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Media and the Elections 2004 in Indonesia and the Philippines
SeminarThe Dark Side of DemocratizationDemocratisation in Indonesia and the Philippines comes with several problems. First, democratisation - and elections in particular - often comes with an... [Event]
Elections in Indonesia
On April 5 2004, five years after the elections in 1999, Indonesia elected a new parliament and new regional councils. For about 147 million Indonesians qualified to vote this was the first time they... [Image gallery]
Elections and Migrant Workers in Namibia 1978
Photos by Frits EisenloeffelIn December 1978 Frits Eisenloeffel travelled to Namibia to report on the elections. The elections were organized by the South African government and intended to favor the... [Image gallery]
Posters European Elections
On the occasion of the elections for the European parliament in 2004 the IISH presented a sample of ten posters on earlier elections, from the IISH collections. Ten European Elections PostersMore... [Image gallery]
Elections in Senegal 1978
Photos by Frits EisenloeffelJournalist Frits Eisenloeffel travelled through Senegal in February-March 1978, following the national elections. The pictures on this page show a political rally in Dakar... [Image gallery]
Rapporten zelfonderzoek PvdA (1986-2009)
 De commissie Depla presenteerde op 20 juni 2017 een rapport over de oorzaken van de historische verkiezingsnederlaag van de PvdA bij de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen van 15 maart 2017. De partij verloor... [News]
Collecting the bloody summer of 2009 in Iran
The IISH has started an extensive project to document the tumultuous presidential elections in Iran in June 2009.Thousands of photographs, videos, films, leaflets, posters, and weblogs have been made... [News]
ANC - The Workers' Choice
On 27 April 1994, South Africa held its first democratic multiracial general elections, with more than 22 million citizens voting. Nelson Mandela's African National Congress won 62.5 percent of the... [Item of the Day]
President Zia Ul-Haq Did Not Die
It was rumoured that President Zia ul-Haq of Pakistan was warned that he would die on 8/8/88. When nothing happened on that day, he seemed to be happy and triumphant. Nevertheless, nine days later... [Item of the Day]
Presidential Candidate Nixon
The Republican Convention on 23 August 1972 chose President Richard Nixon as presidential candidate. Nixon thereupon campaigned against the candidate of the Democrats, George McGovern. The main... [Item of the Day]

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