Pakistan general elections took place on July 25. Imran Khan, the head of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), or Movement for Justice party was elected as the new prime minister with 116 seats in the 272 National Assembly.
After coalition talks with other parties over the past few days, PTI has attained 174 parliamentary seats on its side, exceeding the minimum number for an absolute majority. PTI was in need of at least 21 more parliamentary seats to form an assembly majority.
Prime Minister elect Khan is likely to take oath on August 11.
After the first round of Malian presidential elections on July 29, no presidential candidate won absolute majority.
On the upcoming Sunday, Malians are to vote again between the incumbent President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and the former finance minister Soumaïla Cisse.
However, some experts warned that voters may be disinclined to vote for the fear of violence.
Already during the Sunday elections a few incidents of violence were reported, including ballot boxes burned. In 716 polling stations in the central and northern regions, no ballots were cast.
In Cambodian parliamentary elections held on July 31, Cambodian People’s Party (CPP)’s Hun Sen won another term as PM – won 80 percent of total 125 parliamentary seats.
Hundreds of Observers were sent to watch the election from number of countries including China, Russia and Indonesia.
The voter turnout was high at 82.89 percent of 8.3 million registered voters. With a landslide victory, CPP secured most of the seats in the National Assembly.
On July 30, Zimbabwe general elections marked the first voting since Robert Mugabe was ousted after nearly four decades in power.
Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF) came out victorious, winning 50.8 percent of the presidential vote according to the data announced by the electoral commission.
While the incumbent Zanu-PF party secured two-thirds majority in the parliament, the election process engendered violence between protestors and the security forces, leaving six people dead.
Since elected for the new term, President Mnangagwa faces his first challenge, which is to reunite the country that has been divided by the recent polling.
Mnangagwa called to “together build a new Zimbabwe for all” on his official social media account.
By MSEAP Cyber Secretariat (mseap@assembly.go.kr) |
