Party strategists wince at the results of the ethnic minority British election study, which analysed the 2010 figures.
Snubbed by these two large parties, GERB is now manoeuvring to form a minority government.The election underscored the widespread disillusion of Bulgarians with their politicians.
It will do nothing to reassure those who worry about his attitudes towards minorities.State elections are looming in Gujarat, and Mr Modi and the BJP expect with confidence to be re-elected.
It is likely that the BJP won a few more votes than it did at the last Delhi election, in 2013, but Ms Bedi failed to widen its support to attract poorer residents, let alone those from minority religions.The election over, Mr Modi and the BJP should reflect on what went wrong.
Yet so far, dark money only accounts for a minority of election spending.
The NAACP, with support from the Advancement Project, contends the law violates the constitutional right to vote and the Voting Rights Act's Section 2 ban on discrimination against racial minorities in elections.
With Mr Harper now a more familiar figure, that may not work this time".This cycle of election after election, minority after minority, is beginning to put some of the country's interests in serious jeopardy," Mr Harper warned in a debate among the party leaders, though he did not say what interests were at stake.His problem is that he has no potential coalition partner.
Ahern formed a Fianna Fáil Progressive Democrat minority government following elections in 1997.
The new proposals do appear to guarantee minority participation in elections.
"He believes that it is a very small minority" protesting the elections, said Nikolai Zlobin, a Washington-based political analyst who attended the question-and-answer session.
