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When can we expect some results?

I find it odd that the election is held earlier in some countries. Will there be voting friday and saturday as well or do all others wait until sunday?

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by A swedish kind of death on Thu Jun 4th, 2009 at 07:59:04 AM EST

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Well if voting was held at the weekend, how would the right sort of people get back from their country estates to vote?

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by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu Jun 4th, 2009 at 08:06:06 AM EST
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We should have Saturday afternoon voting in Italy - I have to check the details, as I plan to be out of town on Sunday.

by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Thu Jun 4th, 2009 at 08:53:35 AM EST
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Most countries vote on Sunday, but some will also vote on Friday and Saturday, or on multiple days (see the wikipedia entry)

Results are usually in fairly quickly for the Netherlands, e.g. by or shortly after midnight, though those are not yet official. I dunno about the UK, and can't be around tonight, alas.

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Thu Jun 4th, 2009 at 10:41:38 AM EST
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Seeing how it is midnight now, does anyone know the results in the Netherlands ~~tele-voting~~ polls?

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by A swedish kind of death on Thu Jun 4th, 2009 at 06:09:46 PM EST
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Dutch EU Parliamentary election results boost for Geert Wilders | Radio Netherlands Worldwide

In the Netherlands, Geert Wilders' far right Freedom Party (PVV) appears to be the biggest winner of the European Union elections.
An early analysis of the results indicates the PVV, which stood for the first time in EU elections, has won four seats. The Christian Democrats, who remained the largest party, lost two of its seven seats, and the Labour Party dropped from seven to four seats between four and seven. The conservative VVD party and D66 both took 3 seats, while Green Left and the Christian Union-SGP coalition won two seats each.
There were 25 Dutch seats to be contested in the EU elections. Five years ago, the figure was 27. Turnout for the elections was 40 percent, a fraction higher than for the last EU elections five years ago.

by Fran on Thu Jun 4th, 2009 at 06:13:28 PM EST
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At least not as bad as the predicted one.

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by A swedish kind of death on Thu Jun 4th, 2009 at 06:32:45 PM EST
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Predictions and Pre-Election Excitement | 10 comments (10 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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