5 June: In the second stage of the Lebanese legislative elections, Hezbollah and Amal have won most of the seats in the South Lebanon District.

Elections in May 2005
29 May: In the first stage of the Lebanese legislative elections, supporters of Saad Hariri's anti-Syrian party have won all the seats in the Beirut District.

25 May: In the Suriname legislative elections, supporters of President Ronald Venetiaan have retained a majority in the National Assembly.

22 May: In the Mongolian presidential elections, it is reported that Nambaryn Enkhbayar of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party has been elected President.

15 May: In the Ethiopian legislative elections, the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front has won a majority in the legislature, although the opposition has made major gains.

8 May: In the second round of the Central African Republic presidential elections, the incumbent president, François Bozizé, has been elected with 64% of the vote.

8 May Central African Republic legislative elections ....

5 May: In the British legislative election, the Labour Party of Prime Minister Tony Blair has won a third term in office, with a reduced majority.

5 May: In the Dominica legislative election, the Dominica Labour Party government of Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has been re-elected.

Elections in April 2005
24 April: In the Andorra legislative elections, the ruling Liberal Party led by Albert Pintat has won exactly half the seats in the legislature. Preliminary figures are available.

24 April: In the Togo presidential elections, Faure Gnassingbé of the ruling Rally of the Togolaise People has reportedly won 60% of the vote. Official figures are now available.

22 April: The Burundi presidential and legislative elections have been postponed until 4 July (legislative) and 19 August (presidential), following a deadlock over election arrangements between interim President Domitien Ndayizeye and opposition parties.

17 April: In the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus presidential election, Mehmet Ali Talat, who favours the reunification of Cyprus, has been elected with 55% of the vote.

17 April: In Spain, in the Basque Lands regional legislative election, the Basque Nationalist Party has failed in its bid to win an overall majority in the legislature, but will be able to retain office with the support of other parties.

8 April: In the Djibouti presidential election, President Ismail Omar Guelleh has been re-elected unopposed after opposition parties boycotted the election.

3 and 4 April: In the Italian regional elections, the governing conservative House of Liberty coalition of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been heavily defeated by the centre-left opposition Olive Tree coalition. Full statistics are available.

Elections in March 2005
31 March: In the Zimbabwe legislative election, the ruling ZANU-PF party has retained power with an increased majority. Constituency-level results are now available.

18 March: In the Tonga legislative election, the opposition Human Rights and Democracy Movement in Tonga (HRDMT) has won seven of the nine elected seats in the legislature, but will be outvoted by the nominees of the king and nobility.

13 March: In the second round of the Kyrgyzstan legislative election, supporters of President Askar Akayev won the great majority of seats. Incomplete results are available. The elections were annulled by the Kyrgyzstan Supreme Court on 24 March, following the overthrow of Akayev, and the Election Commission website is now offline. Fresh elections have been announced for 26 June.

11-13 March: In the Liechtenstein legislative election, the ruling Progressive Citizens' Party has lost its majority in the legislature.

8 March: In the Micronesia legislative election, incumbents have been re-elected in non-party elections. Some results are available.

6 March: In the Moldova legislative election, the Communist Party government of Vasile Tarlev has been re-elected with a reduced majority.

Elections in February 2005
26 February: In the Western Australian state legislative election, the Australian Labor Party government of Dr Geoff Gallop has been re-elected, maintaining Labor's hold on all eight Australian state and territory governments.

20 February: In the Portuguese legislative election , the Socialists led by José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa have defeated the incumbent centre-right government of Pedro Santana Lopes, winning an absolute majority in the Assembly of the Republic for the first time. District-level figures are now available

20 February: In Germany, in the Schleswig-Holstein state legislative election, the ruling Social Democrat - Green coalition has lost its majority, but may retain government with the support of a minor party.

20 February: In the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus legislative election, the governing Republican Turkish Party led by Mehmet Ali Talat has improved its position but fallen short of a majority in the House of Representatives.

8 February: In the Danish legislative election, the centre-right government of Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has won a second term. County-level figures are available.

6 February: In the Thai legislative election, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's Thais Love Thais Party has won a landslide victory, enabling Thaksin to form Thailand's first single-party elected government.

Elections in January 2005
30 January: In the Iraqi legislative elections, the United Iraqi Alliance has won a majority of seats in the Transitional National Assembly. An estimated 58 percent of registered voters have cast a vote, despite violence and intimidation by anti-democratic forces. Vote totals by party at national and Governorate level are available. In Iraqi Kurdistan, the Kurdistan Democratic List has won a large majority in the regional assembly.

30 January: In the Iraqi National Assembly elections , an estimated 60 percent of registered voters cast a vote, despite the threat of terrorist attacks. At least 44 people were killed across the country by terrorists attempting to prevent the elections, but there was much less violence than expected. I don't normally editorialise at this website, but it must be noted that this is a major defeat for the anti-democratic terrorist groups and their western apologists, and a great tribute to the courage of the Iraqi people. It is also a tribute to the armed forces of the United States and its allies (including Australia), who liberated Iraq from Saddam Hussein's dictatorship and made these elections possible. It is a pleasure to see even the BBC forced to admit that the elections were a success. Counting is now underway and results will be posted when they become available.

22 January: In the Maldives legislative elections, postponed from 31 December as a result of the Indian Ocean tsunami, the government has retained control of the legislature but candidates endorsed by the banned Maldives Democratic Party have made big gains. Constituency-level figures are available.

16 January: In the second round of the Croatian presidential election, Stjepan Mesic has been elected to a second term with 66 percent of the vote.

9 January: In the Palestinian Territories presidential election, Mahmoud Abbas has been elected President of the Palestinian Authority with 67 percent of the vote.