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A earthquake with a moment magnitude of 6.1 and its aftershocks affected the El Calvario Capital-Cordillera subregion (Villavicencio, Restrepo, Cumaral, San Juanito) and Medina province (Medina, Paratebueno), on 17 August 2023.
== Tectonic setting ==
Subduction of the Nazca plate beneath the North Andes plate (part o... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_central_Colombia_earthquakes | earthquake | null |
An earthquake struck west of Paphos, Cyprus on 11 January 2022, with a moment magnitude of 6.6. The earthquake was the largest tremor to occur in the Mediterranean Sea since the 2003 Boumerdès earthquake, and the largest to occur in Cyprus since 1996.
== Tectonic setting ==
Cyprus is located in a complex zone of a bo... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Cyprus_earthquake | earthquake | null |
On 5 May 2023, a MJMA 6.5 or Mw 6.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It was located 49 kilometres (30 miles) northeast of Anamizu, Hōsu District, with the town of Suzu closest to the epicenter.
== Tectonic setting ==
The northeastern tip of the Noto Peninsula has been subject to an eart... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Noto_earthquake | earthquake | null |
A strong earthquake struck southern Ecuador on 18 March 2023. It measured 6.8 on the moment magnitude scale, and struck with a hypocenter 68.0 km (42.3 mi) deep. The epicenter was located in the Gulf of Guayaquil, off the coast of Balao Canton and about 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of Guayaquil. There was major damage, ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Guayas_earthquake | earthquake | null |
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck 38.3 km (23.8 mi) east-southeast of Ambunti in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea on 3 April 2023.
== Tectonic setting ==
The island of New Guinea lies within the complex zone of collision between the Australian and Pacific plates. Within this overall setting, the active tectonics... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Papua_New_Guinea_earthquake | earthquake | null |
On 21 November 2022, at 13:21 WIB (UTC+07:00), a Mww 5.6 earthquake struck near Cianjur in West Java, Indonesia. The strike-slip earthquake occurred with a focal depth of 11 km (6.8 mi). Between 335 and 635 people died, 7,729 were injured and five remain missing. More than 62,628 homes were damaged across 16 districts ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_West_Java_earthquake | earthquake | null |
On December 20, 2022, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Ferndale, California in Humboldt County, United States at 10:34:25 UTC, or 2:34 a.m. PST.
== Tectonic setting ==
Much of Northern California lies close to the boundaries between three tectonic plates, the Pacific plate, the Gorda plate and the North American pla... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Ferndale_earthquake | earthquake | null |
On 23 November 2022, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck near Düzce, Turkey, at a depth of 10.6 km (6.6 mi). It left 2,917 buildings damaged or destroyed and indirectly killed two people.
== Tectonic setting ==
The location, depth, and focal mechanism of the earthquake are consistent with the east–west trending, right-... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_D%C3%BCzce_earthquake | earthquake | null |
On 21 March 2023, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, with an intermediate depth of approximately 187 km (116 mi). The epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 mi) south-southeast of Jurm. At least 21 people were killed in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan.
== Tectonic setting ==
T... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Badakhshan_earthquake | earthquake | null |
On March 16, 2022, at 23:36 JST, a strong earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima, Japan. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.4 according to the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA), while the United States Geological Survey (USGS) gave an estimate of 7.3. Immediately after the event a 30‑cm tsunami was reported. ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Fukushima_earthquake | earthquake | null |
On December 2, 2023, at 22:37 PST (14:37 UTC), a moment magnitude (Mww ) 7.6 earthquake occurred off the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. The shallow subduction earthquake killed at least three people and left 79 injured.
== Tectonic setting ==
The Philippine Trench which runs east of the Philippine islands re... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2023_Mindanao_earthquake | earthquake | null |
On 18 December 2023 at around 23:59:30 CST, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9–6.2 struck Jishishan County, in Gansu Province, China. The shallow thrust faulting earthquake struck a densely populated area on the border between the provinces of Gansu and Qinghai. It caused 151 deaths and 982 injuries to others. This ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Jishishan_earthquake | earthquake | null |
The 2022 Hormozgan earthquakes were doublet earthquakes that struck southern Iran on 1 July 2022. The earthquakes, which occurred around two hours apart, killed seven people and injured dozens more.
