I’ve posted a little on the Australian election, in summary:
- governing Labor Party won with an increased majority
- won 85 seats (76 required for a majority) compared with 77 in 2022
- opposition centre-right coalition at least
39 seats, 18 fewer than in 2022 – Opposition leader Peter
Dutton lost his seat - 16 seats still too close to call
- Labor now the
largest party in the Senate, will hold at least 28 seats, up from 26 - the Coalition
is likely to have 26 seats, down from 32 - Greens likely to
hold the balance of power in the upper chamber with 11 seats
Singapore went to the polls:
- ruling
People’s Action Party won its fourth consecutive election - PAP now has 87 of the 97 seats up for contest
Romania:
- “hard-right” (pundit desciption) candidate George Simion is leading the presidential election with 40% of the vote
- Centrists Nicușor Dan in second place
- With no candidate projected to get more than 50% of the vote, a run-off between the top two is expected on 18 May.
This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.
