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January

January 15: Chile

Chile

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e • d Summary of the 11 December 2005 and 15 January 2006 Chilean presidential election results
Candidates and nominating parties 1st round 2nd round
Votes % Votes %
Michelle Bachelet Jeria – Socialist Party of Chile/CPD 3,190,691 45.96 3,723,019 53.49
Sebastián Piñera Echenique – National Renewal 1,763,694 25.41 3,236,394 46.50
Joaquín Lavín Infante – Independent Democratic Union 1,612,608 23.23  
Tomás Hirsch Goldschmidt – Humanist Party/JPM 375,048 5.40
Total valid votes 6,942,041 100.00 6,959,413 100.00
Null votes 180,485 2.50 154.972 2.16
Blank votes 84,752 1.18 47,960 0.67
Total votes (Turnout 87.67% / 87.12%) 7,207,278 100.00 7,162,345 100.00
Total voters enrolled 8,220,897 — 8,220,897 —
Source: Tricel, Tricel

January 15 and 29: Finland

Finland

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e • d Summary of the 15 and 29 January 2006 Finnish presidential election results
Candidate Nominating party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Tarja Halonen Social Democratic Party 1,397,030 46.3 1,630,833 51.8
Sauli Niinistö National Coalition Party 725,866 24.1 1,517,947 48.2
Matti Vanhanen Centre Party 561,990 18.6
Heidi Hautala Green League 105,248 3.5
Timo Soini True Finns 103,492 3.4
Bjarne Kallis Christian Democrats 61,483 2.0
Henrik Lax Swedish People's Party 48,703 1.6
Arto Lahti Independent 12,989 0.4
Invalid/blank votes 8,805 – 14,354 –
Total 3,025,606 100 3,163,667 100
Source: First round Ministry of Justice, total [3]

January 22: Cape Verde

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e • d Summary of the 22 January 2006 National Assembly of Cape Verde election results
Parties Votes % Seats
African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (Partido Africano da Independência de Cabo Verde) 88,965 52.28 41
Movement for Democracy (Movimento para a Democracia) 74,909 44.02 29
Democratic and Independent Cape Verdean Union (União Caboverdiana Independente e Democrática) 4,495 2.64 2
Democratic Renewal Party (Partido da Renovação Democrática) 1,097 0.64 -
Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrático) 702 0.41 -
Total (turnout 54.0%) 170,168 100.00 72
Source: National Electoral Commission.

January 22: Portugal

Portugal

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Portuguese Presidential Election, 2006 - First Round (January 22)
Candidates Supporting parties Votes %
Aníbal Cavaco Silva PSD, CDS–PP 2,773,431 50.54%
Manuel Alegre Independent 1,138,297 20.74%
Mário Soares PS 785,355 14.31%
Jerónimo de Sousa PCP, PEV 474,083 8.64%
Francisco Louçã BE 292,198 5.32%
António Garcia Pereira PCTP/MRPP 23,983 0.44%
Blank Ballots 59,636  
Invalid Ballots 43,149  
Total 5,590,132 100%

(source: Eleições Presidenciais 2006 (Portuguese Electoral Commission)

January 23: Canada

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e • d Summary of the January 23, 2006 Canadian House of Commons election results
Party Party leader Candi-
dates		 Seats Popular vote
2004 Dissol. 2006 % Change # % Change
     Conservative Stephen Harper 308 99 98 124 +26.3% 5,374,071 36.27% +6.64%
     Liberal Paul Martin 308 135 133 103 -23.7% 4,479,415 30.23% -6.50%
     Bloc Québécois Gilles Duceppe 75 54 53 51 -5.6% 1,553,201 10.48% -1.90%
     New Democrats Jack Layton 308 19 18 29 +52.6% 2,589,597 17.48% +1.71%
     Independents and no affiliation 90 1 4 11 - 81,860 0.55% -0.07%
     Green Jim Harris 308 - - -   664,068 4.48% +0.19%
     Christian Heritage Ron Gray 45 - - -   28,152 0.19% -0.11%
Progressive Canadian Tracy Parsons 25 - - -   14,151 0.10% +0.02%
     Marijuana Blair Longley 23 - - -   9,171 0.06% -0.18%
     Marxist-Leninist Sandra L. Smith 69 - - -   8,980 0.06% +0.00%
     Canadian Action Connie Fogal 34 - - -   6,102 0.04% -0.02%
     Communist Miguel Figueroa 21 - - -   3,022 0.02% -0.01%
     Libertarian Jean-Serge Brisson 10 - - -   3,002 0.02% +0.01%
     First Peoples National Barbara Wardlaw 5 * - - * 1,201 0.0081% *
     Western Block Doug Christie 4 * - - * 1,094 0.0074% *
     Animal Alliance Environment Voters Liz White 1 * - - * 72 0.00049% *
     Vacant 2  
Total 1634 308 308 308 ±0.0% 14,817,159 100%  
Source: Elections Canada

Notes:

Official candidate nominations closed January 2, 2006. Candidate totals cited above are based on official filings. Nominations were official on January 5, 2006.
"% change" refers to change from previous election
* indicates the party did not contest in the previous election.
1 André Arthur was elected as an independent candidate in the Quebec City-area riding of Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier. He personally won 20,158 votes.

January 25: Palestinian National Authority

Palestinian National Authority

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e • d Summary of the 25 January 2006 Palestinian Legislative Council election results
Alliances and parties Votes (Proportional) % (Proportional) Seats (Proportional/District seats)
Change and Reform 440,409 44.45 74 (29/45)
Fatah, harakat al-tahrīr al-filastīnī (Liberation Movement of Palestine) 410,554 41.43 45 (28/17)
Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) (al-jabhah al-sha`biyyah li-tahrīr filastīn) 42,101 4.25 3 (3/0)
The Alternative (al-Badeel) 28,973 2.92 2 (2/0)
Independent Palestine 26,909 2.72 2 (2/0)
Third Way 23,862 2.41 2 (2/0)
Freedom and Social Justice 7,127 0.72 0 (0/0)
Freedom and Independence 4,398 0.44 0 (0/0)
Martyr Abu Abbas 3,011 0.30 0 (0/0)
National Coalition for Justice and Democracy (Wa'ad) 1,806 0.18 0 (0/0)
Palestinian Justice 1,723 0.17 0 (0/0)
Independents - - 4 (0/4)
Total (turnout: 74.6%) 990,873 100.0% 132 (66/66)
Source: Central Election Commission, Preliminary results,Final tally amendments, 2006-01-29, Final results

January 27: Netherlands Antilles

Netherlands Antilles

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e • d Summary of the 27 January 2006 Estates of the Netherlands Antilles election results
Parties Island Votes % Seats
Party for the Restructured Antilles (Partido Antiá Restrukturá) Curaçao 18,187 20.85 5
New Antilles Movement (Movishon Antia Nobo) Curaçao 13,123 15.05 3
Party Workers' Liberation Front 30th of May (Partido Frente Obrero Liberashon 30 Di Mei) Curaçao 9,582 10.99 2
National People's Party (Partido Nashonal di Pueblo) Curaçao 7,765 8.91 2
Forsa Kòrsou Curaçao 6,658 7.64 2
Labour Party People's Crusade (Partido Laboral krusado Popular) Curaçao 4,390 5.03 0
National Alliance Sint Maarten 4,301 4.93 2
Democratic Party Sint Maarten (Democratische Partij Sint Maarten) Sint Maarten 4,122 4.73 1
LPNA Curaçao 3,851 4.42 0
Bonaire Patriotic Union (Union Patriotico Bonairano) Bonaire 3,678 4.22 2
Sovereign People (Pueblo Soberano) Curaçao 3,360 3.85 0
PDB-Paboso-ON
 Bonaire 2,947 3.38 1
Democratic Party (Democratische Partij) Curaçao 2,638 3.03 0
People's Progressive Alliance Sint Maarten 1,712 1.96 0
Democratic Party Sint Eustatius (Democratische Partij Sint Eustatius) Sint Eustatius 0.5 1
Windwards Islands People's Movement Saba 0.5 1
Total     22
Source: E-politika

February

February 5: Costa Rica

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e • d Summary of the 5 February 2006 Costa Rica presidential election results
Candidates Votes %
Óscar Arias - National Liberation Party (Partido Liberación Nacional) 664,551 40.92
Ottón Solís - Citizens' Action Party (Partido Acción Ciudadana) 646,382 39.80
Otto Guevara - Libertarian Movement Party (Partido Movimiento Libertario) 137,710 8.48
Ricardo Toledo - Social Christian Unity Party (Partido de Unidad Socialcristiana) 57,655 3.55
Antonio Álvarez Desanti - Union for Change Party (Partido Unión para el Cambio) 39,557 2.44
Jose Manuel Echandi Meza - National Union Party (Partido Unión Nacional) 26,593 1.64
Juan Jose Vargas Fallas - Homeland First Party (Partido Patria Primero) 17,594 1.08
Other parties 33,950 2.09
Total (Turnout 65.4 %) 1,623,992 100.0
Final results according to TSE
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e • d Summary of the 5 February 2006 Costa Rica parliamentary election results
Candidates Votes % Seats
National Liberation Party (Partido Liberación Nacional) 589,731 36.54 25
Citizens' Action Party (Partido Acción Ciudadana) 409,030 25.34 17
Libertarian Movement Party (Partido Movimiento Libertario) 147,934 9.17 6
Social Christian Unity Party (Partido de Unidad Socialcristiana) 126,284 7.82 5
Costa Rican Renovation Party (Partido Renovación Costariccense) 55,798 3.46 0
National Union Party (Partido Unión Nacional) 40,280 2.5 1
Union for Change Party (Partido Unión para el Cambio) 37,994 2.35 0
Homeland First Party (Partido Patria Primero) 26,438 1.64 0
National Rescue Party (Partido Rescate Nacional) 32,909 2.04 1
Access without Exclusion (Accesibilidad sin Exclusión) 25,690 1.59 1
Broad Front (Frente Amplio) 17,751 1.10 1
Other parties 104,122 6.45 0
Total (Turnout 65.2 %) 1,613,961 100.0 57
Final results according to TSE

February 7: Haiti

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e • d Summary of the 7 February 2006 Haiti presidential election results
Candidates - parties Votes %
René Préval - Front for Hope (Fwon Lespwa/Front de l'Espoir) 992,766 51.21
Leslie Manigat - Rally of Progressive National Democrats (Rassemblement des Démocrats Nationaux Progressistes) 240,306 12.40
Charles Henri Baker - Respect (Respè) 159,683 8.24
Jean Chavannes Jeune - Christian National Union for the Reconstruction of Haiti (Union Nationale Chrétienne pour la Reconstruction d’Haïti) 108,283 5.59
Luc Mesadieu - Christian Movement for a New Haiti (Mouvement Chrétien pour Batir une Nouvelle Haïti) 64,850 3.35
Serge Gilles - Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats (Fusion des Sociaux-Démocrates Haïtienne) 50,796 2.62
Paul Denis - Struggling People's Organization (Oganizasyon Pèp Kap Lité) 50,751 2.62
Evans Paul - Democratic Alliance Party (Alyans/Alliance Démocratique) 48,232 2.49
Guy Philippe - National Reconstruction Front (FRN) 37,303 1.92
Luc Fleurinord - Independent Movement for National Reconciliation (Mouvement Indépendant pour la Réconcilation Nationale) 36,912 1.90
Hubert Deronceray - RDNP (.) 18,459 0.95
Marc Bazin - Union/Lavalas (.) 13,136 0.68
Rigaud Duplan - [[.]] (.) 9,791 0.51
Rene Julien - [[.]] (.) 8,608 0.44
Dany Toussaint - [[.]] (.) 7,905 0.41
Marie Roy - [[.]] (.) 7,889 0.41
Jean-Henold Buteau - [[.]] (.) 6,543 0.34
François Romain - [[.]] (.) 6,524 0.34
Frantz Perpignan - [[.]] (.) 6,296 0.32
Gerard Gourge - [[.]] (.) 5,852 0.30
Edouard Francisque - [[.]] (.) 5,518 0.28
Jean-Marie Cherestal - [[.]] (.) 5,490 0.28
scattered among other 13 candidates 2.41
blank 4.36
invalid 7.42
Partial results reflecting 95.78% of vote tallies counted
Source: Haiti's Provisional Electoral Committee, data as of 7:43 a.m. on 20 February 2006. The CEP's figures now reflect the announced decision not to count blank votes against candidates' percentages.
e • d Summary of the 7 February 2006 Haiti Senate election results
Parties Votes % Seats
Front for Hope (Fwon Lespwa/Front de l'Espoir) 768,487 18.95 13
Rally of Progressive National Democrats (Rassemblement des Démocrates Nationaux Progressistes) 433,438 10.69 1
Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats (Fusion des Sociaux-Démocrates Haïtiens) 400,852 9.89 4
Fanmi Lavalas 330,413 8.15 2
Struggling People's Organization (Oganizasyon Pèp Kap Lité) 243,047 5.99 3
Christian National Union for the Reconstruction of Haiti (Union Nationale Chrétienne pour la Reconstruction d’Haïti) 174,757 4.31 2
L'Artibonite in Action (Latibonit an Aksyon / L’Artibonite en Action) 110,775 2.73 2
Democratic Alliance Party (Alyans/Alliance Démocratique) 247,361 6.10 1
Christian Movement for a New Haiti (Mouvement Chrétien pour une Nouvelle Haïti) 199,711 4.93 0
Mobilization for Haitian Progress (Mobilisation pour le Progrès Haïtien) 149,282 3.68 0
Justice for Peace and Development (Justice pour la Paix et le Développement) 134,437 3.32 0
Tèt Ansanm 97,050 2.39 0
National Reconstruction Front (Front pour la Reconstruction Nationale) 94,600 2.33 0
Broad Centre Right Front (Grand Front Centre Droit) 84,327 2.08 0
Independent Movement for National Reconciliation (Mouvement Indépendant pour la Réconcilation Nationale) 74,895 1.85 1
Bridge (Pont) 45,407 1.12 1
other parties 465,493 11.48 0
Total   100.0 30
Source: E-polityka, Conseil Électoral Provisoire

February 12: Cape Verde

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e • d Summary of the 12 February 2006 presidential election results
Candidates, Nominating parties Votes %
Pedro Pires, African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde 86,583 50.98
Carlos Veiga, Movement for Democracy 83,241 49.02
Total (turnout 53.1%) 169,824 100.00
Source: National Electoral Commission.

