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‘Now is not my time’ - Nick Rogers exits London Tory mayoral race, endorsing Paul Scully

Nick Rogers, a Conservative on the London Assembly, had said earlier this year that he hoped to ‘stand up for millennial Londoners’ as his party’s candidate for Mayor

Evening Standard

Sinn Fein makes strong start as local government election votes counted

The party led the way with the most number of representatives elected on the first day of the count on Friday.

The Independent UK

DUP candidate 'threatened' at polling station as counting in NI local elections gets underway

Dawn Higgins was 'verbally threatened and had leaflets torn from her hand' during the Northern Ireland local elections, DUP party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has claimed.

Irish Mirror

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MVA's LS poll seat-sharing not fixed yet, but our 19 seats will remain with us: Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on May 19 asserted that although the seat sharing formula among the Maha Vikas Aghadi partners for the next year’s Lok Sabha elections is yet to be finalised, the number of 19 seats that the Shiv Sena (undivided) won in the last election will…

The Hindu

Congress got Prashant Kishore protege to set narrative in Karnataka from war room in Bengaluru

The Congress had set up a war room in Bengaluru for the Assembly elections in Karnataka. According to a key person in the war room, “We had the right kind of people, almost 100 of them, to carry out very focused work.”

The Hindu

California lawmakers block bill allowing people to sue oil companies over health problems

California legislative committees in the Assembly and Senate blocked two big climate bills Thursday

The Independent UK

Victoria's Indigenous voters choose champions for historic treaty talks

A special election is underway in Victoria to choose the next First Peoples' Assembly members, who will sit down opposite government to negotiate a statewide treaty.

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Polls close in Northern Ireland local elections

Ballots cast on Thursday will elect 462 councillors across the 11 councils in Northern Ireland.

Belfast Live

Polls close in local elections

Polls have now closed in the Northern Ireland local elections.

The Independent UK

Ecuador's top court paves the way for early national elections

Ecuador's Constitutional Court on Thursday paved the way for early legislative and presidential elections, rejecting a series of cases brought by opposition politicians to block President Guillermo Lasso's decision to dissolve the National Assembly.

Reuters

A dream come true for Siddaramaiah as he gets picked for a second term as Karnataka’s Chief Minister

The elevation of 75-year-old Siddaramaiah as the leader of the Congress Legislature Party, prior to him being sworn in as Chief Minister of Karnataka, is a dream come true for the veteran politician who had set his eyes on the coveted position for a second term, after a gap of…

The Hindu

NI nurses to hold demonstration over 'lack of political leadership' for health service

The action comes as voters prepare to go to the polls across Northern Ireland for the local elections.

Belfast Live

Political leaders cast their ballots in local government elections

Voters will be electing 462 councillors across the 11 local councils in Northern Ireland.

The Independent UK

Reactions to Ecuador's Lasso dissolving Congress

Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso has dissolved the National Assembly, bringing forward legislative and presidential elections, a day after he presented his defense in an impeachment process against him.

Reuters

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Reuters

Explainer-Ecuador's Lasso dissolved the legislature. What comes next?

Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso dissolved the National Assembly by decree on Wednesday, bringing forward legislative and presidential elections, a day after he defended himself in an impeachment hearing.

The Hindu

Will contest against Jyotiraditya Scindia if party asks me to: Digvijaya Singh

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh said on May 16 that he was ready to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha polls against Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia from the latter’s family bastion of Guna.

The Hindu

Results of Muzaffarnagar urban local body polls hint at social reconciliation

The success of Muslim candidates who recently emerged victorious in six out of the 10 seats for chairpersons of urban local bodies in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh hints at a social reconciliation in the district that witnessed large-scale Hindu-Muslim riots in 2013. In the previous local body polls held…

The Guardian - US

New York law aims to stop funding of illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank

State assembly member introduced law to prohibit tax-deductible donations from being used to expel Palestinians from their land

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Ballotpedia

Election legislation roundup: New York State Assembly

As of May 14, Ballotpedia has tracked 163 election-related bills in the New York State Assembly since the beginning of the year. Of the 163, Ballotpedia tracked one from May 8-14. Democrats sponsored the bill. The bill is below:

The Hindu

Process to create 19 new districts in Rajasthan gets a fillip with OSD appointment

The process for formation of 19 new districts in Rajasthan, which Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced in the State Assembly during the budget session on March 17, has received a fillip with the appointment of Officers on Special Duty (OSDs) to 15 of them.

The Hindu

The Dalit outreach of the BRS

The party is attempting to swing Dalit votes in its favour

Belfast Live

Peter Robinson says Government will be watching DUP council vote share

On Friday, Sir Jeffrey told the PA News Agency that the reason Sinn Fein won the last assembly election is “because of unionist splits and divisions”

The Hindu

Cash and jewellery worth crores seized during I-T raids on a politically active person in north Bengal

Along with searches at Mr. Kalyani’s house at Raiganj in Uttar Dinajpur district, raids were held at premises linked to his business partner in Malda district.

The Hindu

Kateel accuses Congress of turning State into ‘Goonda Raj’

Taking exception to the alleged post-poll attack on BJP workers in Hoskote, party State president Nalin Kumar Kateel on Tuesday said that the Congress, which won the Assembly polls, was “turning Karnataka into a Goonda Raj.”

The Hindu

Farmers’ leader threatens to launch stir if demand for tertiary treatment of K.C. Valley and H.N. Valley water is not fulfilled

People and activists of Kolar and Chickballapur districts are hopeful that various water projects, that would bring water to the two parched districts, would get a fillip under the new Congress government, which has got a comfortable majority in Karnataka.

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