== Tectonic setting ==
Hormozgan province lies at the southern margin of the collision zone between the Eurasian Plate ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Hormozgan_earthquakes | earthquake | null |
At 16:14 PST (08:14 UTC) on November 17, 2023, the province of Sarangani on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines was struck by an earthquake measuring Mww 6.7 or Mw 6.8. It had a maximum perceived intensity of VIII (Severe) on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale. At least eleven people were killed and another 73... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2023_Mindanao_earthquake | earthquake | null |
Presidential elections were held in Singapore on 1 September 2023. It was the sixth direct presidential election and the third to be contested by more than one candidate. Incumbent president Halimah Yacob, who had been elected unopposed in 2017, did not seek re-election.
Three candidates contested the non-partisan posi... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Singaporean_presidential_election | election | null |
Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 9 March 2022. Under the South Korean constitution, presidents are restricted to a single five-year term, meaning that incumbent president Moon Jae-in was ineligible to run for a second term. Opposition candidate Yoon Suk Yeol of the People Power Party won the election,... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_South_Korean_presidential_election | election | null |
Presidential elections were held in the Czech Republic in January 2023, resulting in the election of Petr Pavel.
Incumbent president Miloš Zeman was not eligible to run due to the two-term limit.
The first round took place on 13 and 14 January. Petr Pavel, former chair of the NATO Military Committee, ran as an independ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Czech_presidential_election | election | null |
Elections were held in the United States on November 8, 2022. In this midterm elections, which occurred during incumbent Democratic president Joe Biden's term, all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate were contested to determine the 118th United States Congress. Thir... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_elections | election | null |
The 2022 Green Party of England and Wales Party deputy leadership election throughout the summer of 2022 to determine the next deputy leader of the Green Party of England and Wales. Zack Polanski won the election received over 50% of the final vote.
== Background ==
On 5 March 2022, the party's then deputy leader, Am... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales_deputy_leadership_election | election | null |
A leadership election of the Liberal Party of Australia was held on 30 May 2022, following the defeat of the Scott Morrison government at the 2022 federal election and the resignation of Morrison as party leader. The newly elected leader would become Leader of the Opposition to the Labor Party government of Anthony Alb... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_election | election | null |
The 2023 Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election was held between October 13–15, 2023 to select a successor to Ches Crosbie, who stepped down following his defeat in the 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election. Candidate nominations opened May 17, 2023, and closed June 16... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador_leadership_election | election | null |
The 2023 Democratic Progressive Party chairmanship election was held on 15 January 2023 to elect the new chairperson of the party. Vice President Lai Ching-te was unopposed and elected to succeed President Tsai Ing-wen, who resigned after the party's poor showing in the 2022 local elections.
== Background ==
After th... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Democratic_Progressive_Party_chairmanship_by-election | election | null |
The leadership election for ANO 2011 was held on 12 February 2022. It was originally set to be held in February 2021 but was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic. The incumbent leader Andrej Babiš is expected to run unopposed. In February 2021 the election was postponed by one year till February 2... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_ANO_2011_leadership_election | election | null |
The 2022 Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand co-leadership election was held from July to September. Marama Davidson and James Shaw, the incumbent co-leaders of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, were re-elected. However, the election for Shaw's position went to a second round. Shaw did not secure a 75 per cent s... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Green_Party_of_Aotearoa_New_Zealand_co-leadership_election | election | null |
In 2022, the British Columbia New Democratic Party (NDP) held a leadership election to select a new leader. The contest was prompted by John Horgan's announcement in June 2022 that he would step down as leader of the party once a new leader had been chosen. As the NDP has formed the government of the province since 201... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_British_Columbia_New_Democratic_Party_leadership_election | election | null |
The 2022 People's National Movement leadership election, the last one for the PNM before the subsequent general election, took place over three days: November 26 and 27 and December 4, 2022. The current party leader and Prime Minister Keith Rowley had indicated he would most likely not seek to lead the party into the n... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_People%27s_National_Movement_leadership_election | election | null |
The 2023 New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election was prompted by the departure of Alison Coffin, who resigned after the provincial New Democratic Party voted to hold a leadership review. On March 28, 2023, interim leader Jim Dinn was acclaimed leader after no other candidates entered.
==... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_New_Democratic_Party_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador_leadership_election | election | null |
The 2022 Texas gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Republican Governor Greg Abbott won re-election to a third term, defeating the Democratic nominee, former Congressman Beto O'Rourke. All statewide elected offices were currently held by Republicans. In his pr... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Texas_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
The 2022 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the next governor of Maryland. Incumbent Governor Larry Hogan was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term. This was the first gubernatorial election where both parties' nominees for lieutenant governor were women.
The Democ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Maryland_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
The 2022 Hawaii gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the next governor of Hawaii. Incumbent Democratic governor David Ige was term-limited and ineligible to run for a third term. Incumbent lieutenant governor Josh Green was the Democratic nominee, and faced former lieutenant governor Duke Aio... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Hawaii_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
The 2022 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Oregon. Incumbent Kate Brown took office when fellow Democrat John Kitzhaber resigned on February 18, 2015. She won the subsequent 2016 special election and a full term in 2018. Due to term limits, she was unable to run agai... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Oregon_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
The 2022 Maine gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Maine. Incumbent Democratic governor Janet Mills won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican nominee and former governor Paul LePage. Neither candidate faced any primary opposition. An independent candidate, Sam Hu... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Maine_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
The 2022 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Rhode Island. Incumbent Democratic governor Dan McKee became Rhode Island's governor on March 2, 2021, when term-limited Gina Raimondo resigned following her confirmation as United States Secretary of Commerce. McKee eas... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Rhode_Island_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
The 2022 California gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of California, with the statewide top-two primary election taking place on June 7, 2022. Incumbent Democratic Party Governor Gavin Newsom was elected to a second term after surviving a recall election in 2021, during his firs... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_California_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 10 July 2022 to elect 125 of the 248 members of the upper house of the National Diet, for a term of six years. The elected candidate with the fewest votes in the Kanagawa prefectural district will serve for three years, as the district combined its regular and byelec... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election | election | null |
The 2022 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jared Polis won election to a second term, defeating Republican University of Colorado regent Heidi Ganahl by a decisive margin. Ganahl conceded on election night. The primary election was held on June 28. Polis won tw... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Colorado_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
The 2022 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022. Incumbent Governor Kay Ivey, a Republican, took office in 2017 upon the resignation of Robert J. Bentley (R) and won a full term in 2018. In 2022, she won her bid for a second full term in a landslide.
Primary elections in Alabama were held on May ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Alabama_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
The 2022 California lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the lieutenant governor of the state of California. The election coincided with various other federal and state elections, including for Governor of California. The nonpartisan blanket primary was held on June 7. California is ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_California_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
The 2023 Plaid Cymru leadership election was triggered by the resignation of Adam Price as party leader on 16 May, after an internal report found the party to have a "culture of harassment, bullying and misogyny". Rhun ap Iorwerth became leader on 16 June 2023 unopposed.
== Background ==
Leanne Wood was elected leade... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Plaid_Cymru_leadership_election | election | null |
The 2022 Italian presidential election was held in Rome between 24 and 29 January 2022. The president of Italy was elected by a joint assembly composed of the Italian Parliament and regional representatives. The election process extended over multiple days, culminating in incumbent president Sergio Mattarella being con... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Italian_presidential_election | election | null |
Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 29 May 2022, with a runoff on 19 June 2022 as no candidate obtained at least 50% in the first round of voting. Iván Duque, who was elected president in 2018, was ineligible to run due to term limits. Gustavo Petro, a senator, former Mayor of Bogotá, and runner-up in the 2... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Colombian_presidential_election | election | null |
The 2023 Norwegian local elections were held on 11 September 2023. Voters elected representatives to municipal and county councils, which are responsible for education, public transportation, healthcare, elderly care, waste disposal, the levy of certain taxes, and more. All council seats were up for election across the... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Norwegian_local_elections | election | null |
The 2022 International Court of Justice election was held on 4 November 2022 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The General Assembly and the Security Council concurrently elected Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant for remainder of the nine-year term of office that had been held by Judge Antônio Cançado Tri... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_International_Court_of_Justice_judges_election | election | null |
The 2023 Democratic Party For the People leadership election was held on 2 September 2023 in accordance with the end of the presidential term which had commenced in 2020. Incumbent president Yuichiro Tamaki was re-elected overwhelmingly against former foreign minister Seiji Maehara.
