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Added on the 23/07/2023 09:43:09 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Security officers conduct security checks at a pollling station in Quetta ahead of voting in Pakistan's national and provincial elections. IMAGES
Election officials begin counting votes in Madrid after polls closed in an election where the right was expected to make a comeback. The vote took place just three weeks after Spain took over the rotating presidency of the European Union, and the expected shift to the right would deal a fresh blow to the European left. Polls closed at 1800 GMT and although Spain does not publish exit polls, figures from a last-minute Sigma Dos poll taken in the days before the vote, suggested Alberto Nunez Feijoo's PP would win 145-150 seats, falling short of the 176-seat absolute majority required to govern alone. IMAGES
A polling station in Prague opens on the second day of Czech presidential run-off election, in which retired NATO general Petr Pavel is expected to beat the billionaire former prime minister Andrej Babis. IMAGES
The polling station at South Texas College in the town of McAllen, Texas, opens for the United States midterm elections. Polls have shown the Republicans on track to take control of at least one house of Congress, with former President Donald Trump having all but announced his run for office in 2024. IMAGES
Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro says "we expect victory, for the good of Brazil," as he leaves a polling station after casting his ballot in a tight presidential runoff in which he faces leftist ex-leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. IMAGES