How the 12 months of elections is ready to reshape international politics | DW News Desk

In 2024, people voted in countries that were home to almost half the world’s population. Votes took place at a time of global unrest, with conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East, and cost-of-living crises in many countries after the COVID-19 pandemic rippled out into supply chain shortages and high inflation.

Many elections were disputed and some sparked protests from those who felt their voices had not been heard.

Nationalistic ideologies gained ground in elections across Europe. Elsewhere, incumbents fell as voters punished them for painful price rises. Britain’s Conservatives and Japan’s Liberal Democrats received a drubbing. In the United States, Republican Donald Trump beat the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris to return to the White House. Across the border, Mexicans voted in Claudia Sheinbaum, the first woman ever to run the country.

In India, a multi-stage election featured over 1 million polling stations. Narendra Modi won a third term as prime minister but saw his majority shrink. It was the largest election in history.

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