== Background ==
The second incarn... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Democratic_Party_for_the_People_leadership_election | election | null |
The 2023 Adamawa State gubernatorial election took place on 18 March 2023, to elect the Governor of Adamawa State, concurrent with elections to the Adamawa State House of Assembly as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly. The election — which was postpone... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Adamawa_State_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
The 2023 Akwa Ibom State gubernatorial election took place on 18 March 2023, to elect the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, concurrent with elections to the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly. The election—which was post... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Akwa_Ibom_State_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
The 2022 Albanian presidential election marked the ninth presidential election held in Albania, taking place from 10 May to 4 June 2022. The election process commenced with the nomination of candidates by the parliament of Albania, necessitating a total of four rounds of voting. The initial three rounds of voting, held... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Albanian_presidential_election | election | null |
The 2023 Cross River State gubernatorial election was held on 18 March 2023, to elect the Governor of Cross River State, concurrent with elections to the Cross River State House of Assembly as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly. The election — which wa... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Cross_River_State_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
The 2022 Alaska gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Alaska. Incumbent Republican governor Mike Dunleavy won re-election to a second term, becoming the first Republican governor to be re-elected to a second term since Jay Hammond in 1978 and the first governor, regardles... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Alaska_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
General elections were held in Argentina on 22 October 2023 to elect the president, vice president, members of the National Congress, and the governors of most provinces. As no presidential candidate won a majority in the first round, a run-off was held on 19 November, in which Buenos Aires Deputy Javier Milei defeated... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Argentine_general_election | election | null |
The 2023 Kano State gubernatorial election took place on 18 March 2023, to elect the Governor of Kano State, concurrent with elections to the Kano State House of Assembly as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly. The election, which was postponed from its... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Kano_State_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
An election for all seven members of the Federal Council, Switzerland's government, were held on 13 December 2023 for the 2024–2028 term. It followed the federal election held a month earlier and partly depended on its results.
All Federal Councillors except Alain Berset were running for re-election. Per an informal ag... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Swiss_Federal_Council_election | election | null |
The 2022 mayoral election in Charlotte, North Carolina was held on July 26, 2022. This reflected a delay from the original schedule of the election, which would ordinarily have taken place in November 2021. Delays in the United States Census prompted delays for cities in the state that elect city council members by dis... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Charlotte_mayoral_election | election | null |
The 2023 Chicago mayoral election was held on February 28, 2023, to elect the mayor of Chicago, Illinois. With no candidate receiving a majority of votes in the initial round of the election, a runoff election was held on April 4. This two-round election took place alongside other 2023 Chicago elections, including race... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Chicago_mayoral_election | election | null |
The 2023 Philadelphia mayoral election was held on November 7, 2023 to elect the mayor of Philadelphia. Nominees for the Democratic and Republican parties were selected through primaries on May 16, 2023.
Incumbent Democratic mayor Jim Kenney was term limited and could not seek reelection to a third term. Philadelphia's... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Philadelphia_mayoral_election | election | null |
The 2022 Los Angeles mayoral election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the mayor of Los Angeles, California. A top-two primary was held on June 7, 2022. Candidates could win the election outright by receiving more than 50% of the vote, but no candidate received a majority. More than forty candidates formed commit... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Los_Angeles_mayoral_election | election | null |
The 2022 Oklahoma City mayoral election took place on February 8, 2022, to elect the Mayor of Oklahoma City. Incumbent Republican Mayor David Holt won re-election outright with 59.8% of the vote, eliminating the need for a runoff.
All Oklahoma city municipal elections are required to be non-partisan, but candidates may... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Oklahoma_City_mayoral_election | election | null |
The 2022 Louisville mayoral election was the sixth quadrennial Louisville Metro mayoral election, held on November 8, 2022. Incumbent Democratic mayor Greg Fischer was term-limited and could not seek reelection to a fourth term in office.
