The election of a new mayor for Tower Hamlets, prompted by the ejection of the last incumbent for widespread fraud, is already the subject of 16 separate allegations of electoral irregularities, police have confirmed.
Officials at the Inland Revenue were reportedly ordered to overlook irregularities in claims for tax credits in order to boost take-up of the flagship scheme.
Party members have complained about the printing of surplus ballot papers, irregularities in the voters' roll, traditional leaders "frogmarching" villagers to the polls, people feigning illiteracy to be "assisted", voters being bussed to faraway constituencies, and the malign influence of the military.
He refused to say whether he thought other senior Labour figures, including Hazel Blears, Geoff Hoon and Jack Straw, should stand down after being accused of similar financial irregularities in their expenses claims as Darling.
After the 2013 election campaign was marred by vote irregularities, which required a re-run of the Western Australian Senate election, the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters (JSCEM) held an inquiry into the 2013 federal election and the AEC.
The PDP has alleged widespread irregularities at the polls, including the use of underage voters by the opposition.
Related: Nigerian laureate Wole Soyinka laments 'vicious, unprincipled' election He complained of irregularities, however, including alleged APC voters who were underage or brought in from neighbouring Chad and Niger.
Related: 'The super-rich don't vote in Nigeria': election in the land of rising inequality Even before collation began, the APC demanded fresh elections in the southern states of Rivers and Akwa Ibom, alleging irregularities that include missing and false results sheets and electoral officials being replaced by government officials loyal to Jonathan.
UPDATE On 27 January 2015 Ofsted published a review into alleged inspection irregularities at three academy schools in Norfolk.
She denied that her supporters had been involved in any voting irregularities and refused to say whether she suspected that others had too.
"President Zuma's congratulations are not only extremely premature, given the very serious irregularities that have been noted in the elections, but shamefully legitimise undemocratic practices during elections, and send a message that significant irregularities will be tolerated by his administration".
