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Mustafa v. Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
- Question Presented
- Whether closed party lists and a first past the post system discriminates against independent candidates?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Electoral Integrity
- Voting Systems (Winner-take-all, proportional, etc.)
- Region
- Middle East and North Africa
- Country
- Egypt
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 14, 2012
Judgment
BVerfG, decision of the Second Senate of December 15, 2020
- Question Presented
- Whether the non-parity nomination of candidates for the Bundestag election by the parties constitutes a major electoral error that has a decisive impact on the distribution of seats and the validity of the election.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Germany
- Language of Decision
- German
- Date of decision
- Dec 15, 2020
Judgment
VerfGBbg, judgment of 23. October 2020 - VfGBbg 55/19
- Question Presented
- Whether the gender quota under the Parity Act is constitutional
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Quotas
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Germany
- Language of Decision
- German
- Date of decision
- Oct 23, 2020
Judgment
VerfGBbg, judgment of 23 October 2020 - VfGBbg 9/19
- Question Presented
- Are gender quotas constitutional?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Quotas
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Germany
- Language of Decision
- German
- Date of decision
- Oct 23, 2020
Judgment
Balkan Investigative Reporting Network BIRN Internews and Kosova v. Serbian List
- Question Presented
- Whether the Serbian List's election spot violated the Election Code such that it incited hatred or violence.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Violence and Intimidation
- Social Media
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Sep 27, 2019
Judgment
Harle v. France
- Question Presented
- Should elections be annulled when 1) there were inconsistencies between the number of ballot papers and signatures, and 2) the candidate violated electoral propaganda laws when he posted a personal propaganda photo on his Facebook?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Social Media
- Technology
- Vote Verification and Transmission
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- France
- Language of Decision
- French
- Date of decision
- Dec 2, 2017
Judgment
Maurin v. France
- Question Presented
- Did the candidate violate campaign finance laws when he filed his campaign accounts late and failed to file certain expenses and financial notebooks?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Campaign Finance
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- France
- Language of Decision
- French
- Date of decision
- Feb 1, 2019
Judgment
In re Constituent Assembly Elections of 2011
- Question Presented
- Whether the right to secrecy was violated in the 2011 election sufficient to annul the election results.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Administration Irregularities
- Electoral Integrity
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Iceland
- Language of Decision
- Icelandic
- Date of decision
- Jan 6, 2011
Judgment
Germin Organization v. Central Election Commission
- Question Presented
- Whether the vote counting procedure violates the right to early vote for Kosovo citizens outside of Kosovo. Whether the complaint may be brought before a final decision is reached.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Vote Verification and Transmission
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 19, 2019
Judgment
VerfGH Thuringia, 07/15/2020 - VerfGH 2/20
- Question Presented
- Is a gender quota statute constitutional?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Quotas
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Germany
- Language of Decision
- German
- Date of decision
- Jul 15, 2020
Judgment
Decision 378/2020
- Question Presented
- Whether the Bistrita Năsăud Electoral Bureau (BECJ BN)’s decision to reject the registration of appellant electoral alliance USR-PLUS’s list of four candidates for the 2020 parliamentary elections was incorrect even though the appellant did not properly include the candidates’ genders, as is required by law for Chamber of Deputies and Senate elections.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Gender
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Romania
- Language of Decision
- Romanian
- Date of decision
- Oct 26, 2020
Judgment
Tabar v. Wong
- Question Presented
- Whether the petitioner met the evidentiary burden for a electoral bribery claim?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Criminal Procedure
- Electoral Integrity
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jan 18, 2018
Judgment
10- Perera v. Senarathe
- Question Presented
- The petitioner, an MP, complained that the respondent, also an MP, has illegally entered into contracts with government institutions and seeks a declaration that the respondent's appointment is void.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Abuse of State Resources (ASR)
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Dec 10, 1999
Judgment
Suryadharma Ali & M. Romahurmuziy v. General Election Commission
- Question Presented
- Did the General Election Commission (KPU) violate the Legislative Election Law by eliminating a political party’s proposed candidate list with total women candidates that did not meet 30 percent gender quota as stipulated by the law?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Gender
- Quotas
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- Indonesia
- Language of Decision
- Indonesian
- Date of decision
- Jun 3, 2013
Judgment
Chee Siok Chin v. Attorney General
- Question Presented
- Whether the plaintiff’s application for Parliament was constitutionally denied. If not, whether the election results may be overturned for all members of Parliament.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Electoral Integrity
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- Singapore
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 22, 2006
Judgment
In Re Dispute Case No. 1 of 1999
- Question Presented
- Whether two rival groups within the same political party may utilize the same political symbol on the eve of elections.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Party Registration
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- India
- Language of Decision
- Arabic
- English
- Date of decision
- Aug 7, 1999
Judgment
