Election Results 2010

Elected: Angola, Ecuador, Guatemala, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives,
Mauritania, Moldova, Qatar, Poland, Uganda, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand.
Newly Elected Country Ranked by
Freedom House NOT FREE:
Angola, Libya, Mauritania, Qatar
Total Number of Countries on Council
now ranked FREE:
20
Total Number of Countries on Council
now ranked NOT FREE or PARTLY FREE:
27

Detailed Results

African Regional Group:
188 Votes Cast, 188 Valid, 5 Abstensions
Angola 170 votes
Mauritania 167 votes
Uganda 164 votes
Libya 155 votes

Asian Regional Group:
188 Votes Cast, 188 Valid, 0 Abstentions
Maldives 185 votes
Thailand 182 votes
Malaysia 179 votes
Qatar 177 votes

Eastern European Regional Group:
188 Votes Cast, 188 Valid, 8 Abstentions
Moldova 175 votes
Poland 171 votes

Latin America and Carribean Regional Group:
188 Votes Cast, 188 Valid, 3 Abstentions
Guatemala 180 votes
Ecuador 180 votes
Peru * 1 vote

Western Europe and Other Regional Group:
188 Votes Cast, 188 Valid, 6 Abstentions
Spain 177 votes
Switzerland 175 votes

* candidacy never confirmed