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(Agencies): Nigeria’s ruling party candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been declared the winner of the country’s presidential elections. Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, garnered 8.7 million votes in the race held from Feb. 25-26, according to Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The Independent National Electoral Commission […]

17th Jan 2023

Bangladesh’s main opposition party demands formation of caretaker govt ahead of polls

By Md. Kamruzzaman DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): Leaders and activists of Bangladesh’s main opposition party warned the government Monday that a neutral caretaker government must be formed to conduct the country’s general elections, which are due to be held in December. As part of a series of protests, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) held a grand […]

25th Nov 2022

Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim sworn in as country’s 10th prime minister

By Anadolu Agency Staff ANKARA (AA): Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was sworn in as the country’s 10th prime minister on Thursday, following a days-long post-elections deadlock, local media reported. The swearing-in ceremony took place at Kuala Lumpur’s National Palace. Ibrahim, 75, was appointed prime minister by King Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah […]

18th Oct 2022

Pakistan: Ex-premier Khan’s party clinches Pakistan by-polls

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party clinched crucial by-elections Sunday, defeating the ruling alliance after a tough contest, unofficial results showed. The polls took place in eight National Assembly constituencies of three provinces – three each in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where Khan’s party holds power, and […]

24th Jun 2022

UK: Johnson under pressure as party chair resigns after Tories lose two by-elections

By Hamed Chapman London, (The Muslim News): Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was under renewed pressure to resign Friday after his party’s Chair, Oliver Dowden, said someone must take responsibility for losing two byelections on the same night. “Our supporters are distressed and disappointed by recent events, and I share their feelings,” Dowden said […]

17th Feb 2022

In Indian Punjab’s Muslim ‘island’, voters vying for change

By Ahmad Adil MALERKOTLA, India (AA): As the multiplicity of political parties is ensuring a tight contest, candidates in the Indian province of Punjab leave no stone un-turned to lure even a minuscule Muslim population that accounts for less than 2% of the population. Since the region witnessed the worst ever communal riots and […]

6th Jan 2022

Bangladesh: 10 killed in local government elections

By Md. Kamruzzaman DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured in the fifth phase of local government elections across Bangladesh, sources said Wednesday. Six of the victims were slain in clashes during the daylong voting and the others in post-election violence during vote counting, said police sources and local […]

13th Oct 2021

Iraq: For 1st time, women secure 97 parliament seats

By Ali Jawad BAGHDAD (AA): Women have won 97 seats in Iraq’s 329-member parliament in this week’s early parliamentary elections, according to the Iraqi cabinet on Tuesday. The cabinet said in a statement that women candidates gained 29.4% of the parliament’s seats during the Sunday’s vote. “Iraqi women managed to win 97 seats, an […]

25th Jul 2021

Election fever in Pakistan-administered Kashmir takes over UK

By Aamir Latif and Ahmet Gurhan Kartal MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan-administered Kashmir/ LONDON (AA): Thousands of miles away from Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir or Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), the election fever has taken over Kashmiri diaspora living in the UK as well. Over 3.2 million voters in AJK are going to elect the 53-member […]

22nd Jul 2021

Voters in Pakistan-administered Kashmir demand share in resources

By Aamir Latif KAIL, Pakistan-administered Kashmir (AA): Under the shadow of snow-capped mountains, flourishing green forests, and towering hills on both sides of the noisy Neelam River, political parties are making a last-ditch effort to woo voters in the picturesque 144 km (89 miles) long Neelam Valley — the northern strip of Pakistan-administered Kashmir […]

2nd Jul 2021

Leadbeater calls for divisions to be healed after Labour narrowly hangs on to Batley

By Hamed Chapman London, (The Muslim News): Kim Leadbeater says she was “absolutely delighted that the people of Batley and Spen have rejected division and chosen hope” after hanging onto the Labour seat previously held by her murdered sister Jo Cox. In a short victory speech Friday, Leadbeater paid tribute to her family and friends, […]

18th Apr 2021

London Mayor election not a foregone conclusion, says Khan

By Hamed Chapman LONDON, (The Muslim News): Sadiq Khan may be the odds-on favourite to be re-elected as Mayor of London for a second term in May, but he remains far from complacent about the result given the smear campaign that the Tories ran against him in 2016. “It’s really important that The Muslim […]

14th Jan 2021

US: President Trump becomes first US president to be impeached twice

By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): The US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump on a single article of incitement of insurrection, making him the first president in US history to be impeached twice. The 232-197 vote now sends the matter to the Senate for a trial that […]

9th Dec 2019

UK: Exclusive: Record 23 Muslim MPs expected to be elected this week

By Hamed Chapman and Elham Asaad Buaras LONDON, (The Muslim News): The number of Muslim MPs expected to be elected to Parliament this week could rise to another record of 24, according to exclusive analysis of candidates and constituencies carried out by The Muslim News. A breakdown of Prospective Parliamentary Candidates registered in the 2019 […]

10th Oct 2019

Tunisia: Ennahda wins parliamentary election

By Yosra Ouanes and Gulsen Topcu TUNIS (AA): Tunisian’s Ennahda party finished first in weekend parliamentary elections, according to the High Election Commission. Based on the official results of the elections, which were held to determine new members of the 217-seat chamber, the party won a majority with 52 deputies. Though Ennahda came first, […]

2nd May 2019

India: BJP Candidate off trail after razed mosque comments

By Ahmad Adil CHANDIGARH, India (AA): India’s Election Commission [EC] on Wednesday suspended campaigning for the current elections by a ruling party candidate over her comments reveling in the destruction of a 500-year-old mosque, among other remarks. “The Commission, without prejudice … warns Sadhavi Pragya Singh Thakur not to repeat such misconduct in future,” […]

3rd Apr 2019

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigns

By Abdulraziq bin Abdullah ALGIERS (AA): Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika bowed to popular demand Tuesday and resigned after over a month of protests over his decision to seek a fifth term, state news agency APS reported. Bouteflika said in his resignation letter that his decision to leave office — which came weeks before his […]

7th Nov 2018

US: First two Muslim women elected to US Congress

By Umar Farooq WASHINGTON (AA): Michigan’s Rashida Tlaib and Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar both made history Tuesday by winning their elections and becoming the first Muslim women to be elected to the U.S. Congress. Tlaib won the congressional seat for Michigan’s 13th district after former Representative John Conyers abruptly stepped down following sexual harassment allegations, […]

25th Apr 2018

UK: Need more BAME MPs to reflect modern Britain, says Lib Dem leader

By Ahmed J Versi London, UK, (The Muslim News): Liberal Democrats are still not representative of modern Britain, Leader of the Party told The Muslim News. Sir Vince Cable acknowledged that his party was not “yet fully representative of modern Britain. We don’t yet have enough MPs, Councillors, and others from the ethnic minority. We […]

13th Jun 2017

UK PM May under fire over DUP vote deal

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal LONDON (AA); As Brexit negotiations between the U.K. and the EU loom, an imminent voting deal between Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives and 10 lawmakers from the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) are casting a shadow over the hard-reached 1998 peace deal in Northern Ireland. According to the Belfast Agreement, which […]

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