February 23: Uganda

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e • d Summary of the 23 February 2006 Ugandan presidential election results
Candidates - nominating parties Votes %
Yoweri Museveni - National Resistance Movement 4,109,449 59.26
Kizza Besigye - Forum for Democratic Change 2,592,954 37.39
John Ssebaana Kizito - Democratic Party 109,583 1.58
Abed Bwanika - Independent 65,874 0.95
Miria Obote - Uganda People's Congress 57,071 0.82
Total 6,934,931 100.00
Source: New Vision newspaper, Electoral Commission of Uganda
e • d Summary of the 23 February 2006 National Assembly of Uganda election results
Parties Votes % Constituency
seats		 District
woman reps.		 Indirect
seats		 Total
seats
National Resistance Movement 142 49 14 205
Forum for Democratic Change 27 10 - 37
Uganda People's Congress 9 - - 9
Democratic Party 8 - - 8
Conservative Party 1 - - 1
Justice Forum 1 - - 1
Independents 26 10 1 37
Vacant 1 - - 1
Uganda People's Defence Force Representatives 10
Ex-officio members 10
Total (turnout 72 %) 215 69 15 319
Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union

Note on the Distribution of seats:
– Constituency seats refers to directly elected constituency representatives (215)
– District Woman Reps. refers to directly elected District Woman Representatives (69)
– Indirect seats include: Representatives of the Youth (5), Representatives of Persons with Disabilities (5), and Representatives of Workers (5)

March

March 5: Benin

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e • d Summary of the 5 and 19 March 2006 Benin presidential election results
Candidates - Nominating parties Votes % 1st round Votes % 2nd round
Yayi Boni 1,074,308 35.78% 1,979,305 74.60%
Adrien Houngbédji - Democratic Renewal Party (Parti du renouveau démocratique) 727,239 24.22% 673,937 25.40%
Bruno Amoussou - Social Democratic Party (Parti Social-Démocrate) 489,122 16.29%
Léhadi Vinagnon Soglo - Benin Rebirth Party or Renaissance Party of Benin (Parti de la renaissance du Bénin) 253,478 8.44%
Antoine Kolawolé Idji - African Movement for Development and Progress (Mouvement africain pour la dévelloppement et le progrès) 97,595 3.25%
Lazare Sèhouéto - Movement for the People's Alternative (Mouvement pour une Alternative du Peuple) 61,195 2.04%
Sévérin Adjovi - Liberal Democrats' Rally for National Reconstruction-Vivoten (Rassemblement des Démocrates Libéraux pour la Reconstruction nationale)(RDL-Vivoten) 53,304 1.78%
Antoine Dayori - Hope Force (Force Espoir) 37,436 1.25%
Total (turnout 76.9%/69.5%) 3,014,167 2,656,070 100.0%
Source: African Elections Database

March 12: Colombia

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e • d Summary of the 12 March 2006 Chamber of Representatives of Colombia election results
Parties Votes % Seats
Colombian Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Colombiano) 2,646,404 19.0 31
Social National Unity Party/Party of the U (Partido Social de Unidad Nacional, also known as Partido de la U) 1,453,353 16.7 28
Colombian Conservative Party (Partido Conservador Colombiano) 1,363,656 15.8 26
Radical Change (Cambio Radical) 932,207 10.7 18
Alternative Democratic Pole (Polo Democrático Alternativo) 708,664 8.2 14
Citizens' Convergence (Convergencia Ciudadana) 397,903 4.6 8
Wings - Team Colombia Movement (Movimiento Alas Equipo Colombia) 370,789 4.3 8
Mira Movement (Movimiento Mira) 233,920 2.7 5
Democratic Colombia Party (Partido Colombia Demócrata) 215,753 2.5 5
Liberal Opening (Apertura Liberal) 199,810 2.3 4
National Movement (Movimiento Nacional) 175,012 2.0 4
United People's Movement (Movimiento Popular Unido) 129,977 1.5 3
For the Country of our Dreams (Por el País que soñamos) 99,565 1.1 2
Regional Integration Movement (Movimiento Integración Regional) 91,547 1.1 2
Huila New and Liberalism (Huila Nuevo y Liberalismo) 80,688 0.9 2
Social Action Party (Partido de Acción Social) 52,340 0.6 0
Renovation Movement Labour Action (Movimiento Renovación Acción Laboral) 33,308 0.4 0
National Salvation Movement (Movimiento de Salvación Nacional) 28,975 0.3 0
People's Participation Movement (Movimiento de Participación Popular) 18,449 0.2 0
Progressive National Movement (Movimiento Nacional Progresista) 8,146 0.1 0
Total votes for parties (turnout 40.54%) 8,678,535 100.0 162
Sources: Adam Carr and Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil
e • d Summary of the 12 March 2006 Senate of Colombia election results
Parties % Seats
Social National Unity Party/Party of the U (Partido Social de Unidad Nacional, also known as Partido de la U) 17.49 20
Colombian Conservative Party (Partido Conservador Colombiano) 16.13 18
Colombian Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Colombiano) 15.52 18
Radical Change (Cambio Radical) 13.36 15
Alternative Democratic Pole (Polo Democrático Alternativo) 9.74 10
Citizens' Convergence (Convergencia Ciudadana) 6.25 7
Wings - Team Colombia Movement (Movimiento Alas Equipo Colombia) 4.68 5
Democratic Colombia Party (Partido Colombia Demócratica) 2.85 3
Mira Movement (Movimiento Mira) 2.35 2
Living Colombia Movement (Movimiento Colombia Viva) 2.46 2
Let the Moreno play movement (Movimiento Dejen Jugar al Moreno) 1.50 0
C4 0.88 0
Visionaries with Antanas Mockus (Visionarios con Antanas Mockus) 0.77 0
Comunitarian Participation Movement (Movimiento de Participación Comunitaria) 0.56 0
Communal and Comunitarian Movement of Colombia (Movimiento Comunal y Comunitario de Colombia) 0.42 0
Colombia Unite Movement (Movimiento Únete Colombia) 0.17 0
Independent Conservatism (Conservatismo Independiente) 0.14 0
National Democratic Reconstruction (Reconstrucción Democrática Nacional) 0.08 0
Progressive National Movement (Movimiento Nacional Progresista) 0.09 0
Indigenous Social Alliance (Alianza Social Indigena) 2
Total valid votes (turnout 40.54%)   102
Sources: Registraduria Nacional del Estado Civil, Caracol Radio
e • d 2006 elections to the 2 seats reserved for Indigenous in the Senate of Colombia
Parties Votes % Seats
Indigenous Social Alliance (Alianza Social Indigena) ASI 44,557 28.27 1
Indigenous Authorities of Colombia (Autoridades Indigenas de Colombia) AICO 21,304 13.52 1
Total (turnout %)    
Source: Registraduria Nacional del Estado Civil.

Note: As the blank vote percentage was 58.21% (more than 50%), this special election must be repeated, with the same parties but different candidates [1]

March 12: El Salvador

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e • d Summary of the 12 March 2006 El Salvador Legislative Assembly election results
Parties Votes % Seats
Nationalist Republican Alliance (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista) 620,117 39.4 34
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional) 624,635 39.7 32
National Conciliation Party (Partido de Conciliación Nacional) 172,341 11.0 10
Christian Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano) 106,509 6.8 6
Democratic Change (Cambio Democrático) 48,661 3.1 2
Total (turnout 41.4 %) 1,573,779 100.0 84
Source: Adam Carr

March 19: Belarus

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e • d Summary of the 19 March 2006 Belarusian presidential election results
Candidates - Parties Votes %
Alexander Lukashenko   82.6
Alexander Milinkievič - United Democratic Forces of Belarus   6.0
Sergei Gaidukevich - Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus   3.5
Alaksandar Kazulin: Belarusian Social Democratic Party   2.3
Total (turnout 92.6 %)    
Source: "Landslide win for Belarus leader". BBC News. 2006-03-20. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4823800.stm. 

March 26: São Tomé and Príncipe

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e • d Summary of the 26 March 2006 National Assembly of São Tomé and Príncipe election results
Parties Votes % Seats
MDFM-PCD coalition   36.79 23
Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe-Social Democratic Party (Movimento de Libertação de São Tomé e Príncipe)   29.47 20
Independent Democratic Action (Acção Democrática Independente)   20.00 11
New Way Movement (Movimento Novo Rumo)   4.71 1
Uê Kédadji Coalition   -
São Toméan Workers Party (Partido Trabalhista Santomense)   -
Christian Democratic Front (Frente Democrática Cristã)   -
Social Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Social)   -
Generation Hope (Geração Esperança)   -
Union of Democrats for Citizenship and Development (União dos Democratas para Cidadania e Desenvolvimento)   -
Total (turnout 66.9%)   55
Source: African Elections Database and Adam Carr

March 26: Ukraine

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e • d Summary of the 26 March 2006 Supreme Council of Ukraine final election results
Parties and blocs
(parties and blocs with at least 0.3% of the votes nationwide)		 Votes % Seats
Party of Regions (Партія регіонів) 8,148,745 32.14 186
Bloc Yuliya Tymoshenko (Блок Юлії Тимошенко) 5,652,876 22.29 129
Bloc Our Ukraine (Блок Наша Україна) 3,539,140 13.95 81
Socialist Party of Ukraine (Соціалістична партія України) 1,444,224 5.69 33
Communist Party of Ukraine (Комуністична партія України) 929,591 3.66 21
People's Opposition Bloc of Natalia Vitrenko (Блок Наталії Вітренко Народна Опозиція) 743,704 2.93 0
Lytvyn's People's Bloc (Народний блок Литвина ) 619,905 2.44 0
Ukrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and Plyushch (Український Народний Блок Костенка і Плюща) 476,155 1.87 0
Viche (Віче) 441,912 1.74 0
"Civil Political Bloc Pora-Reforms and Order Party" (Блок Пора-Партія Реформи і Порядок) 373,478 1.47 0
Opposition Bloc "Ne Tak" (Опозиційний Блок "Не Так") 257,106 1.01 0
Party "Renaissance" (Партія "Відродження") 245,188 0.96 0
Bloc of Yuriy Karamazin (Блок ЮРІЯ КАРМАЗІНА) 165,881 0.65 0
Party of Greens of Ukraine (Партія Зелених України) 137,858 0.54 0
Block of People's Democratic Parties (Блок НДП) 126,586 0.49 0
Party of Environmental Protection "EKO+25%" (Політична партія "Партія екологічного порятунку "ЕКО+25%") 120,238 0.47 0
Ukrainian party "Green Planet" (Українська партія "Зелена планета") 96,734 0.38 0
All-Ukrainian Union "Freedom" (Всеукраїнське об’єднання "Свобода") 91,321 0.36 0
Peasant Party of Ukraine (Селянська партія України) 79,160 0.31 0
Lazarenko Bloc ("Блок Лазаренкo") 76,950 0.30 0
Others remaining (below 0.30%) 645,383 2.58 0
Against all 449,650 1.77 -
Invalid ballot papers 490,595 1.93 -
Total 25,352,380 100 450
Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine (English)

March 28: Israel

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e • d  Summary of the 28 March 2006 Knesset of Israel election results
Parties Votes % Seats +/-
Kadima 1 690,901 22.02% 29 new
Labour-Meimad 2 472,366 15.06% 19 -2
Shas 299,054 9.53% 12 +2
Likud 3 281,996 8.989% 12 -15
Yisrael Beiteinu 4 281,880 8.985% 11 +8
National Union - National Religious Party 5 224,083 7.14% 9 -1
Gil 185,759 5.92% 7 new
United Torah Judaism 147,091 4.69% 6 +1
Meretz-Yachad 118,302 3.77% 5 -1
United Arab List-Ta'al 94,786 3.02% 4 +2
Hadash 86,092 2.74% 3 0
Balad 72,066 2.30% 3 0
Green Party 47,595 1.52% 0 0
Ale Yarok 40,353 1.29% 0 0
Jewish National Front 24,824 0.79% 0 0
Tafnit 18,753 0.60% 0 0
Hetz 6 10,113 0.33% 0 new
Shinui 7 4,675 0.16% 0 -15
Other parties 36,375 1.16% 0 0
Total 3,137,064 100% 120  

Eligible voters: 5,014,622
Total votes cast: 3,186,739 (Turnout 63.6%)
Spoiled ballots: 49,675 (1.56% of votes cast)
Valid ballots: 3,137,064
Threshold (2%): 62,741
Votes per seat: 24,620

1 14 Knesset members joined Kadima in November 2005, 13 of them from Likud.
2 One Nation (3 Knesset members) merged with Labour (19 Knesset members) in 2004.
3 Israel Ba-Aliya (2 Knesset members) merged with Likud (38 Knesset members) in 2003, 13 MKs split and joined Kadima in 2005.
4 Israel Beytenu (3 Knesset members) split from the National Union (7 Knesset members) in 2003.
5 National Religious Party (6 Knesset members) joined the National Union (4 Knesset members after the split 4) prior to the election.
6 9 Knesset members split from Shinui and joined Hetz prior to the elections.
7 Only 2 Knesset members were left from the original faction after the split6 prior to the elections.

