This is a list of elections that were held in 2024. The

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also maintains a calendar of elections around the world. * 2024 United Nations Security Council election * 2024 national electoral calendar * 2024 local electoral calendar The year 2024 is notable for the large number of elections that were held worldwide: 64 countries from around the world, home to nearly half of the global population, voted, including eight of the world's 10 most populous nations –

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

, and the

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; in addition, the

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held elections for the

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in June. Around 4 billion voters – approximately half of the world's population – were eligible to vote in elections that year. 2024 has been called the year of elections. This year had a big impact on global politics. As of November 2024, almost every incumbent party worldwide facing election in 2024 lost vote share, including in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

, the

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, the

, and

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, though they did not necessarily lose power. Among democracies, over 80 percent saw the incumbent party lose support compared to the last election. 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 A democracy is a political system, or a system of decision-making within an institution, organization, or state, in which members have a share of power. Modern democracies are characterized by two capabilities of their citizens that differentia ...

, as

universal suffrage Universal suffrage or universal franchise ensures the right to vote for as many people bound by a government's laws as possible, as supported by the " one person, one vote" principle. For many, the term universal suffrage assumes the exclusion ...

began in 1894.

Africa

* ** 2024 Algerian presidential election, 7 September * **

2024 Botswana general election General elections were held in Botswana on 30 October 2024 to determine the composition of the 13th Parliament of Botswana as well as local councils across the country. Up for election were 61 seats of the National Assembly of Botswana, National ...

, 30 October * ** 2024 Chadian presidential election, 6 May ** 2024 Chadian parliamentary election, 29 December * ** 2024 Comorian presidential election, 14 January * ** 2024 Gabonese constitutional referendum, 16 November * **

2024 Ghanaian general election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2024 to elect the president and all 276 members of Parliament. The incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo, having completed his constitutional term limits, was ineligible for re-election. Former P ...

, 7 December * ** 2024 Malagasy parliamentary election, 29 May * ** 2024 Mauritanian presidential election, 29 June * ** 2024 Mauritian general election, 10 November * ** 2024 Mozambican general election, 9 October * **

2024 Namibian general election General elections were held in Namibia to elect a new president and members of the National Assembly. Initially scheduled on 27 November 2024, these were later extended in some areas to 30 November due to poor planning. Opposition parties decri ...

, 27 November * ** 2024 Edo State gubernatorial election, 21 September ** 2024 Ondo State gubernatorial election, 16 November * ** 2024 Rwandan general election, 15 July * ** 2024 Senegalese presidential election, 24 March ** 2024 Senegalese parliamentary election, 17 November * ** 2024 Somaliland presidential election, 13 November * **

2024 South African general election General elections were held in South Africa on 29 May 2024 to elect a new National Assembly (South Africa), National Assembly as well as the Provincial legislature (South Africa), provincial legislature in each of the Provinces of South Africa, ...

, 29 May * **

2024 Togolese parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Togo on 29 April 2024 to elect the 113 members of the National Assembly (Togo), National Assembly, alongside the first regional elections in the country. The ruling Union for the Republic (Togo), Union for th ...

, 29 April * **

2024 Tunisian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Tunisia on 6 October 2024. They were the first presidential elections since the promulgation of the Tunisian Constitution of 2022, 2022 constitution and were boycotted by most parties. After rejecting several ...

, 6 October * ** 2024 Tanzanian Local Government Election, 27 November

Americas

* ** 2024 Aruban general election, 6 December * ** 2024 Belizean municipal elections, 6 March * **

2024 Brazilian municipal elections Municipal elections took place in Brazil on 6 October 2024, with any runoffs scheduled for 27 October. Schedule Voters will choose mayors, vice mayors, and city councillors of 5,570 municipalities in the country. Party conventions to nominate ...

, 6 October (first round) & 27 October (second round) *** 2024 São Paulo mayoral election *** 2024 Rio de Janeiro mayoral election * **

2024 British Columbia general election The 2024 British Columbia general election was held on October 19, 2024, to elect 93 members (MLAs) of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Legislative Assembly to serve in the 43rd parliament of the Provinces and territories of Cana ...

