Democrat Phil Murphy has taken the Governorship of New Jersey. The outgoing Republican Governor and Former Republican Presidential nominee Chris Christy supported Republican candidate Kim Guadagno. 2% of the vote went to other parties including The Green Party's Seth Kaper. Paul Murphy took 56% of the vote, with Guadagno taking 42%. Guadagno served as Lieutenant Governor under Chris Christy.

The centre-right party ANO have won 78 seats in the Czech Republic's Chamber of Deputies, PSP, Leader Andrej Babiš is expected to become Prime Minister. Outgoing Prime Minister lost 35 seats in the election. OSD leader Petr Fiala has ruled out a coalition with the ANO, while the ANO have rule out continuing in coalition with CSSD.

Sebastian Kurz's OVP political party failed to get a majority in the Austrian National Council, increasing the number of seats to 62 following the October 15th Election. Their nearest rival the SPO retain their 52 seats with the FPO increasing its seats to 51. The Green Party failed to be elected dropping all of its 20 seats, with a new alternative Green Party PILZ getting 8 seats. It is likely that Mr. Kurz will become Prime Minister. Austria may retain its grand coalition between OVP and SPO, however Austrian Chancellor Kern (SPO) is preparing for opposition following government formation talks with Kurz.

With the exit of Phil Hogan to Brussels, Carlow-Kilkenny is the 5th by-election since the general election 2011. By-elections take place when a member of the Dail (TD) vacates their seat. In this instance the seat was left vacant by the promotion of the Environment Minister to an EU commissioner. There are 9 candidates in the running for the seat. 3 women and 6 men. Bobby Aylward, Fianna Fáil, David Fitzgeral, Fine Gael, Kathleen Funchion, Sinn Féin, Breda Gardner, Independent, Patrick McKee, Renua Ireland, Conor MacLiam, Anti-Austerity Alliance, Malcolm Noonan, Green Party, Willie Quinn, Labour Party and Adrienne Wallace, People Before Profit.

An Tainiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs has announced his resignation as the leader of the Labour Party. This comes after a major drop in support for Labour at the Local and European Elections. He stated at a press conference today that a new leader will be able to renew the Labour Party, he told reporters that in 2011 he and his party took the difficult decision to enter government at a time of great economic pressure. He said he believes that Labour delivered on many of the issues that they had brought to government, however he also stated that the Elections had sent a clear message to the government parties. He will remain on as Leader of the party until the new Leader is elected and will remain as Tainiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs until a decision is made between An Taoiseach Enda Kenny and the new leader of the Labour Party.

Election counts for the European and Local Elections are continuing around Ireland. Local Election counts in Northern Ireland finished on Saturday with the DUP and Sinn Fein remaining the main political parties with 130 and 105 seats respectively. The SDLP made some gains with 66 councilors across the 11 new northern councils, as did the UUP with 88 councilors elected. The Alliance Party won 32 seats with independents and others getting 41. In the Republic counting is still underway with 915 seats declared. Fianna Fail are currently leading with 259 seats across the country. They are followed by Independents and Others, with 230 seats. Sinn Féin has made major gains in the republic with 153 seats, with Fine Gael holding 223 seats. The Labour Party are currently just holding on to 50 seats, with many calling Election Day Independance Day.