Presidential Election, 23 March and 6 April 2024
Slovakia is a parliamentary republic. The prime minister heads the government and the largely ceremonial president oversees foreign policy, holding a technical power of veto over new legislation, and making some official appointments (Freedom House 2024).
Presidential Election, 28 January and 11 February 2024
Finland held presidential elections on 28 January 2024. The country is a parliamentary republic whose unicameral Parliament (Edskunta) consists of 200 seats.
General Election, 26 January 2024
Tuvalu held elections for its unicameral parliament, the Tuvaluan House of Assembly (Fale I Fono), on 26 January 2024. The 16 members of the House are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to four-year terms. There are no political parties in Tuvalu; all candidates run as independents. The Prime Minister is elected by the members of parliament (IFES 2024).
Presidential and Legislative Elections, 13 January 2024
On 13 January 2024, Taiwan held the regularly scheduled presidential and legislative elections following the two-term rule of the previous president. In Taiwan, the president is directly elected by a majority vote for a four-year term with a maximum of two terms.
General Election, 9 January 2024
Bhutan held its fourth National Assembly (ཚོགས་འདུ་ / Tshogdu) election on 30 November 2023 (first round) and 9 January 2024 (second round). The National Assembly is the first chamber of Bhutan’s bicameral parliament, and its 47 members are directly elected by plurality vote in single-seat constituencies (Demkhongs).
Democracy Tracker Methodology and User Guide: Version 2, February 2025
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The Journey of a Ballot Paper: A Practitioner’s Guide
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General Election, 7 January 2024
Bangladesh held general parliamentary elections on 7 January 2024. Bangladesh has a single parliamentary chamber known as the Jatiya Sangsad (Sengupta 2024) with 350 seats. 300 of the 350 Members of Parliament are elected via a first-past-the-post system (International IDEA n.d.). The remaining 50 seats are reserved for women and allotted to parties based on the proportion of seats they hold in parliament.
