indian National Congress (INC).
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2018-11-29 02:34
EU, Afghanistan sign crucial aid agreement
TEHRAN_The European Union and the Afghan government have signed a financing agreement worth millions of euros during an important summit focused on development and economy of the war-torn country.
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2018-11-26 21:45
Afghan presidential polls to be delayed
TEHRAN _ In the wake of security concerns and disarray in counting votes from last month’s parliamentary elections, the presidential polls in Afghanistan slated for April next year might be delayed.
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2018-10-21 20:41
Iran denies meddling in U.S. mid-term elections
TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry has denied allegations of interference in the United States’ mid-term congressional elections, saying the Islamic Republic’s principled policy is not to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries.
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2018-10-18 09:06
UN calls for women's participation in Afghan polls
TEHRAN - United Nations mission in Afghanistan has called for peaceful parliamentary elections with women’s full participation – as candidates, electoral workers, observers and voters – terming it "the civil and political right of all women".
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2018-10-16 10:10
Guardian Council: Reforming electoral law is essential
TEHRAN – Abbasali Kadkhodaei, spokesman for the Guardian Council, said on Monday that reforming the electoral law is an “undeniable necessity”.
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2018/10/03
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
Parliamentary polls another test for Afghan democracy
TEHRAN - The campaigning for October 20 Afghan parliamentary polls quietly kicked off last week. Originally slated for 2015, the election has been repeatedly deferred due to the fragile security environment and national unity government’s lack of preparedness.
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2018-09-29 23:48
Afghan election campaigning kicks off
TEHRAN - Ahead of the much-anticipated but long-delayed parliamentary elections in Afghanistan, campaigning finally kicked off on Friday amid growing concerns of violence and electoral fraud.
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2018-09-25 11:16
Donald Trump refuses to meet Afghan President
TEHRAN - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has reportedly cancelled his visit to New York to attend the UN General Assembly (UNGA) session after Donald Trump refused to meet him, said a media report.
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2018-09-23 09:58
Campaigning kicks off for Indonesia election
TEHRAN - Ahead of next year’s election, major political parties in Indonesia have kicked off their election campaign. President Joko Widodo, who is looking to retain his chair, launched his campaign on Friday, looking to win over big chunk of millennial and Muslim votes.
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2018-09-14 11:33
By Hanif Ghaffari
Did the Far-right Really Win the Sweden's Elections?
General elections were held in Sweden on Sunday 9 September 2018, to elect the 349 members of the Sweden Parliament (Riksdag). They in turn will elect the Prime Minister of Sweden. Regional and municipal elections were also held on the same day.
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2018-08-14 11:07
Indian PM Modi confident of winning another term
TEHRAN - Dismissing the attempts of opposition parties to corner him ahead of general election next year, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said he would be re-elected with an even bigger majority in parliament in 2019.
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2018-08-07 11:15
About 1.67 million votes omitted in Pakistan election
TEHRAN - A few weeks after the general election in Pakistan that was marred by accusations of vote-rigging and manipulation, an independent poll watchdog has made stunning disclosure in a new report.
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2018-08-05 10:37
Amid surge in violence, Afghanistan sets date for 2019 presidential election
TEHRAN - Afghan authorities have announced April 20, 2019 as the date for next presidential election, when the five-year term of President Ashraf Ghani-led national unity government (NUG) comes to an end.
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2018-07-29 11:39
By: Syed Zafar Mehdi
‘Political transition may be smooth but Imran Khan won’t be able to run the country smoothly’
TEHRAN - Aamir Mughal is a Pakistan-based political commentator and social media activist. He was formerly a senior intelligence officer. In this interview with Tehran Times, he spoke about the general elections in Pakistan and allegations of vote rigging and manipulation.
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2018-07-26 11:30
Millions vote in violence-marred, bitterly-contested election in Pakistan
TEHRAN -Millions of people flocked polling stations on Wednesday to cast their votes in the violence-marred, bitterly-contested general election, which will see a democratic transition of power, only the second time in the country's chequered political history.
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2018-07-12 13:07
Pakistan army to deploy 371,000 troops to ensure free and secure election
TEHTAN - To ensure free and secure upcoming general election, Pakistan army has said that it will deploy about 371,000 troops across the country, while rejecting reports that it was planning to rig the polls in favor of Pakistan Tehreek Insaaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan.
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2018-07-01 11:00
Kashmir pull-out part of BJP’s grand strategy for general election, says report
The decision of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) to pull out of an alliance with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu & Kashmir was part of a “grand strategy” for parliament election, says a report by the Concerned Citizens Group (CCG) led by veteran leader and former minister Yashwant Sinha.
