Showing posts with label elections 2009. Show all posts
Showing posts with label elections 2009. Show all posts

15 September 2009

Election dates in Southern & Eastern Africa in 2009 & 2010


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Angola:
Presidential Elections (1st round) - late 2009 / early 2010
holidays in Angola >>

Botswana:
National Assembly and local government - 16 Oct 2009
(President elected by each new parliament)
Botswana country guide >>

Lesotho:
Local government - Apr 2010
Lesotho country guide >>

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)
holidays on Madagascar >>

Mozambique:
Presidential, Assembly of the Republic & Provincial Assemblies - 28 Oct 2009
Mozambique country guide >>

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
holidays in Tanzania >>

Uganda:
Local Government - Feb/Mar 2010
holidays in Uganda >>

27 April 2009

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/

22 April 2009

South African elections... pt 1

Alex residents vow to boycott election [MORE]

Pencils, and not pens, are being used in today’s elections - because it’s cheaper. [MORE]

Marked ballots: IEC official arrested [MORE]

IEC officer wounded by armed man [MORE]

Women voters told to remove nail polish [MORE]

Voters told to vote in alphabetical order [MORE]

Ballot box shortages in Mpumalanga [MORE]

Ink shortage delays voting in KZN [MORE]



... to be continued...