Election Watch

Labor won a second term under Albanese, defeating Peter Dutton and the Liberal-National Coalition.

The Liberals retained government under new leader Mark Carney, who had replaced Justin Trudeau as party leader.

The CDU/CSU finished first, enabling Friedrich Merz to move toward the chancellorship after coalition negotiations.

Modi secured a third term as prime minister, though the BJP required coalition partners after a weaker showing than in 2019.

The LDP remained in power after the election, allowing Ishiba to continue leading the government.

Sheinbaum won a decisive victory for Morena and became Mexico's first woman president.

The ANC fell below 50 percent for the first time in the democratic era, forcing coalition-making to keep Ramaphosa in office.

Labour ended fourteen years of Conservative-led government with a landslide victory under Keir Starmer.

Trump returned to the presidency after defeating Biden, making the election a non-consecutive presidential comeback.

Wilders' PVV won a shock plurality with 37 seats. After months of coalition negotiations, Dick Schoof became prime minister leading a right-wing four-party coalition.

PP won the most seats but failed to form a government. Sanchez secured re-election through a coalition with Sumar and support from regional parties, including a controversial amnesty deal with Catalan separatists.

Lula returned to the presidency after narrowly defeating Bolsonaro in one of Brazil's closest presidential runoffs.

Macron won re-election against Le Pen, becoming the first French president in two decades to secure a second consecutive term.

The centre-right coalition won a clear majority. Meloni became Italy's first female prime minister, leading a coalition with Lega and Forza Italia.

The right-of-centre bloc won a narrow parliamentary majority, allowing Kristersson to form a government backed by the Sweden Democrats.

The SPD narrowly finished first and Scholz went on to form the so-called traffic-light coalition.

The LDP-led coalition retained control of the lower house, allowing Kishida to consolidate his new premiership.

Biden defeated Trump in the highest-turnout U.S. presidential election in more than a century.

The Conservatives won a large majority of 80 seats on a "Get Brexit Done" platform. Labour suffered its worst result since 1935.

Macron defeated Le Pen in the runoff and broke the traditional Socialist-Gaullist two-bloc pattern in French presidential politics.

May called a snap election seeking a larger majority but instead produced a hung parliament and relied on confidence-and-supply support.

Trump won an Electoral College upset over Clinton, reshaping the Republican Party and U.S. political alignment.

Blair won a third term but with a significantly reduced majority of 66. The Iraq War dominated the campaign, and Labour's vote share fell sharply even as they retained power.

Labour won a second landslide with 413 seats. Turnout plummeted to 59.4%, the lowest since 1918, reflecting widespread disengagement.

New Labour won a historic landslide with 418 seats and a majority of 179, the largest in Labour history. The Conservatives suffered their worst defeat since 1906, losing over half their seats.

Clinton won a comfortable re-election over Dole, with Ross Perot again running as a third-party candidate but winning only 8% of the vote.

Major won an unexpected fourth consecutive Conservative victory, defying polls. The Conservatives won 14.1 million votes — the highest vote total any party has achieved in a UK election. But the small majority left the party vulnerable to internal divisions.

Clinton won a three-way race as Ross Perot took 19% of the popular vote, the strongest third-party showing since 1912. The economy and "It's the economy, stupid" defined the campaign.

Bush won a decisive victory running on Reagan's legacy, carrying 40 states. Dukakis struggled with attacks on his record and the perception of being too liberal.

Thatcher won a third consecutive majority with 376 seats. Kinnock had begun modernizing Labour but could not yet challenge Conservative dominance. The SDP-Liberal Alliance again split the centre-left vote.

Reagan won one of the largest landslides in U.S. history, carrying 49 of 50 states. Mondale won only his home state of Minnesota and the District of Columbia.

Thatcher won a landslide after the Falklands War. Labour suffered its worst result since 1918, with the SDP-Liberal Alliance nearly overtaking them in popular vote. Labour's left-wing manifesto was later called the longest suicide note in history.

Reagan defeated incumbent Carter decisively amid economic malaise, the Iran hostage crisis, and a sense of national decline. The election launched the Reagan Revolution and reshaped American conservatism.

Thatcher defeated Callaghan after the Winter of Discontent — a wave of strikes that undermined public confidence in Labour. She became the UK's first female prime minister, beginning an era that would reshape British politics.

Carter narrowly defeated Ford in the first post-Watergate presidential election. Running as a Washington outsider, Carter capitalized on public distrust of government after Nixon's resignation and Ford's pardon.

Nixon won a massive landslide, carrying 49 states. McGovern's anti-war campaign failed to gain traction. Within two years, the Watergate scandal would force Nixon's resignation.

Nixon narrowly won amid unprecedented turmoil: LBJ's withdrawal, the assassinations of MLK and RFK, anti-war protests, and George Wallace's segregationist third-party campaign.

Johnson won the largest popular vote margin in modern U.S. history. Goldwater's campaign, though a landslide loss, laid the intellectual foundation for the conservative movement that later elected Reagan.

Kennedy won one of the closest elections in U.S. history, becoming the youngest elected and first Catholic president. The first televised presidential debates shaped the campaign, with Kennedy's telegenic presence contrasting with Nixon's appearance.