The German electoral commission ruled on Thursday that the German Communist Party (DKP) will provisionally not be allowed to participate in elections to the federal parliament on 23 September for failing to meet the necessary formalities, dpa reported.

The French far right failed once again to win a single region in elections on Sunday, exit polls showed. The southern Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur (PACA) had been seen as the far-right Rassemblement National party's best opportunity to secure its first-ever regional power base, but other parties united to keep it out.

On the verge of losing his record-long grip on power, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday lashed out at his political opponents. "We are witnessing the greatest election fraud in the history of the country, in my opinion in the history of any democracy."

Cyprus's ruling conservatives won Cyprus parliamentary election on Sunday, but the far-right ELAM party and a centrist splinter group made big gains, news wires reported. The center-right DISY emerged in first place with 27.77% of the vote, 5.4% more than second-place, communist-rooted AKEL. But the parties respectively lost 2.9% and 3.3% of their support from the previous election.

Sadiq Khan was re-elected London Mayor as a candidate of British opposition Labour Party. Khan is the first Muslim mayor of major British city, Reuters reported. However Khan’s victory was not enough to raise spirits of the opposition as the ruling conservatives of PM Boris Johnson scored overall victory at the local elections. In London Khan won to Shaun Baley by 55.2% to 44.8% in a result which had been widely predicted, although his winning margin was smaller than his victory five years ago.

Voters in the Madrid region look set to back their conservative governor in an election on Tuesday after she defied pressure from Spain's leftist central government to lock down the economy and let bars and shops stay open despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Reuters reported.

War-torn Syria on Sunday set May 26 as the date for presidential elections expected to give incumbent President Bashar al-Assad a new term in office.

Leading members of Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU) are giving their support to party boss Armin Laschet to be the country's next chancellor after elections in September, dpa reported. The autumn polls will see Chancellor Angela Merkel leave the post after over 15 years at the helm.

Guillermo Lasso, a conservative former banker, has surprisingly won Ecuador's presidential election run-off, news wires reported. His opponent, the left-wing economist Andrés Arauz, conceded defeat hours after polls closed on Sunday. With almost all the ballots counted, Lasso had got 52.5% of the vote compared to Arauz's 47.5%.

GERB will hold 75 seats in the 45th National Assembly. There is Such a People – 51, BSP – 43, MRF – 30, the Democratic Bulgaria Alliance coalition – 27, while the Stand up! Mafiosi out! coalition – 14. The breakdown was revealed after the Central Electoral Commission officially announced the distribution of seats following the 4 April general elections.