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(240425) -- BEIJING, April 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Prabowo Subianto (L) and Gibran Rakabuming greet the session participants at General Election Commission building in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 24, 2024. Indonesia's General Election Commission (KPU) on Wednesday declared Prabowo Subianto as the country's eighth president after appeals of two defeated presidential candidates concerning a dispute over presidential polls in February were rejected by the constitutional court. KPU Chairman Hasyim Asy'ari announced that Prabowo and his running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka have been selected to be the president and vice president for the period of 2024 until 2029 with around 96 million or nearly 59 percent of the total votes. (Xinhua/Veri Sanovri)

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INDONESIA-JAKARTA-PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT-DECLARATION

(240424) -- JAKARTA, April 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Prabowo Subianto (L) and Gibran Rakabuming greet the session participants at General Election Commission building in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 24, 2024. Indonesia's General Election Commission (KPU) here on Wednesday declared Prabowo Subianto as the country's eighth president after appeals of two defeated presidential candidates concerning a dispute over presidential polls in February were rejected by the constitutional court. KPU Chairman Hasyim Asy'ari announced that Prabowo and his running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka have been selected to be the president and vice president for the period of 2024 until 2029 with around 96 million or nearly 59 percent of the total votes. (Xinhua/Veri Sanovri)

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Set to win presidential election, Putin vows to achieve national goals

STORY: Set to win presidential election, Putin vows to achieve national goals SHOOTING TIME: March 17/18, 2024 DATELINE: March 18, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the reelection 2. various of Vladimir Putin STORYLINE: Russia's incumbent President and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin, who is set to win reelection, said he would do his utmost to achieve national development goals on Monday morning. Putin has won 87.32 percent of the vote after 95.04 percent of all ballots were counted, according to data from the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) as of Monday morning. Under Russia's presidential election regulations, a candidate who receives more than 50 percent of the votes will secure victory. Putin said at the campaign headquarters in Moscow that he would do his best to achieve the national development goals in all directions. Russia kicked off its three-day presidential election on Friday. The final results will be confirmed no

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Bulgarians vote for local authorities

STORY: Bulgarians vote for local authorities DATELINE: Oct. 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:59 LOCATION: Sofia CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of polling stations 2. various of voters STORYLINE: Bulgarians went to polls on Sunday to elect mayors and municipal councilors. As many as 12,299 polling stations opened across the country at 7:00 a.m. local time (0500 GMT) for over six million eligible voters to cast their ballots. The elections are held every four years. In this year's elections, almost 39,000 candidates are competing for the posts of mayors of the 265 municipalities and 3,041 mayoralties in Bulgaria, and the 35 quarters in Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna, as well as 5,053 seats in the municipal councils. A candidate for mayor must gain more than half of the valid votes to win the position in the first round. If no one gains more than 50 percent of votes in the first round, the top two runners will compete in a run-off on Nov. 5. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Sofia. (XHTV

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U.S. House Republicans drop Jim Jordan as House speaker nominee after three failed votes

STORY: U.S. House Republicans drop Jim Jordan as House speaker nominee after three failed votes DATELINE: Oct. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:10 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. House of Representatives voting to elect new speaker STORYLINE: U.S. House Republicans on Friday dropped right-wing figure Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, as the Republican nominee for House speaker, after he failed to garner enough support from his own party in three rounds of full-chamber voting. In a closed-door session Friday afternoon, House Republicans voted in a secret ballot against Jordan continuing as their party's nominee for speaker, roughly a week after he was nominated. Earlier in the day, Jordan lost the third vote in his bid for House speaker, as Republican opposition grows amid continuing chaos. The Ohio Republican, 59, lost 25 votes from fellow Republicans, three more than in the second round of voting and five more than in the first round, ind

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GUATEMALA-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-VOTING

(230822) -- GUATEMALA CITY, Aug. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo casts his ballot at a polling station in Guatemala City, Guatemala, Aug. 20, 2023. Bernardo Arevalo has won Guatemala's presidential election, according to a count by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal on Sunday evening. With 95 percent of ballots counted, Arevalo has scored 59 percent of votes, with his rival Sandra Torres trailing behind with 36 percent. (Xinhua/David De La Paz)

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GUATEMALA-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

