US mid terms elections

New York  Times collected examples of misinformation over 4,000 were sent from social media.
Politfact has been checking claims made about the election by the President and other commentators
Washington Post factchecker
Media Matters for America

News coverage
USA
Atlantic
The Hill
Real Clear Politics
National Interest
CNN Politics
New York Times
Newsweek
PBS newshour
Washington Post

Analysis
Brookings


UK
Guardian
Independent
BBC
FT


Election results
Ballotpedia
Vote Smart

Sweden Elections 2015 what is the real story about gains for the far right?

Sweden recent held elections.
what is the real story about gains for the far right?

Starting points
As a starting print IFES has a general guide in English to the electoral system
Get official information on the operation of the electoral system from the Swedish government website Valmyndigheten
It includes recent results - note that some materials are offered in Swedish only.
Statistics Sweden also has some results in Swedish
Swedish National Election studies collects surveys. data on voter behavious. Its website provides some free access  to data and reports covering voter behaviour and attitudes from recent and some older national and European eelctions in Sweden

Conduct
Election observation- OSCE send a mission for the first time

Analysis
newspaper analysis from Politicos
EUROPP - LSE blog
Local Sweden news in English.
The Conversation blog.


Data on the rise of the far right in Europe
New York Times  interactive graphs.

Radical right success and mainstream parties’ anti-immigrant policy shifts useful analysis from Democratic Audit.

European Data Journalism

Zimbabwe elections get some facts

This week Zimbabwe went to the polls
here are some useful research resources

A recent survey of the public for Afrobarometer found that "while a majority of citizens were optimistic that the election will be free and fair, substantial minorities remained worried about manipulation in the final stages of the electoral process." Search the website for other related surveys.

official electoral legislation  can be found on the Zimbabwean Electoral Committee website
the harmonised election results are also being posted there.

election observers.
the following teams are reviewing the conduct of the elections.
EU
Zimbabwe Election Support network is a coalition of civil society groups. it has raised concerns.
it has issued a preliminary statement
Commonwealth
EISA activities in Zimbabwe
IRI-NDI mission
SADC
Comesa
African Union

News
Guardian
Zimbabwe mail 
All.africa.com news

Think tank analysis commentary
Africa Portal  has some good discussions. Including interviews with Zimbabweans. and the role of women in the elections.
Council Foreign Policy
Zimbabwe and human rights - new blog from Human Rights watch covering the elections.
Zimbabwe Human Rights Forum has reports of political violence.
Foreign Affairs

Pakistan elections 2018 - get up to speed with these academic resources

Here are some links to  good academic resources about the July 2018 elections.

Election Commission of Pakistan official website has news and election results (from 1970 onwards) These cover the regulation and operation of the elections.
Democracy Reporting International  has produced a useful basic guide for journalists which lists the regulations, media coverage outlets and has links to key documents.

Election Observers
These websites sumarise the conditions in which the elections were conducted
European Union election observation of the conduct of the elections.
Commonwealth
FAFEN - Fair and Free Election Network Pakistan has an election monitor and discussion of the conduct of the elections on its website

Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability has a long term elections oversight project which monitors democracy and conduct.

Aurat Foundation Pakistan election awareness and monitoring cell.

Centre for Civic Education has voter literacy campaigns and assessments - see this pre-election briefing.

Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives is monitoring the election procedures. publications include an accessibility audit of polling stations. They also co maintain a MyVote voter education site with facts intended for the general public

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has annual reports and news on human rights

Pildat - Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Democracy conducts assessments of all aspects of democracy. It has a pre-poll score card on perceptions of fairness

comparative analysis of manifestos.

News coverage
Guardian
Al-Jazeera
Daily Express tribune Pakistan
Dawn
Nation Pakistan

International think tank/NGO analysis of Pakistan
Amnesty International 
Human Rights Watch
Council on Foreign Relations
Brookings Institution

Mexican elections 2018- academic sources

INE is the national election commission. It has results from the 2018 elections in Spanish.

IFES has faqs on the electoral system and preliminary assessments of the conduct of the elections.
Global Exchange was also involved in assessments of the elections.

BBC news coverage
Guardian news analysis
Americas Quarterly

Council of the Americas has a blog with a poll tracker and analysis of events.


think tank analysis of mexican politics and human rights.
The Conversation blog - UK academic discussion
Canning House
Rice University Baker Institute
Wilson Center Mexico Institute has a flash analysis of the results plus earlier research papers. It also includes a great blog with updates and election tracker posts

human rights analysis
Amnesty International
Human Rights Watch
Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos; CNDH) is the national human rights institution
IAHCR visits to Mexico

Turkey elections get some facts

Turkish presidential elections were held recently - here are some facts

Turkey Supreme elections council 
official website has background information and results on its website (turkish only)

Newspaper reports

 turkish

Hurriyet Daily News

  BBC

Guardian.

