Election
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Polling stations open in Hungary for parliamentary elections
TEHRAN, Apr. 12 (MNA) – A vote to elect Hungary’s unicameral parliament, the National Assembly, which will form the country’s new government, began at 6:00 a.m. local time on Sunday (4:00 a.m. GMT).
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Thailand votes in early election
TEHRAN, Feb. 08 (MNA) – Polls have opened in Thailand in a closely watched general election, with progressive reformers and military-backed conservatives vying for control in a country that has cycled through three prime ministers in as many years.
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Japan holds general election
TEHRAN, Feb. 08 (MNA) – The Japanese are heading to the polls Sunday for a snap election to elect the powerful lower house of the parliament.
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Second tour of presidential election to be held in Portugal
TEHRAN, Feb. 08 (MNA) – The second tour of the presidential election will be held in Portugal this Sunday.
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Armenian president approves date of next Parl. elections
TEHRAN, Feb. 07 (MNA) – The next parliamentary elections in Armenia will be held on June 7.
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Third stage of parliamentary elections starts in Myanmar
TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) – The closing third tour of nation-wide parliamentary elections started in Myanmar.
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Japan’s PM Takaichi will dissolve parliament, call snap votes
TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) – Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has said she will dissolve parliament on Friday and call a general election to seek voter backing for her spending plans and other policies.
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Portugal holds presidential elections on Sunday
TEHRAN, Jan. 18 (MNA) – Portugal is holding presidential elections on Sunday.
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Polls open in Myanmar as military holds first election since 2021 coup
TEHRAN, Dec. 28 (MNA) – Polls have opened in Myanmar’s first general election since the country’s military toppled Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically elected government in a 2021 coup.
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Entire Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba’s cabinet resigns
TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) – Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his Cabinet resigned to facilitate the election of a new leader
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Cameroon votes in presidential election
TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) – Polls have opened in Cameroon in an election that could see the world’s oldest serving head of state extend his rule for another seven years.
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Syria holds elections under tightened security
TEHRAN, Oct. 05 (MNA) – Syria is holding parliamentary elections on Sunday for the first time since the fall of Bashar Assad, who was unseated in a rebel offensive in December.
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Japan could elect its first female or youngest modern leader
TEHRAN, Oct. 3 (MNA) – Japan stands a good chance of having its first woman prime minister or its youngest leader in modern era after a vote on October 4 to pick the head of nation’s ruling party.
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Nepal's Parliament dissolved, elections to be held in 2026
TEHRAN, Sep. 13 (MNA) – Nepal's President Ramchandra Paudel on Friday dissolved the House of Representatives at the recommendation of newly appointed Prime Minister Sushila Karki.
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Musk party could back US pres. candidate in future election
TEHRAN, Jul. 07 (MNA) – US entrepreneur Elon Musk did not rule out that, in the future, his America Party could support a US presidential candidate as he said getting seats in the US Congress would be a priority in the next 12 months.
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Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe shot
TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA) – The Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe has been shot in Bogotá, with reports he was taken to the hospital in a serious condition.
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Nawrocki wins second round of Polish presidential election
TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA) – The candidate of the opposition Law and Justice party, Karol Nawrocki, has won the second round of the Polish presidential election.
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Presidential election begins in Poland
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA) – Poland has opened polling stations for voting in the presidential election.