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Read MoreIndia held its federal parliamentary elections over seven phases between 19th April and 1st June, 2024. Before the elections were held, V-Dem, a leading Swedish research think-tank focused on the quality of democracy…
Read MoreElections to the European Parliament (the European Union’s directly elected legislative body) were held in June 2024 and saw a clear shift towards the conservative-religious right; a shift that has been underway for at least a decade now…
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Read MoreOn 29 September 2024, elections to the National Council took place in Austria. The National Council is the first chamber of the Austrian Federal Parliament, whose 183 seats are elected by the federal citizens according to the principles of equal, direct, personal, secret and free suffrage…
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