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2022 Elections
The following elections were scheduled to occur in 2022. The National Democratic Institute also maintains a calendar of elections around the world. * 2022 United Nations Security Council election * 2022 national electoral calendar * 2022 local electoral calendar Africa * **2022 Angolan general election 24 August 2022 * **2022 Equatorial Guinean general election 20 November 2022 * **2022 Gambian parliamentary election 9 April 2022 * ** 2022 Kenyan general election 9 August 2022 * **2022 Lesotho general election 7 October 2022 * ** 2022 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election 10 July 2022 * * 2022 Senegalese parliamentary election 31 July 2022 * ** 2022 São Toméan legislative election 25 September 2022 * * 2022 Tunisian parliamentary election 17 December 2022 Americas * ** 2022 Barbadian general election 19 January 2022 * ** 2022 Brazilian general election 2 October and 30 October 2022 * ** 2022 Chilean constitutional referendum, 4 September 2022 * * 2022 Costa Rica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Democratic Institute
The National Democratic Institute (NDI) is a non-profit American non-governmental organization whose stated mission is to "support and strengthen democratic institutions worldwide through citizen participation, openness and accountability". It is funded primarily by the United States and other Western governments, by major corporations and by nonprofits like the Open Society Foundations. The NDI was founded in 1983, shortly after the United States Congress created the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). The NED's creation was followed by the establishment of three related institutes: the Center for International Private Enterprise, the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, and the National Republican Institute for International Affairs, later renamed the International Republican Institute (IRI). NED provides funds to these three institutes and an expanding number of private sector groups so that they are able to carry out their programs abroad. While headq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Colombian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia on 13 March 2022. Electoral system Of the 166 members of the House of Representatives, 162 were elected by proportional representation from 33 multi-member constituencies based on the departments, with seats allocated using the largest remainder method. Two members were elected by the Afro-Colombian community, one by the Indigenous community, and one by Colombian expatriates. The 102 Senators were elected by two methods; 100 from a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation (with seats allocated using the largest remainder) and two from a two-seat constituency for Indigenous Colombians. Commons, the political successor of the former rebel group FARC, were guaranteed five seats in the House and five in the Senate as part of the Colombian peace process. For the first time, 16 seats in the House, as agreed to during the negotiations in Havana and ratified by an act of legislation on 25 August 2021, were reserved for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 United States Elections
Elections in the United States, Elections were held in the United States on November 8, 2022, with the exception of absentee balloting. During this U.S. midterm election, which occurred during the term of president Joe Biden, all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate were contested to determine the 118th United States Congress. Thirty-nine state and territorial Governor (United States), U.S. gubernatorial elections, as well as numerous state and local elections, were also contested. This was the first election affected by the 2022 U.S. redistricting, 2022 redistricting that followed the 2020 U.S. census, 2020 census. The Republican Party (United States), Republican Party ended unified Democratic control of Congress and the presidency by winning a majority in the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives while Democrats expanded their Senate majority. Midterm elections typically see the incumbent preside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Saint Kitts And Nevis General Election
Snap general elections were held in Saint Kitts and Nevis on 5 August 2022, following the decision of incumbent prime minister Timothy Harris to dissolve the parliament on 11 May. Snap elections are constitutionally required within ninety days following the dissolution of parliament. The elections were the first in the country with a female party leader, with businesswoman and environmental consultant Janice Daniel-Hodge leading the Nevis Reformation Party (NRP), which was founded by her father, former Premier of Nevis and pro-Nevis secessionist Simeon Daniel. However, the NRP failed to win a seat, despite seeing a small overall increase in its vote share. The elections brought the Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party, led by Terrance Drew, back to power for the first time since their loss in 2015. The People's Action Movement, part of the outgoing ruling alliance in Harris government, was reduced to only one seat, their worst result since 2004, while their vote share of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Peruvian Regional And Municipal Elections
Municipal and regional elections in Peru were held on Sunday, 2 October 2022, electing authorities for the period 2023–2026. Since 2018, municipal and regional officials cannot serve consecutive terms. Electoral system Regional Regional governments are constituted as the administrative and governing body of the departments of Peru. They are composed of the regional governor, the regional lieutenant governor and the Regional Council. Voting is based on universal suffrage, which includes all national citizens over the age of eighteen, registered and resident in each department and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as non-national citizens residing and registered in the department. The governor and regional lieutenant governor are elected by direct suffrage. For a candidate to be proclaimed the winner, they must obtain no less than 30% of valid votes. In case no candidate achieves that percentage in the first round of elections, the two most voted candida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Nicaraguan Local Elections
