Next year promises to be full of elections, something not seen since the creation of universal suffrage in 1792 in France, when only men had the right to vote. In 2024, 4.2 billion voters will be called to vote, or half the world’s population. Multiple votes (presidential, legislative, regional, municipal) will be organized in 68 countries. The United States, Brazil, Mexico, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Russia are affected, i.e. eight of the ten most populous states in the world.
Bangladesh will open the electoral ball on Sunday, January 7 by calling a hassle-free legislative election as the main opposition party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, has chosen to boycott the vote in protest against the massive repression to which it is subjected. On January 13, all eyes will be on Taiwan, where the outcome of the double elections, presidential and legislative, will weigh heavily on the future of relations between the United States and China.
Indonesia and Pakistan, the world’s fourth and fifth most populous countries respectively, will hold elections in February. Jakarta will elect a new leader, probably Prabowo Subianto, son-in-law of the dictator Suharto and current defense minister. Islamabad, for its part, is counting on legislative elections to emerge from the political crisis that led to the ouster and imprisonment of former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Legislative elections will be held in India in May, where the Indian People’s Party (BJP), the party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is a clear winner.
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This marathon does not mean that a revival of democracy is underway, far from it. Simply voting does not guarantee a free and fair electoral process. Very different in size, political systems and influence, the states in which elections will be held in 2024 will organize them in a more or less democratic and fair way.
A bus covered with an election sticker depicting Taiwanese presidential candidate Ko Wen-je in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Jan. 4, 2024. CHIANG YING-YING/AP
Suspense in the United States
Some are predetermined, some are not. The suspense is real in the United States, where the possible return to power of former President Donald Trump, who could face current President Joe Biden in the presidential elections scheduled for November 5, risks upsetting the geopolitical balance and drying up support financial and military to the United States. Ukraine.
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Presidential elections in 2024
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This year one in two voters will be called to the polls… …but the votes will not all be free and democratic
Presidential elections will take place in the following countries:
Taiwan (13/01), Comoros (14/01), Finland (28/01), Salvador (4/02), Azerbaijan (7/02), Indonesia (14/02), Dominican Republic (19/05), Senegal (02/25), Russia (03/17), Ukraine (expected end of March, suspended due to war), Panama (05/05), Slovakia (unknown date, spring), Kiribati (unknown date, spring), Lithuania (12/05), South Africa (date unknown, spring-summer), Iceland (01/06), Mexico (02/06), Mauritania (22/06), Rwanda (15/07), Ri Lanka (date unknown , first half), Burkina Faso (first half, vote uncertain), Mozambique (09/10), Uruguay (27/10), Tunisia (October), United States (05/11), Palau (12/11), Moldova (unknown date, autumn), Romania (unknown date, November), Ghana (07/12), Guinea-Bissau (unknown date, November), Chad (unknown date, before December), Croatia (unknown date, December), South Sudan (December, poll uncertain), Venezuela (date unknown, second half), Mali (poll uncertain), Ethiopia (date unknown), Algeria (date unknown), Namibia (date unknown).
Legislative elections will take place in the following countries:
Bangladesh (07/01), Bhutan (09/01), Taiwan (13/01), Tuvalu (21/01), United Kingdom (unknown date, beginning of the year), El Salvador (04/02), Pakistan (08 / 02), Indonesia (14/02), Belarus (25/2), Iran (01/03), Portugal (10/3), Togo (date unknown, first half), South Korea (10/4), Solomon Islands (17/04), Panama (05/05), India (between April and May), Kiribati (date unknown, spring), South Africa (date unknown, spring-summer), Belgium (09/06), Mongolia ( 28/06), North Macedonia (unknown date, July), Croatia (unknown date, before September), Botswana (unknown date, before October), Lithuania (06/10), Mozambique (09/10), Georgia (26/10), Uruguay (27/10), Austria (date unknown, before November), United States (05/11), Palau (12/11), Mauritius (30/11), Romania (date unknown, November), Ghana (07/12), San Marino (unknown date, December), Chad (unknown date), Namibia (unknown date), South Sudan (December, uncertain vote), Madagascar (unknown date, first semester), Uzbekistan (unknown date), Jordan (unknown date).
Local elections will take place in the following countries:
Dominican Republic (18/02), Turkey (31/03), Australia (March to October), Malta (8/06), Somalia (30/06), Mozambique (09/10), Brazil (06/10) , Madagascar (unknown date, first half), Romania (unknown date, November), Cape Verde (unknown date).
European elections
Like every five years, almost 400 million European voters are called to renew Parliament and will go to the polls in the 27 member states:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden.
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Sources: Interparliamentary Union; National Democratic Institute;
The Great Continent, AFP, The world
There is also suspense in Europe, where the European Parliament elections in June could lead to a wave of populist and Eurosceptic far-right. Change is also possible in South Africa, where the African National Congress, in power since the end of apartheid, risks losing its majority.
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