2024: Bad year for election incumbents

Governments from both left and right have struggled with hostile economic and geopolitical conditions, with every one facing election in a developed country this year losing vote share for the first time


CHANGE IN VOTE SHARE OF GOVERNING PARTY

Years with more than five elections in developed countries

GAIN 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
LOSS

2002: Austria,
ÖVP +15.4%

1993: Canada, Progressive Party 
-26.7%

2024: UK, Conservative Party 
-19.9%


2024 ELECTIONS

Around two billion people voted, in countries holding half the global population


KEY Change of power	Incumbent lost vote share	Disputed as neither free nor fair

JAN 	Bhutan
	Bangladesh
	Taiwan
	Comoros
	Tuvalu 
	Finland

FEB 	El Salvador
	Azerbaijan 
	Pakistan
	Indonesia 
	Belarus 
	Cambodia

MAR	Iran
	Portugal
	Russia
	Slovakia 
	Senegal

APR	Kuwait
	South Korea 
	Croatia
	Solomon Islands 
	India
	Maldives
	Togo


United States: Former President Donald Trump wins decisive victory over incumbent Vice President Kamala Harris despite criminal convictions

Russia: President Vladimir Putin alleged to have interfered in elections worldwide

Mexico: Claudia Sheinbaum wins historic landslide to become first female president

Venezuela: Nicolás Maduro returns to power despite observers declaring victory to opposition

European Parliament: Big gains for far-right

South Africa: ANC loses parliamentary majority held since fall of apartheid in 1994

India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi unexpectedly loses majority, forced to form coalition

Bangladesh: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina forced to flee after student protests


MAY 	North Macedonia 
	Panama
	Chad
	Dominican Republic 
	Lithuania (President) 
	Madagascar
	South Africa

JUN 	Iceland (President) 
	Mexico
	Belgium 
	Bulgaria 
	Mauritania 
	Mongolia

JUL	United Kingdom 
	Iran (President) 
	France
	Rwanda 
	Venezuela
	Syria
	
AUG 	Kiribati

SEP	Algeria
	Jordan
	Sri Lanka 
	Austria 
	Czechia

OCT	Tunisia
	Lithuania	
	Mozambique
	Moldova (alleged Russian interference) 
	Georgia (alleged Russian interference)
	Japan
	Uruguay
	Uzbekistan 
	Botswana

NOV	United States
	Palau
	Romania (annulled due to alleged Russian interference) 
	Namibia
	Ireland
	Mauritius 
	Iceland

DEC 	Ghana 
	Guinea-Bissau 	
	Guinea


Sources: Time, The Guardian, Financial Times
Pictures: Getty Images
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