Conservative Lacalle Pou wins Uruguay presidential election Center-right candidate Luis Lacalle Pou won Uruguay's presidential election on Thursday after his rival conceded, bringing an end to 15 years of leftist rule in the South American country.

British MPs vote for December election to break Brexit deadlock British MPs on Tuesday agreed to hold an early election on December 12, backing Prime Minister Boris Johnson's call to try to break the crippling political deadlock that has seen Brexit delayed three times.

Peronist Fernandez wins Argentine presidential election Peronist candidate Alberto Fernandez swept to a first-round triumph in Argentina's presidential election on Sunday, official results showed, bringing to an end the crisis-plagued rule of market-friendly incumbent Mauricio Macri.

Populists top Poland vote, expand majority on welfare, family values ticket

Poland's governing right-wing party topped Sunday's general election, an exit poll showed, expanding its majority thanks to a raft of welfare measures coupled with attacks on LGBT rights and Western values.

Outsider Saied set for landslide in Tunisia presidency: exit polls Conservative academic Kais Saied, a political outsider, was headed for a landslide victory Sunday in Tunisia's presidential runoff, sweeping aside his rival, media magnate Nabil Karoui, exit polls said.

Austria declares 'climate emergency' ahead of polls Austria's parliament on Wednesday decided to declare a "climate emergency", making fighting climate change a priority, just four days ahead of national elections.

Extra day for coalition talks in Italy, parties 'optimistic' Italy's president on Monday allowed an extra day for coalition negotiations, interpreted by some as a hopeful sign that a deal may be in the works weeks after the government collapsed.

Giammattei declares victory in Guatemala presidential vote Conservative candidate Alejandro Giammattei declared victory in Sunday's run-off presidential election in Guatemala, holding a major lead with the results from more than 90 per cent of polling stations counted.

Brexit Party fails to win first seat in UK by-election Anti-EU populist Nigel Farage's new Brexit Party failed to win its first seat in Britain's parliament as it lost out to the main opposition Labour Party in a crunch by-election, results on Friday showed.

Populists looking to cause upsets as EU elections begin Populists are hoping to cause upsets across the EU as the European Parliament elections get under way today in polls that could challenge the Brussels consensus.