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Title | Date added | Date modified | Template | Question Presented | Legal Issue(s) | Country | Language of Decision | Date of decision | Legal Issue and/or Topic | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jampen v. State Council | Jul 1, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether when two distinct constituencies have a single electoral body and drastically different populations, the constituencies must be severed and granted their own electoral bodies. |
| Switzerland |
| Mar 20, 1963 | ||
Gandhi v. Narain | Sep 23, 2020 | Oct 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether legislative acts passed during the appeals process may be retroactively applied to validate an election currently in the courts. |
| India |
| Jul 11, 1975 | ||
K., B., & S. v. Government Council | Jul 1, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether a voter is deprived of their right to vote if they vote for a candidate that has orally withdrawn from the race, but that withdraw is not recognized by the Governor and the candidate’s name appears on the ballot? |
| Switzerland |
| Feb 11, 1987 | ||
Chaturman Beda vs Election Special Court and others | Jan 13, 2023 | Jan 13, 2023 | Judgment | Whether the ineligibility of a winning candidate due to his age should result in declaring the runner-up candidate as the winner of the election or invalidating the entire election result. |
| Nepal |
| Feb 14, 1990 | ||
In Re Case No. 9768, 9780 & 9828 | Jul 8, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the elections violated the citizen’s political rights even though the domestic options were exhausted. |
| Mexico |
| May 17, 1990 | ||
Decision No. 1 (1995) | Sep 16, 2022 | Sep 16, 2022 | Judgment | Whether a law that permits the Prime Minister to exercise his discretionary power to transfer or declare a vacancy for the position of the President of the Supreme Court of char’i jaafarite contradicts the principle of “separation of powers” and should be repealed. |
| Lebanon |
| Nov 2, 1995 | ||
1996 (Gyo Tsu) 28 [Judgment of the Second Petty Bench, partially dismissed, partially quashed, and partially terminated] | Jun 29, 2020 | Jul 26, 2021 | 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 | ||
Hvit Election Alliance v. Attorney General | Jul 15, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether a discriminatory election alliance member's criminal conviction violates domestic law and the ECHR? |
| Norway |
| Nov 28, 1997 | ||
The Representation Of The People Act v The Election Petitions Act, etal | Jun 26, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether there is sufficient evidence to declare the 1997 elections void? |
| Jamaica |
| May 28, 1998 | ||
Domingo v. Commission on Elections | Sep 23, 2020 | Nov 6, 2020 | Judgment | Whether there was sufficient evidence to conclude that the incumbent mayor prodded potential Board of Election Inspectors for the City? |
| Phillippines |
| Dec 1, 1998 | ||
2- Karunathilaka v. Commissioner of Elections | Jul 10, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | People's sovereignty |
| Sri Lanka |
| Dec 7, 1998 | ||
Décision n° 98 407 DC du 14 janvier 1999 Conseil constitutionnel | Jul 25, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Electoral Code provision requiring parity between male and female candidates violates the French Constitution? |
| France |
| Jan 14, 1999 | ||
In Re Dispute Case No. 1 of 1999 | Sep 23, 2020 | Oct 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether two rival groups within the same political party may utilize the same political symbol on the eve of elections. |
| India |
| Aug 7, 1999 | ||
Deshapriya v. Divisional Secretary | Jul 10, 2019 | Nov 19, 2020 | Judgment | Whether public officers may be required to canvas for elected officials? |
| Sri Lanka |
| Aug 20, 1999 | ||
1999 (Gyo Tsu) 35 [Judgment of the Grant Bench, dismissed by the Supreme Court] | Jun 29, 2020 | Feb 9, 2021 | Judgment | Whether the unequal treatment between independent and political party candidates regarding broadcasting during campaigns was unconstitutional. |
| Japan |
| Oct 19, 1999 | ||
10- Perera v. Senarathe | Jul 12, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | 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. |
| Sri Lanka |
| Dec 10, 1999 | ||
Srpska Radikalna Stranka v. Bosnia and Herzegovina | Jul 8, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the the PEC's decision to bar the Serb Radical Party from the elections for not meeting the conditions is reviewable by the the court. |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Jan 1, 2000 | ||
Bush v. Gore | Jul 22, 2019 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Did the Florida Supreme Court violate Article II Section 1 Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution by making new election law? Do standardless manual recounts violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Constitution? |
| United States of America |
| Dec 12, 2000 | ||
6- Egodaweie v. Commissioner of Elections | Jul 10, 2019 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Did several electoral irregularities and acts of violence at polling stations fall within the scope of section 46A, compelling the respondent to declare those polls null and void? |
| Sri Lanka |
| Apr 3, 2001 | ||
Décision n° 2001 445 DC du 19 juin 2001 Conseil constitutionnel | Jul 25, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether section 33 of the French Institutional Act violates the Constitution. |
| France |
| Jun 19, 2001 | ||
Inkatha Freedom Party v. Independent Electoral Commission | Sep 23, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether alleged electoral illegalities were sufficient to require an investigation into the election results. |
| South Africa |
| Jul 14, 2001 | ||
2001 (Gyo Tsu) 82 Judgments of the Supreme Court | Jun 29, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment |
| Japan |
| Sep 14, 2001 | |||
2001 (Gyo Tsu) 233 [Case to Seeking Nullification of the Election] | Jun 29, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment |
| Japan |
| Dec 18, 2001 | |||
Baytan v. Commission on Elections | Sep 23, 2020 | Nov 6, 2020 | Judgment | Whether petitioner's voluntary disclosure and alleged good faith mistake is sufficient to survive a preliminary hearing requiring only probable cause? |
| Phillippines |
| Feb 4, 2003 | ||
5- Centre for Policy Alternatives v. Commissioner of Elections | Jul 10, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Filling of vacancies in the membership of provincial councils |
| Sri Lanka |
| Mar 17, 2003 | ||
9- Thavaneethan v. Commissioner of Elections | Jul 10, 2019 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Vote as a fundamental right |
| Sri Lanka |
| Mar 25, 2003 | ||
Electoral Commission v. Rawali | Jul 16, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the postponement of the polling day due to inclement weather violated sec. 97, 115, 117, and 206 of Organic Law. |
| Papua New Guinea |
| Jun 20, 2003 | ||
Sardelli v. Almeida | Jul 9, 2020 | Nov 6, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the President may file a criminal electoral complaint against a private citizen. |
| Brazil |
| Aug 14, 2003 | ||
Obradovic v. Bosnia and Herzegovina | Jul 8, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the plaintiff's dismissal from the military banned him from participating in the General Election? |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Oct 10, 2003 | ||
Impeachment of Roh Moo-hyun | Jun 18, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the violations of the electoral code and the Constitution are sufficient to remove the President from office. |
| South Korea |
| May 14, 2004 |