On February 14, 2022, mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg survived an assassination... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Louisville_mayoral_election | election | null |
The 2022 Mato Grosso do Sul state election took place in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil between 2 October 2022 (first round) and 30 October 2022 (second round). Voters elected a governor, vice governor, a senator, 8 representatives for the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil (federal deputies) and 24 Legislative Ass... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Mato_Grosso_do_Sul_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
The 2022 Nagasaki gubernatorial election was a gubernatorial election held on 20 February 2022 to elect the next governor of Nagasaki (山口県, Nagasaki-ken), a prefecture of Japan in the north-west of Kyushu.
Three-term incumbent Hōdō Nakamura ran for re-election for a fourth four-year term, announcing his intentions on t... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Nagasaki_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
Gubernatorial elections were held in Brazil on 2 October 2022 as part of the nationwide general elections to elect tickets with state governors and their vice governors (as well as the Governor of the Federal District and their vice governor). A second round was held on 30 October for states where no candidate was able... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Brazilian_gubernatorial_elections | election | null |
A gubernatorial election was held on 28 August 2022 to elect the next governor of Kagawa (香川県, Kagawa-ken), a prefecture of Japan located in the north of the island of Shikoku.
Keizo Hamada, the incumbent governor since 2010 and a former Finance Ministry bureaucrat, is not seeking reelection.
== Candidates ==
Toyohit... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Kagawa_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
The 2023 Mississippi lieutenant gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2023, to elect the lieutenant governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann won re-election to a second term in office, significantly outperforming Republican Governor Tate Reeves in the concurrent gube... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Mississippi_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
The 2022 Niigata gubernatorial election was held on 29 May 2022. Hideyo Hanazumi was re-elected Governor of Niigata Prefecture.
== References == | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Niigata_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
The 2022 Rhode Island lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the lieutenant governor of the state of Rhode Island. The election coincided with various other federal and state elections, including for Governor of Rhode Island. Primary elections were held on September 13. Rhode Island is... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Rhode_Island_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
The 2023 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election took place on 11 November 2023 to elect the Governor of Bayelsa State. Incumbent PDP Governor Douye Diri won election to a second term by a 23.6% margin of victory over former Governor Timipre Sylva, the APC nominee.
The primaries, scheduled for between 27 March and 17 Apri... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Bayelsa_State_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
The 2023 Gagauz gubernatorial election was held on 30 April and 14 May 2023 on the territory of the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia, part of the Republic of Moldova. The position of Governor (Başkan) of Gagauzia represents one of the highest positions in the autonomy, also having the position of a member of the... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Gagauz_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
The 2022 Paraná state election took place in the state of Paraná, Brazil on 2 October 2022. Voters elected a Governor, Vice Governor, one Senator, 30 representatives for the Chamber of Deputies, and 54 Legislative Assembly members. The incumbent Governor, Ratinho Júnior, of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), was reelec... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Paran%C3%A1_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
General elections were held on June 2, 2022, to elect Members of the Provincial Parliament to serve in the 43rd Parliament of Ontario.
The governing Progressive Conservatives, led by Premier Doug Ford, were re-elected to a second majority government, winning 7 more seats than they had won in 2018. The NDP retained thei... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Ontario_general_election | election | null |
The 2022 Quintana Roo gubernatorial election was held on 5 June 2022 to elect a new governor of Quintana Roo and 25 deputies to the state congress. Despite Carlos Joaquín González being a popular incumbent governor from the Party of the Democratic Revolution and the National Action Party the race was considered as a lo... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Quintana_Roo_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
The 2022 Ishikawa gubernatorial election was held on 13 March 2022 to elect the next governor of Ishikawa (石川県, Ishikawa-ken), a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island.
== Candidates ==
Masanori Tanimoto, 76, incumbent since 1994, is not seeking re-election. He supports Hiroshi Hase.
Hirosh... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Ishikawa_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
The 2022 Novgorod Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 9–11 September 2022, on common election day. Incumbent Governor Andrey Nikitin was re-elected for a second term.
== Background ==
ASI general director Andrey Nikitin was appointed Governor of Novgorod Oblast in February 2017, replacing two-term Governor Se... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Novgorod_Oblast_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
The 2022 Sverdlovsk Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 11 September 2022, on common election day. Governor Yevgeny Kuyvashev was re-elected for a third term.