March 31: Samoa

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e • d Summary of the 31 March 2006 Samoa Fono election results
Parties Seats
Human Rights Protection Party 35
Samoan Democratic United Party 10
Independents 4
Samoa Party 0
Samoa Progressive Political Party 0
The Christian Party 0
Total 49
Source: Fono web site. The numbers for HRPP include five independents who joined HRPP after the election. Adam Carr, Zee and Pacific Magazine give various different results. According to Adam Carr because in double-member seats voters cast two votes, it is not possible to give national aggregate votes by party.

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April 2: Thailand

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e • d Summary of the 2 April 2006 House of Representatives of Thailand election results
These results were invalidated by the Supreme Court
Parties Votes % Seats
Thais Love Thais Party (Phak Thai Rak Thai) 15,866,031 61.1 460
Others 267,196 1.1 -
No Vote 9,842,197 37.9 -
Vacant 40
Democrat Party (Phak Prachatipat) boycott
Thai Nation Party (Phak Chart Thai) boycott
Great People's Party (Phak Mahachon) boycott
Total valid votes (87.2 % of votes cast) 25,975,424 100.0 500
Invalid votes 3,815,870  
Votes cast (turnout 65.2 %) 29,791,294  
Registered voters 45,663,089  
Source : Adam Carr using MCOT website and other media websites. The TRT won 34.7 % of the registered voters.

April 5: Solomon Islands

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e • d Summary of the 5 April 2006 National Parliament of the Solomon Islands election results
Parties and alliances Votes % Seats
National Party 13,105 6.9 4
Rural Advancement Party 12,030 6.3 4
People's Alliance Party 11,935 6.3 3
Solomon Islands Liberal Party 9,507 5.0 2
Democratic Party 9,338 4.9 3
Solomon Islands Social Credit Party 8,214 4.3 2
Lafari Party 5,384 2.8 2
Christian Alliance Party 3,613 1.9 -
Solomon Islands Labour Party 1,733 0.9 -
Independents 114,977 60.3 30
Total 190,786   50
Source: Adam Carr

April 9: Peru

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e • d Summary of the 9 April and 4 June 2006 Peruvian presidential election results
Candidates - Parties Votes 1st round % (Valid Votes) Votes 2nd round % (Valid Votes)
Ollanta Humala Tasso - Union for Peru (Unión por el Perú) 3,758,258 30.616 6,270,080 47.375
Alan García Pérez - Peruvian Aprista Party (Partido Aprista Peruano) 2,985,858 24.324 6,965,017 52.625
Lourdes Flores Nano - National Unity (Unidad Nacional) 2,923,280 23.814 - -
Martha Chávez Cossio - Alliance for the Future (Alianza por el Futuro) 912,420 7.433 - -
Valentín Paniagua Corazao - Center Front (Frente de Centro) 706,156 5.753 - -
Humberto Lay Sun - National Restoration (Restauración Nacional) 537,564 4.379 - -
Susana Villarán - Decentralization Coalition (Concertación Descentralista) 76,105 0.620 - -
Jaime Salinas - National Justice (Justicia Nacional) 65,636 0.535 - -
Javier Diez Canseco - Socialist Party (Partido Socialista) 60,955 0.497 - -
Natale Amprimo - Alliance for Progress (Alianza Para el Progreso) 49,332 0.402 - -
Pedro Koechlin Von Stein - With Force Peru (Con Fuerza Perú) 38,212 0.311 - -
Alberto Moreno - New Left Movement (Movimiento Nueva Izquierda) 33,918 0.276 - -
Alberto Borea - Democratic Force (Fuerza Democrática) 24,584 0.200 - -
Ulises Humala - Go On Country (Avanza País) 24,518 0.200 - -
Ciro Gálvez - Andean Renaissance (Renacimiento Andino) 22,892 0.186 - -
Javier Espinoza - Let's Make Progress Peru (Progresemos Perú) 13,965 0.114 - -
José Cardó Guarderas - Democratic Reconstruction (Reconstrucción Democrática) 11,925 0.097 - -
Ántero Asto - Peruvian Resurgence (Resurgimiento Peruano) 10,857 0.088 - -
Ricardo Wong - And It's Called Peru (Y se llama Perú) 10,539 0.086 - -
Luis Guerrero - Peru Now (Perú Ahora) 8,410 0.069 - -
Total valid (Turnout: 1st Round 88.706 %, 2nd Round 87.712 %) 12,275,384 100 13,235,097 100
Blank 1,737,045 11.872 157,863 1.091
Invalid 619,574 4.234 1,075,089 7.431
Source: National Office of Electoral Processes.
e • d Summary of the 9 April 2006 election results for members of the Congress of the Republic of Peru and Peruvian members of the Andean Parliament
Parties Congress Andean Parliament
Votes % (Valid) Seats Votes % (Valid) Seats Substitutes
Union for Peru (Unión por el Perú)
includes Peruvian Nationalist Party (Partido Nacionalista Peruano)
 2,274,739 21.154 45 2,044,862 23.969 2 4
Peruvian Aprista Party (Partido Aprista Peruano) 2,213,562 20.586 36 1,927,834 22.597 2 4
National Unity (Unidad Nacional)
1,648,577 15.331 17 1,812,384 21.244 1 2
Alliance for the Future (Alianza por el Futuro)
1,408,055 13.095 13 793,443 9.300 0 0
Center Front (Frente del Centro)
760,245 7.070 5 479,367 5.619 0 0
Possible Peru (Perú Posible) 441,441 4.105 2 193,685 2.270 0 0
National Restoration (Restauración Nacional) 432,191 4.019 2 435,845 5.109 0 0
Alliance for Progress (Alianza Para el Progreso) 248,437 2.310 0 140,506 1.647 0 0
Independent Moralizing Front (Frente Independiente Moralizador) 156,418 1.455 0 77,514 0.909 0 0
Democratic Force (Fuerza Democrática) 153,435 1.427 0 - - - -
National Justice (Justicia Nacional) 151,163 1.406 0 96,982 1.137 0 0
Socialist Party (Partido Socialista) 134,164 1.248 0 140,092 1.642 0 0
New Left Movement (Movimiento Nueva Izquierda)
member of Broad Left Front (Frente Amplio de Izquierda) coalition
 133,102 1.238 0 81,699 0.958 0 0
Go on Country (Avanza País) 122,653 1.141 0 64,220 0.753 0 0
Decentralization Coalition (Concertación Descentralista)
91,783 0.854 0 - - - -
Agricultural People's Front of Peru
(Frente Popular Agrícola FIA del Perú - FREPAP)		 85,019 0.791 0 - - - -
Andean Renaissance (Renacimiento Andino) 75,444 0.702 0 53,071 0.622 0 0
With Force Peru (Con Fuerza Perú) 71,383 0.664 0 95,598 1.121 0 0
Peru Now (Perú Ahora) 46,439 0.432 0 24,571 0.288 0 0
Democratic Reconstruction (Reconstrucción Democrática) 28,775 0.268 0 27,397 0.321 0 0
Project Country (Proyecto País) 21,539 0.200 0 20,312 0.238 0 0
Peruvian Resurgence (Resurgimiento Peruano) 20,579 0.191 0 22,055 0.259 0 0
And It's Called Peru (Y se llama Perú) 19,859 0.185 0 - - - -
Let's Make Progress Peru (Progresemos Perú) 13,998 0.130 0 - - - -
Total valid 10,753,000 100 120 8,531,437 100 5 10
Blank 1,682,753 11.543 4,133,224 28.261
Invalid 2,117,929 14.792 1,960,563 13.405
Source: National Office of Electoral Processes

April 9 and April 10: Italy

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e • d Breakdown of the 9–10 April 2006 Italian Senate election results (percentages and votes exclude overseas ballots)
Coalitions Votes % Seats Parties inside coalitions Votes % Seats
The Union
(L'Unione)		 17,118,364 49.18 158 Democrats of the Left (Democratici di Sinistra) 5,977,313 17.17 62
Democracy is Freedom – Daisy (Democrazia è Libertà – La Margherita) 3,664,622 10.53 39
Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista) 2,518,624 7.24 27
Together with the Union (Insieme con L'Unione) 1,423,226 4.09 11
Italy of Values (Italia dei Valori) 986,046 2.83 4
Rose in the Fist (Rosa nel Pugno) 851,875 2.45 0
UDEUR Populars (Popolari-UDEUR) 476,938 1.37 3
Pensioners' Party (Partito dei Pensionati) 357,731 1.03 0
The Union-South Tyrolese People's Party [1] 198,153 0.57 3
The Italian Socialists (I Socialisti Italiani) 126,625 0.36 0
Lombard Alliance League (Lega Alleanza Lombarda) [2] 90,943 0.26 0
South Tyrolean People's Party (Südtiroler Volkspartei) [1] 117,500 0.34 2
Consumers' List (Lista Consumatori) 72,139 0.21 1
The Olive Tree (L'Ulivo) [3] 59,499 0.17 1
Italian Democratic Socialist Party (Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano) 57,339 0.16 0
European Republicans Movement (Movimento Repubblicani Europei) 51,001 0.15 0
Autonomy Liberty Democracy (Autonomie Liberté Démocratie) [4] 32,553 0.09 1
The Union (L'Unione) [5] 27,629 0.07 0
abroad: 4
Veneto Front League (Łiga Fronte Vèneto) [6] 23,209 0.07 0
United Democratic Christians (Democratici Cristiani Uniti) 5,399 0.02 0
House of Freedoms
(Casa delle Libertà)		 17,359,754 49.87 156 Forza Italia 8,201,688 23.56 78
abroad: 1
National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale) 4,234,693 12.17 41
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e dei Democratici di Centro) 2,311,448 6.64 21
Northern League-Movement for Autonomy 1,531,939 4.40 13
Social Alternative (Alternativa Sociale) 215,668 0.62 0
Tricolour Flame (Fiamma Tricolore) 219,707 0.63 0
Christian Democracy-New Italian Socialist Party (DC-Nuovo PSI) 190,724 0.55 0
House of Freedoms (Casa delle Libertà) [1] 175,137 0.50 2
United Pensioners (Pensionati Uniti) 61,824 0.18 0
Italian Republican Party (Partito Repubblicano Italiano) 45,133 0.13 0
Environmental List-Ecological Democrats (Ambienta-Lista - Ecologisti Democratici) 37,656 0.11 0
New Sicily (Nuova Sicilia) [7] 33,437 0.10 0
No Euro Movement (No Euro) 30,515 0.09 0
Pact for Sicily (Patto per la Sicilia) [7] 20,833 0.06 0
Italian Liberal Party (Partito Liberale Italiano) 15,762 0.05 0
Forza Italia-National Alliance (Forza Italia-Alleanza Nazionale) [4] 11,505 0.03 0
Christian Extended Pact (Patto Cristiano Esteso) 9,730 0.03 0
Liberal Reformers (Riformatori Liberali) 7,668 0.02 0
S.O.S. Italy (S.O.S. Italia) 4,963 0.01 0
Other parties 1 Italian Association in South America (Associazioni Italiane in Sud America) [8] abroad: 1
North-East Project (Progetto Nordest) [6] 93,159 0.27 0
Sicilian Alliance (Alleanza Siciliana) [7] 36,160 0.10 0
Marxist-Leninist Italian Communist Party (Partito Comunista Italiano Marxista-Leninista) [9] 26,029 0.08 0
Aosta Valley (Vallèe d'Aoste) [4] 23,573 0.07 0
Pensions and Labour (Pensioni e Lavoro)[2] 19,765 0.06 0
All other parties 132,231 0.38 0
Total     315     315