, 19 October **

2024 New Brunswick general election The 2024 New Brunswick general election was held on October 21, 2024, where 49 members were elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. It was formally called upon the dissolution of the 60th New Brunswick Legislature on September 19, 2 ...

, 21 October **

2024 Saskatchewan general election The 2024 Saskatchewan general election was held on October 28, 2024, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. The incumbent Saskatchewan Party government, led by Premier Scott Moe since 2018, sought re-election to a fifth ...

, 28 October **

2024 Nova Scotia general election The 2024 Nova Scotia general election was held on November 26, 2024, to elect members to the 65th General Assembly of Nova Scotia. The election was held under first-past-the-post voting. The incumbent Progressive Conservative Association of No ...

, 26 November * ** 2024 Chilean municipal elections, 27 October (first round) & 24 November (second round) ** 2024 Chilean regional elections, 27 October (first round) & 24 November (second round) * ** 2024 Costa Rican municipal elections, 4 February * ** 2024 Salvadoran general election, 4 February and 3 March * ** 2024 Dominican Republic municipal elections, 17 February ** 2024 Dominican Republic general election, 19 May * ** 2024 Jamaican local elections, 26 February * **

2024 Mexican general election General elections were held in Mexico on 2 June 2024. Voters elected a new president of Mexico, president to serve a six-year term, all 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico), Chamber of Deputies, and all 128 members of the Senate of t ...

, 2 June **

2024 Mexican local elections The 2024 Mexican local elections were held on 2 June 2024, during which voters elected eight governors for six-year terms, the Head of Government of Mexico City for a six-year term, deputies for thirty-one state congresses, and officials for 1 ...

, 2 June * ** 2024 Panamanian general election, 5 May * ** 2024 Puerto Rican general elections, 5 November * ** January 2024 Sint Maarten general election, 11 January ** August 2024 Sint Maarten general election, 19 August * **

2024 United States elections Elections in the United States, Elections were held in the United States on November 5, 2024. In 2024 United States presidential election, the presidential election, former Republican President Donald Trump, seeking a non-consecutive second term ...

, 5 November ***

2024 United States gubernatorial elections United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 5, 2024, in 11 states and two territories. The previous gubernatorial elections for this group of states took place in 2020 United States gubernatorial elections, 2020, except in New H ...

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2024 United States House of Representatives elections The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the 435 representatives of the United States House of Representatives, as well as 6 non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and inhabi ...

***

2024 United States presidential election United States presidential election, Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 2024. The Republican Party (United States), Republican Party's Ticket (election), ticket—Donald Trump, who was the 45th president of ...

***

2024 United States Senate elections 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is a square number, the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. Evolution of the ...

*** 2024 United States state legislative elections * ** 2024 Uruguayan general election, 27 October (first round) & 24 November (second round) * **

2024 Venezuelan presidential election Presidential elections were held in Venezuela on 28 July 2024 to choose a President of Venezuela, president for a six-year term beginning on 10 January 2025. The election was contentious, with international monitors calling it neither Free and ...

, 28 July

Asia

* ** 2024 Azerbaijani presidential election, 7 February ** 2024 Azerbaijani parliamentary election, 1 September * **

2024 Bangladeshi general election General elections were held in Bangladesh on 7 January 2024 in accordance with the Constitution of Bangladesh, constitutional requirement, stating that elections must take place within the 90-day period before the expiration of the current term ...

, 7 January * ** 2023–24 Bhutanese National Assembly election, 9 January (second round) * **

2024 Cambodian Senate election Senate elections were held in Cambodia on 25 February 2024. These were the fifth Senate elections in the country's history. Background After resigning as prime minister in 2023, Hun Sen stated his intention to continue his political career ...

, 25 February ** 2024 Cambodian provincial elections, 26 May * **

2024 elections in India The 2024 elections in India includes the 2024 Indian general election, Lok Sabha Election and elections to the Rajya Sabha, to Legislative Assembly elections in India, state legislative assemblies, to Panchayati raj in India, Panchayats and Mun ...

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2024 Indian general election General elections were held in Elections in India, India from 2024 elections in India, 19 April to 1 June 2024 in seven phases, to elect all List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha, 543 members of the Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the res ...

, 19 April - 1 June ***

2024 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Arunachal Pradesh on 19 April 2024 to elect the 60 members of the 11th Arunachal Pradesh Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 2 June 2024 the Bharatiya Janata Party ha ...

