Opposition forces in Russia are holding a three-day national ballot to elect a leadership tasked with focusing the fight for fair elections.
For the first time the Commons is using an exhaustive secret ballot to elect a Speaker.
But this is the first all-member ballot to elect a prime minister rather than an opposition leader, and therefore it will be surprising if May does not end up stressing the dangers of electing someone so inexperienced.
A5 Candidates Excluded in Iran Conservative Muslim clerics in Iran have moved to shore up their power by excluding scores of reformist candidates from the ballot to elect a new Parliament.
A11 Elections in 3 Countries In Ukraine, as voters cast their ballots to elect a successor to President Leonid D. Kuchma, left, there were accusations of harassment and electoral irregularities that called into question the fairness of the election.
BERLIN — In a bid to boost his poll numbers just days before Poles cast their ballots to elect a new Parliament on Sunday, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of the nationalist-conservative Law and Justice opposition party, delivered a sort of tirade against Germany.
Mandelson's intervention could give a boost to David Miliband's campaign at the start of the week in which MPs, MEPs, party activists and members of affiliated organisations will start voting in the postal ballot to elect a new leader on 25 September.
The constitutional court upheld opposition arguments that a first round of balloting to elect Mr Gul had been invalid, on the ground that parliament lacked a quorum, forcing Mr Erdogan to call fresh elections four months ahead of schedule.Turkey's friends agree that as a seasoned diplomat with determinedly pro-Western views, Mr Gul would make a fine head of state.
Disillusionment with the government is running so high that pollsters expect opposition candidates to garner a 20-percentage point win in total votes cast in balloting to elect 167 deputies.
