Opinion | Sunak To Biden, No Incumbent Has It Easy This Year – Thanks To Economy

The year 2024 is a big one for elections- given the sheer number of polls happening across the world. “Globally, more voters than ever in history will head to the polls as at least 64 countries (plus the European Union) – representing a combined population of about 49% of the people in the world – are meant to hold national elections, the results of which, for many, will prove consequential for years to come,” the Time magazine said in an article in December last year.

Well, a few of those elections are done already – Bangladesh, Pakistan, Taiwan and Russia, to name a few. And some have thrown up surprises – who would have thought that in Pakistan, members of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, who fought as independents (after a military crackdown on the party), would, defying all odds, win more seats than the Pakistan People’s Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz?