An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. It is usually used in Democratic nations.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional and local government. This process is also used in many other private and business organizations, from clubs to voluntary associations and corporations.The universal use of elections as a tool for selecting representatives in modern representative democracies is in contrast with the practice in the democratic archetype, ancient Athens, where the Elections were not used were considered an oligarchic institution and most political offices were filled using sortition, also known as allotment, by which officeholders were chosen by lot.Electoral reform describes the process of introducing fair electoral systems where they are not in place, or improving the fairness or effectiveness of existing systems. Psephology is the study of results and other statistics relating to elections (especially with a view to predicting future results).
To elect means "to select or make a decision", and so sometimes other forms of ballot such as referendums are referred to as elections, especially in the United States.
Why Are Elections Not Democratic in Africa? Comparisons Between the Recent Multi-party
Elections in Zimbabwe and Tanzania
LIISA LAAKSO
University of Helsinki, Finland
Pope Francis posing with President Samia for a photo
I. Abstract
"Since the Church is present across the different stages of the election process, readers might wonder whether it is permissible in its advocacy to recommend a specific candidate to the Christian faithful. The answer is no. The...
Kinshasa – The authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have targeted leaders of opposition political parties, restricting their fundamental liberties and arresting party officials since May 2023 According to the Report issued by Human Rights Watch.
The crackdown is taking place amid...
The Commonwealth Observer Group (COG) to Zambia released its final report on the 2021 general elections, which saw Hakainde Hichilema become the country’s seventh President.
The 14-member delegation, led by the former President of Tanzania, H.E. Dr Jakaya Kikwete, concluded that despite some...
Nchi ya Kenya inatarajia kufanya uchaguzi wa Rais wa awamu ya 5 mapema mwezi Agosti 2022. Duru za uchaguzi zinaonesha kumpa nafasi zaidi Bwana Raila Odinga ambaye aliwahi kuwa Waziri Mkuu wa nchi hiyo.
Idadi kubwa ya Wapiga kura wa Kenya, wana imani zaidi na kambi ya Mzee Raila sio kwasababu ya...
20 July 2022
Arusha, Tanzania
‘Democracy Should Go Beyond Elections’
Former President of Sierra Leone Ernest Bai Koroma said here today that democracy in Africa should go beyond regular elections, pointing out that democracy should be about good governance and about safeguarding human rights...
The government will not shut social media sites before, during and after the elections, Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has said.
The CS, who admitted that there was an escalation in fake news and unprecedented abuse of social media, said cyberspace has been a tough call to police...
Millions of Germans are casting their ballots in an unpredictable election that will decide a successor to Chancellor Angela Merkel, as she prepares to leave office after 16 years in power.
Polls opened across the country on Sunday morning and will last until 6 p.m. local time. Exit polls will...
Kenya’s political landscape uncertain ahead of 2022 elections
August 26, 2021 at 8:07 am
Ruto, Uhuru, Raila
With major constitutional changes suspended for now, and swirling new alliances taking shape, Kenya’s political scene is shrouded in uncertainty as the country eyes crucial elections...
OHCHR | UN rights chief disturbed by harassment of opposition following Tanzania elections
GENEVA (10 November 2020) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday said she was disturbed by reports of continued intimidation and harassment against opposition leaders and...
UK statement following the Presidential Elections in Tanzania on 28 October 2020.
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Following the Presidential Elections in Tanzania on 28 October 2020, Minister for Africa, James Duddridge, has made a statement.
Minister for Africa, James Duddridge...
How I wish it was all just a very bad joke. [emoji38][emoji38][emoji38] 'Chama kitakatifu' kilivyoshinda uchaguzi kwa 'kishindo'. Watch the video clip of Wadiyan Games 100M Race; Courtesy of the movie "The Dictator", 2012.
The conduct of the upcoming elections in Tanzania has important consequences not only for Tanzania, but for the entire East African region. Tanzania’s history of peaceful multi-party elections stretching back 25 years has made it a model on the continent.
The United States government reaffirms...
The incumbent President of the United Republic of Tanzania, H. E. Dr. John Joseph Pombe Magufuli, has on a number of occasions expressed his scepticism on imperialism and concern over it’s camouflaged multifaceted manifestations in the country. For many people ‘imperialism’ (in Swahili...
The citizens of the United Republic of Tanzania will elect on 28 October their President, Members of the parliaments of the Union and Zanzibar, as well as local councillors. The European Union would like to reiterate its support to the development and prosperity of the people of Tanzania and, in...
Tanzania: Laws weaponized to undermine political and civil freedoms ahead of elections
12 October 2020, 11:19 UTC
Tanzanian President John Magufuli’s government has built up a formidable arsenal of laws to stifle all forms of dissent and effectively clamp down on the rights to freedom of...
Tanzania opposition leader says facing repression as elections near
By Reuters Staff
4 MIN READ
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Three weeks before elections, the Tanzanian government is getting scared and will do all in its power to stop the opposition, according to Tundu Lissu, a presidential hopeful...
Kuelekea uchaguzi baadae mwezi huu nchini Tanzania, kumekuwa na mashambulizi dhidi ya upinzani na sauti za kiraia, kizuizi kwenye vyombo vya habari na mapungufu kwenye uhuru wa wananchi. Kunatakiwa kuwepo uwazi, mchakato huru, wenye haki na amani kuendelea mbele.
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