Source: Interior Ministry of Italy, Votes, Seats

  1. ^ a b c Present only in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
  2. ^ a b Present only in Lombardy
  3. ^ Present only in Molise
  4. ^ a b c Present only in Aosta Valley
  5. ^ Present only abroad and in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
  6. ^ a b Present only in Veneto
  7. ^ a b c Present only in Sicily
  8. ^ Present only abroad
  9. ^ Present only in Campania
e • d Summary of the 9–10 April 2006 Chamber of Deputies of Italy election results (percentages and votes exclude overseas ballots.)
Coalitions Votes % Seats Parties inside coalitions Votes % Seats
The Union
(L'Unione)		 19,036,986 49.80 348 Olive Tree (L'Ulivo) 11,928,362 31.20 220
Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista) 2,229,604 5.83 41
Rose in the Fist (Rosa nel Pugno) 991,049 2.59 18
Party of Italian Communists (Partito dei Comunisti Italiani) 884,912 2.31 16
Italy of Values (Italia dei Valori) 877,159 2.29 16
abroad: 1
Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi) 783,944 2.05 15
Popular-UDEUR (Popolari-UDEUR) 534,553 1.40 10
Pensioners' Party (Partito dei Pensionati) 335,118 0.88 0
South Tyrolean People's Party (Südtiroler Volkspartei) 182,703 0.48 4
The Socialists (I Socialisti) 115,105 0.30 0
Consumers' List (Lista Consumatori) 73,720 0.19 0
League for Autonomy-Lombard Alliance (Lega Alleanza Lombarda) 44,580 0.12 0
Autonomy Liberty Democracy (Autonomie Liberté Démocratie) 34,167 0.09 1
Veneto Front League (Liga Fronte Veneto) 22,010 0.06 0
The Union (L'Unione) abroad: 6
House of Freedoms
(Casa delle Libertà)		 18,995,697 49.69 281 Forza Italia 9,045,384 23.66 137
abroad: 3
National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale) 4,706,654 12.31 71
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e dei Democratici di Centro) 2,582,233 6.75 39
Lega Nord-Movement for Autonomy 1,749,632 4.58 26
Christian Democracy-New PSI (DC-Nuovo PSI) 285,744 0.75 4
Social Alternative (Alternativa Sociale) 256,997 0.67 0
Tricolour Flame (Fiamma Tricolore) 231,743 0.61 0
No Euro Movement (No Euro) 58,757 0.15 0
United Pensioners (Pensionati Uniti) 28,317 0.07 0
Environmental List-Ecological Democrats (Ambienta-Lista-Ecologisti Democratici) 17,574 0.05 0
Forza Italia-National Alliance (Forza Italia-Alleanza Nazionale) 13,372 0.03 0
Italian Liberal Party (Partito Liberale Italiano) 12,334 0.03 0
S.O.S. Italy (S.O.S. Italia) 6,956 0.02 0
For Italy in the World with Tremaglia (Partito per Italia nel mondo con Tremaglia) abroad: 1
Other Parties 1 Italian Association in South America (Associazioni Italiane in Sud America) abroad: 1
North-East Project (Progetto Nordest) 92,079 0.24 0
All other parties 105,302 0.28 0
Total     630     630

Source: Interior Ministry of Italy, Votes, Seats

April 19: Thailand

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e • d Summary of the 19 April 2006 Senate of Thailand election results
Members Seats
Non-partisans 200
Total 200

April 21: Haiti

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e • d Summary of the 7 February and 21 April 2006 Haiti Chamber of Deputies election results
Parties Votes % Seats
Front for Hope (Fwon Lespwa/Front de l'Espoir) 23
Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats (Fusion des Sociaux-Démocrates Haitienne) 17
Christian National Union for the Reconstruction of Haiti (Union Nationale Chrétienne pour la Reconstruction d’Haiti) 12
Struggling People's Organization (Oganizasyon Pèp Kap Lité) 10
Democratic Alliance Party (Alyans/Alliance Démocratique) 10
L'Artibonite in Action (Latibonit an Aksyon / L’Artibonite en Action) 5
Mobilization for Haitian Progress (Mobilisation pour le Progrès Haïtien) 3
Christian Movement for a New Haiti (Mouvement Chrétien pour une Nouvelle Haïti) 3
Rally of Progressive National Democrats (Rassemblement des Démocrats Nationaux Progressistes) 1
Fanmi Lavalas 1
National Reconstruction Front (Front pour la Reconstruction Nationale) 1
National Reconstruction Movement (Mouvman pou Rekonstriksyon Nasyonal / Mouvement pour la Reconstruction Nationale) 1
Independent Movement for National Reconciliation (Mouvement Indépendant pour la Réconcilation Nationale) 1
Cooperative Action to Build Haiti (Konbit pou Rebati Ayiti / Coumbite pour Reconstruire Haïti) 1
Justice for Peace and Development (Justice pour la Paix et le Développement) -
Tèt Ansanm -
Broad Centre Right Front (Grand Front Centre Droit) -
Bridge (Pont) -
other parties -
Total   99
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April 9 and April 23: Hungary

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e • d Summary of the 11 April and 25 April 2010 National Assembly (Országgyűlés) elections
Parties List Votes % Constituencies
1st round		 % Constituencies
2nd round		 % Seats
Hungarian Socialist Party (Magyar Szocialista Párt, MSZP) 990.428 19.3 1.088.374 21.3 326.361 28.3 59
Jobbik - The Movement for a Better Hungary (Jobbik Magyarországért mozgalom) 855.436 16.7 836.774 16.3 141.415 12.3 47
Fidesz-KDNP 2.706.292 52.7 2.743.626 53.6 629.028 54.6 263
Politics Can Be Different (Lehet Más A Politika,LMP) 383.876 7.5 259.220 5.06 43.437 3.7 16
Independent (Független) 0 0 33.702 0.06 12.452 0.1 1
Total 5,408,050 100.0 5,403,691 100.0 3,239,752 100.0 386
Source: Valasztas.hu

April 30: Laos

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e • d Summary of 30 April 2006 National Assembly of Laos election results
Seats
Lao People's Revolutionary Party (Phak Paxaxôn Pativat Lao) 113
Non-partisans 2
Total 115

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May 3: Chad

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e • d Summary of the 3 May 2006 Chadian presidential election results
Candidates Nominating parties Votes %
Idriss Déby Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS) 1,863,042 64.67
Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye National Rally for Development and Progress (Viva-RNDP) 435,997 15.13
Albert Pahimi Padacké National Rally for Democracy in Chad (RNDT-Le Réveil) 225,368 7.82
Mahamat Abdoulaye People's Movement for Democracy in Chad (MPDT) 203,637 7.07
Brahim Koulamallah Renewed African Socialist Movement (MSA/R) 152,940 5.31
Total (turnout 53.08%; boycotted by major opposition parties) 100.00
Source: Constitutional Council of Chad.

May 6: Singapore

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e • d Summary of the 6 May 2006 Parliament of Singapore election results
Parties and alliances Leader Contested
seats		 Seats won Popular vote % +/-
People's Action Party Lee Hsien Loong 84 82† 748,130 66.60
-8.69
Workers' Party Low Thia Khiang 20 1 183,578 16.34
+13.30
Singapore Democratic Alliance Chiam See Tong 20 1 145,628 12.96
+0.96
Singapore Democratic Party Chee Soon Juan 7 0 45,937 4.09
-4.04
Total 84 1,123,273 91.85
Spoilt votes 26,727 2.19
Did not vote 72,884 5.96
Total voting electorate 1,222,884 100.00
†includes uncontested victories

May 6-May 13: Fiji

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e • d Summary of the 6-13 May 2006 Fiji House of Representatives election results
Parties Votes  % Seats +/-
Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) 342,352 44.59 36 +2
Fiji Labour Party (FLP) 300,797 39.18 31 +4
National Federation Party (NFP) 47,615 6.20 0 -1
National Alliance Party of Fiji (NAPF) 22,504 2.93 0
United Peoples Party (UPP) 6,474 0.84 2 +1
Party of National Unity (PANU) 6,226 0.81 0
Nationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party (NVTLP) 3,657 0.48 0
Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT) 238 0.03 0
National Democratic Party (NDP) 123 0.02 0
Party of Truth (POTT) 51 0.01 0
Social Liberal Multicultural Party (SLM) 49 0.01 0
Coalition of Independent Nationals (COIN) 20 0.00 0
Justice and Freedom Party (JFP) 18 0.00 0
Independents 37,571 4.89 2
New Labour Unity Party Didn't contest 0 -2
Total 767,695 71 71
Source: Elections Office of Fiji. The former Conservative Alliance, with six seats merged into the SDL. SDL got two seats less than SDL and CA together.

April 16-May 14: Comoros

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e • d Summary of the 16 April and 14 May 2006 Comoros presidential election results
Candidates - Parties Votes in the
Anjouan Primary		 % Votes in the Union %
Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi 14,568 23.70 99,112 58.02
Ibrahim Halidi - Movement for the Comoros (Mouvement pour les Comores)* 6,376 10.37 48,378 28.32
Mohamed Djaanfari 8,052 13.10 23,322 13.65
Caabi El-Yachroutu Mohamed 5,877 9.56 - -
Nourdine Midiladji 5,221 8.49 - -
Nassuf Ahmed Abdallah 3,276 5.33 - -
Seven others 18,097 29.44 - -
Total (Turnout 54.9% / 57.3%) 61,467 170,812
Source: African Elections Database
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May 16: Dominican Republic

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e • d Summary of the 16 May 2006 Congress of the Dominican Republic election results
Parties Votes % Deputies Senators
Progressive Bloc
(Bloque Progresista)		 Dominican Liberation Party (Partido de la Liberación Dominicana) 1,387,878 46.4 96 22
Institutional Social Democratic Bloc (Bloque Institucional Socialdemócrata) 75,872 2.54
Alliance for Democracy (Alianza por la Democracia) 46,573 1.56
Christian Democratic Union (Unión Demócrata Cristiana) 24,868 0.83
Dominican Workers' Party (Partido de los Trabajadores Dominicanos) 16,684 0.56
Liberal Party of the Dominican Republic (Partido Liberal de República Dominicana) 14,456 0.48
Grand National Alliance
(Gran Alianza Nacional)		 Dominican Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Dominicana) 931,151 31.13 60 7
Social Christian Reformist Party (Partido Reformista Social Cristiano) 326,893 10.93 22 3
National Unity Party (Partido de Unidad Nacional) 34,755 1.16
Quisqueyano Christian Democratic Party (Partido Quisqueyano Demócrata Cristiano) 23,929 0.80
Green Party of Democratic Unity (Partido Verde de la Unidad Democrática) 14,623 0.49
National Civic Veterans Party (Partido Nacional de Veteranos y Civiles) 11,984 0.40
Dominican Social Alliance (Alianza Social Dominicana) 6,033 0.20
Popular Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Popular ) 5,400 0.18
Christian People's Party (Partido Popular Cristiano) 4,793 0.16
Others Revolutionary Social Democratic Party (Partido Revolucionario Social Demócrata) 45,744 1.53 - -
Movement for Independence, Unity and Change (Movimiento Independencia, Unidad y Cambio) 8,538 0.29 - -
Independent Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Independiente) 5,458 0.19 - -
National Renaissance Party (Partido Renacentista Nacional ) 2,914 0.10 - -
Dominican Humanist Party (Partido Humanista Dominica) 2,485 0.08 - -
Total (turnout 56.5 %) 2,991,031   178 32
Source: Junta Central Electoral and E-Polityka.pl

May 21: Cyprus

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e • d Summary of the 21 May 2006 House of Representatives of Cyprus election results
Parties Votes % +/– Seats +/–
Progressive Party of Working People (Anorthotikon Komma Ergazomenou Laou) 131,066 31.1 –3.6 18 –2
Democratic Rally (Dimokratikos Sinagermos) 127,776 30.3 –2.7 18 –1
Democratic Party (Dimokratikon Komma) 75,458 17.9 +3.1 11 +2
Movement for Social Democracy-EDEK (Kinima Sosialdimokraton Eniaia Dimokratiki Enosi Kentrou) 37,533 8.9 +2.4 5 +1
European Party (Evropaiko Komma)a 24,196 5.8 +2.8 3 +2
Ecological and Environmental Movement (Kinima Oikologon Perivallontiston) 8,193 2.0 ±0.0 1 ±0
United Democrats (Enomeni Dimokrates) 6,567 1.6 –1.0 0 –1
Other parties 10,298 2.4 +0.4 0 –1
Total 421,087 100.0 56
Source: http://www.vouleftikes2006.gov.cy/index.aspx?ci=en-GB
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May 28: Colombia

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e • d Summary of the 28 May 2006 Colombian presidential election results
Parties - Candidates Votes %
Álvaro Uribe Vélez - Colombia First (Primero Colombia) 7,363,421 62.35
Carlos Gaviria Díaz - Alternative Democratic Pole (Polo Democrático Alternativo) 2,609,412 22.04
Horacio Serpa Uribe - Colombian Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Colombiano) 1,401,173 11.84
Antanas Mockus Sivickas - Indigenous Social Alliance Movement (Movimiento Alianza Social Indígena) 146,540 1.24
Enrique Parejo González - National Democratic Reconstruction (Reconstrucción Democrática Nacional) 44,610 0.38
Álvaro Leyva Durán - National Movement for Reconciliation (Movimiento Nacional de Reconciliación) 22,039 0.19
Carlos Arturo Rincón Barreto - Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement (Movimiento Politico Comunal y Comunidad Colombiano) 20,477 0.17
Total votes for candidates 11,607,672 98.05
Blank votes 230,749 1.95
Total valid votes 11,838,421 100.00
Null votes 136,326
Unmarked ballots 84,041
Total votes cast (turnout 45.1%) 12,058,788
Registered voters 26,731,700
Source: Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil.

