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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
Electoral Commission v. Malawi Congress Party | Jun 19, 2019 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment |
| Malawi |
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Re Culleton | Jun 9, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment |
| Nigeria |
| Jan 31, 2017 | |||
My Vote Counts NPC v. Minister of Justice and Correctional Services | Jun 28, 2019 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment | Is the current Promotion of Access to Information Act unconstitutional? |
| South Africa |
| Jun 21, 2018 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
People's Democratic Party v. Degi Eremienyo | Jun 2, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment |
| Nigeria |
| Feb 13, 2020 | |||
Yusuf v. INEC | Jun 2, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the respondent was not duly elected in the election and the re-run of the election. |
| Nigeria |
| Jan 20, 2020 | ||
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 | ||
Kyewalabye v. Electoral Commission | Jul 24, 2020 | Oct 14, 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 | Oct 14, 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 | 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 | ||
Marube Ombeta, Kamotho Njenga v. Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission | Sep 13, 2022 | 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 | 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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia v. The Harari Peoples’ Regional State, Harari National Congress | Oct 19, 2021 | Oct 19, 2021 | Judgment | Whether the decision by the Election Bench of the FSC ordering the NEBE to continue the practice, during the 6th general elections, of allowing members of the Harari community residing outside of the Harari People’s Regional State to elect members of the Harari National Congress (which is part of the Harari People’s Regional State Council (regional parliament)) contained an error of law. |
| Ethiopia |
| May 27, 2021 | ||
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 | ||
Siwale v. Electoral Commission of Zambia | Aug 7, 2019 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Can the referendum proceed without being voted on as a bill as constitutionally required? |
| Zambia |
| Feb 14, 2018 | ||
Electoral Commission of Uganda v. Bakireke | Aug 7, 2019 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Was the election conducted legally? Did non-compliance substantially affect the results? Did the winning candidate commit electoral offenses? Did the trial judge err in annulling the elections at the trial level? |
| Uganda |
| Jan 19, 2007 | ||
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 | ||
Ochieng' v. Orange Democratic Movement | Jun 20, 2019 | Nov 4, 2020 | 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 | ||
Timba v. Electoral Commission | Jun 28, 2019 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment |
| Zimbabwe |
| Jan 9, 2014 | |||
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 |