List of elections in 2024

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This is a list of elections that were held in 2024. [1] [2] The National Democratic Institute also maintains a calendar of elections around the world.

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The year 2024 is notable for the large number of elections that were held worldwide: 64 countries from around the world, [2] home to nearly half of the global population, [3] voted, including eight of the world's 10 most populous nations – Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Pakistan, Russia, and the United States; in addition, the European Union held elections for the European Parliament in June. Around 4 billion voters [4] – approximately half of the world's population – were eligible to vote in elections that year. [5] 2024 has been called the year of elections. This year had a big impact on global politics. [6]

As of November 2024, almost every incumbent party worldwide facing election in 2024 lost vote share, including in South Africa, India, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan, though they did not necessarily lose power. [7] Among democracies, over 80 percent saw the incumbent party lose support compared to the last election. [8] This is the first time this has ever happened since 1905 (when data was first recorded) and the first time in the history of democracy, as universal suffrage began in 1894. [9]

Africa

Americas

Asia

Europe

Oceania

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References

  1. ↑ Carboni, Kevin (2023-12-09). "I paesi che andranno al voto nel 2024". Wired Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  2. 1 2 Ewe, Koh (2023-12-28). "Elections Around the World in 2024". TIME. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
  3. ↑ Shamim, Sarah; Lodhi, Areesha. "The year of elections – Is 2024 democracy's biggest test ever?". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
  4. ↑ "Infographic: 2024: The Super Election Year". Statista Daily Data. 2024-01-19. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
  5. ↑ "This year will see more elections than ever. But don't call it a win for democracy". NBC News. 2024-02-20. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  6. ↑ "How this year of elections is set to reshape global politics" . Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  7. ↑ "The 'super year' of elections has been super bad for incumbents as voters punish them in droves". AP News. November 17, 2024. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
  8. ↑ Burton, Cooper (November 18, 2024). "Democrats aren't alone — incumbent parties have lost elections all around the world". ABC News. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
  9. ↑ Burn-Murdoch, John (November 7, 2024). "Democrats join 2024's graveyard of incumbents". Financial Times. Retrieved November 8, 2024. The incumbents in every single one of the 10 major countries that have been tracked by the ParlGov global research project and held national elections in 2024 were given a kicking by voters. This is the first time this has ever happened in almost 120 years of records. ... That different politicians, different parties, different policies and different rhetoric deployed in different countries have all met similar fortunes suggests that a large part of Tuesday's American result was locked in regardless of the messenger or the message. The wide variety of places and people who swung towards Trump also suggests an outcome that was more inevitable than contingent.

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