| [Elections of the month] World Election Results in July, 2022 |
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| Last updated 2022-07-27 |
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Presidential Election in Sri Lanka The Sri Lankan Parliament elected the country's President on July 20, 2022. This election was held to fill the vacancy after the resignation of the former President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Ranil Wickremesinghe won the election with 134 votes. Another strong candidate, Dulles Alahapperuma, was defeated with 82 votes. The term of office is five years, but Ranil Wickremesinghe will serve the rest of the former presidential tenure until November 2024.
Sri Lankan MPs have elected prime minister and acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the country's new President. https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/AP19303270399245.jpg?resize=570
https://webtimes.uk/ranil-wickremesinghe-sworn-in-sri-lankas-new-prime-minister-the-tribune-india/ Resources: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-62202901 https://www.newsfirst.lk/2022/07/20/sri-lanka-gets-a-new-president-ranil-wickremesinghe-wins-with-134-votes/ Presidential Election in India The presidential election was held in India on July 18, 2022. The President is indirectly elected to serve a 5-year term by the members of the Electoral College, comprised of the elected members of the Parliament, the Legislative assemblies of the States and the Union territories. Draupadi Murmu defeated the opposition candidate, Yashwant Sinha, with 64.03% of the total valid votes.
Smt. Droupadi Murmu https://apnews.com/article/elections-india-presidential-race-and-ethnicity-legislature-2e30a1013e9da2fc8b9a4864b86f6ee5
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey and Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Dharmendra Sharma at the press conference where the dates were announced, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Thursday (PTI Photo) https://indianexpress.com/article/india/election-commission-presidential-elections-schedule-7960672/ Resources:https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/presidential-election-result-2022-live-updates-today-july-21-2022-murmu-yashwant-sinha-101658373035084.html https://theprint.in/politics/india-set-to-get-1st-tribal-president-as-droupadi-murmu-crosses-halfway-mark-ahead-of-sinha/1048962/
Election for the House of Councilors in Japan House of Councillors elections took place in Japan on July 10, 2022, to elect 125 of the 248 members of the upper house of the National Diet for six years. As a result, Japan’s ruling coalition increased its majority in the upper house of parliament in an election. The Liberal Democratic Party won 63 seats and Komieto won 13 seats. On the other hand, Japan’s main opposition party, the Constitutional Democratic Party, secured 17 seats. The voter turnout was 52.05%.
Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, July 10, 2022 © Toru Hanai / Pool via AP Japan’s ruling coalition secures power to fulfill ‘Abe’s dream’ — RT World News
Resources:https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/07/11/national/politics-diplomacy/voter-turnout/ Japan’s Ruling Coalition Expands Majority in Elections After Abe’s Assassination – The Diplomat
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