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Some election news from around the world:

From Yahoo News – Coalition or snap polls? Turkey’s scenarios after election shock:

Turkey’s Islamic-rooted ruling party won the biggest portion of the vote in Sunday’s polls but lost the parliamentary majority it had held since 2002, delivering a severe blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ambition to expand his powers.

For the first time in its 13-year rule, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) must enter coalition talks or call snap elections as the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) easily surpassed the 10 percent barrier needed to send MPs to parliament.

From the Huffington Post – Mexico’s Midterm Elections Results See Ruling Party Lead, First Independent Wins:

President Enrique Pena Nieto’s Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, lost legislative seats, according to official vote counts released Monday by the electoral institute. But a strong and controversial campaign by allied Green Party boosted that party by as many as 20 seats, which could give the ruling party a voting majority for the first time in nearly two decades.

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In an election marred by sporadic violence, independent Jaime Rodriguez, known as “El Bronco,” won the governor’s race in the border state of Nuevo Leon, ousting the PRI from a key state that includes the business hub of Monterrey. His popularity was attributed to voters’ disgust with all political parties.