Political Events to Watch for In 2024

Here’s a list of political events to watch out for this year- 2024! Elections, Sports, Alliances, and much more

Jairam R Prabhu
Dialogue & Discourse
11 min readMar 10, 2024

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2023 ended with a hope for another year of normalcy. Everyone expects 2024 to be as good as 2023. Politically speaking, 2024 will be one of the most important years for world politics. Hence, this year is something that you should be surely watching this year.

2024 will have more elections than any year to date. Over 7 out of 10 most populous countries in the world are heading for polls this year. India, the most populous one, will have a two-month-long election process in the summer. Elections in India held are like festivals.

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More than 3 Billion voters will select their leaders which will affect the population of more than 4 Billion people. This is more than half the world that is heading for polls. It is not just full democracies electing but even semi-democracies, hybrid regimes and much more.

Besides elections, there are two major conflicts happening- the Russia-Ukraine War and the Israel-Hamas conflict. There are other minor issues affecting people’s lives as well such as the refugee crisis, climate change, economic issues, civil wars and a lot more.

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Jairam R Prabhu
Dialogue & Discourse

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