Al Jazeera

Economist

Middle East Monitor

Elections assessments.

OSCE preliminary reports contain criticism of the conduct of the elections.

Think tank analysis Turkish politics
Carnegie Endowment
Brookings Institution.
Brookings reaction to elections
Council on Foreign Relations
Washington Institute
Foreign Policy

Human rights in Turkey
Human Rights watch

Amnesty International
Open Global Rights
Bar Human Rights Committee

Venezuela elections were they a sham?

According to  CNN the re -election of Maduro in Venezuela was a sham
here are some sources for finding out more.

IFES has past election results plus basic information about the electoral system
The Venezuela National Election Council has statements and the official results.

the EU called for the postponement of the elections
The Carter Center has information about its work in Venezuela from 1990s-2013
NDI has statements on the 2018 elections

news.
Venezuelanalysis.com  an independent website 
FT.com 

think tank / academic commentary
CSIS
the conversation UK academic blog.
Amherst college study on electoral irregularities.
Venezuelan politics blog - Washington office Latin American Affairs.

Lebanon elections 2018 -did Hezbollah win?

Al-Monitor asks the question about the winners of the May 6th 2018 elections in Lebanon.

Get some facts and debate form these resources.

IFES has background information on the system and lists of current and previous results.
UNDP elections assistance project has information on the administration , electoral law and programmes to improve democracy

Official Lebanese government website has news and results (Most Arabic)

news coverage
Daily Star Lebanon
Guardian UK
New york times

Election Observation.
NDI
EU mission

Background analysis on Lebanon politics
Council on Foreign Relations
Brookings
Carnegie Endowment
RUSI
Chatham House

OSCE criticism of Hungarian elections get the facts.

Hungarian elections were held recently.
the observation mission from the OSCE has criticised the conduct of the meeting. Find out why by downloading their full report.
they also have reports of earlier missions covering previous elections.


for official information try the Hungarian election commission
the National Parliament website has an English Language version with details of the electoral laws.
background information on the electoral system can be found on the IFES website. It includes results from previous events.


News service
Hungary today English language news had weekly round up of events.
Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty.


Hungarian media
24 hr
About Hungary - official blog of Hungarian prime minister government
Magyar Nemzet


Commentary
Hungarian Spectrum features daily analyses of news from Hungary—political, economic, and cultural. Its editor and primary pundit is Eva S. Balogh, who formerly taught East European history at Yale University
Conversation blog.
Europp Blog.

Russia Elections 2018- get started with these academic resources

Russian elections will take place on the 18th March.

Get stated with the briefing papers from IFES there is also an FAQ and statistics.
the official election commission has  a site in English with facts from the perspective of the Russian government
Russian Public opinion research center has some presidential polls in English

Election observation mission has been deployed by the OSCE
The EU has made statements on the listing of certain election observation organisations as undesirable.
one of those listed is the European Platform for Democratic Elections. Its website has comments on the elections 


Think tank analysis
Carnegie Endowment
Brookings Institution analysis of foreign policy and Russia
Council on Foreign relations analysis of international security issues
Conversation blog
RUSI 
Chatham House
BBC monitoring

Newspaper coverage
BBC
Guardian
New York Tiimes

Italian elections get some academic facts

Italian went to the polls at the weekend.


Official information on the regulation and outcome of the elections can be located on the Ministry of the Interior website
which has also posted the results
The ministry also hosts a historical site with  results from the senate and European elections. Many dating back to 1948
For an English language version of historical results se the The European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook (EJPR PDY), published by Wiley on behalf of the European Consortium for Political Research,  which has some information from 1987 onwards.
Italian National Election Studies conducts research on voter attitudes. Its website lists publications on past elections and has information about availability of data sets


Newspaper coverage
The main Italian newspapers have analysis pols and interviews.
Repubblica
La Stampe
Corriere della Sera
English Language
FT
this also had a poll tracker
Guardian
Washington Post
New York Times


Blog comments


EUROPP - LSE
The Conversation
Political Studies Association Italian politics group
SISE – Società Italiana di Studi Elettorali | Blog
CONGRIPS the Conference Group on Italian Politics and Society.- American Political Science Association.
Istituto Carlo Cattaneo

 

 

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