Hogarth “Chairing the Member” 1818
Auld Mac’s Almanack, or what the calendar for 2024 holds.
And boy is 2024 going to be a one huge year for those of us who enjoy following elections and trying to for-guess the result. Truly we are in for a combo of the World Cup and the Olympics as far as the sheer wealth of elections coming our way next year. 63 elections in total! Some real big events too, no minor league business this! This isn’t going to be a faux election for some half-forgotten dictator in a broken state. The UK will have general elections, and Europe as well, and of course the BIG event running through the whole year and culminating in November will be the United States Election. And America looks like being the biggest surprise of all.
But whilst elections are invigorating and exciting, they represent a pause and stop in governmental and diplomatic process whilst countries make their choices and foreign governments adjust themselves to whom they will be dealing with, especially in drawn out processes like America engages in. It’s no surprise to predict more popularism (woke-speak for the electorate being angry with the political classes), a shifting right, anti-Green, anti-immigration and anti-Climate change foolery, and of course ditching gender politics!
All good knock about stuff, but is this the best year for paralysis in quite so many corridors of power in the West? We have two wars openly being fought, and a third in the Gulf just not declared. Because any election in a country means no one can actually deal with anything. I doubt it will be a good thing.
So, I suggest you print out the following and pin it on the wall! One a week all year oh what joy!
January 7 Bangladesh, Presidential
January 9 Bhutan, National Assembly (2nd round)
January 11 Sint Maarten, Parliamentary
January 13 Taiwan, Presidential and Parliamentary
January 14 Comoros, Presidential
January 21 Liechtenstein, Referenda
January 26 Tuvalu, Parliamentary
January 28 Finland, Presidential
February 4 El Salvador, Presidential and Parliamentary
February 7 Azerbaijan, Presidential
February 8 Pakistan, National Assembly
February 14 Indonesia, Presidential and Parliamentary
February 25 Belarus, Parliamentary
February 25 Liechtenstein, Referenda
February 25 Senegal, Presidential
March 1 Iran, Parliamentary
March 8 Ireland, Constitutional Referenda
March 10 Portugal, Parliamentary
March 15 – 17 Russia, Presidential
April 10 South Korea, Parliamentary
May 5 Panama, Presidential and Parliamentary
May 12 Lithuania, Presidential and Constitutional Referendum
May 19 Dominican Republic, Presidential and Parliamentary
June 1 Iceland, Presidential
June 2 Mexico, Presidential, Senate and Chamber of Deputies
June 9 Belgium, Parliamentary
July 15-16 Rwanda, Presidential and Chamber of Deputies
October 8 Mozambique, Presidential and Parliamentary
October 27 Uruguay, Presidential and Parliamentary
November 5 United States, Presidential Senate and House of Representatives
November 12 Palau, Presidential and Parliamentary
November 30 Mauritius, Parliamentary
December 7 Ghana, Presidential and parliamentary
Dates to be fixed but elections certain in 2024
Algeria Presidential
Austria Parliamentary
Botswana Parliamentary
Chad Presidential and Parliamentary
Croatia Presidential and Parliamentary
DRC Senate
Gabon Constitutional Referendum
Georgia Parliamentary
India Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha
Kiribati Presidential
Lithuania Parliamentary
Mauritania Presidential
Moldova Presidential
Mongolia Parliamentary
Namibia Presidential and National Assembly
N Macedonia Presidential and Parliamentary
Romania Presidential and Parliamentary
San Marino Parliamentary
Slovakia Presidential
Solomon Isles Parliamentary
Sri Lanka Presidential
Togo Parliamentary
UK House of Commons
Uzbekistan Legislative Chamber
Venezuela Presidential
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