EXPLAINER: INDIA ELECTION
Who won, who lost and what happens next? In a triumph for multiparty democracy, India has voted decisively to give Prime Minister Narendra Modi a second consecutive term in…
PM Modi emerges victorious, Rahul Gandhi concedes defeat
Modi looks set for a new five year term. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi clinched a second term on Thursday (May 23) with what appears to be a historic landslide in the…
Live Blog: Indian Election Updates
Nearly a billion will have cast their ballots in India’s mega elections, the Statesman is live blogging the results. Around 67 per cent of the nearly 900 million eligible…
Jokowi issues stern warning as riots rock Jakarta for second night
Jokowi issues stern warning as riots rock Jakarta for second night. Police in full protective gear clashed with rioters at election supervisory agency Bawaslu’s headquarters…
Modi party confident of new India election victory
Exit Polls show the BJP in the lead after the end of elections. Voting in India’s mammoth national election ended Sunday with the seventh and final phase of a grueling poll…
Five reasons why many Indians voted for Modi’s BJP
A analysis piece in Dawn by Supriya Sharma looks at why Indian voters chose Modi, again. “Five minutes. Do nothing. Let things happen.” This is what Bheru Lal believes…
Jokowi winner of elections
The Indonesian General Election Commission have named Joko Widodo winner of the presidential elections. The General Elections Commission (KPU) has officially declared President…
Pro-junta bloc says it’s ready to form a government
The group claims deal with Democrats, Bhumjaithai parties. The Pro-Junta Phalang Pracharat Party claimed to have successfully cobbled together a coalition that could form a new…
Jakarta on edge ahead of protests against election results
The opposition has yet to yield and admit defeat. Indonesia is on edge following plans by an Islamist group to hold a two-day rally at the elections commission (KPU) on Tuesday…
Exit polls show Narendra Modi’s coalition set to return to power
Most pre-election surveys had suggested that India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi would return to power. Exit polls predicted Prime Minister Narendra Modi will return to power…