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Ballots & Boxes @ballotsboxes.bsky.social · Nov 17

ANNOUNCEMENT:
I decided to inform you about ideologies of parties I use in posts like other platforms:
🟡= Liberal
🔵 and tones = Center Right/Conservative
🔴 and tones = Center Left/Socialist
⚫️= Right-wing (except Germany & Austria)
🟢= Green (western) Islamist (eastern)
🟣&🟤= Left-wing
⚪️= Independent

Ballots & Boxes @ballotsboxes.bsky.social · 18h

🇳🇱 #Dutch GENERAL ELECTION (SEATS):

⚫️PVV(inc.) 34 (-3)
🔴PvdA-GroenLinks 25 (+-0)
🔵CDA 23 (+18)
🟡VVD(inc.) 15 (-9)

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Verian

Compare to: 2023 Election

B&B Prediction: Lean ⚫️

Ballots & Boxes @ballotsboxes.bsky.social · 1d

🇪🇸 #Spain GENERAL ELECTION:

🔴PSOE (inc.) 27.8% (-3.9%) 109 S (-10)
🔵 PP 32% (-1.1%) 133 S (-4)
⚫️Vox 18.2% (+4.8%) 62 S (+29)
🟣Sumar (inc.) 5.6% (-6.7%) 9 S (-22)

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Compare to: 2023 Election

EM-Analytics/Electomanía

B&B Prediction: Too Early to Call

Ballots & Boxes @ballotsboxes.bsky.social · 2d

🇪🇪 #Estonia LOCAL ELECTION:

#Tallinn

🟦✅KESK(inc.) 34.7% 31 S
🔴SDE 21.7% 19 S
🔵Isamaa 13.9% 12 S

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Counted: 40/44 Polling Stations

#KOV2025 #valimised #Eesti

Ballots & Boxes @ballotsboxes.bsky.social · 2d

🇪🇪 #Estonia LOCAL ELECTION:

#Tallinn

🟦KESK(inc.) 25.6%
🔵Isamaa 14.9%
🔴SDE 26.2%

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Counted: 20/44 Polling Stations

#KOV2025 #valimised #Eesti

Ballots & Boxes @ballotsboxes.bsky.social · 2d

#KKTC PRESIDENTIAL ELECTON:

🟠Ersin Tatar(inc.) 35.3% (nationalist)
🟢✅Tufan Erhürman 63.3% (federation)

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Counted: 48.2%

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is a political entity that just recognized by only Turkey in the island of Cyprus.

#Seçim2025 #Kıbrıs

Ballots & Boxes @ballotsboxes.bsky.social · 3d

🇮🇪 #Ireland GENERAL ELECTION:

🟤Sinn Fein 27% (+8%)
🔵Fine Gael(inc.) 18% (-2.8%)
🟢Fianna Fail(inc.) 17% (-4.9%)

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Irish Times

Compare to: 2024 Election

B&B Prediction: Too Early to Call

Ballots & Boxes @ballotsboxes.bsky.social · 5d

🇬🇧 #UK GENERAL ELECTION:

🔴LAB(inc.) 15% (-18.7%)
🔵CON 17% (-6.7%)
⚫️REF 32% (+17.7%)

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Find Out Now

Compare to: 2024 Election

B&B Predicition: Too Early to Call

Ballots & Boxes @ballotsboxes.bsky.social · 6d

🇫🇷 #France

Confidence vote proposed by LFI didn't manage to hit required number. This indicates that Second Lecornu government overcomes the first challenge.

Second confidence vote proposed by RN will put to a vote soon.

✅In Favour 271 S

Majority: 289

#Assembléenationale

Ballots & Boxes @ballotsboxes.bsky.social · 6d

🇩🇰 #Denmark GENERAL ELECTION:

🔴A (inc.) 20.3% (-7.2%)
🟢F 12.5% (+4.2%)
🔵I 12.2% (+4.3%)
🟦Æ 9.5 (+1.4%)

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Voxmeter

Compare to: 2022 Election

B&B Prediction: Too Early to Call

Ballots & Boxes @ballotsboxes.bsky.social · 8d

🇮🇹 #Italy REGIONAL ELECTION:

#Toscana

🔴Eugenio Giani(inc.) 52-56%
🟦Alessandro Tomassi 39-43%

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EXIT POLL (Opinio Italia)

#Regionali2025 #toscana2025 #regionalitoscana

Ballots & Boxes @ballotsboxes.bsky.social · 9d

🇵🇹 #Portugal LOCAL ELECTION:

🔵PSD (inc.) 39.74% 114 Municipalities leading
🔴PS 34.86% 112 Municipalities leading
⚫️Chega 9.1% 3 Municipalities leading

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Counted: 64% / 49 Municipalities Undeclared (Including Lisbon, Porto, Setubal)

#Autarquicas2025

Ballots & Boxes @ballotsboxes.bsky.social · 9d

🇵🇹 #Portugal LOCAL ELECTION:

🔵PSD (inc.) 31.5% 8 Districts leading
🔴PS 33.7% 9 Districts leading
⚫️Chega 6.9%

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Counted: 16%

Strong start from Socialist Party of Portugal.

