Elections

Our coverage of major elections around the world this year, in countries including America, India and Britain


The Americas

Suriname’s chaotic democracy just chose its first woman president

An oil windfall may make it harder for Jennifer Geerlings-Simons to clean up the country

Asia

Lee Jae-myung is South Korea’s next president

What will the left-winger mean for the country?

Europe

What Poland’s new president means for Europe

Karol Nawrocki is the liberals’ nightmare

Europe

Poland’s presidential election leaves the country exhausted

The liberal and conservative candidates offered very different visions

Europe

Karol Nawrocki, Poland’s new president, has a shadowy past

The right-wing candidate was supposed to be free of baggage. Not so fast

The Americas

Venezuela’s sound of silence

The people abstain from voting in parliamentary elections as the United States turns oil sanctions back on

Europe

Poland’s election will cement or ruin its standing in Europe

Can Donald Tusk and Rafal Trzaskowski hold back the hard right? 

Leaders

How Poland can keep its place at the heart of Europe

If it turns inward, the country and continent will lose out

Europe

The liberal favourite stumbles in Poland’s presidential election

Rafal Trzaskowski may now be the underdog

Europe

MAGA misses the mark in Romania

A liberal wins the presidential race

United States

Why a vote dispute in North Carolina should worry Americans

Partisan judges endorsed specious claims until a federal court stepped in