Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 - Right to free elections
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ATRESMEDIA CORPORACION DE MEDIOS DE COMUNICACION S.A. v. Spain, no. 29807/23
Central Electoral Commission’s refusal of the format of a political debate proposed by the applicant company, a private media broadcasting group, before the 2019 parliamentary elections, which would have included a candidate of a party which had not secured parliamentary representation in the previous elections but was expected to obtain more than 10 % of the vote.
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Georgios Papadopoulos v. Cyprus, no. 21454/21
Electoral decisions annulling the applicant’s declaration as an elected Member of Parliament on three occasions after his appointment as the first runner-up to a seat that was renounced before the start of the parliamentary term.
Judgment
Hora v. the United Kingdom, no. 1048/20
Ineligibility of a prisoner serving an indeterminate prison sentence to vote in the 2019 general (parliamentary) election.
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