Africa
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South African General Election of 1994
From April 26 to 29, 1994, after decades of apartheid and 350 years of racial exclusion, South Africans of all races voted togethe...
South African Referendum of 1992
On March 17, 1992, F.W. de Klerk asked white voters, on an 85 percent turnout of the white electorate, whether they supported refo...
Zambian General Election of 1991
Zambia's October 31, 1991 election, forced by strikes and debt collapse after Kaunda agreed to reintroduce multiparty politics, sa...
Zimbabwean Independence Election of 1980
The February 1980 election, monitored by Commonwealth observers under the Lancaster House ceasefire after seven years of war, drew...
Nigerian Presidential Election of 1993
The June 12, 1993 election, judged Nigeria's cleanest ever, pitted southern Yoruba businessman Moshood Abiola against northern Mus...
Kenyan General Election of 2007
Opinion polls and early results in the December 27, 2007 election suggested a lead for opposition leader Raila Odinga, but the ele...
Liberian Presidential Election of 2005
Held two years after a peace agreement ended Liberia's long civil wars and the departure of Charles Taylor, the 2005 election was ...