== Background ==
Presidential Envoy to the Ural Federal District Yevgeny Kuyvashev was appointed acting Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast in May 2012, and ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Sverdlovsk_Oblast_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
The 2022 French legislative election occurred on 12 June 2022 and 19 June 2022. In the Ain department, five deputies were elected with the department's five constituencies.
== Results ==
=== Elected deputies ===
=== Department-wide results ===
=== Results by constituency ===
The candidates are presented in des... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_French_legislative_election_in_Ain | election | null |
Parliamentary elections were held in Abkhazia on 12 March 2022, with a second round taking place on 26 March.
== Campaign ==
Abkhazia is a republic whose territory is part of Georgia and which proclaimed itself independent in 1992. Only Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Nauru and Syria recognize this independence. In the... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Abkhazian_parliamentary_election | election | null |
General elections were held in Republika Srpska on 2 October 2022 as part of the Bosnian general elections. Voters decided the President of Republika Srpska and the 83 members of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska.
Incumbent president Željka Cvijanović was eligible to run for a second four-year term, but opted n... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Republika_Srpska_general_election | election | null |
The 2022 Cook Islands general election was held on 1 August 2022 to determine the composition of the 18th Parliament of the Cook Islands. A referendum on legalising medical cannabis was held on the same day.
== Background ==
In the 2018 general election, the Democratic Party won a plurality with 11 seats but fell sho... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Cook_Islands_general_election | election | null |
Council of the Nation elections were held in Algeria on 5 February 2022 in order to renew half of the members of the upper house of parliament.
== Results ==
== References == | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Algerian_Council_of_the_Nation_election | election | null |
The 2023 Kanagawa gubernatorial election was held on April 9, 2023, as part of 2023 Japanese unified local elections, to elect the next governor of Kanagawa. The election resulted in a victory for the incumbent governor Yūji Kuroiwa. The election occurred the same day as the 2023 Sagamihara mayoral election and the 202... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Kanagawa_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
The 2023 Krasnoyarsk Krai gubernatorial election took place on 8–10 September 2023, on common election day. Acting governor Mikhail Kotyukov was elected to a full term in office.
== Background ==
In September 2017 first-term Governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai Viktor Tolokonsky asked for his resignation, which was approved ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Krasnoyarsk_Krai_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
The 2023 Nara gubernatorial election was held on 9 April 2023 as part of the 20th unified elections to elect the next governor of Nara Prefecture, Japan. The election was close, with Makoto Yamashita of the Japan Innovation Party winning with a 44.41% minority, defeating incumbent Liberal Democratic Party candidate Shō... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Nara_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
The 2022 Texas's 34th congressional district special election was held on June 14, 2022. The seat, which went to Democratic president Joe Biden by only four points in the 2020 United States presidential election after being solidly blue in the past, became vacant after Democratic incumbent representative Filemon Vela J... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Texas%27s_34th_congressional_district_special_election | election | null |
The 2022 Nebraska's 1st congressional district special election, which was held on June 28, 2022, was triggered when Republican representative Jeff Fortenberry resigned on March 31, having been convicted of lying to the FBI about campaign contributions.
Under Nebraska state law, major party nominees for special electio... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Nebraska%27s_1st_congressional_district_special_election | election | null |
The 2022 Indiana's 2nd congressional district special election was a special election to choose a new member of the U.S. House of Representatives. The seat became vacant after incumbent Congresswoman Jackie Walorski died in a traffic collision on August 3, 2022.
