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Title | Date added | Template | Question Presented | Legal Issue(s) | Country | Language of Decision | Date of decision | Legal Issue and/or Topic | Language |
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Human Rights Network of Uganda v. Attorney General | May 20, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Public Order Management Act of 2013 violates the Uganda Constitution? Whether parliament and the executive may pass legislation in response to decision of the court? |
| Uganda |
| Mar 26, 2020 | ||
Abubakar v. Independent Electoral Commission | Jun 3, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the President was not duly elected to his position based upon alleged corruption in the vote counting. |
| Nigeria |
| Nov 5, 2019 | ||
Democratic Alliance v. Electoral Commission | Jun 3, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Commission is able to make this determination and implement the enforcement action. |
| South Africa |
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Freedom Front Plus v. Electoral Commission of South Africa | Jun 3, 2020 | Judgment |
| South Africa |
| Apr 29, 2019 | |||
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 | ||
Jupica vs Nec | Aug 26, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the postponement of the Liberian elections to a date when the Ebola threat was still ongoing was unconstitutional? |
| Liberia |
| Jan 13, 2016 | ||
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 | ||
Marube Ombeta, Kamotho Njenga v. Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission | Sep 13, 2022 | Judgment | 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. |
| Kenya |
| Jun 13, 2022 | ||
Masumba v. Kamondo | Sep 13, 2022 | Judgment | 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. |
| Zambia |
| Nov 17, 2017 | ||
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 | ||
Re Culleton | Jun 9, 2020 | Judgment |
| Nigeria |
| Jan 31, 2017 | |||
New Nation Movement NPC and Others v President of the Republic of South Africa | Jun 11, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the requirement of political party membership for candidate eligibility is constitutional. |
| South Africa |
| Jun 11, 2020 | ||
Karnwea v. National Elections Commission | Oct 1, 2020 | Judgment | Whether an investigation is necessary to prohibit a candidate from running when they allegedly do not meet the qualifications? Whether the Election Commission may go beyond the statutorily prescribed penalties for not meeting a qualification? |
| Liberia |
| Jul 20, 2017 | ||
Kyewalabye v. Electoral Commission | Jul 24, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the plaintiff has the evidentiary burden to contest the election results. |
| Uganda |
| Oct 3, 2016 | ||
Opendi v. Electoral Commission | Jul 24, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the invalidation of seventeen polling station results is sufficient grounds to annul the election results. |
| Uganda |
| Sep 23, 2011 | ||
Mwiru v. Samson | Jul 24, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the respondent’s education failed to meet the requirements for candidacy. If so, whether the respondent’s election as a Member of Parliament should be annulled. |
| Uganda |
| Jun 28, 2011 | ||
Uzodinma v. Ihedioha | Jun 2, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the votes administered on incorrect ballots were improperly considered void. Whether the Governor failed to ascertain a majority vote based upon those results. |
| Nigeria |
| Jan 14, 2020 | ||
People's Democratic Party v. Degi Eremienyo | Jun 2, 2020 | Judgment |
| Nigeria |
| Feb 13, 2020 | |||
Yusuf v. INEC | Jun 2, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the respondent was not duly elected in the election and the re-run of the election. |
| Nigeria |
| Jan 20, 2020 | ||
Timba v. Electoral Commission | Jun 28, 2019 | Judgment |
| Zimbabwe |
| Jan 9, 2014 | |||
Kham v. Electoral Commission | Jun 20, 2019 | Judgment | Should elections be annulled when the IEC did not provide timely access to voter rolls to the petitioners before elections? |
| South Africa |
| Nov 1, 2015 | ||
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 | ||
APDH v. Cote d'Ivoire | Aug 1, 2019 | Judgment | Whether the composition of the IEC is in conformity with the Constitution. |
| Ivory Coast |
| Nov 18, 2016 | ||
Tanganyika Law Society v. Tanzania | Aug 1, 2019 | Judgment | Whether the Tanzania regulation prohibiting independent candidates from seeking public office is unconstitutional? |
| Tanzania. United Republic of |
| Jun 14, 2019 | ||
Siwale v. Electoral Commission of Zambia | Aug 7, 2019 | Judgment | Can the referendum proceed without being voted on as a bill as constitutionally required? |
| Zambia |
| Feb 14, 2018 | ||
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 | ||
Hichilema v. Lungu | Jul 16, 2019 | Judgment | Does the Court have jurisdiction to hear the election petition after the expiry of the 14 day constitutionally prescribed period? |
| Zambia |
| Sep 5, 2016 | ||
Mavedzenge v. Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs | Jul 16, 2019 | Judgment | Applicant seeks declaration of constitutional invalidity of Electoral Act section 192(6), particularly striking the phrase "approved by the Minister" from the provision. Is the Minister's approval requirement tantamount to the ZEC being subject to his direction and control? |
| Zimbabwe |
| May 31, 2018 | ||
My Vote Counts NPC v. Minister of Justice and Correctional Services | Jun 28, 2019 | Judgment | Is the current Promotion of Access to Information Act unconstitutional? |
| South Africa |
| Jun 21, 2018 | ||
Inkatha Freedom Party v. Independent Electoral Commission | Sep 23, 2020 | Judgment | Whether alleged electoral illegalities were sufficient to require an investigation into the election results. |
| South Africa |
| Jul 14, 2001 |