The 2011 Canadian General Election) was held Monday, May 2, 2011, to elect members to the House of Commons of the 41st Canadian Parliament.
The Conservative Party (under leader Stephen Harper) remained in power, moving from a minority to a majority government. The New Democratic Party won the largest number of seats in their history, including a large majority of seats in Quebec and will form the Official Opposition for the first time. The Liberal Party won the fewest seats in their history and party leader Michael Ignatieff was defeated in his own riding, and has since annouced he will stand down as party leader. The Bloc Québécois, which had always won at least a majority of seats in Quebec, lost nearly all their seats, including the seat of their leader Gilles Duceppe, who resigned as BQ leader following his defeat. The Green Party won their first elected seat, that of party leader Elizabeth May
The preliminary election results are available on the Elections canada website
In the current climate in the UK of debate over voting systems, and proportionality it is interesting to compare on this table party standing (number of seats gained) and popular vote percentages. The table clearly illustrated the benefit of the Canadian system for the two larger parties (Conservative and NDP - New Democratic Party).
Showing posts with label elections. Show all posts
Showing posts with label elections. Show all posts
Wednesday, 4 May 2011
Friday, 8 April 2011
Canadian election results map
Today's post highlighting something on the 2008 Canadian elections, of interest as the nation goes to the polls again, from the always interesting Map Room blog:
La Presse, a Montreal newspaper, has put poll-by-poll election results from the 2008 Canadian federal election onto a Google Maps interface. (Kudos to them for doing it for the entire country, and in English as well — not something I’d necessarily expect from a Quebec media source.) Being able to get that much detail about the last election is extremely useful in the context of figuring on what’s going on in the current one. More about this at Fagstein. Via Maclean’s.
2008 Canadian Election Results first appeared on The Map Room: A Weblog About Maps on April 7, 2011. Copyright © 2011 Jonathan Crowe. Distributed under a Creative Commons licence.
La Presse, a Montreal newspaper, has put poll-by-poll election results from the 2008 Canadian federal election onto a Google Maps interface. (Kudos to them for doing it for the entire country, and in English as well — not something I’d necessarily expect from a Quebec media source.) Being able to get that much detail about the last election is extremely useful in the context of figuring on what’s going on in the current one. More about this at Fagstein. Via Maclean’s.
2008 Canadian Election Results first appeared on The Map Room: A Weblog About Maps on April 7, 2011. Copyright © 2011 Jonathan Crowe. Distributed under a Creative Commons licence.
Monday, 4 April 2011
Nigerian Political Pamphlets
With news of the delay in the Nigerian elections it seems timely to promote the Political Pamphlets collections again.
The Political Pamphlets collection includes material published by political parties, trade unions and pressure groups; including material such as election campaign material, manifestos rules and regulations etc. As well as pamphlets, leaflets and booklets the collection includes posters, flags, paper hats and stickers and badges.
Material relating to Nigeria currently available on the catalogue dates from 1957 to 1998, and includes materials from parties such as the: Action Group of Nigeria; All Peoples Party; Alliance for Democracy; Dynamic Party; Kano People's Party; Mid-West State Movement; National Party of Nigeria, Nigerian National Alliance; Nigerian National Democratic Party; Nigerian Youth Congress; Northern People's Congress; People's Redemption Party; Progressive Peoples Party; Social Democratic Party; Socialist Workers and Farmers Party of Nigeria; Talakawa Party; Unity Party of Nigeria and the Workers Party of Nigeria.
We're always happy to accept new material for the collection. Please contact the Commonwealth Studies Librarian if you have material relating to elections, political parties or other political campaigns.
The Political Pamphlets collection includes material published by political parties, trade unions and pressure groups; including material such as election campaign material, manifestos rules and regulations etc. As well as pamphlets, leaflets and booklets the collection includes posters, flags, paper hats and stickers and badges.
Material relating to Nigeria currently available on the catalogue dates from 1957 to 1998, and includes materials from parties such as the: Action Group of Nigeria; All Peoples Party; Alliance for Democracy; Dynamic Party; Kano People's Party; Mid-West State Movement; National Party of Nigeria, Nigerian National Alliance; Nigerian National Democratic Party; Nigerian Youth Congress; Northern People's Congress; People's Redemption Party; Progressive Peoples Party; Social Democratic Party; Socialist Workers and Farmers Party of Nigeria; Talakawa Party; Unity Party of Nigeria and the Workers Party of Nigeria.
We're always happy to accept new material for the collection. Please contact the Commonwealth Studies Librarian if you have material relating to elections, political parties or other political campaigns.
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
Canadian election survey
Canadian election survey
Canadian researchers of politics and elections may be interested in the opportunity below:
Dear Canadianists,
The Government Canada has fallen! As part of a growing trend, there will be multiple election studies in the field during the 2011 election. The election is likely to occur on May 2 or May 9th. Jason Reifler of Georgia State University is conducting a pre-post internet election survey that will have up to 5,000 respondents. Tom Scotto (Essex) and I have funds from the Foundation for Canadian Studies in the UK to include some of our own questions. In the grant, we also specified that we would hold an externally judged competition that will allow UK based scholars with an interest in Canada to pose questions on the survey.
Internet surveys are shorter in length than most face to face or telephone surveys, so we?re really looking at a window of 2-3 questions on the post-election study. If you are interested in posing a question on this survey, please write up the question along with a justification (no more than 250 words) as to why you want this question on the study. We're going to need proposals no later than the 4th April, and final judgment of the questions will rest with a Canadian based panel of election studies experts.