In accordance with Title 3, Article 10, of the Indiana Co... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Indiana%27s_2nd_congressional_district_special_election | election | null |
The 2022 Hong Kong Chief Executive election was held on 8 May 2022 for the 6th term of the Chief Executive (CE), the highest office of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Incumbent Carrie Lam, who was elected in 2017, declined to seek a second term for family reasons and finished her term on 30 June 20... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Hong_Kong_Chief_Executive_election | election | null |
A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip was held on 20 July 2023, following the resignation of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson as its member of Parliament (MP) on 12 June. The Conservative Party's candidate, Steve Tuckwell, narrowly held the seat with a reduced ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Uxbridge_and_South_Ruislip_by-election | election | null |
A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Mid Bedfordshire was held on 19 October 2023, triggered by the resignation of incumbent Conservative MP Nadine Dorries. Alistair Strathern of the Labour Party won the by-election, marking the first Labour victory in the seat since its creation in 1918.... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Mid_Bedfordshire_by-election | election | null |
A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Birmingham Erdington was held on 3 March 2022, following the death of incumbent Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) Jack Dromey. It was won by Paulette Hamilton, who held the seat for Labour on an increased majority.
== Background and voter registr... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Birmingham_Erdington_by-election | election | null |
Presidential elections were held in Kazakhstan on 20 November 2022. This was the seventh presidential election since Kazakhstan's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Incumbent president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, an independent, was re-elected for a second term in a landslide, receiving 81% of the vote. His closest... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Kazakh_presidential_election | election | null |
The 2022 Illinois gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Illinois, concurrently with the 2022 Illinois general election. Gubernatorial candidates ran on tickets with candidates for lieutenant governor. The incumbent governor and lieutenant governor, first-term Democrats JB Pritz... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Illinois_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
The 2022 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Ohio. Incumbent Republican Governor Mike DeWine won a second term in a landslide, defeating Democratic nominee Nan Whaley, the former mayor of Dayton, with 62.4% of the vote. DeWine's 25-point victory marked the continuation of ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Ohio_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
The 2022 New York's 19th congressional district special election was a special election held on August 23, 2022. The seat became vacant after incumbent Democratic representative Antonio Delgado resigned on May 25, 2022, to become lieutenant governor of New York. Democratic nominee Pat Ryan won a slight victory over Rep... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_New_York%27s_19th_congressional_district_special_election | election | null |
The 2022 Idaho gubernatorial election was held on November 8 to elect the next governor of Idaho. Incumbent Brad Little, first elected in 2018, was elected to a second term, the eighth consecutive win by a Republican.
The statewide primary was held on May 17; Little defeated incumbent lieutenant governor Janice McGeach... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Idaho_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Wakefield was held on 23 June 2022, triggered by the resignation of incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) Imran Ahmad Khan following a criminal conviction for child sexual assault. It was won by Simon Lightwood of the Labour Party, and was the first by-el... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Wakefield_by-election | election | null |
A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of City of Chester was held on 1 December 2022 following the resignation of incumbent Labour Party MP Chris Matheson. It was won by Samantha Dixon, also of Labour. The 14-point swing was Labour's best-ever result in the seat, and the worst result for the C... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_City_of_Chester_by-election | election | null |
The 2022 Osun State gubernatorial election took place on 16 July 2022, to elect the governor of Osun State. Incumbent All Progressives Congress Governor Gboyega Oyetola was eligible for re-election but lost by a 3.5% margin to former Senator Ademola Adeleke—the nominee of the Peoples Democratic Party. Adeleke and his r... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Osun_State_gubernatorial_election | election | null |
A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Southend West was held on 3 February 2022, following the murder of incumbent Conservative Party MP Sir David Amess on 15 October 2021. It was won by Anna Firth who held the seat for the Conservatives with 86% of the vote.
The major opposition parties de... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Southend_West_by-election | election | null |
A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Rutherglen and Hamilton West was held on 5 October 2023, following the recall of incumbent Scottish National Party (SNP) MP Margaret Ferrier. The by-election was won by Michael Shanks of the Labour Party with a large swing of 20.4%.
Ferrier, elected for... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Rutherglen_and_Hamilton_West_by-election | election | null |
Presidential elections were held in Austria on 9 October 2022. Incumbent Alexander Van der Bellen from the Greens was eligible for one more term and ran for re-election. About 6.36 million voting-age citizens were eligible to vote.
Final results showed that Van der Bellen was re-elected in the first round with 57% of t... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Austrian_presidential_election | election | null |
In the lead up to the 2023 Turkish presidential election, discussions took place around the nomination of presidential candidates.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the incumbent president and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), announced that he would run as the presidential candidate of the electoral alliance, the... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Turkish_presidential_election_candidate_nominations | election | null |
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