, 19 April ***

2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Elections in Sikkim, Sikkim on 2024 elections in India, 19 April 2024 to elect the List of constituencies of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly, 32 members of the 11th Sikkim Assembly. The votes were cou ...

, 19 April ***

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election The 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election was held in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh on 13 May 2024 for constituting the 16th Andhra Pradesh Assembly, sixteenth Andhra Pradesh Assembly. The ...

, 13 May ***

2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in the eastern coastal state of Odisha from 2024 elections in India, 13 May to 1 June 2024 to elect the List of constituencies of the Odisha Legislative Assembly, 147 members of the Odisha Legislativ ...

, 13 May - 1 June ***

2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir from 2024 elections in India, 18 September to 1 October 2024 in 3 phases to elect List of constituencies of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative A ...

, 18 September - 1 October ***

2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly election The 2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly elections were held in Elections in Haryana, Haryana on 2024 elections in India, 5 October 2024 to elect all List of constituencies of the Haryana Legislative Assembly, 90 members of the Haryana Legislativ ...

, 5 October ***

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election The 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections were held on 2024 elections in India, 20 November 2024 to elect all 288 members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, state's Legislative Assembly. The turnout for the election was 66.05%, ...

, 20 November *** 2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, 13–20 November * **

2024 Indonesian general election General elections were held in Indonesia on 14 February 2024 to elect the President of Indonesia, president, Vice President of Indonesia, vice president, and People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), which consists of the House of Representatives (I ...

, 14 February **

2024 Indonesian local elections Local executive elections ( Indonesian: ''Pemilihan Kepala Daerah'' or Pilkada) to elect governors, mayors and regents in Indonesia were held on 27 November 2024 across 545 regions: 37 provinces, 415 regencies and 93 cities, which covered all pr ...

, 27 November ***

2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election The 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election was held on 27 November 2024 to elect both the Governor of Jakarta, governor and Vice Governor of Jakarta, vice governor of Jakarta for the 2025 to 2030 term. The election was held as part of 2024 Indonesia ...

* **

2024 Iranian legislative election Legislative elections were held in Iran on 1 March 2024 for the first round, and on 10 May 2024 for the second round. They were held four years after the previous election in 2020. The election had a preregistration for the first time as a resu ...

, 1 March (first round) & 10 May (second round) **

2024 Iranian presidential election Early presidential elections in Iran were held on 28 June and 5 July 2024 following 2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash, the death of incumbent president Ebrahim Raisi in a 2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash, helicopter crash on 19 May. Four candidates ...

, 28 June (first round) & 5 July (second round) * ** 2024 Israeli municipal elections, 27 February ** 2024 Israeli chief rabbi elections, 29 September (first round) & 31 October (second round) * **

2024 Japanese general election General elections were held in Japan on 27 October 2024 due to the early dissolution of the House of Representatives (Japan), House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet, by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. Voting took place in ...

, 27 October ** 2024 Shizuoka Prefecture gubernatorial election, 26 May ** 2024 Tokyo gubernatorial election, 7 July ** 2024 Hyogo gubernatorial election, 17 November * ** 2024 Jordanian general election, 10 September * ** 2024 Kuwaiti general election, 4 April * **

2024 Maldivian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in the Maldives on 21 April 2024, having previously been scheduled for 17 March. The election date was changed to April after President Mohamed Muizzu ratified election postponement bill by the People's Majlis pa ...

, 21 April * ** 2024 Mongolian parliamentary election, 28 June * **

2024 Pakistani general election General elections, originally scheduled to be held in 2023, were held in Pakistan on 8 February 2024 to elect the members of the List of members of the 16th National Assembly of Pakistan, 16th National Assembly of Pakistan, National Assembly. The ...

, 8 February ** 2024 Pakistani provincial elections, 8 February ***

2024 Balochistan provincial election Provincial elections were held in Balochistan on 8 February 2024 to elect a new provincial legislature. On 5 August 2023, after the approval of the results of the 2023 digital census by the Council of Common Interests headed by Prime Minister S ...

***

2024 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 8 February 2024 to elect members of the 12th Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. On 5 August 2023, the results of the 2023 digital census were approved by ...

