List of controversial elections explained

This is a list of controversial elections arranged by continent and date.

By continent

Africa

Asia

Central America

Europe

Middle East

North America

Canada

Mexico

United States

Oceania

South America

Examples of electoral fraud

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.thestandard.co.zw/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17803:zec-admits-voters-roll-in-shambles&catid=31:zimbabwe-stories&Itemid=66 "ZEC admits voters' roll 'in shambles'"
  2. http://www.theindependent.co.zw/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20016:opposition-reveals-rigging-plot&catid=31:local-zimbabwe-stories&Itemid=66 "Opposition reveals rigging plot"
  3. Web site: Zille: Dumped ballots raises concern about fair election. McKenzie. Roy. 8 May 2014. News24. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714130751/http://www.news24.com/elections/news/zille-dumped-ballots-raises-concern-about-fair-election-20140508. 14 July 2014. 3 July 2014. dead.
  4. News: Kashmir's flawed elections. September 14, 2002. news.bbc.co.uk.
  5. Web site: BBC News | EUROPE | Armenian elections go to run-off. news.bbc.co.uk.
  6. [2013 Malaysian general election]
  7. News: Fraud claims mar Armenia referendum. BBC News. December 7, 2015.
  8. Web site: 31 December 2018 . Police-aided ballot stuffing . The Daily Star.
  9. Web site: 31 December 2018 . Has Bangladesh's ruling party won a 'managed' election? . Deutsche Welle.
  10. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/12/31/why-bangladeshs-landslide-election-result-is-bad-its-democracy Why Bangladesh’s landslide election result is bad for its democracy
  11. News: Voting open to 'childishly simple' fraud, says watchdog. Sparrow. Andrew. 22 January 2008. 18 November 2012. The Guardian. London.
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  17. News: General election 2019: The mystery of the Russia report. BBC News . November 10, 2019.
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  20. News: 'Almost certain' Russians sought to interfere in 2019 UK election - Raab. BBC News . July 16, 2020.
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  25. A full description of the election in Yukon, the trial, and the subsequent by-election may be found in Erik Nielsen's memoir, The House Is Not a Home.
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  27. Web site: Angry Canadians Demand Inquiry into 'Robogate'. Allvoices.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140305061745/http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/11628935-angry-canadians-demand-inquiry-into-robogate. March 5, 2014. March 27, 2012.
  28. News: How do we govern our technology?. John. Duffy. March 19, 2012. March 27, 2012. The Globe and Mail. Toronto.
  29. Web site: RoboCon: The Evidence and Scope Means What? | Green Party of Canada. Greenparty.ca. 2012-05-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20120504184944/http://www.greenparty.ca/blogs/7890/2012-03-10/robocon-evidence-and-scope-means-what. 2012-05-04. dead.
  30. Web site: robocon – Topics. 2012-03-02. Macleans.ca. 2012-05-22.
  31. Web site: Chris Selley: Vikileaks and robocon highlight Ottawa's snowglobe of spite | Full Comment | National Post. Fullcomment.nationalpost.com. 2012-05-22. http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20120229144046/http%3A//fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/02/29/chris%2Dselley%2Dvikileaks%2Dand%2Drobocon%2Dhighlight%2Dottawas%2Dsnowglobe%2Dof%2Dspite/. 2012-02-29. dead.
  32. Web site: Coyne: Robocon is a scandal with no clear pattern. 2012-03-02. Canada.com. 2012-05-22.
  33. Greenberg. David. David Greenberg (historian). 2000-10-16. Was Nixon Robbed?. Slate.
  34. News: Opinion The New Hampshire Phone Scam. 2007-09-17. The New York Times. 2020-04-18. 0362-4331.
  35. Book: Freeman, Steven. Was the 2004 Presidential Election stolen?. Seven Stories Press. 2005.
  36. Web site: Harding . Luke . How Trump walked into Putin's web . . November 15, 2017 . May 22, 2019 . ...the Russians were talking to people associated with Trump. The precise nature of these exchanges has not been made public, but according to sources in the US and the UK, they formed a suspicious pattern. .
  37. Web site: Harding . Luke . Kirchgaessner . Stephanie . Hopkins . Nick . British spies were first to spot Trump team's links with Russia . . April 13, 2017 . May 13, 2019.
  38. News: Protess . Ben . Bromwich . Jonah E. . Haberman . Maggie . Christobek . Kate . McKinley . Jesse . 2024-05-30 . Trump Convicted on All Counts to Become America's First Felon President . 2024-05-30 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  39. News: Saul. Stephanie. Epstein. Reid J.. 2020-08-31. Trump Is Pushing a False Argument on Vote-by-Mail Fraud. Here Are the Facts.. en-US. The New York Times. 2020-09-26. 0362-4331.
