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2002 Elections
The following elections occurred in the year 2002. * 2002 Bahraini parliamentary election * 2002 Comorian presidential election * 2002 East Timorese presidential election * 2002 Fijian municipal election * 2002 Hong Kong Chief Executive election * 2002 Malagasy parliamentary election * 2002 New Zealand general election * 2002 Seychellois parliamentary election * 2002 South Korean presidential election * 2002 Tongan general election * 2002 Tuvaluan general election Africa * 2002 Zimbabwe presidential election * 51st National Conference of the African National Congress * 2002 Algerian legislative election * 2002 Burkinabé parliamentary election * 2002 Cameroonian parliamentary election * 2002 Chadian parliamentary election * 2002 Equatorial Guinean presidential election * 2002 Gambian parliamentary election * 2002 Guinean legislative election * 2002 Kenyan general election * 2002 Lesotho general election * 2002 Malian parliamentary election * 2002 Malian presidential election * 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Bahraini Parliamentary Election
General elections were held in Bahrain on 24 October 2002 to elect the forty members of the Council of Representatives (Bahrain), Council of Representatives. They were the second general elections in the country's history, and the first since the dissolution of the 1973 Bahraini general election, 1973 National Assembly. The elections were the first to be held under the Constitution of Bahrain, 2002 constitution, with voter turnout reported to be 53.2%. IFES Election Guide, 28 October 2002 For the first time, women had the right to vote and the right to stand in national elections. Campaign The elections were boycotted by Al Wefaq, the country's largest political party, as well as the National Democratic Action Society, t ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Equatorial Guinean Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held in Equatorial Guinea on 15 December 2002. Incumbent President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo easily won another term amidst an opposition boycott. Boycotts The four opposition candidates withdrew their candidacy on election day. The first opposition candidate to withdraw was Convergence for Social Democracy (CPDS) candidate Celestino Bonifacio Bacalé. He denounced the election, saying that "voting is totally fraudulent at every level. In 90% of the polling stations, the vote is being carried out in public, and people are being obliged to take only one voting slip, the one for Obiang"."'Landslide' in Equatorial Guinea" BBC News, 16 December 2002. Charles Cobb Jr. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Zimbabwean Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held in Zimbabwe between 9 and 11 March 2002. The elections were contested by the incumbent president Robert Mugabe, Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai, ZANU–Ndonga leader Wilson Kumbula, Shakespeare Maya of the National Alliance for Good Governance and independent candidate Paul Siwela. Although Mugabe won with 56.2% of the vote, it was the closest presidential election to date. Several members of the opposition party were murdered by the government in state sanctioned assassinations. Three members of Parliament, who were members of the opposition were assaulted by soldiers and police offices in what appeared to be a targeted attack ordered by the government. Amnesty International wrote "Freedom of expression came under increasing restrictions during the year. Journalists and lawyers were arbitrarily detained, beaten, tortured and threatened for reporting on political or human rights issues or representing the victims of human r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Togolese Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Togo on 27 October 2002. Like the previous elections in 1999, they were boycotted by nine opposition parties (known as the Coalition of Democratic Forces), following the replacement of the Independent National Electoral Commission by a seven-magistrate committee and a revision of the Electoral Code. Inter-Parliamentary Union The result was a victory for the ruling , which won 72 of the 81 seats. Voter turnout was 67%. Results References {{Togolese elections |
2002 Sierra Leonean General Election
General elections were held in Sierra Leone on 14 May 2002 to elect a president and parliament. Incumbent President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) was re-elected with more than 70% of the votes in the first round, meaning that a second round of voting was not required. In the parliamentary elections, the SLPP received almost 70% of the vote, winning 83 of the 112 seats. The All People's Congress became the main opposition party, replacing the United National People's Party. The United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone was authorised, under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1389, Security Council Resolution 1389 (2002), to assist in the electoral process. Campaign A total of 1,351 candidates contested the parliamentary elections, representing ten parties. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Republic Of The Congo Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held in the Republic of the Congo on 10 March 2002. They followed the country's second civil war (1997-1999), which returned Denis Sassou Nguesso to power, and a subsequent transitional period, in which a new constitution was written and approved by referendum in January 2002. The election lacked meaningful opposition participation, as the main opposition leaders—particularly former President Pascal Lissouba of the Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS) and former Prime Minister Bernard Kolélas of the Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development (MCDDI)—were in exile, prevented from returning to Congo by legal convictions and sentences that were handed down ''in absentia''. The only important opposition figure left to contest the election was former Prime Minister André Milongo of the Union for Democracy and the Republic (UDR), but he withdrew a few days before the election, claiming that it would be fraudulent. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Republic Of The Congo Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Republic of the Congo in 2002; the first round was held on 26 May and the second round on 20 June. The Congolese Labour Party (PCT) and its allies won a majority of seats in the National Assembly. Campaign A total of 1,239 people registered to stand as candidates in the election. On 11 May 2002, the Interior Ministry published the official list of candidates; 1,199 candidacies were validated, while 40 were rejected. The number of independents standing in the election was about equal to the number of party candidates. 51 candidates were elected in the first round. Twelve candidates were disqualified by the National Electoral Commission (CONEL) shortly after the first round due to various allegations, including fraud. Results Voting was postponed in eight seats in the Pool Department Pool ( kg, Mpumbu, Nsundi, Mbula Ntangu) is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the southeastern part of the country. It borders the departments o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Moroccan Parliamentary Election
General elections were held in Morocco on 27 September 2002. The elections were the first since King Mohammed VI of Morocco had come to the throne in 1999 and international observers saw it as a test of his commitment to democracy. The election saw an Islamist party the Justice and Development Party make strong gains but the outgoing government kept a majority in the Assembly of Representatives. Campaign The election took place under a revised voting system in which 325 deputies were elected from 91 constituencies. The new rules guaranteed women would be at least 10% of the Assembly of Representatives by reserving 30 seats for them. In total 5,865 candidates from 26 political parties and 5 lists of independents stood in the election including 965 female candidates. With many voters illiterate, each party had different symbols such as a car, alarm clock, horse, wasp or lamp which were printed on the ballot paper for voters to select. Even the prime minister, Abderrahmane Yous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Malian Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held in Mali on 28 April 2002, with a run-off on 12 May. The previous president, Alpha Oumar Konaré, stood down after 10 years in office, having been term limited by the Malian constitution to two terms. Amadou Toumani Touré won the election with 65% of the vote in the second round. Candidates Twenty-four candidates were certified by the Constitutional Court and stood in the election. Only one candidate, a woman who would have been the country's first female presidential candidate if she had been allowed to run, was prevented from standing for election after failing to provide the deposit of approximately $7,000. Electoral system In order to register to contest the elections, candidates had to provide a deposit of approximately $7,000. This was returned if the candidate won over 5% of the vote in the first round. Each candidate was entitled to have a representative at each of the 12,400 polling booths. The election was held using the two-round sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Malian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Mali on 14 July 2002, with a second round in some constituencies on 28 July. African Elections Database Results References Elections in MaliMali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mal ...
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2002 Lesotho General Election
General elections were held in Lesotho on 25 May 2002. The result was a victory for the Lesotho Congress for Democracy, which took over 50% of the vote and 77 of the 120 seats in the National Assembly. It was the first election held in Lesotho under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system, with 80 seats elected in first-past-the-post constituencies, and 40 using a proportional representation-based compensatory system. 554,386 of the 831,515 registered voters cast valid votes. EISA Results References {{Lesotho elections Elections in Lesotho |