(230821) -- GUATEMALA CITY, Aug. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A voter casts his ballot at a polling station in Santiago Sacatepequez, Guatemala, Aug. 20, 2023. Bernardo Arevalo has won Guatemala's presidential election, according to a count by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal on Sunday evening. With 95 percent of ballots counted, Arevalo has scored 59 percent of votes, with his rival Sandra Torres trailing behind with 36 percent. (Photo by Ulises Rodríguez/Xinhua)

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GUATEMALA-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-VOTING

(230822) -- GUATEMALA CITY, Aug. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A voter votes at a polling station in Guatemala City, Guatemala, Aug. 20, 2023. Bernardo Arevalo has won Guatemala's presidential election, according to a count by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal on Sunday evening. With 95 percent of ballots counted, Arevalo has scored 59 percent of votes, with his rival Sandra Torres trailing behind with 36 percent. (Xinhua/David De La Paz)

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GUATEMALA-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-VOTING

(230822) -- GUATEMALA CITY, Aug. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo waves after casting his ballot at a polling station in Guatemala City, Guatemala, Aug. 20, 2023. Bernardo Arevalo has won Guatemala's presidential election, according to a count by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal on Sunday evening. With 95 percent of ballots counted, Arevalo has scored 59 percent of votes, with his rival Sandra Torres trailing behind with 36 percent. (Xinhua/David De La Paz)

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GUATEMALA-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-VOTING

(230822) -- GUATEMALA CITY, Aug. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Guatemala's President Alejandro Giammattei casts his ballot at a polling station in Guatemala City, Guatemala, Aug. 20, 2023. Bernardo Arevalo has won Guatemala's presidential election, according to a count by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal on Sunday evening. With 95 percent of ballots counted, Arevalo has scored 59 percent of votes, with his rival Sandra Torres trailing behind with 36 percent. (Xinhua/David De La Paz)

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Lebanon fails to elect new president for 12th time

STORY: Lebanon fails to elect new president for 12th time DATELINE: June 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:36 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri 2. various of the parliament 3. various of officials counting votes 4. various of the parliament 5. various of Berri announcing the results 6. various of the parliament 7. various of Berri leaving the parliament 8. various of the parliament STORYLINE: The Lebanese parliament on Wednesday failed to elect a new president for the republic during its 12th session, plunging the country into further political uncertainty. In the presidential race, Sleiman Frangieh, leader of the Marada Movement who was supported by the two Shiite parties Hezbollah and Amal Movement, trailed behind his main rival Jihad Azour, a former finance minister who was backed by the country's two biggest Christian parties, the Free Patriotic Movement and the Lebanese forces. Frangieh received 51 votes while Azour gained 59 votes. Neithe

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PP-DB, GERB-UDF neck-and-neck to win Bulgaria's parliamentary elections: exit polls

STORY: PP-DB, GERB-UDF neck-and-neck to win Bulgaria's parliamentary elections: exit polls DATELINE: April 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:59 LOCATION: Sofia CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of people waiting for voting 2. various of people voting 3. various of the poll station STORYLINE: Two coalitions, We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB) and GERB - Union of Democratic Forces (GERB-UDF) were neck-and-neck to win Bulgaria's early parliamentary elections on Sunday, according to exit polls. The exit poll by Alpha Research, one of the leading agencies for social and political research in Bulgaria, which was announced on Bulgarian National TV, said that PP-DB was expected to have 26.4 percent of the votes, against 25.5 percent for GERB-UDF. The other exit poll, by Gallup International, and announced on Bulgarian National TV, said that PP-DB was leading the elections with 25.6 percent of votes, while GERB-UDF took 24.8 percent. Alpha Research said the two coalitions were followed by the Movemen

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Czechs vote in 2nd round of presidential election

STORY: Czechs vote in 2nd round of presidential election DATELINE: Jan. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:59 LOCATION: Prague CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Prague and Prague Castle (seat of Czech president) 2. Presidential candidate Petr Pavel 3. Presidential candidate Andrej Babis 4. People vote at a polling station in Prague STORYLINE: Voters in the Czech Republic began to cast their ballots on Friday afternoon in the second round of this year's presidential election. The first round was held on Jan. 13-14. Since postal ballots is not an option, Czechs living abroad could already go to the polls on Thursday so that their votes can make it in time for the final tally on Saturday. The two candidates in the two-day runoff are retired army general Petr Pavel and former prime minister Andrej Babis. The winner will succeed incumbent President Milos Zeman, whose second and final term ends in early March. The election results are expected to be announced late on Saturday. Analysts predict a higher voter tu