Deshapriya v. Divisional Secretary
- Question Presented
- Whether public officers may be required to canvas for elected officials?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Abuse of State Resources (ASR)
- Electoral Violence and Intimidation
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Aug 20, 1999
Judgment
Gandhi v. Narain
- Question Presented
- Whether legislative acts passed during the appeals process may be retroactively applied to validate an election currently in the courts.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Judicial Independence
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- India
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jul 11, 1975
Judgment
Wale v. Attorney-General
- Question Presented
- (1) Whether an unregistered party is considered a “non-contesting party” and is thus prohibited from forming a coalition with registered parties or independent groups in Parliament. (2) Whether the party registration requirement under the Political Party law to prove a certain number of registered voters support the formation of a party interferes with the voluntary nature of political parties and is a violation of the constitutional rights to freedom of association and assembly?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Freedom of association and assembly
- Party Registration
- Voters' Rights
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- Solomon Islands
- Date of decision
- Nov 14, 2014
Judgment
Nmalamuwomu v. Shadrack
- Question Presented
- Whether the filing deadline for an election petition alleging vote buying made up to and on polling day runs for 21 days after the alleged payment,, or 21 days after the election result is released in the Official Gazette?.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Deadline(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- Vanuatu
- Date of decision
- Jun 24, 2020
Judgment
Palmer v. Australian Electoral Commission (AEC)
- Question Presented
- Whether the practice of disclosing the indicative two-candidate preferred count (“Indicative TCP”) prior to the closing of all polling sites in the country by the Australian Election Commission (AEC) influenced the voters’ choice and undermined the impartiality or perception of impartiality of the Commission, therefore violating the election law and the Constitution.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Administration Irregularities
- EMB Operation
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- Australia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Aug 14, 2019
Judgment
Shanmugam v. India
- Question Presented
- Whether the Election Commission of India may cancel or postpone elections based on the conduct and criminal actions of candidate.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Electoral Integrity
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- India
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Apr 17, 2019
Judgment
2018Hun-Ma456
- Question Presented
- Whether the Public Official Election Act’s required verification of internet users when they post election-related content online during a campaign violates freedom of expression, freedom of anonymous speech, freedom of the press and the right to informational self-determination.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Criminal Procedure
- Social Media
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- South Korea
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jan 28, 2021
Judgment
Supreme Court of Samoa, Faatuatua I Le Atua Samoa Ua Tasi (F.A.S.T. Party) v. Electoral Commissioner
- Question Presented
- A couple of questions are presented to the Supreme Court. First, whether the Electoral Commissioner acted unlawfully when he activated Article 44(1A) and whether they are mandated to implement Article 44(1A), and if so, the timeframe to invoke it.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Quotas
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- Samoa
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- May 14, 2021
Judgment
In re Luis Gullermo Otoya Gertds
- Question Presented
- Whether an alleged vote counting inconsistency is sufficient to sustain a claim for election annulment without a claim of harm?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Electoral Integrity
- Region
- Americas
- Country
- Colombia
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Jun 2, 2014
Judgment
Together for the Change Without Formalizing Candidacies
- Question Presented
- Whether the when there is a vacancy in the candidate list and a legal framework for alternating candidate gender on the ballot, the substitute must be of the same gender as the deceased.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Gender
- Region
- Americas
- Country
- Argentina
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Nov 12, 2019
Judgment
Marube Ombeta, Kamotho Njenga v. Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission
- Question Presented
- Whether the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)’s decision to implement the two-thirds gender rule for the 2022 elections is unconstitutional. Whether the IEBC’s decision to reject the petitioner’s candidate nominations list for the National Assembly and the Senate was unconstitutional.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Gender
- Quotas
- Region
- Africa
- Country
- Kenya
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 13, 2022
Judgment
Masumba v. Kamondo
- Question Presented
- Whether the respondent was properly elected as a Member of Parliament on account of allegations made against him by the appellant of illegal acts or misconduct (i.e., defamation or inflammatory statements, intimidation and violence, and undue influence) during the campaign period.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Violence and Intimidation
- Region
- Africa
- Country
- Zambia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Nov 17, 2017
Judgment
Kyewalabye v. Electoral Commission
- Question Presented
- Whether the plaintiff has the evidentiary burden to contest the election results.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Disputing Results
- Region
- Africa
- Country
- Uganda
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 3, 2016
Judgment
Opendi v. Electoral Commission
- Question Presented
- Whether the invalidation of seventeen polling station results is sufficient grounds to annul the election results.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Region
- Africa
- Country
- Uganda
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Sep 23, 2011
Judgment