May 31: Montserrat

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e • d Summary of the 31 May 2006 Legislative Council of Montserrat election results
Parties Votes % Seats
Movement for Change and Prosperity 36.1 4
New People's Liberation Party 29.4 3
Montserrat Democratic Party 24.4 1
Independents 10.1 1
Total (turnout: %) 100.0 9

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June 2 and 3 June:Czech Republic

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e • d Summary of the 2-3 June, 2006 Czech Chamber of Deputies election results
Parties and coalitions Ideology Votes % Seats Change
Civic Democratic Party Liberal conservatism 1,892,475 35.38 81 +23
Czech Social Democratic Party Social democracy 1,728,827 32.32 74 +4
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia Communism 685,328 12.81 26 -15
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party Christian democracy 386,706 7.23 13 -9
Green Party Green liberalism 336,487 6.29 6 +6
SNK European Democrats Liberal conservatism 111,724 2.09 0 –
Others 207,429 3.88 0 -91
Total (turnout 64.47%) 5,348,976 100.00 200 –
1 Due to the Freedom Union–Democratic Union losing its nine seats.
Source: Czech Statistical Office

June 4: San Marino

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e • d Summary of the 4 June 2006 Grand and General Council of Sammarinese election results
Parties Votes % Seats
Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party (Partito Democratico Cristiano Sammarinese) 7,257 32.92% 21
Party of Socialists and Democrats (Partito dei Socialisti e dei Democratici) 7,017 31.83% 20
Popular Alliance (Alleanza Popolare) 2,657 12.05% 7
United Left (Sinistra Unita) 1,911 8.67% 5
New Socialist Party (Nuovo Partito Socialista) 1,194 5.42% 3
We Sammarinese (Noi Sammarinesi) 558 2.53% 1
Sammarinese People (Popolari Sammarinesi) 535 2.43% 1
Sammarinese National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale Sammarinese) 512 2.32% 1
Sammarinese for Freedom (Sammarinesi per la Libertà) 405 1.84% 1
Total valid votes (turnout: 71.8%) 22,046 60
Invalid/Blank votes 769
Total votes cast 22,815
Registered voters 31,759
Sources: Parties and Elections in Europe; Elezioni2006

June 16: Slovakia

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e • d Summary of the 17 June 2006 Slovakia National Council election results
Parties Votes % Seats ±
Direction – Social Democracy 671,185 29.14 50 +25
Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party 422,815 18.35 31 +3
Slovak National Party 270,230 11.73 20 +20
Party of the Hungarian Coalition 269,111 11.68 20 ±0
People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia 202,540 8.79 15 –21
Christian Democratic Movement 191,443 8.31 14 –1
Communist Party of Slovakia 89,418 3.88 — –11
Free Forum 79,963 3.47 — N/A
Alliance of the New Citizen 32,775 1.42 — –15
Movement for Democracy 14,728 0.63 — ±0
Hope 14,595 0.63 — N/A
Others 44,336 1.93 — ±0
Total (Turnout 54.67 %) 2,303,139   150 —

June 29: Kuwait

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e • d Summary of the 2009 National Assembly of Kuwait election results
Seats
Independents (mostly pro-government) 23
Islamists (Sunni) 13
National Action Bloc (liberals) 6
Islamists (Shia) 5
Popular Bloc 3
Total (turnout 80 %) 50
Source: Kuwait Politics Database

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July 2: Mexico

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e • d Summary of the 2 July 2006 Mexican presidential election results
Candidates Party Votes %
Felipe Calderón National Action Party 15,000,284 35.89%
Andrés Manuel López Obrador Coalition for the Good of All (PRD, PT, CV) 14,756,350 35.31%
Roberto Madrazo Alliance for Mexico (PRI, PVEM) 9,301,441 22.26%
Patricia Mercado Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party 1,128,850 2.70%
Roberto Campa Cifrián New Alliance 401,804 0.96%
Write in 297,989 0.71%
Blank/Invalid 904,604 2.16%
Total 41,791,322 100.0%
Source: Instituto Federal Electoral [2]
e • d Summary of the 2 July 2006 Mexican Chamber of Deputies election results
Parties and/or coalitions Votes % FPP PR Total seats
National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional) 13,845,121 33.41 137 69 206
Coalition for the Good of All
(Coalición por el Bien de Todos)		 Party of the Democratic Revolution (Partido de la Revolución Democrática) 12,013,364 28.99 91 36 127
Convergence (Convergencia) 5 12 17
Labour Party (Partido del Trabajo) 2 10 12
No party 0 1 1
Alliance for Mexico
(Alianza por México)		 Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional) 11,676,585 28.18 65 41 106
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (Partido Verde Ecologista de México) 0 17 17
New Alliance Party (Partido Nueva Alianza) 1,883,476 4.55 0 9 9
Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party (Partido Alternativa Socialdemócrata y Campesina) 850,989 2.05 0 4 4
Total 41,435,934 100.00 300 200 500
Source: Chamber of Deputies
e • d Summary of the 2 July 2006 Mexican Senate election results
Parties and/or coalitions Votes % FPP FM PR Total seats
National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional) 14,035,503 33.63 32 9 11 52
Coalition for the Good of All
(Coalición por el Bien de Todos)		 Party of the Democratic Revolution (Partido de la Revolución Democrática) 12,397,008 29.70 22 4 5 31
Labour Party (Partido del Trabajo) 0 0 3 3
Convergence (Convergencia) 0 0 2 2
Alliance for Mexico
(Alianza por México)		 Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional) 11,681,395 27.99 10 19 6 35
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (Partido Verde Ecologista de México) 0 0 4 4
New Alliance Party (Partido Nuevo Alianza) 1,688,198 4.04 0 0 1 1
Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party {Partido Alternativa Socialdemócrata y Campesina) 795,730 1.91 0 0 0 0
Total 41,739,188 100.00 64 32 32 128
Source: Senate

July 5: Republic of Macedonia

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e • d Summary of the 5 July 2006 Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia election results
Parties and coalitions Votes % (p.r.) Seats
Coalition: Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization–Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity
(Vnatrešno-Makedonska Revolucionerna Organizacija-Demokratska Partija za Makedonsko Nacionalno Edinstvo)		 304.585 32.51 38
Liberal Party of Macedonia (Liberalna Partija na Makedonija) 2
Socialist Party of Macedonia (Socijalisticka Partija na Makedonija) 3
Democratic Union (Demokratski sojuz) 1
Party for the Movement of Turks in Macedonia (Partija za Dviženje na Turcite vo Makedonija)
Union of Roma in Macedonia (Sojuz na Romite na Makedonija) 1
Party of Democratic Action of Macedonia (Stranka na Demokratska Akcija na Makedonija)
Party of Vlachs of Macedonia (Partija na Vlasite od Makedonija)
European Party of Macedonia (Evropska Partija na Makedonija)
Party of the Greens (Partija na Zelenite)
People's Movement of Macedonia (Narodno Dviženje na Makedonija)
Democratic Party of the Bosniaks (Bošnjačka Demokratska Partija)
Party of the Democratic Forces of Roma in Macedonia (Partija na Demokratskite Sili na Romite na Makedonija)
Party for Roma Integration (Partija za Integracija na Romite)
Together for Macedonia
(Za Makedonija zaedno)		 Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (Socijaldemokratski Sojuz na Makedonija) 218,463 23.31 23
Liberal Democratic Party (Liberalno-Demokratska Partija) 5
Democratic Party of Turks (Demokratska Partija na Turcite) 2
United Party of Romas in Macedonia (Obedinita Partija na Romite na Makedonija) 1
Democratic Party of Serbs (Demokratska Partija na Srbite) 1
Democratic Union of Vlachs (Demokratski Sojuz na Vlasite)
Workers-Peasant Party (Rabotnicka Zemjodelska Partija)
Socialist Christian Party of Macedonia (Socialisticka Hristijanska Partija na Makedonija)
Green Party of Macedonia (Zelena Partija na Makedonija)
Coalition: Democratic Union for Integration (Demokratska Unija za Integracija) 113,803 12.12 14
Party for Democratic Prosperity (Partia e prosperiteti demokratike/Partija za Demokratski Prosperitet) 3
Democratic League of Bosniaks (Demokratska Liga na Bošnjacite)
Democratic Party of Albanians (Partia Demokratike Shqiptare/Demokratska Partija na Albancite) 70.317 7.50 11
VMRO-People's Party (VMRO-Narodna Partija) 57,077 6.09 6
New Social Democratic Party (Nova Socijaldemokratska Partija) 56,624 6.04 7
Democratic Renewal of Macedonia (Demokraticka Obnova na Makedonija) 17,364 1.85 1
Party for Economic Renewal (Partija za ekonomska obnova) 12,718 1.36 0
Agricultural People's Party of Macedonia (Zemjodelska Narodna Partija na Makedonia) 12,628 1.35 0
Party for European Future (Partija za Evropska Idnina) 11,255 1.20 1
Democratic Alternative (Demokratska Alternativa) 11,067 1.18 0
Total (turnout 55.98 %) 933,438 100.0 120
Source: State election commission. Only parties and coalitions with more than 1 % of the vote are listed.

July 28–30: Seychelles

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e • d Summary of the 28–30 July 2006 Seychellois presidential election results
Candidates - Parties Votes %
James Michel - Seychelles People's Progressive Front 30,119 53.73
Wavel Ramkalawan - Seychelles National Party 25,626 45.71
Philippe Boullé 314 0.56
Total (turnout 88.7%) 56,059 100.00
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July 30: Democratic Republic of the Congo

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e • d Summary of the 30 July 2006 presidential election results
Candidate Party Votes %
Joseph Kabila Independent 7,590,485 44.81%
Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo Movement for the Liberation of Congo 3,392,592 20.03%
Antoine Gizenga Unified Lumumbist Party 2,211,280 13.06%
Nzanga Mobutu Union of Mobutist Democrats 808,397 4.77%
Oscar Kashala Union for Congo's Reconstruction 585,410 3.46%
Azarias Ruberwa Manywa Congolese Rally for Democracy 285,641 1.69%
Pierre Pay-Pay wa Syakasighe Federalist Christian Democracy-Convention of Federalists for Christian Democracy 267,749 1.58%
Vincent de Paul Lunda-Bululu Rally of Social and Federalist Forces 237,257 1.40%
Joseph Olenghankoy Mukundji New Forces for Union and Solidarity 102,186 0.60%
Pierre Anatole Matusila Malungenine Kongo Independent 99,408 0.59%
Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi Renewal Forces 96,503 0.57%
Bernard Emmanuel Kabatu Suila USL 86,143 0.51%
Eugène Diomi Ndongala Christian Democracy 85,897 0.51%
other candidates 2,319,547 6.42%
Total (turnout 70.54%) 17,931,238
Source: CEI-RDC
e • d Summary of the 30 July 2006 National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo election results
Parties Seats Votes
People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (Parti du Peuple pour la Reconstruction et le Démocratie) 111 22.2
Movement for the Liberation of Congo (Mouvement pour la Liberation du Congo) 64 12.8
Unified Lumumbist Party (Parti Lumumbiste Unifié) 34 6.8
Social Movement for Renewal (Mouvement Social pour le Renouveau) 27 5.4
Forces for Renewal (Forces du Renouveau) 26 5.2
Congolese Rally for Democracy (Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie) 15 3.0
Coalition of Congolese Democrats (Coalition des Démocrates Congolais) 10 2.0
Convention of Christian Democrats (Convention des Démocrates Chrétiens) 10 2.0
Union of Mobutuist Democrats (Union des Démocrates Mobutistes) 9 1.8
Camp of the Fatherland (Camp de la Patrie) 8 1.6
Federalist Christian Democracy-Convention of Federalists for Christian Democracy (Démocratie Chrétienne Fédéraliste–Convention des Fédéralistes pour la Démocratie Chrétiene) 8 1.6
Christian Democrat Party (Parti Démocrate Chrétien) 8 1.6
Union of Federalist Nationalists of Congo (Union des Nationalistes Fédéralistes du Congo) 7 1.4
Congolese Alliance of Christian Democrats (Alliance Congolaise des Démocrates Chrétiens) 4 0.8
Alliance of Congolese Democrats (Alliance des Démocrates Congolais) 4 0.8
United Congolese Convention (Convention des Congolais Unis) 4 0.8
Resistance Patriots Maï-Maï (Patriotes Résistants Maï-Maï) 4 0.8
Rally of Congolese Democrats and Nationalists (Rassemblement des Congolais Démocrates et Nationalistes) 4 0.8
Union of the People for Republic and Integral Development (Union du Peuple pour la République et le Développement Intégral) 4 0.8
Union of Builders of Kongo (Alliance des Bâtisseurs du Kongo) 3 0.6
Democratic Convention for Development (Convention Démocrate pour le Développement) 3 0.6
Convention for the Republic and Democracy (Convention pour la République et la Démocratie) 3 0.6
National Alliance Party for Unity (Parti de l’Alliance Nationale pour l’Unité) 3 0.6
Party of Nationalists for Integral Development (Parti des Nationalistes pour le Développement Intégral) 3 0.6
Union of Congolese Patriots (Union des patriotes congolais) 3 0.6
National Union of Federalist Democrats (Union Nationale des Démocrates Fédéralistes) 3 0.6
Alliance of Congolese Believing Nationalists (Alliance des Nationalistes Croyants Congolais) 2 0.4
Alliance for the Renewal of Congo (Alliance pour le Renouveau du Congo) 2 0.4
Renewing Forces for Union and Solidarity (Forces Novatrices pour l'Union et la Solidarité) 2 0.4
Movement for Democracy and Development (Mouvement pour la Démocratie et le Développement) 2 0.4
Congolese Party for Good Governance (Parti Congolais pour la Bonne Gouvernance) 2 0.4
People's Revolution Party (Parti de la Révolution du Peuple) 2 0.4
Democratic Social Christian Party (Parti Democrate Social Chretien) 2 0.4
Rally of Social and Federalist Forces (Rassemblement des Forces Sociales et Fédéralistes) 2 0.4
Electoral Platform Renaissance (Renaissance Plate-forme électorale) 2 0.4
Solidarity for National Development (Solidarité pour le Développement National ) 2 0.4
Union for the Republican Majority (Union pour la Majorité Républicaine ) 2 0.4
National Union of Christian Democrats (Union Nationale des Démocrates Chrétiens) 2 0.4
Action of the Rally for Reconstruction and Edification (Action de Rassemblement pour la Reconstruction et l'Edification Nationales ) 1 0.2
Alliance of Congolese Nationalists (Alliance des Nationalistes Congolais/Plate Forme ) 1 0.2
Conscience and People's Will (Conscience et Volonté du Peuple ) 1 0.2
Christian Convention for Democracy (Convention Chrétienne pour la Démocratie) 1 0.2
National Convention of Political Action (Convention Nationale d'Action Politique)) 1 0.2
National Convention for Republic and Progress (Convention Nationale pour la République et le Progrès 1 0.2
Christian Democracy {Démocratie Chrétienne) 1 0.2
Front of Congolese Democrats (Front des Démocrates Congolais) 1 0.2
Front for Social Integration (Front pour l'Intégration Sociale) 1 0.2
Social Front of Independent Republicans (Front Social des Indépendants Républicains) 1 0.2
Front of Social Democrats for Development (Front des Sociaux Démocrates pour le Développement) 1 0.2
Republican Generations (Générations Républicaines) 1 0.2
Action Movement for Ressurection of the Congo-Fraternity and Labour Party (Mouvement d'Action pour la Résurrection du Congo, Parti du Travail et de la Fraternité) 1 0.2
Self-Defence Movement for Integrity and Maintenance of Independent Authority (Mouvement d'Autodéfense pour l'Intégrité et le Maintien de l'Autorité Indépendante) 1 0.2
Congolese People's Movement for the Republic (Mouvement du Peuple Congolais pour la République) 1 0.2
Popular Movement of the Revolution (Mouvement Populaire de la Révolution) 1 0.2
Solidarity Movement for Democracy and Development (Mouvement Solidarité pour la Démocratie et le Développement) 1 0.2
Maï Maï Movement (Mouvement Maï-Maï) 1 0.2
Political Organisation of Kasavubists and Allies (Organisation Politique des Kasavubistes et Alliés) 1 0.2
Congolese Party for the People's Well-Being (Parti Congolais pour le Bien-être du Peuple) 1 0.2
National Unity Party (Parti de l'Unité Nationale) 1 0.2
National People's Party (Parti National du Peuple) 1 0.2
Rally of Christians for the Congo (Rassemblement des Chrétiens pour le Congo) 1 0.2
Rally of Congolese Ecologist-The Greens (Rassemblement des Écologistes Congolais, les verts) 1 0.2
Rally for Economic and Social Development (Rassemblement pour le Développement Économique et Social) 1 0.2
Congolese Union for Change (Union Congolaise pour le Changement) 1 0.2
Liberal Christian Democrats Union (Union des Libéraux Démocrates Chrétiens) 1 0.2
Union of Congolese Nationalist Patriots (Union des Patriotes Nationalistes Congolais) 1 0.2
Union for the Defence of the Republic (Union pour la Défense de la République) 1 0.2
Independents 63 12.6
Others 2 0.4
Total 500 100

