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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 |
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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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 |
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Freedom Front Plus v. Electoral Commission of South Africa | Jun 3, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment |
| South Africa |
| Apr 29, 2019 | |||
Mutharika v. Chilima | Jun 8, 2020 | Nov 19, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the standard that candidate must receive a majority of the votes means the highest percentage of votes or over 50%? |
| Malawi |
| May 8, 2020 | ||
Re Culleton | Jun 9, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment |
| Nigeria |
| Jan 31, 2017 | |||
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 |
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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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | |||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 |