elections
New Party Wins Election in Ladakh
In elections held last week, the Ladakhi people voted out the Congress Party, which has controlled the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) since its creation in 1995, and replaced it with another party, the Ladakh Union Territory Front (LUTF). The LAHDC, modeled after a Hill Council at Darjeeling in eastern India, has both legislative […]
Reformers Win Tahitian Elections But Deadlock Remains
The reformist party of Oscar Temaru has won the bi-election in Tahiti on February 13, according to reports from BBC News, but he does not have a majority of seats in the Assembly. His Union for Democracy appears to have won 25 out of the 37 seats contested on Sunday while the party of Gaston […]