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Kuwait (Feb 02, 2012)
Kuwaitis went to the polls on Thursday to vote for the fifty seats of the National Assembly. Kuwait’s emir, Amir SABAH al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah, called the election after dissolving the parliament in December. This will be Kuwait’s fourth new parliament in six years.

Senegal (Jan 30, 2012)
Senegal's Constitutional Council on Monday ruled that President Abdoulaye WADE was eligible to run for a third term in upcoming elections. Opposition candidates challenged WADE’s candidacy on the ground that there was a two-term limit in the Constitution. The court ruled, however, that WADE was not bound to this because his first term began before the rule was introduced. The court also upheld earlier rulings that three opposition candidates, including pop-singer Youssou N’DOUR, were not be eligible to run. Presidential elections in Senegal are scheduled for February 26.

Croatia (Jan 22, 2012)
Croatians voted in favor of European Union membership in a referendum on Sunday, although turnout was reportedly low. With almost all the ballots counted, approximately 67 percent had voted in favor of the measure, while about 33 percent voted against. Although turnout was officially placed at a low 43 percent, Foreign Minister Vesna PUSIC stated that this was a result of inaccurate and out of date voter registry. PUSIC claimed that of the voter roll was accurate, actual turnout may have been closer to 60 percent of voters.

Finland (Jan 22, 2012)
Sauli NIINISTOE of the National Coalition Party won the first round of Finland’s presidential election on Sunday. NIINISTO, a former finance minister, captured 37 percent of the vote while Pekka HAAVISTO, of the Greens party, came in second with 18.8 percent. The two will face each other in the runoff election on February 5. HAAVISTO earned a spot in the runoff by narrowly defeating Paavo VAYRYNEN, who won 17.5 percent of the vote.

Kazakhstan (Jan 15, 2012)
Kazakh President Nursultan NAZARBAYEV’s Nur Otan party on Sunday won 80.7 percent of the vote in parliamentary elections. Two other parties will join Nur Otan in parliament for the first time. This was first election since a 2009 law, which requires at least two parties enter parliament. Previously, Nur Otan held all seats in the legislative body. Under the new law, however, the second-place party is guaranteed to enter parliament even if it does not reach the seven percent threshold normally required to gain seats.