Russian Parliamentary Election Results 2016

The ruling United Russia party won 51 percent in Sunday's election, according to a preliminary central election commission tally after a quarter of the votes had been counted.

Legislative elections were held in Russia on 18 September 2016, having been brought forward from 4 December. At stake are the 450 seats in the State Duma of the 7th convocation, the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia. United Russia has been the ruling party since it won the 2011 elections with 49.32% of the vote, and took 238 seats (53%) of the seats in the State Duma.

Voter Turnout

Election officials said that as of 6 p.m. Moscow time, two hours before polling stations in the capital closed, turnout was 39.4 percent, substantially down on the 60 percent turnout at the last parliamentary election.

Opinion Polls

United Russia benefits from its association with 63-year-old Putin, who after 17 years in power as either president or prime minister, enjoys a personal approval rating of about 80 percent, opinion polls show.
Most voters do not see any viable alternative to Putin and his allies, and they fear a return to the chaos and instability of the 1990s, the period immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union, if his rule ends.

The re-run of Austria’s presidential election on October 2 needs to be postponed because of problems with glue on postal votes not sticking, the interior minister said Monday.

“We are going to request that parliament approves a postponement of the election,” Wolfgang Sobotka 

Possible new dates are November 27 or December 4, he said. 

According to TheGuadian -- It will now be held on 4 December. Know More

 A referendum related to the European Union's migrant resettlement plans will be held in Hungary on 2 October 2016.The referendum was initiated by the government, and it is commonly referred to as the kvótanépszavazás or kvótareferendum (quota referendum) in the Hungarian media.Hungary was one of the most affected countries during the European migrant crisis.

As of July 1, fewer than 2,800 people – 789 from Italy and 1,994 from Greece – have been relocated, according to EU data. Hungary has made zero places available but is meant to take in 1,294 people.The Hungarian president János Áder has announced the date for the so-called “quota referendum” for October 2.

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Location Hungary

Date 2 October 2016

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Presidential elections took place in Iceland on 25 June 2016.President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, elected in 1996, stepped down after serving five consecutive terms. Historian and lecturer Guðni Th. Jóhannesson was elected after receiving a plurality with 39.1% of the vote. He took office on 1 August, as the first new president of the Nordic country in twenty years.

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Winners

Guðni won the election with 39.1% of the votes

Halla received 27.9%

Andri Snær 14.3%

Davíð 13.7%

Sturla 3.5%

The turnout was 75.7%. 

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After the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum in June 2016, Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland, indicated that a second referendum on Scottish independence could be held.

A referendum on Scottish independence was previously held in September 2014, when 55% voted against the proposal. One of the reasons cited by those opposed to Scottish independence was that it would endanger Scotland being part of the European Union (EU).

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Here are the main problems with a Scottish independence referendum:...KNOW MORE

1. Westminster may not even allow it –First things first: Scotland may have its own parliament, but to hold a national referendum it still needs permission from Westminster in London
2. Scotland's economy cannot handle independence – Another consideration is that Scotland might not even be able to afford to be independent right now — and Nicola Sturgeon almost certainly knows it.

Austria’s Freedom party will get another go at providing the first far-right president in the European Union, after the country’s constitutional court annulled the result of May’s presidential election.

The party had challenged the result, saying that postal votes had been illegally and improperly handled.

Austrian Presidential Election Schedule Date 2016

Possible new dates are November 27 or December 4.

Austria presidential election 2016 new schedule released DATES HERE 

Earlier the dates were scheduled for October. AUSTRIA will re-run its presidential election on October 2. Read More  –the same day Hungary holds a referendum on the European Union’s mandatory migrant quotas.

Austrian Presidential Election Opinion Polls 2016

Austrian presidential election Opinion/Exit Polls

A poll of 600 people published by the Oesterreich tabloid showed the average support for Hofer at 53 percent, one point higher than a poll in late July, versus 47 % for former Greens head Alexander Van der Bellen

Austrian Presidential Election Details 2016

Austrian presidential election Candidates

1. Van der Bellen had won the final round of the election even though Hofer had emerged as the winner of the first round.
2. The 72-year-old was due to be sworn in as president in a week’s time, on Friday 8 July.
3.  The election will now be re-run. Tentative dates are November 27, Or December 4.
   

Austrian Presidential Election Results 2016

Here’s the Summary of the 1st Round of 2016 Austrian presidential election results

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Official results give the PP 137 seats in the 350-seat parliament and the PSOE 85 - confounding an earlier exit poll suggesting the Socialists would slip into third place.

Unidos Podemos have won 71 and Ciudadanos 32. Both parties are relative newcomers to the Spanish political scene.

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Spain General Election Live Results

Spain faces a third general election after acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy failed to gain enough support on Wednesday in the investiture.

1. The People's Party (PP) leader Rajoy obtained 170 votes in favor and 180 against after 11 hours of debate at the Spanish Congress of Deputies. He needed an absolute majority in this first attempt, the support of 176 members of the Congress of Deputies.
2. Rajoy had the support of centre-right party Ciudadanos (32 seats) and regional party Coalicion Canaria (one seat) while on the other hand, another six political parties voted against, including the main opposition party, Spain's Socialist Party (PSOE), whose leader Pedro Sanchez had already announced his opposition to a government led by Rajoy.
3. Left wing Unidos Podemos (71 seats) and regional parties ERC (nine seats), PDC (eight seats), PNV (five seats), EH Bildu (two seats) voted against.

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1. Guðni won the election with 39.1% of the votes. 
2. Halla received 27.9%
3. Andri Snær 14.3%
4. Davíð 13.7%
5. Sturla 3.5%.
6. Total turnout 76%

Iceland Election Results 2016 Highlights....Click Here

The People's Party (PP) emerged as the largest party with the most seats at the election (137), but failed to secure an overall majority. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) clung on to second place but fell to a new record low of 85, whereas Unidos Podemos, the alliance between Podemos and United Left (IU) remained at third place with 71 seats.

The PP increased its seat count by a surprising 14, capitalising on losses by PSOE and liberal Citizens (C's). Unidos Podemos' second placed projection failed to materialise at the polls, although they maintained the same number of seats as in the previous election

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