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"The Crows used their fortune to buy access to and curry favor" with elites, one advocate said

Indian politics will witness a dramatic change after elections in Karnataka, as this election is not just for the people of this State, but for the entire country and for democracy, said Kanhaiya Kumar, National Spokesperson, Indian National Congress.

The Pacific's last remaining monarchy has taken a unique approach to balancing executive powers between the king and the parliament.

The Greeks (Hellenes) Party is the first party to be disqualified since the restoration of democracy in 1974.

Oonagh Preece first went to a polling station in 1950 and has voted in every local and general election since. But the requirement for photo ID at polling stations now excludes her from democracy

The economies of the UK and US, among other nations, are increasingly based on unjust forms of democracy that do not align with regional attitudes or support regional equality. This can be seen in the many deprived cities, towns and other “left-behind” areas – those experiencing deprivation on multiple fronts.

Letters: Tim Allen on guarding the guardians of democracy, and David Chan on the need to diversify those who work in the media

With its voter ID ruse and a bid to capture the civil service, the government is emulating US Republicans’ winner-takes-all populism, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

A man is seen pushing a poster on wheels through the streets of Bagalkot and speaking at street corners. This is the typical way in which Nagaraj Kalakutagar campaigns, for himself. He is an Independent candidate with the symbol of “A pair of slippers”.