July 30: São Tomé and Príncipe

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e • d Summary of the 30 July 2006 São Tomé and Príncipe presidential election results
Candidates, parties Votes %
Fradique de Menezes, Force for Change Democratic Movement-Liberal Party 34,859 60.6
Patrice Trovoada, Independent Democratic Action 22,339 38.8
Nilo Guimarães 342 0.6
Total (Turnout 64.9%) 57,540 100.0
Registered voters 91,119
Total votes cast 59,178
Invalid votes 1,638
Source: African Election Database.

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August 3: Tuvalu

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e • d Summary of the 3 August 2006 Parliament of Tuvalu election results
Members Seats
Non-partisans 15
Total 15
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August 28: Guyana

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e • d Summary of the 28 August 2006 National Assembly of Guyana election results
Alliances and Parties National Regional Σ +/–
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
People's Progressive Party–Civic 183,867 54.6 21 182,156 54.0 15 36 +2
People's National Congress–Reform 114,608 34.0 13 114,283 34.0 9 22 –6
Alliance for Change 28,366 8.4 4 27,397 8.1 1 5 +5
Guyana Action Party–Rise Organise and Rebuild Guyana 4,249 1.2 1 4,588 1.3 — 1 –2
The United Force 2,694 0.8 1 2,903 0.9 — 1 ±0
Justice for All Party 2,571 0.8 — 3,436 1.0 — 0 ±0
Others   495 0.1 0 0 ±0
Total (Turnout 68.82%) 336,375 100.0 40 335,258 100.0 25 65
Sources: Adam Carr's Election Archive, Inter-Parliamentary Union

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September 10: Montenegro

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e • d Summary of the 10 September 2006 Assembly of the Republic of Montenegro election results
List Votes  % Seats +/–
Main Albanian by-elect
Coalition for a European Montenegro – Milo Đukanović – DPS–SDP (Коалиција за европску Црну Гору – Мило Ђукановић – ДПС-СДП) 164,737 48.62 39 +2 +3
Serbian List – Andrija Mandić (Српска листа – Андрија Мандић) 49,730 14.68 12 — +6
SNP–NS–DSS Coalition: Socialist People's Party of Montenegro, People's Party and Democratic Serb Party (СНП–НС–ДСС – коалиција: Социјалистичка народна партија Црне Горе, Народна странка и Демократска српска странка) 47,683 14.07 11 — –13
Movement for Changes – Nebojša Medojević (Покрет за промјене – Небојша Медојевић) 44,483 13.13 11 — +11
Liberals and Bosniak Party – Correct in the Past, Right for the Future – Miodrag Miko Živković ("Либерали и Бошњачка странка – Исправни у прошлости, прави за будућност" – Миодраг Мико Живковић) 12,748 3.76 3 — +3
Coalition Democratic Alliance in Montenegro–Party of Democratic Prosperity – Mehmet Bardhi ("Коалиција: Демократски савез у Црној Гори–Партија демократског просперитета – Мехмед Бардхи") 4,373 1.29 0 +1 ±0
Democratic Union of Albanians – Ferhat Dinoša (Демократска унија Албанаца - Ферхат Диноша) 3,693 1.09 0 +1 ±0
Civic List (Грађанска листа) 2,906 0.86 0 — –1
Albanian Alternative ("Албанска алтернатива") 2,656 0.78 0 +1 +1
League of Communists of Yugoslavia – Communists of Montenegro (Савез комуниста Југославије – Комунисти Црне Горе) 2,343 0.69 — — —
New Democratic Force - FORCA (Нова демократска снага - ФОРЦА) 2,197 0.65 — — —
Democratic Party of Montenegro – The Missing Part ("Демократска странка Црне Горе – Дио који недостаје") 1,286 0.38 — — —
Valid votes 338,833 100 76 +5 +6
Total (turnout 71.37%; -6.1%) 345,730

September 17: Sweden

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e • d Summary of the 17 September 2006 Parliament of Sweden election results
Parties and coalitions Votes Permanent seats Adjustment seats Total seats seats %/votes %
# % & ±% # ± # ± seats & swing
  Swedish Social Democratic Party
Socialdemokraterna		 1,942,625 34.994.86 129 1 13014 1,06
  Moderate Party
Moderaterna		 1,456,014 26.2310.97 93 4 9742 1,06
  Centre Party
Centerpartiet		 437,389 7.881.69 27 2 297 1,05
  Liberal People's Party
Folkpartiet liberalerna		 418,395 7.545.85 22 6 2820 1,06
  Christian Democrats
Kristdemokraterna		 365,998 6.592.56 17 7 249 1,04
  Left Party
Vänsterpartiet		 324,722 5.852.54 13 9 228 1,08
  Green Party
Miljöpartiet de Gröna		 291,121 5.240.59 9 10 192 1,04
  Sweden Democrats
Sverigedemokraterna		 162,463 2.931.49 0 0 00
  Feminist Initiative
Feministiskt initiativ		 37,954 0.68 0 0 0
  Pirate Party
Piratpartiet		 34,918 0.63 0 0 0
  Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party
Sveriges pensionärers intresseparti		 28,806 0.520.19 0 0 0
  June List
Junilistan		 26,072 0.47 0 0 0
  Health Care Party
Sjukvårdspartiet		 11,519 0.21 0 0 0
  National Democrats
Nationaldemokraterna		 3,064 0.060.11 0 0 0
  Unity
Enhet		 2,648 0.050.04 0 0 0
  National Socialist Front
Nationalsocialistisk Front		 1,417 0.03 0 0 0
  New Future
Ny Framtid		 1,171 0.020.16 0 0 0
  Socialist Justice Party
Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna		 1,097 0.020.01 0 0 0
  People's Will
Folkets vilja		 881 0.02 0 0 0
  Parties with less than 500 votes 4,766 0.08 – – – –
 
  Alliance for Sweden
(Moderate Party, Centre Party,
Liberal People's Party, Christian Democrats)		 2,677,796 48.244.25 17820
  Red–green bloc
(Social Democrats, Left Party, Green Party)		 2,558,468 46.086.81 17120
 
  Blank votes 96,922 1.72    
  Other invalid votes 2216 0.04    
Turnout 5,650,416 81.991.88  

September 22: Gambia

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e • d Summary of the 22 September 2006 presidential election results
Candidates Votes %
Yahya Jammeh (incumbent) Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) 264,404 67.33
Ousainou Darboe United Democratic Party (UDP) 104,808 26.69
Halifa Sallah National Alliance for Democracy and Development (NADD) 23,473 5.98
Total 392,685 100.0

September 26: Yemen

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e • d Summary of the 20 September 2006 Yemeni presidential election results
Candidates - Nominating parties Votes %
Ali Abdullah Saleh - General People's Congress 4,149,673 77.17
Faisal Bin Shamlan - Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) opposition coalition 1,173,075 21.82
Others 54,490 1.01
Total valid votes (turnout 65.2%) 5,377,238 100.00
Invalid votes 648,580
Total votes cast 6,025,818
Registered voters 9,248,456
Source: Yemen Times

September 27: Cook Islands

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e • d Summary of the 26 September 2006 Cook Islands election results
Parties Votes % Seats
Democratic Party 4,420 52% 14
Cook Islands Party 3,846 45.3% 7
Independents 231 2.7% 2
Total 8,497 84.4 23
Source: Final results of the Cook Islands election 2006

The electorate of Akaoa was tied, resulting in a by-election.

September 28: Zambia

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e • d Summary of the 28 September 2006 Zambian presidential election results
Candidates Votes %
Levy P. Mwanawasa The Movement for Multiparty Democracy 1,177,846 43.0
Michael Sata Patriotic Front 804,748 29.4
Hakainde Hichilema United Democratic Alliance 693,772 25.3
Godfrey Miyanda Heritage Party 42,891 1.6
Winwright Ngondo APC 20,921 0.8
Source: Electoral Commission of Zambia
e • d Summary of the 28 September 2006 National Assembly election results
Parties Votes % Seats
The Movement for Multiparty Democracy 74
Patriotic Front 44
United Democratic Alliance 27
United Liberal Party 2
National Democratic Focus 1
Independent 2
Appointed members 8
Total (including by-election 26 October 2006   158
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October 1: Austria

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e • d Summary of the 1 October 2006 National Council of Austria election results
Parties Votes +/− % +/− Seats +/−
Social Democratic Party of Austria (Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs) 1,663,986 −128,513 35.34 −1.17 68 (67) −1
Austrian People's Party (Österreichische Volkspartei) 1,616,493 −460,340 34.33 −7.97 66 −13
The Greens – The Green Alternative (Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative) 520,130 +55,150 11.05 +1.58 21 +4
Freedom Party of Austria (Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs) 519,598 +28,270 11.04 +1.03 21 +3
The Freedom-minded – Westenthaler's List – BZÖ (Die Freiheitlichen – Liste Westenthaler – BZÖ) [r 1] 193,539 * 4.11 * 7 +7
Dr. Martin's List – For Democracy, Control, Justice (Liste Dr. Martin – Für Demokratie, Kontrolle, Gerechtigkeit) 131,688 * 2.80 * — *
Communist Party of Austria (Kommunistische Partei Österreichs) 47,578 +20,010 1.01 +0.45 — ±0
EU Withdrawal – Neutral Free Austria (EU-Austritt – Neutrales Freies Österreich) [r 2] 10,594 * 0.23 * — *
Socialist Left Party, List against Capitalism and Racism (Sozialistische LinksPartei, Liste gegen Kapitalismus und Rassismus) [r 3] 2,257 −1,649 0.05 −0.03 — ±0
Certainly – Absolutely – Independent, Franz Radinger (Sicher – Absolut – Unabhängig, Franz Radinger) [r 4] 1,514 * 0.03 * — *
IVE INITIATIVE 2000 (IVE INITIATIVE 2000) [r 5] 592 * 0.01 * — *
List Strong (Liste Stark) [r 4] 312 * 0.01 * — *
Liberal Forum (Liberales Forum) [r 6] — — — — — (1) —
Invalid/blank votes 85,499 — — — — —
Total (turnout 78.48%; −5.8%) 4,793,780 100.0 183
Notes:
  1. ^ Stood as "The Freedom-Minded in Carinthia – Jörg Haider's List – BZÖ" (Die Freiheitlichen in Kärnten – Liste Jörg Haider – BZÖ) in Carinthia.
  2. ^ Stood only in Carinthia, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vienna and Vorarlberg.
  3. ^ Stood only in Vienna.
  4. ^ a b Stood only in Carinthia.
  5. ^ Stood only in Burgenland.
  6. ^ Did not stand as an independent party in the election, representatives elected on the Social Democratic Party's list. Effectively, one of the Social Democratic Party's 68 seats is a representative of the Liberal Forum.