#autárquicas2025

Ballots & Boxes @ballotsboxes.bsky.social · 9d

🇵🇹 #Portugal LOCAL ELECTION:

#Porto

🔵PSD (inc.) 36.8%
🔴PS 34.6%
⚫️Chega 8.2%

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CNN/TVI (EXIT POLL)

#autárquicas2025

Ballots & Boxes @ballotsboxes.bsky.social · 9d

🇵🇹 #Portugal LOCAL ELECTION:

#Lisbon

🔵PSD (inc.) 39.4%
🔴PS 36.3%
🟤PCP 10.7%
⚫️Chega 9.4%

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CNN/TVI (EXIT POLL)

#autárquicas2025

Ballots & Boxes @ballotsboxes.bsky.social · 9d

🇮🇱 #Israel GENERAL ELECTION (SEAT):

🟦Likud(inc.) 27 (-5)
⚫️Bennett 2026 19 (new)
🟡Yesh Atid 10 (-14)

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Lazar

Compare to: 2022 Election

B&B Predicition: Too Early to Call

Ballots & Boxes @ballotsboxes.bsky.social · 10d

🇬🇷 #Greece GENERAL ELECTION:

🔵ND (inc.) 31.5% (-9.1%)
🔴PASOK 15.3% (+3.5%)
🟦EL 8.2% (+3.8%)

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Interview/Political

Compare to: 2023 June Election

B&B Prediction: Too Early to Call

Ballots & Boxes @ballotsboxes.bsky.social · 11d

🇭🇺 #Hungary GENERAL ELECTION:

⚫️Fidesz-KDNP(inc.) 43% (-11.1%)
🔵TISZA 37% (new)
🟫MHM 6% (+0.1%)

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McLaughlin & Associates*

*= The company has been described as "Trump's pollster"

Compare to: 2022 Election

B&B Prediction: Too Early to Call

Ballots & Boxes @ballotsboxes.bsky.social · 13d

🇫🇷 #France PRESIDENTAL ELECTION:

🟡E. Phillippe 15% (-13%)
⚫️J. Bardella 35% (+12%)
🔴J. Luc Mélenchon 14% (-8%)

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Harris Interactive

Compare to: 2022 Election

B&B Prediction: Too Early to Call

Ballots & Boxes @ballotsboxes.bsky.social · 14d

🇩🇪 #Germany GENERAL ELECTION:

🔵CDU/CSU(inc.) 25% (-3.5%)
🟫AfD 26% (+5.2%)
🔴SPD(inc.) 15.5% (-0.9%)
🟢Grüne 11.5% (-0.1%)

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INSA

Compare to: 2025 Election

B&B Prediction: Too Early to Call

Ballots & Boxes @ballotsboxes.bsky.social · 16d

🇪🇸 #Spain GENERAL ELECTION:

🔴PSOE (inc.) 27% (-4.7%) 104 S (-17)
🔵 PP 32.7% (-0.4%) 140 S (+3)
⚫️Vox 17.8% (+5.4%) 59 S (+26)
🟣Sumar (inc.) 5.5% (-6.8%) 9 S (-22)

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Compare to: 2023 Election

EM-Analytics/Electomanía

B&B Prediction: Too Early to Call

Ballots & Boxes @ballotsboxes.bsky.social · 17d

🇨🇿 #Czech GENERAL ELECTION:

⚫️✅ANO 36% (+8.9%)
🔵🟦SPOLU(inc.) 22.2% (-5.6%)
🔵STAN 10.9% (new)

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Counted: 88.8%

Former Prime Minister Andrej Babis expected to come back after strong overperformance of polls in todays election.

#Volby2025

Ballots & Boxes @ballotsboxes.bsky.social · 17d

🇨🇿 #Czech GENERAL ELECTION:

⚫️ANO 39% (+11.9%)
🔵🟦SPOLU(inc.) 19.7% (-8.1%)
🔵STAN 10.5% (new)

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Counted: 38.8%

#Volby2025

Ballots & Boxes @ballotsboxes.bsky.social · 18d

🇯🇵 #Japan

LDP Leadership Election (1st - 2nd Round):

🟦✅Sanae Takaichi 183 V / 185 V
🟡Shinjiro Koizumi 164 V / 156 V
🔴Yoshimasa Hayashi 134 V

...

Sanae Takaichi became the first female leader of LDP and Prime Minister of Japan.

Takaichi is from Abe faction of party.

Ballots & Boxes @ballotsboxes.bsky.social · 20d

🇨🇱 #Chile PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION:

🔵Evelyn Matthei 11.7%
⚫️Jose Antonio Kast 17.8%
🔴Jeannette Jara 23.9%

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ACTIVA

B&B Prediction: Too Early to Call

Ballots & Boxes @ballotsboxes.bsky.social · 23d

🇲🇩 #Moldova GENERAL ELECTION:

🟡✅PAS (inc.) 45.1% (-7.7%)
🟤BEP 27.6% (+0.4%)
🟢Alternative 8.8% (new)

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Counted: 86.7%

President Sandu's Pro-European PAS Party managed to preserve their majority against Pro-Russian BEP Bloc.

#AlegeriParlamentare2025

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