The Constitutional court is expected to hear an urgent application from the Electoral Commision of South Africa to have the Municipal elections postponed.
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The Big Story: Trojan horse
The current era of Indian politics has been referred to as the fourth party system. This means that it is a break from the three distinct phases that came before 2014. These were the dominant Congress era (1952-1967), the Congress decline phase (1967-1989) and the coalition era (1989-2014). This new phase is easily summarised: the dominant Bharatiya Janta Party “has emerged as a system-defining party, in response to which all others position themselves”.
Political parties gear up for local bodies polls in cantonment boards
July 21, 2021
Major political parties have started flexing their muscles for the local bodies elections scheduled to be held in Sindh’s cantonment boards on a party basis on September 12.
There are eight cantonment boards in Sindh six in Karachi and one each in Hyderabad adn Pano Aqil and elections are held for general councillors in as many wards.
The Pakistan Peoples Party, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, the Jamaat-e-Islami, the Pak Sarzameen Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz are the major political parties that will contest the polls in the cantonments boards.
All set for LG polls in cantonment boards
July 21, 2021
KARACHI: Major political parties have started flexing their muscles for the local bodies elections scheduled to be held in Sindh’s cantonment boards on a party basis on September 12.
There are eight cantonment boards in Sindh six in Karachi and one each in Hyderabad adn Pano Aqil and elections are held for general councillors in as many wards.
The Pakistan Peoples Party, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, the Jamaat-e-Islami, the Pak Sarzameen Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz are the major political parties that will contest the polls in the cantonments boards.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 The Election Commision (EC) today confirmed that the Sarawak polls have been officially postponed. In a statement today, EC secretary Datuk Ikmalrudin Ishak said due to the current Emergency proclamation, the Sarawak polls are postponed until a suitable date is.