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2024 Punjab provincial election Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Punjab on 8 February 2024 to elect a new provincial legislature. On 5 August 2023, the results of the 2023 digital census were approved by the Council of Common Interests headed by Pr ...

***

2024 Sindh provincial election Provincial elections were held in Sindh on 8 February 2024 to elect a new provincial legislature. On 5 August 2023, after the approval of the results of the 2023 digital census by the Council of Common Interests headed by Prime Minister Shehbaz ...

** 2024 Pakistani presidential election, 9 March **

2024 Pakistani Senate election Elections for the Senate of Pakistan were held on 2 April 2024. Senate elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were postponed by the ECP. 52 out of 100 incumbent Senators including 4 Federally Administered Tribal Areas, FATA senators retired after compl ...

, 2 April * **

2024 South Korean legislative election Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 10 April 2024. All 300 members of the National Assembly (South Korea), National Assembly were elected, 254 from first-past-the-post South Korean Legislature Constituencies, constituencies and 46 ...

, 10 April * **

2024 Sri Lankan presidential election Presidential elections were held in Sri Lanka on 21 September 2024. Incumbent President of Sri Lanka, president Ranil Wickremesinghe ran for re-election as an Independent politician, independent candidate, making him the first sitting president ...

, 21 September **

2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 14 November 2024 to elect 225 Member of Parliament (Sri Lanka), members to the new parliament. The 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka was dissolved on 24 September 2024. The submission of nominations ...

, 14 November * **

2024 Syrian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Syria on 15 July 2024. The date was set by a decree issued by President Bashar al-Assad on 11 May 2024. 250 members were elected to serve a four-year term in the People's Assembly. Under the Ba'ath party, ...

, 15 July * ** 2024 Taiwanese presidential election, 13 January **

2024 Taiwanese legislative election Legislative elections were held in Taiwan on 13 January 2024 to elect members of the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China, Legislative Yuan. The elections were held alongside 2024 Taiwanese presidential election, presidential elections. Th ...

, 13 January * **

2024 Thai Senate election Senate elections were held in Thailand from 9 to 26 June 2024, the first of its kind under the 2017 constitution of Thailand, 2017 Constitution. Under the Constitution, the transitional Senate of Thailand expired on 10 May 2024. Afterwards, the ...

, 9–26 June * ** 2024 Uzbek parliamentary election, 27 October

Europe

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2024 European Parliament election The 2024 European Parliament election was held in the European Union (EU) between 6 and 9 June 2024. It was the tenth Elections to the European Parliament, parliamentary election since the 1979 European Parliament election, first direct electio ...

, 6–9 June * **

2024 Austrian legislative election General election, Legislative elections were held in Austria on 29 September 2024 to elect the 28th National Council (Austria), National Council, the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament. The election saw the far-right Freedom Party o ...

, 29 September ** 2024 Vorarlberg state election, 13 October ** 2024 Styrian state election, 24 November * ** 2024 Belarusian parliamentary election, 25 February ** 2024 Belarusian Council of the Republic election, 4 April * **

2024 Belgian federal election Federal elections were held in Belgium on 9 June 2024. The Chamber of Representatives (Belgium), Chamber of Representatives received 150 members with five-year terms. 2024 European Parliament election in Belgium, European and 2024 Belgian region ...

, 9 June **

2024 Belgian regional elections The 2024 Belgian regional elections were held on Sunday 9 June, the same day as the 2024 European Parliament election as well as the Belgian federal election. In the regional elections, new representatives are chosen for the Flemish Parliament, ...

, 9 June ** 2024 Belgian local elections, 13 October * ** 2024 Bosnian municipal elections, 6 October * ** June 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election, 9 June **

October 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election Snap parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 27 October 2024, after all three attempts to form a government following the latest June 2024 elections failed. This was the country's sixth snap election since 2021. This series of snap e ...

, 27 October * ** 2024 Croatian parliamentary election, 17 April **

2024–25 Croatian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Croatia on 29 December 2024, with a second round held on 12 January 2025 after no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round. Incumbent president Zoran Milanović was eligible for a second te ...

