Bulgaria’s right-wing opposition party wins parliamentary election by wide margin

September 30th, 2009 A look at Germany's voting systemBERLIN — Germans each have two votes in the country's Sept. 27 parliamentary election — one for a directly elected representative and the other for a party.

August 30th, 2009 Polls open in Japanese parliamentary electionTOKYO — Polls have opened in Japan's nationwide parliamentary election. Opinion polls have overwhelmingly predicted that the opposition Democratic Party of Japan will unseat the conservative and long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party in a landslide.

July 21st, 2009 Japan PM dissolves parliament, calls electionsTOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso dissolved the powerful lower house of parliament Tuesday, setting the stage for national elections next month that could transform the country's political power structure. In Japan, the prime minister can decide when to disband parliament and call a general election.

July 15th, 2009 Japanese poll: More voters favor opposition partyTOKYO — A poll published Wednesday by Japan's largest newspaper indicated that Prime Minister Taro Aso's ruling party is headed for big losses in the upcoming national election — the latest sign that a surging opposition could grab control of the country for the first time in more than a decade. The Yomiuri Shimbun's poll showed that 45 percent of respondents think Yukio Hatoyama, the leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, should lead the country, compared to 25 percent for Aso.

July 6th, 2009 Right wins Bulgaria vote on anti-corruption ticketSOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgaria's conservative opposition won elections by a wide margin as voters punished the governing Socialists for failing to crack down on corruption, according to final results released Monday. Outgoing Socialist Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev conceded defeat hours after polls closed late Sunday, clearing the way for Sofia Mayor Boiko Borisov to form the next government.

July 5th, 2009 Opposition party appears to win Bulgaria's voteSOFIA, Bulgaria — A right-wing opposition party appeared to win Bulgaria's parliamentary election by a wide margin on Sunday, and Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev conceded defeat. Official election results are not expected until Monday, but Sofia Mayor Boiko Borisov, the leader of the right-wing Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, said he expected to form the country's next government and serve as its prime minister.

July 5th, 2009 Poll: Bulgaria's right-wing opposition wins voteSOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgaria's right-wing opposition party has won Sunday's parliamentary election by a wide margin over the corruption-tainted governing Socialist coalition, an exit poll reported. The Alpha Research poll showed that the Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, or GERB, led by Sofia Mayor Boiko Borisov, has claimed 38.5 percent of the vote.

June 3rd, 2009 Left-wing opposition wins Greenland electionCOPENHAGEN — A left-wing opposition party won Greenland's parliamentary election and was set to oust the long-governing Social Democrats as the ice-capped island prepares for more autonomy from Denmark, official results showed Wednesday. The next government will be the first to lead the semiautonomous Danish territory under an expanded home rule agreement that takes effect later this month.

June 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Murmurs of protest have started in the Bharatiya Janata Party against L.K. Advani's election as leader of opposition with party vice-president and Rajya Sabha member Pyarelal Khandelwal complaining about it to BJP chief Rajnath Singh.

May 17th, 2009 JAIPUR - Congress candidate and union minister Namonarain Meena defeated Gujjar leader K.S. Bainsla of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by a margin of 317 votes in Rajasthan's Tonk-Sawai Madhopur seat Sunday but the BJP asked for recounting of votes, a poll official said.

May 16th, 2009 BANGALORE - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won four of Karnataka's 28 Lok Sabha constituencies, while the Congress wrested the Mysore seat, according to the results declared by noon Saturday. According to the election officials, the BJP has retained three seats - Chikkodi, Bijapur (SC) and Bellary (ST) - while it bagged the redrawn Haveri constituency in Malnad region.

May 16th, 2009 KOLKATA - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh Saturday won the parliamentary election from Darjeeling in West Bengal.

May 16th, 2009 AIZAWL - The ruling Congress Saturday won the lone Lok Sabha seat in Mizoram defeating an independent candidate supported by the opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) and Mizoram Peoples' Conference (MPC) combine, an official here said. Congress aspirant C.L.

May 16th, 2009 RANCHI - Kamsheshwar Baitha, jailed Maoist leader and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) candidate for state's Palamau parliamentary constituency, won by a margin of over 21,000 votes. Baitha, who has been in jail for the last four years, defeated rival Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) sitting Member of Parliament Ghuran Ram.

December 29th, 2008 DHAKA - Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League party won the ninth Bangladesh parliamentary election held Monday, the country's election commission announced Tuesday. The primary results of 229 constituencies updated at 6.25 a.m.