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29 04, 2019

The electoral fragmentation on the right side: 2019 Spanish general elections

2019-05-20T12:58:02+01:00April 29th, 2019|

By José Rama Caamaño and Andrés Santana Leitner (Autonomous University of Madrid) 2015 and 2016 general elections The 2015 and 2016 Spanish general elections turned the Spanish party system upside down. The first one was considered as an enormous earthquake that hit many of the well-established attributes of the national party system, such as the [...]

17 04, 2019

PSA Conference (UK)

2021-10-05T13:49:51+01:00April 17th, 2019|

Presentation of two papers (with Dr Don Lee and with Jose Rama) at the 69th Annual Conference of the Political Studies Association in Nottingham. View LINK

15 04, 2019

Parliamentary elections in Finland – a shift to the left, but also to the right?

2019-05-20T12:58:03+01:00April 15th, 2019|

By Antti Kaihovaara (University of Helsinki) As the last votes were counted on Sunday evening, the progressive parties had most reasons to celebrate. After four years in opposition, the support for the Social Democrats, the Left Alliance and the Greens increased by over five percentage points in total. The Social Democrats came up top by [...]

10 04, 2019

Andorran elections: coalition government…or not?

2019-05-20T12:58:03+01:00April 10th, 2019|

By Juli Minoves-Triquell (University of La Verne and CIDOB-Barcelona) Andorra has term limits for Prime Ministers; they cannot run more than twice. With the end of the second term of Antoni Marti of Demòcrates per Andorra (DA, center-right) who had ruled with parliamentary majorities two full terms, elections were foreseen to be competitive. Seven national [...]