The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) is an independent and nonpartisan

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working to ensure free and fair elections in

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, on the basis of universal and equal suffrage. ANFREL is based in

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. The alliance was established in November 1997, and includes 27 member organizations across 17 Asian nations, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Timor-Leste. ANFREL is aligned with the principles enshrined in Article 25 of the

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. ANFREL routinely shares expertise in

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through capacity building programmes and dispatches international election observation missions (EOMs). From its founding in 2007 to 2012, ANFREL carried out 50, averaging 3.5 EOMs per year.

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* {{official website, https://anfrel.org/ Election and voting-related organizations Elections in Asia 2007 establishments in Thailand International organizations based in Thailand