At least 64 countries, plus the EU, are due to hold elections this year. Between them, they represent about 49% of the world’s population in theory. More than 2 billion voters could prospectively head to the polls.
Although the presence of an election doesn’t necessarily imply that the contest will be free and fair. It does seem like a reasonably safe bet for instance that Vladimir Putin will win in Russia irrespective of what happens between now and then. The North Korean outcome also doesn’t feel all that hard to predict.
Alongside Russia, Ukraine is also due a presidential election, although whether it actually will happen given the state of war is yet to be settled.
Time assembled a list of major elections due in 2024, alongside a map highlighting where they are on the globe.
Here’s the basic list, ordered by the population of the country concerned, most to least:
- India
- European Union (for the European Parliament)
- USA
- Indonesia
- Pakistan
- Bangladesh
- Russia
- Mexico
- Iran
- UK
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Algeria
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
- Ghana
- Mozambique
- Madagascar
- Venezuela
- North Korea
- Taiwan
- Syria
- Mali
- Sri Lanka
- Romania
- Chad
- Senegal
- Cambodia
- Rwanda
- Tunisia
- Belgium
- Dominican Republic
- Jordan
- South Sudan
- Czech Republic
- Azerbaijan
- Portugal
- Belarus
- Togo
- Austria
- El Salvador
- Slovakia
- Finland
- Mauritania
- Panama
- Croatia
- Georgia
- Mongolia
- Uruguay
- Republic of Moldova
- Lithuania
- Botswana
- Namibia
- Guinea Bissau
- North Macedonia
- Mauritius
- Comoros
- Bhutan
- Solomon Islands
- Maldives
- Iceland
- Kiribati
- San Marino
- Palau
- Tuvalu