Misheck made this painting after the heavily contested general election in Zimbabwe in 2005.

The company was born out of the bloodshed that erupted across Kenya following its contested general elections in 2007.

Voting has ended in Malaysia in what is widely expected to be the most closely contested general election in the country's history.

The first reason for this lack of interest is that Greeks went to the polls in a hotly contested general election in March.

The poll on 8 November is set to be the country's first openly contested general election in 25 years.

First elected to the Dáil in 1997, the Monaghan-based politician had contested general elections in 1987, 1989 and 1992.

This is the most closely contested general election for more than a decade and health is one of the top priorities for voters and politicians.

Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe has said he accepts the results of the hotly contested general election, and urged his countrymen to move pa(...)