DAY 5: Midway Through the Ultimate Election Year: How the World Has Voted So Far

Question 1

How many people voted in 2024

Answer 1

Over 1 billion people

Question 2

Polls for national office (as well as the UN) was held in HOW MANY countries

Answer 2

over 60 cuntries

Question 3

Where is Europe on the Political Spectrum?

Answer 3

far right leaning gains

Question 4

Who won in South Korea?

Answer 4

Liberal opposition (to ruling conservative government)

Question 5

Who defeated who in the UK

Answer 5

British Labour Party defeated the conservative Tories

Question 6

How long had the Tories held power for

Answer 6

14 years

Question 7

Senegal’s presidential vote…

Answer 7

hailed as a win for democracy

Question 8

What are people in the US anticipating?

Answer 8

Donald Trump making a comeback after Biden leaves office

Question 9

President of Venezuela

Answer 9

Nicolás Maduro

Question 10

Indian Prime Minister

Answer 10

Narendra Modi

Question 11

Narendra Modi’s Party

Answer 11

Bharatiya Janata Party

formed a caolition

Question 12

Chad: Type and date

May

Answer 12

Presidential

May 6

Question 13

President of Chad

Answer 13

Mahmat Idriss Déby

Question 14

When did Déby sieze power?

and as what

Answer 14

2021 as an interim

Question 15

What percentage of the vote did Idriss Déby win

Answer 15

61%

Question 16

Iran: Type and date

May

Answer 16

Legislative

May 10

Question 17

Conservative candidates won most 0f the seats in the… [3]

Answer 17

• Islamic Consultative Assembly
• Iran’s parliament
• Assembly of Experts

Question 18

Assembly of Experts

Answer 18

Body of religious scholars who select Iran’s next leader

Question 19

Election turnout in Iran

Answer 19

Lowest turnout since 1979 Revolution

Question 20

revolutionary activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner

Answer 20

Narges Mohammadi

Question 21

Madagascar: Type and Date

Question 22

President of Madagascar

Answer 22

Andry Rajoelina

Question 23

What did the National Electorial Commision say?

Madagascar

Answer 23

Ruling coalition led by Rajoelina lost its majority

Question 24

How many seats did Rajoelina’s party attain?

Answer 24

80/163

Question 25

According to the High Constitutional court...

Answer 25

the coalition retained its majority with 84 seats with **fraud allegations**

Question 26

South Africa: Type and date | May

Answer 26

Legislative May 29

Question 27

Who was Ramaphosa elected by?

Answer 27

The National Assembly

Question 28

What is the new SA gov called?

Answer 28

National Unity Government

Question 29

Iceland: Type and date | June

Answer 29

Presidential June 1

Question 30

President of Iceland/ Icelandic businesswoman who would “rise above all party politics”

Answer 30

Halla Tómasdóttir

Question 31

Halla elected to ceremonial presidency after winning how many percentages of votes

Answer 31

34%

Question 32

Former Prime inister of Iceland

Answer 32

Katrín Jakobsdóttir

Question 33

Arctic and energy scholar

Answer 33

Halla Hrund Logadóttir

Question 35

Mexico: Type and date

Answer 35

Presidential and Legislative June 2

Question 36

Mexico's current and first female President

Answer 36

Claudia Sheinbaum

Question 37

Who is Sheinbaum a continuation of?

Answer 37

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Question 38

Claudia Sheinbaum's party

Answer 38

populist left-wing **Morena** party

Question 39

How much of the Supermajority did the Morena party win?

Answer 39

**two thirds** of the supermajority in the **Chamber of Deputies**

Question 40

European Union Parliament: Date

Answer 40

June 6-9

Question 41

How many seats did the EU party win?

Answer 41

190/720 seats - the most out of any party

Question 42

European Commission President and what is she maintaining

Answer 42

Urslula von der Leyen -maintaining path to another path via liberal coalition

Question 43

Belgium: Type and date | June

Answer 43

Legislative June 9

Question 44

conservative New Flemish Alliance maintains its position of what percentage % ?

Answer 44

25.6%

Question 45

What percentage % did the Vlaams Belang party take?

Answer 45

21.8%

Question 46

Prime Minister of Blegium

Answer 46

Alexander de Croo

Question 47

Why did Alexander de Croo resign?

Answer 47

Resigns after poor shoowing from VLD party

Question 48

Bulgaria: Type and Date | June

Answer 48

Legislative June 9 | 6th election in 3 years

Question 49

What did the Bulgarian election prompt?

Answer 49

**collapse** of the ruling **coalition** led by the **conservative GERB party** *and* **reformist We Continue the Change party**

Question 50

How many seats did the GERB party win

Answer 50

68 out of 240 seats

Question 51

Who will be Bulgaria's Prime Minister for 9 months?

Answer 51

Nikolay Denkov

Question 52

Who will Nikolay Denkov be handing the position of PM to?

Answer 52

GERB’s Maria Gabriel