, 29 December (first round) * ** 2024 Cypriot local elections, 9 June * ** 2024 Czech regional elections, 20–21 September ** 2024 Czech Senate election, 20–21 September (first round) & 27–28 September (second round) * ** 2024 Finnish presidential election, 28 January (first round) & 11 February (second round) * **

2024 French legislative election Legislative elections in France, Legislative elections were held in France on 30 June and 7 July 2024 (and one day earlier for some voters outside of metropolitan France) to elect all 577 Deputy (France), members of the 17th legislature of th ...

, 30 June (first round) & 7 July (second round) * **

2024 Georgian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia (country), Georgia on 26 October 2024. The elections were held under the rules passed in 2017 through the constitutional amendments which shifted the electoral system towards a fully proportional r ...

, 26 October **

2024 Georgian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Georgia on 14 December 2024. Following amendments to the constitution and Georgia's transition to the parliamentary republic in 2017, which led to the drastic reduction to the presidential powers, this was th ...

, 14 December * ** 2024 Saxony state election, 1 September ** 2024 Thuringian state election, 1 September ** 2024 Brandenburg state election, 22 September * ** 2024 Hungarian presidential election, 26 February ** 2024 Hungarian local elections, 9 June *** 2024 Budapest mayoral election *** 2024 Budapest Assembly election * **

2024 Icelandic presidential election Presidential elections were held in Iceland on 1 June 2024. Incumbent president Guðni Th. Jóhannesson announced that he would not seek a third term. Entrepreneur Halla Tómasdóttir was elected as his successor, and took office on 1 August. ...

, 1 June **

2024 Icelandic parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 30 November 2024 to elect the 63 members of the Althing. The centre-left Social Democratic Alliance, led by Kristrún Frostadóttir, outperformed the ruling Independence Party to win the most seat ...

, 30 November * **

2024 Irish local elections The 2024 Irish local elections were held in all local authorities in Ireland on Friday, 7 June 2024. European Parliament elections were held on the same day. It also included the 2024 Limerick mayoral election, for the first directly elected ...

, 7 June **

2024 Irish general election The 2024 Irish general election to elect the 34th Dáil took place on Friday, 29 November 2024, following the dissolution of parliament, dissolution of the 33rd Dáil on 8 November by president of Ireland, President Michael D. Higgins at the re ...

, 29 November * ** 2024 Italian local elections, 8–9 June (first round) & 23–25 June (second round) ** 2024 Italian regional elections *** 2024 Sardinian regional election, 25 February *** 2024 Abruzzo regional election, 10 March *** 2024 Basilicata regional election, 21–22 April *** 2024 Piedmontese regional election, 8–9 June *** 2024 Ligurian regional election, 27–28 October *** 2024 Emilia-Romagna regional election, 17–18 November *** 2024 Umbrian regional election, 17–18 November * ** 2024 Lithuanian presidential election, 12 May (first round) & 26 May (second round) **

2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election The 2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election was held on 13 and 27 October 2024 to elect the 141 members of the Seimas. Parliament members were elected in 71 single-member constituencies using the two-round system, and the remaining 70 in a single ...

, 13 October (first round) & 27 October (second round) * ** 2024 Maltese local elections, 8 June * **

2024 Moldovan presidential election Presidential elections were held in Moldova on 20 October 2024, with a runoff held on 3 November. Incumbent president Maia Sandu, who won the first round, and former Office of the Prosecutor General of Moldova, Prosecutor General Alexandr Stoian ...

, 20 October (first round) & 3 November (second round) **

2024 Moldovan European Union membership constitutional referendum A nationwide constitutional referendum was held in Moldova on 20 October 2024 on whether the country should amend the Constitution of Moldova (1994), Constitution of Moldova to include the Moldovan citizens' wish for European Union membership, i ...

, 20 October * **

2024 North Macedonian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in North Macedonia on 8 May 2024. The slow pace of Accession of North Macedonia to the European Union, EU integration and corruption were the main issues during the campaign. The right-wing opposition coalitio ...

, 8 May **

2024 North Macedonian presidential election Presidential elections were held in North Macedonia on 24 April 2024. Incumbent Stevo Pendarovski of the ruling centre-left Social Democratic Union of Macedonia, Social Democrats ran for re-election to a second term. No candidate received a ma ...

