Search Tips
30 shown of 317 entities
15 columns hidden
Title | Date added | Date modified | Template | Question Presented | Legal Issue(s) | Country | Language of Decision | Date of decision | Legal Issue and/or Topic | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Odinga v. IEBC | Jun 19, 2019 | Nov 6, 2020 | Judgment | Which party has the burden of proof to contest an election? |
| Kenya |
| Sep 1, 2017 | ||
Chilima v. Mutharika (lower court decision) | May 22, 2020 | Nov 4, 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 | ||
Democratic Alliance v. Electoral Commission | Jun 3, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Commission is able to make this determination and implement the enforcement action. |
| South Africa |
| |||
Human Rights Network of Uganda v. Attorney General | May 20, 2020 | Oct 14, 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 | ||
Hichilema v. Lungu | Jul 16, 2019 | Oct 14, 2020 | 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 | Sep 16, 2020 | 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 | ||
APDH v. Cote d'Ivoire | Aug 1, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | 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 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Tanzania regulation prohibiting independent candidates from seeking public office is unconstitutional? |
| Tanzania. United Republic of |
| Jun 14, 2019 | ||
National Elections Commission v. Brumskine | Jun 20, 2019 | Nov 4, 2020 | 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 | ||
Uzodinma v. Ihedioha | Jun 2, 2020 | Nov 4, 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 | ||
Timba v. Electoral Commission | Jun 28, 2019 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment |
| Zimbabwe |
| Jan 9, 2014 | |||
Re Culleton | Jun 9, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment |
| Nigeria |
| Jan 31, 2017 | |||
New Nation Movement NPC and Others v President of the Republic of South Africa | Jun 11, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the requirement of political party membership for candidate eligibility is constitutional. |
| South Africa |
| Jun 11, 2020 | ||
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 | ||
Mwiru v. Samson | Jul 24, 2020 | Nov 4, 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 | ||
Odhiambo Oduol v. Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission | Sep 14, 2022 | 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, et. al v. Ruto | Aug 9, 2024 | Aug 9, 2024 | Judgment | Whether petitioners’ evidence of interference and election fraud satisfied the appropriate level of evidence as required by the Court and affected the election result, warranting the cancellation and rerun of the election? |
| Kenya |
| Sep 5, 2022 | ||
Abubakar v. Independent Electoral Commission | Jun 3, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the President was not duly elected to his position based upon alleged corruption in the vote counting. |
| Nigeria |
| Nov 5, 2019 | ||
Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe v. ZANU-PF | Jun 19, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Should an interdict be ordered against the respondents for several coercion related activities towards children in schools? |
| Zimbabwe |
| Jun 28, 2018 | ||
Election Resource Centre v. Charumbira | Jun 19, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Is it inappropriate for a tribal leader to make public statements in support of a party? |
| Zimbabwe |
| May 23, 2018 | ||
Electoral Commission v. Malawi Congress Party | Jun 19, 2019 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment |
| Malawi |
| ||||
Kham v. Electoral Commission | Jun 20, 2019 | Nov 4, 2020 | 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 | Nov 4, 2020 | 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 | ||
Jupica vs Nec | Aug 26, 2020 | Oct 8, 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 | ||
Kitute v. Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission | Aug 9, 2024 | Aug 9, 2024 | Judgment | Is electronic evidence submitted in support of allegations of election fraud subject to the Evidence Act, which requires authentication or certification by an appropriate authority or expert? |
| Kenya |
| Nov 6, 2017 | ||
Zimbabwe Election Resource Centre Trust v. Zimbabwe Electoral Commission | Jul 8, 2019 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission must furnish voter rolls under the Zimbabwe Constitution. |
| Zimbabwe |
| Jun 6, 2018 | ||
National Elections Commission v. Siebo | Sep 16, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the respondent lost his right to appeal the Review Panel rejection of his application when he failed to meet the Election Commission’s deadline. |
| Liberia |
| Sep 19, 2017 | ||
Karnwea v. National Elections Commission | Oct 1, 2020 | Nov 6, 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 | ||
In re Article 27 (3) & (8) of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 | Oct 2, 2020 | Nov 6, 2020 | Judgment | Whether failure to enact the two-third gender rule despite Court orders to do so calls for dissolvement of the Parliament. |
| Kenya |
| Sep 21, 2020 | ||
Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners v. Independent Electoral Commission | Feb 17, 2021 | Feb 17, 2021 | Judgment | Whether the municipal government elections for four wards in the George Local Municipality should be annulled due to alleged wrongs and irregularities in the voting and counting procedures. |
| South Africa |
| Jan 5, 2021 |