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United States · 2026 midterms · 3 November

Dem House226 (205–249) House 74.8%
Rep House209 (186–230) House 25.2%
Dem Senate50 (46–53) control 35.1%
Rep Senate50 (47–54) control 64.9%

United Kingdom · next general election · hung parliament 56.9%

Reform UK171 (2–399) largest 41%
Labour158 (4–428) largest 33.6%
Conservative94 (0–347) largest 24.9%
Liberal Democrat72 (0–116) largest 0.1%
SNP38 (0–57)
Green15 (1–101) largest 0.4%

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Brazil

Presidential · 4 Oct 2026

Lula41.2%
F. Bolsonaro33.2%

Runoff: Lula 86%

Israel

Knesset · 2026

Likud21 seats
Dems15 seats

Gov bloc averages 49 of 120

New Zealand

General · late 2026

Labour32.2%
National30.1%

Right bloc 55.4% · left 10.7% · neither 34%

France

Presidential · spring 2027

Marine Le Pen35.6%
Édouard Philippe16.4%

Scenario polling · no declared field yet

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MaderoMexico 1917 presidential — Venustiano CarranzaMexico 1920 presidential — Álvaro ObregónMexico 1924 presidential — Plutarco Elías CallesMexico 1928 presidential — Álvaro Obregón assassinatedMexico 1929 presidential — Pascual Ortiz RubioMexico 1934 presidential — Lázaro CárdenasMexico 1940 presidential — Manuel Ávila CamachoMexico 1943 — Party of the Mexican RevolutionMexico 1946 presidential — Miguel Alemán ValdésMexico 1949 — Institutional Revolutionary PartyMexico 1952 presidential — Adolfo Ruiz CortinesMexico 1955 — Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)Mexico 1958 presidential — Adolfo López MateosMexico 1961 — Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)Mexico 1964 presidential — Gustavo Díaz OrdazMexico 1967 — Institutional Revolutionary PartyMexico 1970 presidential — Luis EcheverríaMexico 1973 — Institutional Revolutionary PartyMexico 1976 presidential — José López PortilloMexico 1979Mexico 1982 presidential — Miguel de la MadridMexico 1985 — Institutional Revolutionary PartyMexico 1988 presidential — Carlos Salinas de GortariMexico 1991 — Institutional Revolutionary PartyMexico 1994 presidential — Ernesto ZedilloMexico 1997 — Institutional Revolutionary PartyMexico 2000 presidential — Vicente FoxMexico 2003 — Institutional Revolutionary PartyMexico 2006 presidential — Felipe CalderónMexico 2009 — PRIMexico 2012 presidential — Enrique Peña NietoMexico 2015 — PRIMexico 2018 presidential — Andrés Manuel López ObradorMexico 2021 — MORENAMexico 2024 presidential — Claudia SheinbaumBrazilBrazil 1891 presidential — Deodoro da FonsecaBrazil 1894 presidential — Prudente de MoraisBrazil 1898 presidential — Campos SalesBrazil 1902 presidential — Rodrigues AlvesBrazil 1906 presidential — Afonso PenaBrazil 1910 presidential — Hermes da FonsecaBrazil 1914 presidential — Venceslau BrásBrazil 1918 presidential — Rodrigues AlvesBrazil 1919 presidential — Epitácio PessoaBrazil 1922 presidential — Artur BernardesBrazil 1926 presidential — Washington LuísBrazil 1930 presidential — Júlio PrestesBrazil 1934 — People's SlateBrazil 1934 presidential — Getúlio VargasBrazil 1945 — Social Democratic PartyBrazil 1945 presidential — Eurico Gaspar DutraBrazil 1947Brazil 1950 — Social Democratic PartyBrazil 1950 presidential — Getúlio VargasBrazil 1954 — Social Democratic PartyBrazil 1955 presidential — Juscelino KubitschekBrazil 1958 — National Democratic UnionBrazil 1960 presidential — Jânio QuadrosBrazil 1962 — Social Democratic PartyBrazil 1964 presidential — Humberto Castelo BrancoBrazil 1966 — National Renewal AllianceBrazil 1966 presidential — Artur da Costa e SilvaBrazil 1969 presidential — Emílio Garrastazu MédiciBrazil 1970 — National Renewal AllianceBrazil 1974 — National Renewal AllianceBrazil 1974 presidential — Ernesto GeiselBrazil 1978 — National Renewal AllianceBrazil 1978 presidential — João FigueiredoBrazil 1982 — Democratic Social PartyBrazil 1985 presidential — Tancredo NevesBrazil 1986 — Brazilian Democratic Movement PartyBrazil 1989 presidential — Fernando CollorBrazil 1990 — Brazilian Democratic Movement PartyBrazil 1994 presidential — Fernando Henrique CardosoBrazil 1998 presidential — Fernando Henrique CardosoBrazil 2002 presidential — Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaBrazil 2006 presidential — Lula da SilvaBrazil 2010 presidential — Dilma RousseffBrazil 2014 presidential — Dilma RousseffBrazil 2018 presidential — Jair BolsonaroBrazil 2022 presidential — Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaArgentinaArgentina 1826 presidential — Bernardino RivadaviaArgentina 1853 presidential — Justo José de UrquizaArgentina 1859 presidential — Santiago DerquiArgentina 1862 presidential — Bartolomé MitreArgentina 1868 presidential — Domingo Faustino SarmientoArgentina 1874 presidential — Nicolás AvellanedaArgentina 1880 presidential — Julio Argentino RocaArgentina 1886 presidential — Miguel Ángel JuárezArgentina 1892 presidential — Luis Sáenz PeñaArgentina 1898 presidential — Julio Argentino RocaArgentina 1904 presidential — Manuel QuintanaArgentina 1910 presidential — Roque Sáenz PeñaArgentina 1916 presidential — Hipólito YrigoyenArgentina 1922 presidential — Marcelo Torcuato de AlvearArgentina 1928 presidential — Hipólito YrigoyenArgentina 1931 presidential — Agustín P. JustoArgentina 1937 presidential — Roberto M. OrtizArgentina 1946 presidential — Juan PerónArgentina 1951 presidential — Juan PerónArgentina 1954 presidential — Alberto TeisaireArgentina 1958 presidential — Arturo FrondiziArgentina 1963 presidential — Arturo IlliaArgentina March 1973 presidential — Héctor CámporaArgentina September 1973 presidential — Juan PerónArgentina 1983 presidential — Raúl AlfonsínArgentina 1989 presidential — Carlos MenemArgentina 1995 presidential — Carlos MenemArgentina 1999 presidential — Fernando de la RúaArgentina 2003 presidential — Néstor KirchnerArgentina 2007 presidential — Cristina Fernández de KirchnerArgentina 2011 presidential — Cristina Fernández de KirchnerArgentina 2015 presidential — Mauricio MacriArgentina 2019 presidential — Alberto FernándezArgentina 2023 presidential — Javier MileiUkraineUkraine 1991 presidential — Leonid KravchukUkraine 1994 — IndependentsUkraine 1994 presidential — Leonid KuchmaUkraine 1998 — KPUUkraine 1999 presidential — Leonid KuchmaUkraine 2002 — Our Ukraine BlocUkraine 2004 presidential — Viktor YushchenkoUkraine 2006 — Party of RegionsUkraine 2007 — Party of RegionsUkraine 2010 presidential — Viktor YanukovychUkraine 2012 — Party of RegionsUkraine 2014 — Petro Poroshenko BlocUkraine 2014 presidential — Petro PoroshenkoUkraine 2019 — Servant of the PeopleUkraine 2019 presidential — Volodymyr ZelenskyyIraqIraq 1946–47Iraq 1948 — IndependenceIraq 1953 — CUPIraq June 1954 — CUPIraq September 1954 — CUPIraq 1958 — Pro-governmentIraq 1980 — Ba'ath PartyIraq 1984 — Ba'ath PartyIraq 1989 — Ba'ath PartyIraq 1995 presidential — Saddam HusseinIraq 1996 — Ba'ath PartyIraq 2000 — Ba'ath PartyIraq 2002 presidential — Saddam HusseinIraq January 2005 — United Iraqi AllianceIraq December 2005 — United Iraqi AllianceIraq 2010 — Iraqi National MovementIraq 2014 — State of Law CoalitionIraq 2014 presidential — Fuad MasumIraq 2018 — Alliance Towards ReformsIraq 2018 presidential — Barham SalihIraq 2021 — Sadrist MovementIraq 2022 presidential — Abdul Latif RashidIraq 2025 — Reconstruction and Development CoalitionIraq 2026 presidential — Nizar AmidiPalestinePalestine 1923Palestine 1996 — FatahPalestine 1996 presidential — Yasser ArafatPalestine 2005 presidential — Mahmoud AbbasPalestine 2006 — Hamas
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The world compared

Turnout across six democracies, 1900–2026

Compulsory-voting Australia holds above 90% for a century; New Zealand and Germany run high without compulsion; India climbs as the franchise deepens; American presidential turnout lives 20 points below its peers. Hover for exact figures.

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25%50%75%1900192019401960198020002020AustraliaNew ZealandUnited KingdomGermanyIndiaUnited States (pres.)

How much of the world voted freely

Every contest in the atlas by decade, colored by the honesty labels: the imperial and colonial restrictions of the early rows, the mid-century surge of rituals under dictatorship, the democratic flood after 1945 and again after 1989.

1850s
13
1860s
22
1870s
32
1880s
31
1890s
40
1900s
41
1910s
55
1920s
72
1930s
62
1940s
54
1950s
75
1960s
72
1970s
75
1980s
81
1990s
90
2000s
95
2010s
98
2020s
54

Share of contests in this atlas rated free (teal), restricted or tilted (amber), and unfree (dark red), by decade. Coverage reflects the 29 polities tracked here.

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