Local elections in Nicaragua were held on 6 November 2022. 153 mayors, vice mayors and municipal council members were elected. The Sandinista National Liberation Front won control of all municipalities. References See also * Politics of Nicaragua Nicaragua is a presidential republic, in which the Presidency of Nicaragua is both head of state and head of government, and there is a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the ... Local elections in Nicaragua 2022 elections in Central America 2022 in Nicaragua November 2022 in Nicaragua Elections in Nicaragua {{Election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Mexican Local Elections
The 2022 Mexican local elections, held on June 5, 2022, saw voters electing six governors for a six-year term (five years in Aguascalientes and Quintana Roo), deputies for one state congress, and officials for 39 municipalities. The two main coalitions, ''Juntos Hacemos Historia'' (MORENA PT PVEM) and ''Va por México'' ( PAN PRI PRD), competed in the gubernatorial races. Morena, as part of its coalition, continued its pattern of flipping governorships, flipping four in total, while ''Va por México'' successfully defended only two. Gubernatorial races summary State races Aguascalientes The governorship of Aguascalientes was up for election. Durango The governorship of Durango was up for election, as well as all positions in the state's 39 municipalities. Hidalgo The governorship of Hidalgo was up for election. Oaxaca The governorship of Oaxaca was up for election. Quintana Roo All 25 seats of the Congress of Quintana Roo The Honorable Congress of the F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Mexican Presidential Recall Referendum
A presidential recall referendum was held in Mexico on 10 April 2022 to decide if incumbent president Andrés Manuel López Obrador should stay in office and serve his full six-year term. The recall had to be approved by an absolute majority of valid votes, and turnout had to be at least 40% for it to be valid. This was the first national recall election in Mexico. It was proposed by López Obrador himself during his candidacy in the 2018 election and requested by opponents and supporters of his government. It was organized by the Instituto Nacional Electoral, triggered by 2.7 million signatures from 17 states representing 3% of the electoral roll, following rules set by the constitution and the Federal Law of Revocation of Mandate. The INE, which started preparations in August 2021, stated there was a lack of resources for the consultation organization, causing it to challenge the budget approved by the Chamber of Deputies and ask the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Grenadian General Election
General elections were held in Grenada on 23 June 2022. The incumbent Prime Minister Keith Mitchell sought a sixth term. National Democratic Congress (NDC) made a return to parliament after nine years of absence, defeating the ruling party New National Party (NNP), which led to Dickon Mitchell becoming the new prime minister of Grenada. This is also the first election since 2008 where the NDC gained seats. Background During the previous election held in March 2018, the NNP, led by prime minister Keith Mitchell, was re-elected to a fifth term. Like in the 2013 election, the NNP won all 15 seats in the house of representatives. Three months after the 2018 election, NDC leader Nazim Burke resigned, and deputy leader Joseph Andall acted as party leader in the interim. Former education minister Franka Bernardine was elected unopposed at the next party convention in November. She resigned in November 2020 for health reasons, with deputy leader Adrian Thomas taking charge in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Dominican General Election
Snap general elections were held in Dominica on 6 December 2022. Boycotted by the opposition United Workers' Party (UWP) and Dominica Freedom Party (DFP), the ruling Dominica Labour Party led by Roosevelt Skerrit, who had been prime minister since 2004, retained its supermajority in the House of Assembly by winning 19 of the 21 elected seats. Turnout was low at only 32%, the first time in Dominican history that less than half of eligible voters participated in a general election. Background Originally scheduled to be held in 2024, on 6 November 2022 (three days after independence day), Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit called a snap election "to ensure the continued renewal" of his government. Nomination day would be 18 November, and the election itself on 6 December. The ruling Dominica Labour Party (DLP) announced its candidates on 8 November. Opposition parties, including former ruling parties United Workers' Party (UWP) and Dominica Freedom Party (DFP), and civil society ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Cuban Local Elections
The 2022 Cuban local elections were held on 27 November 2022. They were boycotted by the opposition. References 2022 elections in the Caribbean Local elections 2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ... November 2022 in Cuba {{cuba-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Cuban Family Code Referendum
A referendum was held on 25 September 2022 in Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ... to approve amendments to the Family Code of the Constitution of Cuba, Cuban Constitution. The revised code contains stronger rules on gender equality and modernizes protections for Women in Cuba, women, Children's rights, children, the Elder rights, elderly and Disability rights, people with disabilities. Moreover, legal recognition is given to Same-sex marriage in Cuba, same-sex marriage same-sex adoption, and adoption and altruistic surrogacy. Following the code's approval, Cuba's family policies have been described as among the most Progressivism, progressive in Latin America. Background Until 2019, Article 36 of the 1992 Constitution of Cuba defined marriage as "the voluntary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
