DPJ-backed candidate wins Sendai mayoral election

DPJ-backed candidate wins Sendai mayoral election

SENDAI, Japan - Opposition-backed Emiko Okuyama celebrates with her supporters after winning the Sendai mayoral election defeating five contenders in Sendai on July 26.

Italy holds general elections to elect new parliament

STORY: Italy holds general elections to elect new parliament DATELINE: Sept. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:10 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of people voting 2. various of polling stations STORYLINE: General elections to elect a new parliament were held in Italy on Sunday. Over 50 million citizens, including some 4.7 million living abroad, voted to choose the 400 deputies and 200 senators that will form the two houses of the next assembly. A right-wing coalition and a center-left alliance are seen as the main contenders. Adding to them are a smaller coalition of two centrist parties, and the populist Five Star Movement (M5S), with both the coalition and the M5S running alone. The right-wing alliance -- made up of the nationalist Brothers of Italy, the League, and center-right Forza Italia -- appeared to be leading in all opinion polls published up to two weeks before the vote. Brothers of Italy appeared as the frontrunner, followed at a short distance by the Democratic Party, the key

Macron holds first election rally

STORY: Macron holds election rally DATELINE: April 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:45 LOCATION: Paris CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rally STORYLINE: French President Emmanuel Macron holds an election rally in La Defense Arena on the western outskirts of Paris on Saturday. More than 30,000 supporters attended the rally. With a week to go before the first round of the French presidential election on April 10, French pollster Elabe has released the latest poll results, showing incumbent Emmanuel Macron in the lead, and by a wide margin. According to the poll, Macron now leads the other candidates with 28.5 percent support, up 0.5 percent from the previous survey. His main contenders include Marine Le Pen, the head of the far-right National Front. The French constitution states that the president is elected by popular vote for a five-year term in a two-round system. In the first round, if no candidate wins more than half of the votes cast, the top two candidates compete in the second round.