Assume most election study questions are already on the study. So, there's no need to post questions related to vote choice, party id, retrospective evaluations, etc.
Please feel free to contact Tom Scotto or me with any questions!
Ailsa and Tom
Contact information:
Ailsa Henderson (tel: 01316511618)
Tom Scotto (tel: 01206873809)
From: Ailsa Henderson, PhD
Senior Lecturer, Politics
School of Social and Political Science
15A George Square
University of Edinburgh
Canadian researchers of politics and elections may be interested in the opportunity below:
Dear Canadianists,
The Government Canada has fallen! As part of a growing trend, there will be multiple election studies in the field during the 2011 election. The election is likely to occur on May 2 or May 9th. Jason Reifler of Georgia State University is conducting a pre-post internet election survey that will have up to 5,000 respondents. Tom Scotto (Essex) and I have funds from the Foundation for Canadian Studies in the UK to include some of our own questions. In the grant, we also specified that we would hold an externally judged competition that will allow UK based scholars with an interest in Canada to pose questions on the survey.
Internet surveys are shorter in length than most face to face or telephone surveys, so we?re really looking at a window of 2-3 questions on the post-election study. If you are interested in posing a question on this survey, please write up the question along with a justification (no more than 250 words) as to why you want this question on the study. We're going to need proposals no later than the 4th April, and final judgment of the questions will rest with a Canadian based panel of election studies experts.
Assume most election study questions are already on the study. So, there's no need to post questions related to vote choice, party id, retrospective evaluations, etc.
Please feel free to contact Tom Scotto or me with any questions!
Ailsa and Tom
Contact information:
Ailsa Henderson (tel: 01316511618)
Tom Scotto (tel: 01206873809)
From: Ailsa Henderson, PhD
Senior Lecturer, Politics
School of Social and Political Science
15A George Square
University of Edinburgh
Monday, 9 August 2010
Solomon Islands elections
The Commonwealth Secretariat has recently issued an interim statement on the 2010 Solomon Islands Election
During the election period, Commonwealth observers reported from six of the ten provinces in the country and Honiara, and cooperated with other regional and international observers under the auspices of the United Nations International Election Observation Coordination Team.
The observer team commends the people of the Solomon Islands for conducting the 4 August National Parliamentary election in a peaceful atmosphere. It notes that voters freely exercised their democratic right, and that voting in the polling stations was generally well administered, though some inconsistency in electoral procedures was noticed across stations and provinces. The team also notes numerous concerns and controversy surrounding the quality of the voter register, and makes some recommendations on this issue - including the use of voter cards. The role of the media is commended, "Solomon Islands has a vibrant independent media which provided comprehensive and responsible coverage of the campaign and election day.", and the interim statement includes discussion on the election campaign, dupport for women candidates, voting and counting processes and electoral administration.
The full report, once published, will be acquired by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies Library, and will join our already extensive collection of reports by Commonwealth and other observer groups.
During the election period, Commonwealth observers reported from six of the ten provinces in the country and Honiara, and cooperated with other regional and international observers under the auspices of the United Nations International Election Observation Coordination Team.
The observer team commends the people of the Solomon Islands for conducting the 4 August National Parliamentary election in a peaceful atmosphere. It notes that voters freely exercised their democratic right, and that voting in the polling stations was generally well administered, though some inconsistency in electoral procedures was noticed across stations and provinces. The team also notes numerous concerns and controversy surrounding the quality of the voter register, and makes some recommendations on this issue - including the use of voter cards. The role of the media is commended, "Solomon Islands has a vibrant independent media which provided comprehensive and responsible coverage of the campaign and election day.", and the interim statement includes discussion on the election campaign, dupport for women candidates, voting and counting processes and electoral administration.
The full report, once published, will be acquired by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies Library, and will join our already extensive collection of reports by Commonwealth and other observer groups.
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Elections in Africa
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies has a good collection of poltical posters, leaflets, panphlets and other materials from political parties across the Commonwealth, including African nations. This material is most rich for the later 1960s through to the early 1980s though we still collect this material (and welcome any donations!).
The Library also collects publications relating to elections and good analytical material often is published soon after elections in most African countries.
Much can now be found electronically about elections and from political parties, even in the developing world. One useful source for studying more recent elections is:
African Elections Project
http://www.africanelections.org/
The African Elections Project is a special project of the International Institute for ICT Journalism working hand in partnership with other organisations including the Open Society Initiative for West Africa. It aims to develop ICT and technology in African nations to enable the media and political organisations to use technology as a tool for enhancing democracy during election campaigns. To the present time efforts have been on concentrated mainly in a number of West African nations including Ghana, Guinea and the Ivory Coast; and Southern African nations including Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia and Botswana.
Typical country files include surveys of elections, links to blogs, news stories, and photographs. Some materials are offered in French only.
The Library also collects publications relating to elections and good analytical material often is published soon after elections in most African countries.
Much can now be found electronically about elections and from political parties, even in the developing world. One useful source for studying more recent elections is:
African Elections Project
http://www.africanelections.org/
The African Elections Project is a special project of the International Institute for ICT Journalism working hand in partnership with other organisations including the Open Society Initiative for West Africa. It aims to develop ICT and technology in African nations to enable the media and political organisations to use technology as a tool for enhancing democracy during election campaigns. To the present time efforts have been on concentrated mainly in a number of West African nations including Ghana, Guinea and the Ivory Coast; and Southern African nations including Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia and Botswana.
Typical country files include surveys of elections, links to blogs, news stories, and photographs. Some materials are offered in French only.
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