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ACT candidate keen to go another election campaign round

Edit Stuff 27 Sep 2017
The New Plymouth candidate wants to go another round if given the opportunity by the party ... ACT didn't grab the voters as much as they would have liked, netting just 0.5 per cent of the party vote nationally, and one elected MP, party leader David Seymour ... Carlson said she could have done better to promote the party's policies ... "Those Labour Party supporters can be pretty intense at times but I enjoyed the experience."....

Tokyo governor Koike vows break from the past with new party

Edit This is Money 27 Sep 2017
Popular Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike Wednesday vowed a break with old-school politics as she unveiled a new party she hopes will shake up the upcoming snap election in Japan ... Most commentators say Koike's new party, called the "Party of Hope", will not have enough time to mount a serious nationwide challenge to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe before elections widely expected on October 22....

Tokyo governor launches new party, won't run for election herself

Edit The Times of India 27 Sep 2017
Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike on Wednesday formally launched a new party promising conservative reform, stepping up her challenge to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and adding to uncertainty about the outlook for a general election widely expected next month ... At a news conference launching her "Party of Hope," Koike repeated promises to form a party without ties to vested interests in order to "reset Japan." ... More from The Times of India....

Mukul Roy may turn out to be BJP’s utility man

Edit The Times of India 27 Sep 2017
West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress boss Mamata Banerjee's once trusted lieutenant Mukul Roy's decision to quit the party he cofounded is likely to see him in a new role in the state's politics ... The question is whether BJP will induct Roy into the party or provide logistical support to him to revive Nationalist Trinamool Congress ... Download The Times of India news app for your device ... What is Haunted House Party?....

BJP candidate blames MP for loss

Edit The Times of India 27 Sep 2017
In a press conference, Geeta's husband Sumer Singh Tanwar, who has been associated with BJP for a long time, said Inderjit was the main cause of the official BJP candidate's defeat ... On the other hand, we have been with the party for several years now ... I have already written to BJP national president Amit Shah demanding that Rao Inderjit be ousted for anti-party activity ... Download The Times of India news app for your device....

The Latest: German election: AfD supporters cheer result

Edit The Associated Press 27 Sep 2017
BERLIN (AP) -- The Latest on Germany's national election (all times local). ... Gauland promised supporters Sunday that the party, known by its German initials AfD, would stay on the heels of the country's established parties ... The polls also suggested that the anti-migrant, nationalist Alternative for Germany party will enter the national parliament for the first time with 13 to 13.5 percent support....

The Latest: German election: Merkel vows to form stable govt

Edit The Associated Press 27 Sep 2017
Chancellor Angela Merkel is appealing to other German parties to show responsibility "in stormy times" in a bitter exchange with her defeated challenger ... The anti-migrant AfD party won about 13 percent of the vote in Sunday's election, meaning it will enter Germany's parliament for the first time ... parliament for the first time....

The Latest: Jewish groups alarmed about German nationalists

Edit The Associated Press 27 Sep 2017
Projections showed Alternative for Germany, or AfD, finishing third in Sunday's election with about 13 percent of the vote - enough for the party to enter parliament for the first time ... The co-leader of the anti-migrant nationalist Alternative for Germany, which will be entering parliament for the first time, says her party will provide "constructive opposition."....

Vikramaditya Singh formally launched to contest assembly polls

Edit The Times of India 27 Sep 2017
On Tuesday, Congress leaders from the assembly constituency organized a 'mahasammelan' in Shimla and passed a resolution to make Vikramaditya their party candidate. CM, who has won the seat multiple times, assured the voters that he would always remain available for the people of constituency ... Commenting on the on-going tussle in the party, the CM said that there is no discontent in the party ... More from The Times of India....

Kalu Mobilise Grassroots for APC

Edit This Day 27 Sep 2017
Orji Uzor Kalu, has urged members of the party in the South-east to aggressively galvanise support for the party, adding that the APC is the only political party with the masses’ interests at heart. The former governor who reaffirmed the party’s commitment to internal democracy noted that with strict adherence to the tenets of democracy, the APC would continue to wax strong and remain unbeatable....

Analysis: Will early elections benefit PTI?

Edit Dawn 27 Sep 2017
The consensus seems to be that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief was ‘shooting from the hip’ when he made this demand, since it does not make political sense for his, or any other opposition party, at this point in time ... The government has virtually collapsed; ministers are absent from their offices and the ruling party can’t even ensure quorum in the legislature,” said Naeemul Haq, Mr Khan’s long-time aide and confidant....

Tokyo Gov. Koike vows to "reset Japan" with new "Hope" party

Edit Kyodo 27 Sep 2017
"I am starting this party of hope today along with my friends who share this sense of crisis ... While the premier has said he is calling the election to gain a fresh mandate on the use of revenue from the tax hike, as well as his government's handling of the threat from North Korea, the timing appears to be aimed at taking advantage of the current disorganization among Japan's opposition parties....

On the political front

Edit The News International 27 Sep 2017
Nawaz was typically defiant and in no mood to give up; and the PML-N is ready to amend its constitution so that he can assume his position as party chairman once again ... The opposition parties seem less clear about their strategy ... The PPP is an electorally spent force right now and needs as much time as possible to regroup while the Jamaat-e-Islami has said early elections will only allow the ruling party to cloak itself in martyrdom....
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