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Elections are an important pillar of a democratic system, where people are given the opportunity to elect a leader to lead them.
The year 2024 was the year that many countries of the world held their major elections, including those that are seen as strong democracies.
There were also countries whose elections caught the attention of the world in the year 2024, as a result of the influence of the countries in world politics or setting a new history in the elections of the countries.
In this essay, we look at some of the choices that have caught the attention of countries around the world and the reasons why those choices have caught the attention.
Trump’s victory in the US election
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When it comes to democracy, the United States has become an atom, especially as the system of government has been accepted for centuries.
The country has been a model in the field of democracy among developing and developed countries.
This is one of the reasons why the country’s election attracts the attention of the world every time it is held.
In November last year the US presidential election was held – and it caught the attention of the world as usual.
The election was contested between former President Donald Trump of the Republican Party and Vice President Kamala Harris.
The fall of the conservative party in Great Britain
The British general election was held on the 4th of July this year, after the former prime minister of the country, Rishi Sunak, called the election at the end of May.
This comes after his Conservative Party started to lose its popularity in the country due to the increase in the price of goods in the country.
The UK is one of the world’s leading democratic countries.
The leader of the Labor Party, Sir Keir Starmer, who is 61 years old, was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the month of July, where he continued to lead the country’s government.
The victory of the reformist in the Iranian elections
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On June 28, the people of Iran held presidential elections.
The election was held a year before the time it was supposed to be held, due to the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter accident in May.
The country’s constitution says that a new president must be elected 50 days after the death of the incumbent, which gives the parties little time to announce their candidates.
In the first round of elections, there was no winner, and the second round went
He gave Saed Jalili of the conservative party more than three million votes in the second round of the election.
He got 16 million votes, out of the 30 million that were cast in the election that many people abstained from.
The election caught the attention of the world, especially as Mr. Pezeshkian was a reformist, contrary to the opinion of the country’s religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is conservative.
Modi’s victory in Indian elections
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In June of this year, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi set the record of becoming the Prime Minister of India three times in a row.
A step that only one person has ever achieved in the country, that is Jawaharlal Nehru, who led India for 16 years after the independence of the country in 1947.
However, Mr. Modi’s victory was like what the Hausas say, “the hope of survival is better than the hope of success”.
During his tenure, Mr. Modi has never led a coalition government.
The BJP won 240 seats, less than the 303 seats it won in the 2019 elections.
The declining popularity of the ANC in South Africa
In the month of May of the year we are saying goodbye to him, the general election was held in South Africa which also attracted attention especially in the African continent.
The party – once led by Nelson Mandela – won only 159 seats out of 400.
This is very low compared to the 230 seats held by the party in the former National Assembly.
The election result was the worst for the ANC in 30 years after the end of apartheid – despite the party still having the largest number of seats in parliament.
The fall of the ruling party in Ghana
In the last month of the year, an election was held that attracted attention especially in Africa.
Ghana’s election attracted a lot of attention as it was held at a time when the country is under economic pressure and the cost of living.
The candidate of the rival party, and former president, John Dramni Mahama won the election with a huge majority.
Another thing that impressed the public about the election is that the candidate of the ruling party, who is also the vice president of the country, Mahamudu Bawumia accepted defeat in the election even before the electoral commission of the country announced the the result of the official election.
In a press conference he called at his home, Bawumia said he called Mahama and congratulated him on the election victory.
This thing surprised many people, especially the political situation in Africa, where candidates are not willing to accept defeat.
