2024 will go down as thelargest election year in history, 64 countries went to the polls to elect their leaders
Right-leaning governments secured victories in 25 of them, representing
of the total vote share
42.4%
Seven big nations within G20 voted, according to data from International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance and the National Democratic Institute
Countries which voted for left-leaning parties
Mexico, United Kingdom, Sri Lanka, France, South Korea
Countries which voted for right leaning parties
Japan, Austria, Portugal, Germany, India, united states
elections were marred by violence, allegations of rigging, and countrywide mobile phone shutdown
Pakistan
President-elect in the US, is the oldest leader elected
Donald Trump
won for the 5th time amid opposition boycott and what was termed as a one-sided election
Bangladesh’s
Sheikh Hasina
Left Leaps Back
Just a decade old, the party in Mexico now dominates nation’s politics
MORENA PARTY
ends 14 years of Conservative Party rule in the UK
Labour Party
Anura Kumara Dissanayake secured landslide victory. National People’s Power had won only 3% votes in last elections
Sri Lanka’s
Most dramatic outcome
in Botswana of southern Africa lost power for the first time in nearly 60 years; reduced to 4 seats
BOTSWANA DEMOCRATIC PARTY
which governed Japan for most of the post-World War II era – and its coalition, Komeito, lost majority
Liberal Democratic Party
in South Africa failed to win a majority for the first time since the end of apartheid