Election dates in Southern & Eastern Africa in 2009 & 2010

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Angola:
Presidential Elections (1st round) - late 2009 / early 2010
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Botswana:
National Assembly and local government - 16 Oct 2009
(President elected by each new parliament)
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Lesotho:
Local government - Apr 2010
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Madagascar:
UPDATE: parliamentary elections on 20 March 2010 [src.: Reuters]
Constitutional referendum - Sep 2009
National Assembly - Mar 2010 (moved forward from 2012)
Presidential - Oct 2010 (moved forward from 2011)
Local government - Feb 2011 (moved forward from 2013)
Senate - Mar 2011 (indirect; moved forward from 2013)
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Mozambique:
Presidential, Assembly of the Republic & Provincial Assemblies - 28 Oct 2009
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Namibia:
Presidential, National Assembly & Local - 27 & 28 November 2009
Regional Councils - 2010
National Council - 2010 (by Regional Councils)
Namibia country guide >>

Rwanda:
Presidential Elections (1st round) - Aug 2010
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United Republic of Tanzania:
Presidential, parliamentary and local government - October 2010
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Uganda:
Local Government - Feb/Mar 2010
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FIFA World Cup™ 11 June - 11 July 2010 in South Africa >>
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South African Elections 2009 - final results

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has announced the final results of the elections in South Africa. The African National Congress (ANC) got 65.9 percent of the vote nationally, just short of the two-thirds majority it has enjoyed since 1999.

ANC - 65.9%
DA - 16.66%
COPE - 7.42%
IFP - 4.55%
ID - 0.92%

src.: http://www.saelections.co.za/

Elections in South Africa 2009

Info sources:

• Independent Electoral Commission
• The Times (South Africa) elections special
• Election news on News24.com
• Mail & Guardian election 2009 updates
• IOL.co.za (newspapers such as Pretoria News, Cape Times etc.)
• Twitter search "#saelections"
• Zoopy.com search "elections"
• New York Times (US) about the SA elections
• BBC Africa (UK) SA elections special
• TimesOnline (UK) about the elections
• The Guardian (UK) about the elections
• Al Jazeera about the elections

South African elections... pt 1

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... to be continued...