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Ozawa beats Kan to become new DPJ president

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa (C) shows his appreciation at a Tokyo hotel after winning the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election. The 63-year-old Ozawa, a former party vice president, received 119 votes from the party's 192 lawmakers, while Naoto Kan, 59, a two-time party president, garnered 72 votes.

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Koizumi leads in LDP primaries voting

TOKYO, Japan - Junichiro Koizumi, the front runner in the primary elections of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is surrounded by reporters in Tokyo on April 23 as counting of ballots cast in the primaries started in the remaining 24 of Japan's 47 prefectures. As of April 22, former health minister Koizumi had won 20 of the 47 prefectures, garnering 59 votes in all.

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New Italian PM calls for unity

STORY: New Italian PM calls for unity DATELINE: Oct. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:59 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Palazzo Chigi 2. various of the meeting STORYLINE: New Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Sunday called for unity as she symbolically took power in a country that faced what she said were "multiple" challenges. Though Meloni was sworn in on Saturday, outgoing Prime Minister Mario Draghi ceremonially passed power to her Sunday in a televised meeting at Palazzo Chigi, the official seat of Italy's government. Draghi, a former governor of the European Central Bank, had been prime minister since February 2021, though he served in a caretaker role since resigning after his coalition splintered in July. Meloni, the leader of the right-wing Brothers of Italy, was asked to form the new government after her party won 26 percent of votes in the recent polls, ending up as the most voted force. She had run the campaign with her two coalition allies, the center-rig

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Preliminary results show Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wins Philippine presidential election

STORY: Preliminary results show Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wins Philippine presidential election DATELINE: May 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: Manila CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): YANG YUNQI, Xinhua correspondent 2. previous campaign rally of Marcos Jr. 3. various of Marcos Jr.' campaign poster 4. various of Marcos Jr. STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (English): YANG YUNQI, Xinhua correspondent "Behind me is the vote-counting center for this year's election. Preliminary result shows that Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has won the election. Marcos will be the Philippines' 17th president after the formal confirmation from the commission on elections and the Congress." Ferdinand Marcos Jr. won Monday's presidential election over his main rival, incumbent Vice President Maria Leonor Robredo, according to 83.1 percent of unofficial votes counted. Marcos' running mate, Sara Duterte-Carpio, the 43-year-old daughter of outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte, also won the vice presidential race. Filipinos voted to el

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Macron wins French presidential runoff: exit poll

STORY: Macron wins French presidential runoff: exit poll DATELINE: April 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: Paris CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): SUN XINJING, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of Macron's victory gathering STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): SUN XINJING, Xinhua correspondent "French incumbent President Emmanuel Macron won the 2022 presidential runoff with 58.6 percent of the votes, according to the preliminary exit poll released Sunday evening by French television BFMTV." According to the latest figures, Macron's rival, far-right wing candidate Marine Le Pen, gained 41.4 percent of the votes. At his victory gathering, Macron said that his ambition for the next five years is to make France more independent, make a stronger Europe and to continue to invest in the country to make "France a great ecological nation." In his speech, he vowed to be conscious of the citizens that have voted for Le Pen, and thanked those who have voted for him in the second round against the fa

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Ozawa beats Kan to become new DPJ president

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa (C) shows his appreciation at a Tokyo hotel after winning the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election. The 63-year-old Ozawa, a former party vice president, received 119 votes from the party's 192 lawmakers, while Naoto Kan, 59, a two-time party president, garnered 72 votes. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi leads in LDP primaries voting

TOKYO, Japan - Junichiro Koizumi, the front runner in the primary elections of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is surrounded by reporters in Tokyo on April 23 as counting of ballots cast in the primaries started in the remaining 24 of Japan's 47 prefectures. As of April 22, former health minister Koizumi had won 20 of the 47 prefectures, garnering 59 votes in all.