Category: Elections

How does a Taiwan election work?

Taiwan holds presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday. Taiwan was under martial law until 1987 and did not hold its first direct presidential election until 1996, a culmination of decades of struggle for democracy...

Namibian elections: the sands are shifting – slowly

Namibia’s South West African People’s Organisation (Swapo) has performed exceptionally well as a governing party among the liberation movements of sub-Saharan Africa. All contemporary liberation movements that subsequently became governing parties remain in power. But none...