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Indonesia President Prabowo signals support for pro-government party Golkar’s push to end direct regional elections

Ahead of a planned revision to election rules, President Prabowo Subianto has once again raised the idea of scrapping direct regional head elections to cut costs, despite…

  • Published: December 12, 20252:01 pm
  • Author The Jakarta Post
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Government mulls ordinance to clear legal hurdles to allow Nepalis abroad to vote

Officials doubt the feasibility of diaspora voting this time, say it will require ‘enormous homework’ and a lot of diplomatic dealings.

  • Published: December 4, 202512:16 pm
  • Author The Kathmandu Post
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Hong Kong resumes election forums, fatal fire tops concerns

The forum agenda was modified in response to the deadly fire, with cheerleading and sloganeering removed, while candidate-led discussions were added on immediate post-fire relief…

  • Published: December 4, 202512:11 pm
  • Author Lu Wanqing
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A total of 120 parties seek to contest Nepal’s March 5 elections

Over a third of parties are new and registered after September protests.

  • Published: December 2, 202512:17 pm
  • Author Binod Ghimire
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Nepali PM Karki for signing deal with Gen Z without further delay

Prime minister directs officials to finalise an agreement by Monday. Says government is ready to face consequences.

  • Published: December 1, 20251:42 pm
  • Author Purushottam Poudel
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Japan’s opposition parties prepare for snap general election, plot alliance

Some opposition parties, including the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, are trying to forge an alliance, though no detailed plan seems forthcoming.

  • Published: November 27, 20251:44 pm
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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Thai PM Anutin’s flood crisis failure could cost him the 2026 election as political pressure mounts

The severe flooding crisis in Hat Yai, Songkhla, has become the most critical disaster the area has ever faced, prompting Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to invoke special…

  • Published: November 27, 20258:00 am
  • Author The Nation
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Not easy to fly home to vote in Malaysia’s Sabah

Analysts say the return of outstation Sabahans will be meaningful but structural barriers still discourage them.

  • Published: November 19, 20251:35 pm
  • Author Martin Carvalho and Khoo Jian Teng
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National polls, referendum on same day: Bangladesh Chief Adviser Yunus

On the referendum timing, BNP insists it should coincide with the election, while Jamaat-e-Islami demands it be held earlier. Jamaat and its allies have already launched protests…

  • Published: November 14, 20252:09 pm
  • Author The Daily Star
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122 seats, 1,302 candidates: India’s Bihar set for second phase of polling on Tuesday

The campaigning for the second and final phase of the Bihar Assembly elections came to an end on the evening of November 9.

  • Published: November 10, 20259:37 am
  • Author Imran Mojib

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