By Ieva Hofmane (University of Latvia) Latvia’s 2026 parliamentary election produced an unusually clear winner in a political system accustomed to fragmented outcomes. Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs’ United List (AS) won 35.29% of the vote and 41 of the Saeima’s 100 seats, the largest parliamentary delegation ever secured by a single political force in Latvia. [...]
Workshops with the Mongolian People's Party (MPP), the Democratic Party (DP) and the HUN Party on ethical behaviour of political parties (Ulaanbaatar)
Presentation at the 9th SPSIRPA Forum (Ulaanbaatar).
Presentation "On the Benefits of Party Funding Oversight" at International Conference (Ulan Bator). View LINK View VIDEO
By Jonathan Polk (Lund University) There are eight parliamentary parties in Sweden and in the 2026 electoral campaign they cluster into two blocs of varying cohesiveness. On the right, there are the three parties of government, the Moderates (M), Christian Democrats (KD), and Liberals (L), with support from the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats (SD). The red-green [...]
Online symposium on "Party System Institutionalization, Presidentialism and Democracy" in homage to Prof. Scott Mainwaring (Notre Dame University, USA). Watch SYMPOSIUM
Presentation at the 13th International Congress of Mongolists (Ulaanbaatar). View LINK
By Nikandros Ioannidis (Cyprus University of Technology) DISY and AKEL kept every seat, but ELAM doubled its strength, two outsider parties entered parliament, and the president lost most of his original parliamentary support base. Cyprus's parliamentary election of 24 May produced a result that was simultaneously reassuring and disruptive. With a turnout of 66.9%, the [...]
Presentation at the ODIHR Workshop on Political Integrity in Political Parties (Chisinau). View LINK
Presentation at ADEPT's Monday Dialogue on "Adjustment of legislation on political parties in the Republic of Moldova". Watch VIDEO Read DOCUMENT View LINK View LINK View LINK