  40. Web site: Trump's 'Major Fraud' Speech, Fact-Checked. 2020-11-05. Snopes.com. 4 November 2020 . en-US.
  41. News: 2020-08-15. US Postal Service warns of risks to mail-in votes. en-GB. BBC News. 2020-09-26.
  42. Web site: Unanimous Senate commits to peaceful transfer of power after Trump refuses. 2020-09-26. ABC News. en.
  43. Web site: Fritze. John. Trump declines to commit to peaceful transfer of power, McConnell promises 'orderly transition'. 2020-09-26. USA TODAY. en-US.
  44. Web site: Ryan Browne and Barbara Starr. As Trump refuses to commit to a peaceful transition, Pentagon stresses it will play no role in the election. 2020-09-26. CNN. 25 September 2020 .
  45. Web site: Highly competitive elections in US tarnished by legal uncertainty and unprecedented attempts to undermine public trust, international observers say. 2020-11-07. osce.org. en.
  46. Web site: 2020-11-07. No, There's Isn't a 'Glitch' in Michigan Election Software That Flipped Thousands of Trump Votes. 2020-11-09. Gizmodo Australia. en-AU.
  47. Web site: Bogart. Nicole. 2020-11-04. Truth Tracker: Were Trump ballots marked with sharpies disqualified in Arizona?. 2020-11-05. America Votes. en.
  48. Web site: Fraud Claims Aimed in Part at Keeping Trump Base Loyal. 2020-11-09. Snopes.com. en-US.
  49. Web site: Schiffer. Zoe. 2020-11-03. Election hoax spreading through text messages in Michigan. 2020-11-05. The Verge. en.
  50. Web site: Brewster. Jack. Trump Floats Baseless Conspiracy Theory About 'Very Strange' Ballot Dumps As Michigan, Wisconsin Tilt Blue. 2020-11-05. Forbes. en.
  51. Web site: Refusing to concede, Trump blocks cooperation on transition. Jonathan. Lemire. Zeke. Miller. Associated Press. November 9, 2020. July 15, 2021.
  52. Web site: RNC Chair Says 500 Affidavits of 11,000 Voter Fraud Incidents - Hamodia.com. Yossi. Goldschmiedt. November 11, 2020. Hamodia.
  53. Web site: GOP obtains over 900 affidavits highlighting voting irregularities. www.yahoo.com. 17 November 2020 .
  54. Web site: RNC Chair says people have come forward with 11,000 voter fraud claims. Newsweek. 10 November 2020.
  55. Web site: RNC Chair Says 11,000 People Have Come Forward with Voter Fraud Claims. MSN.
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  57. Conaghan, Catherine M. (2005). Fujimori's Peru: Deception in the Public Sphere. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 180–181.
  58. News: Venezuela opposition demands vote recount, protests flare. 2013-04-15. Reuters.
  59. Web site: Widespread suspicion about electoral fraud in Hungary. Eva S.. Balogh. April 10, 2018.
  60. Web site: Milosevic Resigns, People Celebrate . https://archive.today/20130127061700/http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=189354 . dead . 2013-01-27 . Javno.com . 2008-10-06 . 2012-11-18.
  61. News: Revealed: the full story of the Ukrainian election fraud . https://web.archive.org/web/20041128104556/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/11/28/wukra28.xml . dead . November 28, 2004 . Telegraph . 2012-11-18 . London.
  62. Web site: UK voters fear election fraud . 2008-10-22 . Will . Sturgeon . 30 March 2005 . Silicon.com Law & Policy . CBS Interactive Limited . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080117063332/http://management.silicon.com/government/0%2C39024677%2C39129095%2C00.htm . 17 January 2008.
  63. News: Judge upholds vote-rigging claims . 2008-10-22 . 4 April 2005 . BBC News England . BBC.
  64. News: Labour election fraud 'would disgrace a banana republic' . 2008-10-22 . Dominic . Kennedy . April 5, 2005 . TimesOnline UK News . Times Newspapers Ltd..
  65. News: Voting scandal mars UK election . 2008-10-22 . Barnaby . Mason . 5 April 2005 . BBC News UK . BBC.
  66. Web site: Department for Constitutional Affairs - Elections . 2008-10-22 . Department for Constitutional Affairs . Crown Copyright.
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  68. News: Labour . https://web.archive.org/web/20041128104556/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/11/28/wukra28.xml . dead . November 28, 2004 . 2008-10-22 . The Daily Telegraph. London.
  69. News: Judge upholds vote-rigging claims . 2008-10-22 . 4 April 2005 . BBC.
  70. News: New fears over postal vote fraud . 2008-10-22 . 13 April 2005 . Guardian . London . Audrey . Gillan . Sandra . Laville . Hugh . Muir.
  71. News: Labour to halt postal vote fraud but only after election . 2008-10-22 . April 11, 2005 . Times.
  72. News: Denis . Campbell . Uganda hit by violence as opposition claims election fraud | World news | The Observer . Observer.guardian.co.uk . 2006-02-26 . 2012-11-18 . London.
  73. News: Kibaki hints at power-sharing deal - CNN.com . Edition.cnn.com . 2008-01-05 . 2012-11-18.