* Did not run in 2002
Source: BMI

October 1: Bosnia and Herzegovina

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e • d Summary of the 1 October 2006 Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidium election results
Candidates Nominating parties Bosniaks Serbs Croats
Haris Silajdžić SBiH 288,321 (62%)
Sulejman Tihić SDA 130,470 (28%)
Mirnes Ajanović Patriotski Blok BOSS-SDU BiH 38,412 (8%)
Nebojša Radmanović SNSD 216,631 (55%)
Mladen Bosić SDS 98,329 (25%)
Ranko Bakić 13,198 (3%)
Željko Komšić SDP 97,267 (41%)
Ivo Miro Jović HDZ BiH 59,831 (25%)
Božo Ljubić (HDZ 1990) 42,424 (18%)
Mladen Ivanković Lijanović 20,954 (9%)
Total 457,203 328,158 220,446
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e • d Summary of the 1 October 2006 House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina election results
Parties Federation of
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Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Party of Independent Social Democrats (Stranka nezavisnih socijaldemokrata)-Milorad Dodik 7,265 0.85% 0 262,203 46.93% 7 7
Party of Democratic Action (Stranka Demokratske Akcije) 217,961 25.54% 8 20,514 3.67% 1 9
Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (Stranka za Bosnu i Hercegovinu) 196,230 22.99% 7 23,257 4.16% 1 8
Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Socijaldemokratska partija Bosne i Hercegovine) 131,450 15.40% 5 11,822 2.12% 0 5
Serbian Democratic Party (Srpska demokratska stranka) 108,616 19.44% 3 3
Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Hrvatska demokratska zajednica)-Hrvatska koalicija-HNZ 68,188 7.99% 3 1,145 0.20% 0 3
Croats Together (Hrvatsko Zajedništvo, coalition led by HDZ 1990) 52,095 6.10% 2 591 0.11% 0 2
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party-Sefer Halilović (Bosanskohercegovačka Patriotska Stranka-Sefer Halilović) 37,608 4.41% 1 866 0.16% 0 1
Party of Democratic Progress (Partija demokratskog progresa RS ) 28,410 5.08% 1 1
People's Party Work for Betterment (Narodna stranka Radom za boljitak) 27,487 3.22% 1 5,533 0.99% 0 1
Democratic People's Alliance (Demokratski narodni savez) 232 0.03% 0 19,868 3.56% 1 1
Democratic People's Community (Demokratska Narodna Zajednica) 16,221 1.90% 1 321 0.06% 0 1
Total 28 14 42

October 1 and October 29: Brazil

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e • d Summary of the 1 October and 29 October 2006 Brazil presidential election results
Candidates Votes % 1st round Votes % 2nd round
  Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT, PC do B, PRB, PMDB, PL, PSB, PP, PMN) 46,662,365 48.61 58,295,042 60.83
  Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB, PFL, PPS) 39,968,369 41.64 37,543,178 39.17
  Heloísa Helena (P-SOL, PSTU, PCB) 6,575,393 6.85 - -
  Cristovam Buarque (PDT) 2,538,844 2.64 - -
  Ana Maria Rangel (PRP) 126,404 0.13 - -
  José Maria Eymael (PSDC) 63,294 0.07 - -
  Luciano Bivar (PSL) 62,064 0.06 - -
Total (turnout 83.2 and ) 95,996,733 100.00 95,838,220 100.00
Notes: party of the candidate, supporting parties, unofficial supporting parties
Source: Justiça Eleitoral
e • d Summary of the 1 October 2006 National Congress of Brazil election results
Parties Chamber of Deputies Federal Senate
Votes % Seats Votes % Total seats elected in 2006
  Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores) 13,989,859 15.0 83 16,222,159 19.2 101 2
  Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro) 13,580,517 14.6 89 10,148,024 12.0 162 4
  Brazilian Social Democratic Party (Partido da Social-Democracia Brasileira) 12,691,043 13.6 65 10,547,778 12.5 142 5
  Democrats (Democratas) 10,182,308 10.9 65 21,653,812 25.7 18 6
  Progressive Party (Partido Progressista) 6,662,309 7.1 42 4,228,431 5.0 1 1
  Brazilian Socialist Party (Partido Socialista Brasileiro) 5,732,464 6.2 27 2,143,355 2.5 3 1
  Democratic Labour Party (Partido Democrático Trabalhista) 4,854,017 5.2 24 5,023,041 6.0 5 1
  Brazilian Labour Party (Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro) 4,397,743 4.7 22 2,676,469 3.2 4 3
  Liberal Party (Partido Liberal) 4,074,618 4.4 23 696,501 0.8 3 1
  Socialist People's Party (Partido Popular Socialista) 3,630,462 3.9 21 1,232,571 1.5 1 1
  Green Party (Partido Verde) 3,368,561 3.6 13 1,425,765 1.7 0 0
  Communist Party of Brazil (Partido Comunista do Brasil) 1,982,323 2.1 13 6,364,019 7.5 2 1
  Social Christian Party (Partido Social Cristão) 1,747,863 1.9 9 131,548 0.2 0 0
  Socialism and Freedom Party (Partido Socialismo e Liberdade) 1,149,619 1.2 3 351,527 0.4 11 0
  Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order (Partido de Reedificação da Ordem Nacional) 907,494 1.0 2 69,640 0.1 0 0
  Party of National Mobilization (Partido da Mobilização Nacional) 875,686 0.9 3 12,925 0.0 0 0
  Christian Labour Party (Partido Trabalhista Cristão) 806,662 0.9 4 39,690 0.0 0 0
  Humanist Party of Solidarity (Partido Humanista da Solidariedade) 435,328 0.5 2 24,940 0.0 0 0
  Christian Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrata Cristão) 354,217 0.4 0 53,025 0.1 0 0
  Labour Party of Brazil (Partido Trabalhista do Brasil) 311,833 0.3 1 69,923 0.1 0 0
  Party of the Nation's Retirees (Partido dos Aposentados da Nação) 264,682 0.3 1 2,969 0.0 0 0
  Brazilian Republican Party (Partido Republicano Brasileiro) 244,059 0.3 1 264,155 0.3 2 0
  Republican Progressive Party (Partido Republicano Progressista) 233,497 0.3 0 12,954 0.0 0 0
  Social Liberal Party (Partido Social Liberal) 190,793 0.2 0 46,542 0.0 0 0
  Brazilian Labour Renewal Party (Partido Renovador Trabalhista Brasileiro) 171,908 0.2 0 644,111 0.8 1 1
  National Labour Party (Partido Trabalhista Nacional) 149,809 0.2 0 11,063 0.0 0 0
  United Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista dos Trabalhadores Unificado) 101,307 0.1 0 196,636 0.2 0 0
  Brazilian Communist Party (Partido Comunista Brasileiro) 64,766 0.1 0 62,756 0.1 0 0
  Workers Cause Party (Partido da Causa Operária) 29,083 0.0 0 27,476 0.0 0 0
Total (turnout 83.3%) 93,184,830 100 513 84,383,805 100 81 27
Source: Election Resources on the Internet: Federal Elections in Brazil, Official Federal Senate website for continuing senators.

Substitutes from another party admitions:

1Senator Ana Júlia de Vasconcelos Carepa, of the Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores), resigned following her election as Governor of Pará State in 2006, in the middle of her Senate term. José Nery de Azevedo, of the Socialism and Freedom Party (Partido Socialismo e Liberdade) took her seat in the Senate.

2Senator Leonel Arcângelo Pavan of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (Partido da Social-Democracia Brasileira), resigned following his election as Vice Governor of Santa Catarina State in 2006, in the middle of his Senate term. Neuto Fausto de Couto, of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro) took his seat in the Senate.

October 7: Latvia

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e • d Summary of the 7 October 2006 Latvian Saeima election results
Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats Change
People's Party (Tautas partija) 177, 481 19.56 23 +3
Union of Greens and Farmers (Zaļo un Zemnieku savienība) 151, 595 16.71 18 +6
New Era (Jaunais Laiks) 148, 602 16.38 18 –8
Harmony Centre (Saskaņas centrs) 130, 887 14.42 17 +17
Coalition of Latvia's First Party (Latvijas Pirmā partija) and Latvian Way (Latvijas Ceļš)
 77, 869 8.58 10 ±0
For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK (Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK) 62, 989 6.94 8 +1
For Human Rights in United Latvia (Par cilvēka tiesībām vienotā Latvijā)
  • Free Choice in a People's Europe (Brīvā izvēle tautu Eiropā)
  • Equal Rights (Līdztiesiba)
 54, 684 6.03 6 –19
Latvian Social Democratic Labour Party (Latvijas Sociāldemokrātiskā strādnieku partija) 31, 728 3.5 —
Motherland (Dzimtene) 18, 860 2.08 —
All For Latvia! (Visu Latvijai!) 13, 469 1.48 —
New Democrats (Jaunie Demokrāti) 11, 505 1.27 —
Total 901,173 100.0 100

October 15: Ecuador

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e • d Summary of the 15 October and 26 November 2006 Ecuador presidential election results
Candidates - Parties First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Rafael Correa - Alianza PAIS 1,246,333 22.84 3,517,628 56.67
Álvaro Noboa - Institutional Renewal Party of National Action 1,464,251 26.83 2,689,412 43.33
Gilmar Gutiérrez - January 21 Patriotic Society Party 950,895 17.42
León Roldós Aguilera - Ethical and Democratic Network / Democratic Left Party 809,754 14.84
Cynthia Viteri - Social Christian Party 525,728 9.63
Luis Macas - Pluri-National Pachakutik United Movement 119,577 2.19
Fernando Rosero - Ecuadorian Roldosist Party 113,323 2.08
Marco Proaño Maya - Movement for Democratic Vindication 77,655 1.42
Luis Villacís - Democratic People's Movement 72,762 1.33
Jaime Damerval Martínez - Concentration of People's Forces 25,284 0.46
Marcello Larrea Cabrera - ATR 23,233 0.43
Lenin Torres - Movimiento Revolucionario de Participación Popular (MRPP) 15,357 0.28
Carlos Francisco Sagnay de la Bastida - INA 13,455 0.25
Total 5,457,607
Blank votes 316,220
Null votes 775,613
Source: Tribunal Supremo Electoral - second round totals
e • d  Summary of the 15 October 2006 Ecuadorian National Congress election results
Parties Seats
Institutional Renewal Party of National Action (Partido Renovador Institucional de Acción Nacional) 27
January 21 Patriotic Society Party (Partido Sociedad Patriótica 21 de Enero) 23
Social Christian Party (Partido Social Cristiano;) 12
Others 11
Party of the Democratic Left (Partido Izquierda Democrática)–Ethical and Democratic Network Alliance 10
Ecuadorian Roldosist Party (Partido Roldosista Ecuatoriano) 6
Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country (Movimiento de Unidad Plurinacional Pachakutik – Nuevo País) 6
Democratic People's Movement (Movimiento Popular Democrático) 3
Christian Democratic Union (Unión Demócrata Cristiana) 2
Total (turnout 63.5%) 100
Source: IPU

October 22 and October 29: Bulgaria

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e • d Summary of the 2006 Bulgarian presidential election results
Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Georgi Parvanov Bulgarian Socialist Party 1,780,119 64.047% 2,050,488 75.948%
Volen Siderov National Union Attack 597,175 21.486% 649,387 24.052%
Nedelcho Beronov United Democratic Forces 271,078 9.753%
Georgi Markov Order, Law and Justice 75,478 2.716%
Petar Beron Initiative committee 21,812 0.785%
Grigor Velev Аll in one Bulgaria 19,857 0.714%
Lyuben Petrov Initiative committee 13,854 0.498%
Total valid votes 2,779,373 100.000% 2,699,875 100.000%
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November 5: Nicaragua

