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You're not from around here, are you? Non-resident legislative candidates are a national phenomenon.

Legislative candidates - No residency, no experience, no problem!

The mystery of a missing Lao development worker highlights Southeast Asia’s record of enforced disappearances

In a political landscape dominated by money-politics, can a box of treats sweeten up Indonesia's voters?

Why is witchcraft part of the political toolkit for Indonesian candidates?

Clive Kessler's concluding analysis of daulat, monarchy and constitutionalism in modern Malaysia.

Eve Warburton reports that PDI-P hopes Jokowimania will help the party make inroads in far-flung parts of Indonesia.

An increasing number of celebrities standing for parliament is a side-effect of quotas for female representation in politics.

If pleasurable pain can be said to be a critical political factor, then recent developments in Malaysia is to be welcomed.

Democracy might be 'haram', but Islamist vigilantes are using it to their strategic advantage.

Who's winning, and why. Taking a look at some early polling.

Indonesia's bizarre system for apportioning the votes of expats leads to some unusual campaign strategies.