57 elections in the knowledge graph.
Swedish general election scheduled for September 2026. Will determine the composition of the Riksdag.
UK general election held May 1979. Margaret Thatcher defeated James Callaghan's Labour after the Winter of Discontent, becoming the first female prime minister.
UK general election held June 1983. Margaret Thatcher won a landslide after the Falklands War, with Labour under Michael Foot suffering its worst post-war defeat.
UK general election held June 1987. Margaret Thatcher won a third consecutive majority over Neil Kinnock's Labour, cementing the longest continuous Conservative government since the Napoleonic Wars.
UK general election held April 1992. John Major won an unexpected Conservative majority, defying polls and giving the party a record fourth consecutive win.
UK general election held May 1997. Tony Blair's New Labour won a historic landslide, ending 18 years of Conservative government. The biggest swing since 1945.
UK general election held June 2001. Tony Blair's Labour won a second landslide over William Hague's Conservatives, with the lowest turnout since 1918.
UK general election held May 2005. Tony Blair won a third consecutive Labour majority, though significantly reduced, against Michael Howard's Conservatives.
UK general election held May 2010. It produced a hung parliament and led to a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition under David Cameron.
UK general election held May 2015. David Cameron won a narrow Conservative majority over Labour under Ed Miliband.
UK general election held June 2017. Theresa May lost her majority and remained in office with support from the DUP.
UK general election held December 2019. Boris Johnson won a large Conservative majority to break the Brexit deadlock.
UK general election held July 2024. Labour won a landslide under Keir Starmer.
UK general election expected by 2029. Next scheduled parliamentary election.
United States presidential election held November 1960. John F. Kennedy narrowly defeated Richard Nixon in one of the closest elections in U.S. history, the first televised debates influencing the outcome.
United States presidential election held November 1964. Lyndon B. Johnson won a massive landslide over Barry Goldwater, the largest popular vote margin in modern history.
United States presidential election held November 1968. Richard Nixon narrowly defeated Hubert Humphrey amid Vietnam War turmoil, assassinations, and the third-party candidacy of George Wallace.
United States presidential election held November 1972. Richard Nixon won a massive landslide over George McGovern, but the Watergate scandal would force his resignation less than two years later.
United States presidential election held November 1976. Jimmy Carter narrowly defeated incumbent Gerald Ford in the first post-Watergate presidential election.
United States presidential election held November 1980. Ronald Reagan defeated incumbent Jimmy Carter in a decisive victory that launched the Reagan Revolution.
United States presidential election held November 1984. Ronald Reagan won a historic landslide re-election over Walter Mondale, carrying 49 of 50 states.
United States presidential election held November 1988. George H.W. Bush defeated Michael Dukakis, continuing twelve years of Republican presidency.
United States presidential election held November 1992. Bill Clinton defeated incumbent George H.W. Bush in a three-way race with independent Ross Perot.
United States presidential election held November 1996. Bill Clinton defeated Bob Dole and Ross Perot to win a second term.