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Title | Date added | Template | Question Presented | Legal Issue(s) | Country | Language of Decision | Date of decision |
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Quinn Leandro v. Jonas | Jun 20, 2019 | Judgment |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
| Oct 27, 2010 | |
Australian Electoral Commission v. Johnston | Jun 9, 2020 | Judgment |
| Australia |
| Feb 18, 2014 | |
Sardelli v. Almeida | Jul 9, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the President may file a criminal electoral complaint against a private citizen. |
| Brazil |
| Aug 14, 2003 |
Opitz v. Wrzesnewskyj | Jul 23, 2019 | Judgment | Were irregularities related to voter registration significant enough to annul the elections? Which approach should be followed in determining electoral irregularities? |
| Canada |
| Oct 25, 2012 |
McEwing v. Attorney General | Jun 23, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the phone calls had any impact on the final election results and if those results were sufficient to annul the election results. |
| Canada |
| May 23, 2013 |
In re Gomez | Jul 13, 2020 | Judgment | Whether criminal charges against an elected officeholder are sufficient to revoke the position on a temporary basis? |
| Chile |
| Dec 23, 2008 |
In re Luis Gullermo Otoya Gertds | Jul 13, 2020 | Judgment | Whether an alleged vote counting inconsistency is sufficient to sustain a claim for election annulment without a claim of harm? |
| Colombia |
| Jun 2, 2014 |
Monroy Hernandez v. Molano Granados | Oct 14, 2022 | Judgment | Whether the election of a municipal elected official should be nullified and/or her candidacy deemed ineligible on charges of nepotism due to her father holding a government position, which exercised administrative authority, within twelve months of her election even if there is no proof that he used or abused his position to further her candidacy. |
| Colombia |
| Mar 12, 2020 |
Mohamed v. Chairman of High Elections Commission | Jul 6, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the elections of the Shura Council, Upper House, exceed the bodies authority and whether and actions taken by the body are consequently unconstitutional. |
| Egypt |
| Jun 3, 2013 |
Abdel-Razeq v. Ahmed | Jul 6, 2020 | Judgment | Where the constituency representation scheme violates the reasonableness standard. |
| Egypt |
| Mar 15, 2015 |
Mustafa v. Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces | Jul 6, 2020 | Judgment | Whether closed party lists and a first past the post system discriminates against independent candidates? |
| Egypt |
| Jun 14, 2012 |
Harle v. France | Jun 28, 2019 | Judgment | 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? |
| France |
| Dec 2, 2017 |
In re the Icelandic Presidential Election of 2012 | Jul 23, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the inability of disabled voters to cast secret ballots is sufficient grounds for annulling election results. |
| Iceland |
| Jun 6, 2012 |
In re Constituent Assembly Elections of 2011 | Jul 23, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the right to secrecy was violated in the 2011 election sufficient to annul the election results. |
| Iceland |
| Jan 6, 2011 |
Shanmugam v. India | Jul 8, 2019 | Judgment | Whether the Election Commission of India may cancel or postpone elections based on the conduct and criminal actions of candidate. |
| India |
| Apr 17, 2019 |
Surunuddin Dangga & Muchtar Silondae v. General Election Commission of South Konawe | Jul 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Regional General Election Commission (KPU) of South Konawe manipulated the official results “systematically, structurally, and massively” while conducting the vote counting for the regional head election? |
| Indonesia |
| Aug 10, 2010 |
Tchimon v. Issouf | Jul 22, 2019 | Judgment | Whether violence and disturbance against voters at polling centers took place and whether the elected candidate (defendant) was aware/ responsible for these violations? Whether these violations at the polling stations altered the fairness of the polls on election day? |
| Ivory Coast |
| Nov 30, 2018 |
The Representation Of The People Act v The Election Petitions Act, etal | Jun 26, 2020 | Judgment | Whether there is sufficient evidence to declare the 1997 elections void? |
| Jamaica |
| May 28, 1998 |
1996 (Gyo Tsu) 28 [Judgment of the Second Petty Bench, partially dismissed, partially quashed, and partially terminated] | Jun 29, 2020 | Judgment | Whether denying absentee ballots to voters outside of the country for official ballots is sufficient to dispute the election result. |
| Japan |
| May 31, 1996 |
Ochieng' v. Orange Democratic Movement | Jun 20, 2019 | Judgment | Was the respondent's nomination free, fair, and credible? Should the election be annulled when the respondents locked themselves in a room with the ballot boxes and papers, preventing the petitioner from entering? |
| Kenya |
| May 14, 2017 |
Odhiambo Oduol v. Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission | Sep 14, 2022 | Judgment | Whether petitioner’s affidavit verifying a video recording meets the evidentiary burden outlined in Section 107 of the Evidence Act relating to electronic evidence. |
| Kenya |
| Jun 5, 2013 |
Odinga v. IEBC | Jun 19, 2019 | Judgment | Which party has the burden of proof to contest an election? |
| Kenya |
| Sep 1, 2017 |
Nisma-Akr-PD v. Polling Station 211B | May 21, 2020 | Judgment | Whether there is sufficient evidence to bar the election officials from participating in elections or election administration after they lost ballots. |
| Kosovo |
| Oct 10, 2019 |
National Elections Commission v. Brumskine | Jun 20, 2019 | Judgment | Should elections be annulled when there were late openings of polls, changes of polling stations, inaccurate voter registration lists, and an absence of queue controllers? |
| Liberia |
| Dec 7, 2017 |
Sabha Primary Court Case #8 | Jun 19, 2019 | Judgment | Should elections be annulled when multiple irregularities occurred related to polling date announcements, voters lists, infrastructure, coercion, and vote-buying? |
| Libya |
| Apr 27, 2019 |
Chilima v. Mutharika (lower court decision) | May 22, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Electoral Commission breach its duty under section 76, 77, and 40 of the Constitution of Malawi. These duties include ensuring the absence of electoral irregularities, illegalities, and failed provide proper oversight and verification. |
| Malawi |
| Feb 3, 2020 |
Electoral Commission v. Malawi Congress Party | Jun 19, 2019 | Judgment |
| Malawi |
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MOREA v. Party of Institutional Revolutionary (SUP 2015 REP 544 499367) | Aug 7, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the dissemination of campaign materials on twitter accounts of candidate and alternate candidates violate the electoral silence laws? |
| Mexico |
| Apr 20, 2016 |
PAN v. PRI (SM JIN 0035 2015) | Aug 7, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Governor's presence and irregularities are sufficient to annul the election results. |
| Mexico |
| Aug 4, 2017 |
In Re Case No. 9768, 9780 & 9828 | Jul 8, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the elections violated the citizen’s political rights even though the domestic options were exhausted. |
| Mexico |
| May 17, 1990 |