, 24 April (first round) & 8 May (second round) * ** 2024 Polish local elections, 7 April (first round) & 21 April (second round) * ** 2024 Azorean regional election, 4 February ** 2024 Portuguese legislative election, 10 March ** 2024 Madeiran regional election, 26 May * ** 2024 Romanian local elections, 9 June **

2024 Romanian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Romania on 24 November 2024. A Two-round system, second round was due to be held on 8 December 2024 as no candidate achieved an absolute majority in the first round. However, on 6 December 2024 the Constituti ...

, 24 November (first round, annulled) **

2024 Romanian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Romania on 1 December 2024. No party won a majority in the election, which saw the incumbent National Coalition for Romania, led by the Social Democratic Party (Romania), Social Democratic Party (PSD) and t ...

, 1 December * **

2024 Russian presidential election Russian presidential elections, Presidential elections were held in Russia from 15 to 17 March 2024. It was the eighth presidential election in the country. The incumbent president Vladimir Putin won with 88% of the vote, the highest percentage ...

, 15–17 March ** 2024 Russian regional elections, 8 September * **

2024 San Marino general election General elections were held in San Marino on 9 June 2024. Electoral system The 60 members of the Grand and General Council are elected by proportional representation, with seats allocated using the d'Hondt method. The electoral threshold is ca ...

, 9 June * ** 2024 Serbian local elections, 2 June *** 2024 Belgrade City Assembly election, 2 June * ** 2024 Slovak presidential election, 23 March (first round) & 6 April (second round) * ** 2024 South Ossetian parliamentary election, 9 June * ** 2024 Galician regional election, 18 February ** 2024 Basque regional election, 21 April **

2024 Catalan regional election A regional election was held in Catalonia on Sunday, 12 May 2024, to elect the 15th Parliament of Catalonia, Parliament of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The coali ...

, 12 May * **

2024 Turkish local elections Local elections in Turkey took place throughout the country's 81 provinces on 31 March 2024. A total of 30 metropolitan and 1,363 district municipal mayors, alongside 1,282 provincial and 21,001 municipal councilors were elected, in addition t ...

, 31 March *** 2024 Ankara mayoral election *** 2024 Istanbul mayoral election * ** 2024 United Kingdom local elections, 2 May *** 2024 London mayoral election ***

2024 London Assembly election The 2024 election to the London Assembly was held on 2 May concurrently with the 2024 London mayoral election, London mayoral election and 2024 United Kingdom local elections, local elections across England and Wales. Background In the 2021 Lon ...

2024 United Kingdom general election The 2024 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 4 July 2024 to elect all 650 members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons. The opposition Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, won a lan ...

, 4 July

Oceania

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2024 Tasmanian state election The 2024 Tasmanian state election was held on 23 March 2024 to elect all 35 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The House of Assembly uses the proportional Hare-Clark system of voting, with the 35 members elected from five seven-memb ...

, 23 March **

2024 Northern Territory general election The 2024 Northern Territory general election was held on 24 August 2024 to elect all 25 members of the Legislative Assembly in the unicameral Northern Territory Parliament. Members were elected through full preferential instant-runoff voting ...

, 24 August ** 2024 Australian Capital Territory election, 19 October **

2024 Queensland state election The 2024 Queensland state election was held on 26 October 2024 to elect all members to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland pursuant to the ''Constitution (Fixed Term Parliament) Amendment Act 2015''. As a result of the 2016 Queensland term l ...

, 26 October * **

2024 Kiribati parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Kiribati in 2024 to elect members of the House of Assembly (Kiribati), Maneaba ni Maungatabu, with the first round held on 14 August and the second on 19 August. Electoral system Of the 45 members of the Man ...

, 14 August (first round) & 19 August (second round) ** 2024 Kiribati presidential election, 25 October * ** 2024 Palauan general election, 5 November * **

2024 Solomon Islands general election General elections were held in Solomon Islands on 17 April 2024 to determine the composition of the 12th Parliament. Initially planned for 2023, parliament voted in 2022 to delay the elections. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare claimed the coun ...

, 17 April * **

2024 Tuvaluan general election General elections were held in Tuvalu on 26 January 2024. There are no political parties in Tuvalu and all candidates run as independents. Two major issues in the election were the Falepili Union treaty, which requiries both Tuvalu and Aust ...

, 26 January

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