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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado holds a rally ahead of the July 28 presidential election. Machado, who overwhelmingly won the opposition primary, was declared ineligible by a Maduro-aligned court. However, she refuses to step down despite being barred from public office for 15 years based on charges widely dismissed as spurious. IMAGES
President of the centre-right Social-Democratic Party Partido Social Democrata (PSD) since May 2022, Luis Montenegro holds his final rally ahead of the March 10 general election. The 51-year-old led its parliamentary group when it was in power from 2011 to 2015 and imposed severe austerity measures. Despite the far right's potential for depriving the PSD of a parliamentary majority, Luis Montenegro has insisted he will not accept entering into a coalition with Chega. IMAGES
Angola's MPLA (People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola) holds rally ahead of the country's upcoming elections. Eight political parties are on the ballot paper, but the real contest is between the ruling MPLA and its long standing rival and former rebel movement the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). Stakes are high for MPLA which has been in power since 1975, now led by incumbent President Joao Lourenco who was first elected in 2017. IMAGES
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen makes a final push for votes in Perpignan, the largest city held by her party, the National Rally, three days ahead of an election which polls project as an increasingly tight battle against President Emmanuel Macron. IMAGES
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban holds a final rally ahead of Sunday's general elections. The long-time nationalist faces a united opposition for the first time as he goes head-to-head against conservative politician Peter Marki-Zay. IMAGES
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