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The first voters cast their ballots at the opening of polling stations in Croatia where parliamentary elections are taking place. The new government will have to deal with the economic fallout from the coronavirus at a time when a resurgence of contamination is putting the outgoing conservatives under pressure. The ruling conservative HDZ party is set for a close race with the main centre-left opposition IMAGES
Polling stations open across Rwanda for presidential and parliamentary elections with the African nation's leader Paul Kagame set to cruise to victory and extend his iron-fisted rule for another five years. Nine million Rwandans will cast their ballots across 2,433 polling stations. IMAGES
Counting began at the Noumea Town Hall in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, where 32.4% of voters had cast their ballots by midday, a sharp increase on the turnout for the 2022 general election, which stood at 13.06% at midday. IMAGES
South Koreans start casting their ballots in parliamentary elections seen as a referendum on President Yoon Suk Yeol after a polarising campaign. IMAGES
Images of Poland's nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, led by Jaroslaw Kaczynski, gathering in Warsaw as they are expected to loose the majority in the country's parliamentary elections. The opposition party Civic Coalition (liberal), along with the Third Way and Left parties are tipped to win 248 seats in the 460-seat lower house of parliament, according to an exit poll. IMAGES