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e • d  Summary of the 5 November 2006 Nicaragua presidential election results
Candidates - Parties Votes %
José Daniel Ortega Saavedra - Sandinista National Liberation Front 854,316 38.07
Eduardo Montealegre - Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance 650,879 29.00
José Rizo Castellón - Constitutionalist Liberal Party 588,304 26.51
Edmundo Jarquín Calderón - Sandinista Renovation Movement 144,596 6.44
Edén Atanacio Pastora Gómez - Alternative for Change 6,120 0.27
Total 2,244,215 100.0
The source is Consejo Supremo Electoral
e • d Summary of the 5 November 2006 Nicaragua National Assembly election results
Parties Votes % Seats
Sandinista National Liberation Front (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional) 840,851 37,59 38
Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (Alianza Liberal Nicaragüense ) 597,709 26,72 23
Constitutionalist Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Constitucionalista) 592,118 26.47 25
Sandinista Renovation Movement (Movimiento de Renovación Sandinista) 194,416 8.69 5
Alternative for Change (Alternativa por el Cambio) 12,053 0.54 -
Total (turnout  %) 100.0 92
Source: Elecciones 2006 , 91.6 % counted (?). The seats are from IFES

November 6: Tajikistan

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e • d Summary of the 6 November 2006 Tajikistan presidential election results
Candidates - Nominating parties Votes %
Emomalii Rahmon - People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan   79.3
Olimzhon Boboyev - Party of Economic Reform   6.2
Amir Qoraqulov - Agrarian Party   5.3
Ismoil Talbakov - Communist Party of Tajikistan   5.1
Abduhalim Ghafforov - Socialist Party   2.8
Total 100.0
Source: Associated Press

November 7: American Samoa

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e • d Summary of the 7 November 2006 American Samoa House of Representatives election results
Parties Votes % Representatives
Non-partisans   20
nonvoting delegate from Swains Island   1
Total (turnout  %)   21

November 7: Guam

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e • d Summary of the November 7, 2006 Guam governor election results
Candidates - parties Votes %
Felix Camacho - Republican Party 19,560 50.25
Robert A. Underwood - Democratic Party 18,700 48.04
Write-in 668 1.72
Total 38,928 100
Source: Guam election
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Parties Votes % Seats
Republican Party 5
Democratic Party 10
Total 15
Source: Guam Election Commission

November 7: United States

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e • d Summary of the November 7, 2006, United States House of Representatives election results
Party Seats Popular vote
2004 2006 +/−  % Vote  % +/−
Democratic Party 202 233 +31 53.6% 42,082,311 52.0% +5.4%
Republican Party 232 202 −30 46.4% 35,674,808 44.1% −5.1%
  Independent 1 0 −1 0.0% 436,279 0.5% −0.1%
  Libertarian Party − − − − 650,614 0.8% −0.1%
  Green Party − − − − 293,606 0.4% +0.1%
  Working Families Party − − − − 164,638 0.2% +0.1%
  Independence Party − − − − 135,027 0.2% 0.0%
  Constitution Party − − − − 128,655 0.2% +0.1%
  Reform Party − − − − 53,862 0.0% −0.1%
  Other parties − − − − 210,884 0.3% −1.5%
Totals 435 435 − 100.0% 80,975,537 100.0% −
Voter turnout: 36.8%
Sources: Ballot Access News, 2006 Vote for U.S. House

Summary of the November 7, 2006 United States Senate election results [edit]

Parties Last
election:
2004		 End of
last (109th)
Congress		 Not
Up		 Up Incumbent retired Incumbent ran Summary Elected Result Change Popular Vote
Held by
same party		 Replaced by
other party		 Won
re-election		 Lost
re-election		 Lost
renomination,
held by
same party		 Won Lost Gained Votes Share
  Democratic 44 44 27 17 2 0 14 0 0 16 1 6 22 49 5 33,929,202 53.91%
  Republican 55 55 40 15 0 0 9 6 0 9 6 0 9 49 6 26,674,169 42.38%
  Independent 1 1ID 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1ID 2ID 2ID 1 879,032 1.40%
  Libertarian — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 614,629 0.98%
  Green — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 414,660 0.66%
  Constitution — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 132,155 0.21%
  Socialist Workers — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 10,463 0.02%
  Others — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 283,984 0.45%
Total 100 100 67 33 3 0 23 6 0 26 7 7 33 100 — 62,938,294 100%

Voter turnout: 29.7 %

ID The Independents joined with the Democrats in their caucus.

Sources:

November 19 and December 3: Mauritania

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e • d Summary of the 19 November and 3 December 2006 Mauritanian parliamentary election results
Parties Votes % Seats
1st round		 Seats
2nd round		 Total
seats
Al-Mithaq (moderate Islamist independents) 10 31 41
RFD-UFP Rally of Democratic Forces (Regroupement des Forces Démocratiques) 12 3 15
Union of Forces of Progress (Union des Forces du Progrès) 3 5 8
RFD-UFP 0 2 2
Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal (Parti Républicain Démocratique et Renouvellement) 4 3 7
APP-HATEM People's Progressive Alliance (Alliance populaire progressiste) 4 1 5
Mauritanian Party of Union and Change (Parti mauritanien de l'union et du changement-HATEM) 2 0 2
APP-HATEM 0 2 2
Rally for Democracy and Unity (Rassemblement pour la Démocratie et l'Unité) 2 1 3
Union for Democracy and Progress (Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès) 1 2 3
Democratic Renovation (Rénovation Démocratique) 2 0 2
People's Front (Front populaire) 1 0 1
Social-Democratic Unionist Party (Parti unioniste démocratique et socialiste) 1 0 1
National Rally for Democracy, Liberty and Equality (Rassemblement national pour la liberté, la démocratie et l'égalité) 1 0 1
Union of the Democratic Center (Union du centre démocratique) 0 1 1
Alternative (Alternative) 0 1 1
Total 43 52 95
Source: IPU

November 22: Netherlands

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e • d Summary of the 22 November 2006 Dutch House of Representatives election results
Parties Political Ideology Top candidate Votes Seats +/- Vote % Seat %
Christian Democratic Appeal
(Christen-Democratisch Appèl, CDA)		 Christian Democracy Jan Peter Balkenende 2,608,573 41 -3 26.5 27.3
Labour Party
(Partij van de Arbeid, PvdA)		 Social Democracy Wouter Bos 2,085,077 33 -9 21.2 21.3
Socialist Party
(Socialistische Partij, SP)		 Democratic Socialism Jan Marijnissen 1,630,803 25 +16 16.6 17.3
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
(Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie, VVD)		 Conservative liberalism/Classical liberalism Mark Rutte 1,443,312 22 -6 14.7 14.7
Party for Freedom
(Partij voor de Vrijheid, PVV)		 Liberal conservatism/National conservatism Geert Wilders 579,490 9 +8 5.9 6.0
GreenLeft
(GroenLinks, GL)		 Green Politics/Progressivism/Activism Femke Halsema 453,054 7 -1 4.6 4.7
ChristianUnion
(ChristenUnie, CU)		 Christian democracy/Social conservatism André Rouvoet 390,969 6 +3 4.0 4.0
Democrats 66
(Democraten 66, D66)		 Social liberalism/Radicalism/Progressivism Alexander Pechtold 193,232 3 -3 2.0 2.0
Party for the Animals
(Partij voor de Dieren, PvdD)		 Animal rights/Animal welfare Marianne Thieme 179,988 2 +2 1.8 1.3
Reformed Political Party
(Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij, SGP)		 Christian right/Social conservatism Bas van der Vlies 153,266 2 0 1.6 1.3
Other – – 100,919 – – 1.0 –
Total 9,838,683 150 0 100.0 100.0
Turnout 9,854,998 – – 80.4 –
Source: "Uitslag van de Tweede Kamerverkiezing van 22 november 2006". Kiesraad. http://www.kiesraad.nl/nl/Overige_Content/Bestanden/pdf_thema/Proces-verbaal_Tweede_Kamer_2006.pdf. 

November 23: Isle of Man

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e • d Summary of the 23 November 2006 Isle of Man House of Keys election results
Parties Votes % Seats
Liberal Vannin 7,323 14.2 2
Manx Labour Party 2,561 5.0 1
Independents 41,608 80.8 21
Total 51,492 24

November 25 and December 2: Bahrain

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e • d Summary of the 25 November and 2 December 2006 Bahraini parliamentary election results
Candidates/Parties Votes % Seats
Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society (Jam'iyyat al-Wifaq al-watani al-islamiyya)) 17
National Democratic Action 0
Al-Menbar Islamic Society 7
Al Asalah 8
Future Bloc 4
National Unity Bloc 0
independent 4
Total 40

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December 3: Venezuela

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e • d Venezuelan presidential election, 2006
Candidates Votes %
Hugo Chávez (Fifth Republic Movement) 7,309,080 62.84%
Manuel Rosales (A New Era) 4,292,466 36.9%
Luis Reyes 4,807 0.04%
Venezuela Da Silva 3,980 0.03%
Carmelo Romano Pérez 3,735 0.03%
Alejandro Suárez 2,956 0.02%
Eudes Vera 2,806 0.02%
Carolina Contreras 2,169 0.01%
Pedro Aranguren 2,064 0.01%
José Tineo 1,502 0.01%
Yudith Salazar 1,355 0.01%
Ángel Yrigoyen 1,316 0.01%
Homer Rodríguez 1,123 0%
Isbelia León 793 0%
Total (Turnout 74.69 %) 11,790,397 100.0
Source: CNE:[1] null votes: 160,245 (1.35% of all votes)

December 3: Madagascar

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e • d Summary of the 3 December 2006 Madagascar presidential election results
Candidates Party Votes %
Marc Ravalomanana TIM (Tiako i Madagasikara) 2,435,199 54.79
Jean Lahiniriko Independent 517,994 11.65
Roland Ratsiraka Independent 450,717 10.14
Herizo Razafimahaleo LEADER FANILO 401,473 9.03
Norbert Ratsirahonana AVI (Ny Asa Vita no Ifampitsarana) 186,355 4.22
Ny Hasina Andriamanjato Independent 187,552 4.18
Elia Ravelomanantsoa Our Madagascar 113,897 2.56
Pety Rakotoniaina Union 74,566 1.68
Jules Randrianjoary Independent 33,463 0.75
Daniel Rajakoba FIHAVANANTSIKA 28,363 0.64
Manandafy Rakotonirina MFM 14,712 0.33
Philippe Tsiranana Independent 1,128 0.03
Ferdinand Razakarimanana Independent 41 0.00
Salman Khan Independent 21 0.00
Total (Turnout 60.9 %) 3,973,742 100.0
Source: High Constitutional Court

December 10: Transnistria

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e • d Summary of the Transnistrian December 2006 presidential election results
Candidate Vice-pres. candidate Party Votes %
Igor Smirnov Aleksandr Korolyov Respublika 212,384 82.4
Nadezhda Bondarenko Anatoliy Bazhen KPP and PKP 20,902 8.1
Andrey Safonov Grigoriy Volov independent 10,162 3.9
Peter Tomaily Aleksandr Korshunov independent, MP for Obnovleniye 5,480 2.1
None of the above — — 4,216 1.6
Blank/Invalied — — 4,638 1.9
Total     257,782 100.0%
Sources: Regnum - Russian press agency

December 11: Saint Lucia

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e • d Summary of the 11 December 2006 House of Assembly of Saint Lucia election results
Parties Votes % +/– Seats +/–
United Workers Party (UWP) 38,894 51.3 +13.5% 11 +8
Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) 36,604 48.3 –7.7% 6 –8
Independents 258 0.3 — 0 —
Total (turnout 58.5%) 75,756 100.0   17  
Sources: Summary election results – 11 Dec 2006, OAS

December 15: Iran

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December 16, 18 and 20: United Arab Emirates

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e • d Summary of the 16, 18 and 20 December 2006 UAE Federal National Council election results
Members Seats
Elected 20
Appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates 20
Total 40

Among the 20 members chosen by the Electoral College, one woman won. Eight female members were appointed by the rulers of the 7 emirates. Each emirate had at least one female appointed, with the exception of Umm al-Qaiwain. Three of the females appointed were from Dubai.[2] The total amounted to 22.5% of the Council representing women’s significant expansion and participation in the UAE’s government.

December 17: Gabon

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e • d Results of the 17 December/24 December 2006 National Assembly of Gabon election results
Parties Seats +/-
Government Gabonese Democratic Party (Parti Démocratique Gabonais) 82 –6
National Woodcutters' Rally – Rally for Gabon (Rassemblement National des Bûcherons - Rassemblement pour le Gabon) 8 +/– 0
Democratic and Republican Alliance (Alliance Démocratique et Républicaine) 3 +/– 0
Circle of Reformist Liberals (Cercle des Libéraux Réformateurs) 2 +/– 0
Social Democratic Party (Parti Social-Démocrate) 2 +1
Rally of Republican Democrats (RDR) 1 +1
African Development Movement (Mouvement Africain de Développement) 1 +/– 0
Union of the Gabonese People (Union du Peuple Gabonais) 8 +8
Gabonese Union for Democracy and Development (UGDD) 4 +4
Gabonese Progress Party (Parti gabonais du progrès) 2 –1
Congress for Democracy and Justice 1 +1
National Woodcutters' Rally – Democratic (RNB) 1 +/– 0
African Forum for Reconstruction (FAR) 1 +1
Independents 4 –8
Total 120

See also

References

  1. ^ "Elección presidencial". CNE. 2007. http://www.cne.gob.ve/divulgacionPresidencial/resultado_nacional.php. Retrieved 2007-10-14. (Spanish)
  2. ^ http://www.almajles.gov.ae/