International Business News - Elections http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Oil and gas interests, trial lawyers, real estate moguls and wealthy investors are dumping millions of dollars into the fight for control of the Texas Legislature. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/usual-interests-still-biggest-texas-contributors.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:23:56 EDT The biggest winner in Austria's elections got the president's approval Wednesday to begin forming a coalition government that they have promised will exclude the country's powerful far-right parties. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/austrian-social-democrats-asked-to-form-government.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:59:25 EDT Afghanistan began registering voters Monday for next year's presidential polls, an election likely to be the most dangerous and challenging since the Taliban were ousted from power in 2001. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/afghans-start-registering-voters-for-2009-polls.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:14:13 EDT Allies of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva were poised to pick up the most local mayorships in municipal elections Sunday that were marred by isolated shootings. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/145937-brazil-elections.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081005/shootings-sour-municipal-elections-in-brazil.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081005/shootings-sour-municipal-elections-in-brazil.htm Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:03:29 EDT The first and only debate to feature vice presidential candidates Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Joe Biden is scheduled for Thursday night at 9 p.m. EST and 6 p.m. PST. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/143319-debate.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/palin-biden-vice-presidential-debate-schedule.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/palin-biden-vice-presidential-debate-schedule.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:51:45 EDT Austrians struggled Monday to understand the reasons behind a resurgence of the far right, a day after the country's two anti-immigration parties soared to almost 30 percent of the vote. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/austria-stunned-by-rights-election-gains.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:08:52 EDT Austria's governing coalition is in turmoil after losing seats in parliament and watching two far-right parties make big gains in national elections. The conservative Austrian People's Party and the Social Democrats had their worst showing since World War II. Two rightist parties--the Freedom Party and the Alliance for the Future of Austria--capitalized on voter discontent and got a combined 29 percent. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/141808-austria-elections.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/austria-stunned-by-rights-election-gains.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/austria-stunned-by-rights-election-gains.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:34:40 EDT Initial projections from Austria's parliamentary elections Sunday indicate the Social Democrats are poised for victory, though the real winners may turn out to be the country's two far-right parties. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080928/austria-social-democrats-expected-to-win-election.htm Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:09:00 EDT Austria's far-right parties made huge gains in Sunday's parliamentary elections, according to preliminary results, while the Social Democrats took the most votes but saw their worst results in decades. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080928/gains-for-far-right-predicted-in-austria.htm Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:43:15 EDT Austria's two far-right parties could well make significant gains in national elections this weekend, less than a decade after the rise of the right led to EU diplomatic sanctions, analysts say. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/140312-austria-elections.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080927/gains-for-right-predicted-in-austrian-elections.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080927/gains-for-right-predicted-in-austrian-elections.htm Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:31:45 EDT Bright red balloons bulge from overhead nets. Right on cue, the beaming politician strides onstage, dwarfed by two giant screens, and the crowd erupts into giddy cheers of "Vi kan hvis du vil!" http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080927/across-europe-its-becoming-politics-as-usual.htm Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:32:53 EDT Slovenia's opposition Social Democrats maneuvered Monday to wrest control of the government from Premier Janez Jansa's center-right party. After nearly all votes were counted from Sunday's parliamentary election, the leftist Social Democrats won 29 deputies in the 90-seat parliament while Jansa got 28, the state-run Electoral Commission said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/136182-slovenia-elections.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/opposition-looks-to-take-power-in-slovenia.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/opposition-looks-to-take-power-in-slovenia.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:23:02 EDT Slovenia's opposition Social Democrats held a razor-thin lead over the ruling center-right party of Prime Minister Janez Jansa in parliamentary elections Sunday, nearly complete results showed. The vote was too close to predict the outcome. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/135753-slovenia-elections.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080921/slovenian-election-is-too-close-to-call.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080921/slovenian-election-is-too-close-to-call.htm Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:30:20 EDT A rebel group turned opposition party that resorted to violence the last time it lost at the polls has accepted defeat in Angola's parliamentary elections. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080909/angolan-opposition-accepts-defeat-in-election.htm Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:47:10 EDT Panama's ruling party has chosen a female former Cabinet minister as its presidential candidate for elections in May, party officials said Monday. If Balbina Herrera wins, she would be the country's second female president, following Mireya Moscoso, widow of former President Arnulfo Arias, who was elected in 1999. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080908/panamas-ruling-party-picks-woman-for-president.htm Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:55:09 EDT Hong Kong's pro-democracy politicians fared better than expected in legislative elections, a showing that could strengthen their hand in pushing for greater political freedoms in the Chinese territory, analysts said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080908/democrats-lose-seats-in-hong-kong-polls.htm Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:36:17 EDT Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp has won more than a third of seats in legislative elections, retaining its veto power over major legislation. Results announced Monday show the opposition has claimed at least 22 of 60 seats in the legislature. The key threshold for pro-democracy parties was 21 seats--a number that would allow them to block major legislation that requires a two-thirds majority for passage. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/125456-hong-kong-elections.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080907/hong-kong-votes-in-legislative-elections.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080907/hong-kong-votes-in-legislative-elections.htm Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:57:22 EDT Angolan election officials say early parliamentary results give the ruling party a big lead over a former rebel group. The officials said late Saturday that more than 2 million votes had been counted. They did not say how many of the more than 8 million registered voters had cast ballots. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080907/early-results-in-angola-give-ruling-party-lead.htm Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:26:04 EDT Angolan election officials extended voting by a day in the capital, but said Saturday the logistical problems that marred the first balloting in 16 years were confined to Luanda. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080906/voting-extended-in-angolas-capital.htm Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:22:24 EDT Angola stumbled on the road to democracy Friday, voters waiting for hours to take part in the first election in 16 years as ballot shortages and a lack of voting officials played havoc at the polls. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080905/angolans-voting-for-first-time-since-1992.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:51:21 EDT