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2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election
2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, triggered by Erin O'Toole's February 2022 ouster; Pierre Poilievre won September 10, 2022 with 68.15% of points on the first ballot, defeating Charest, Lewis, Baber, and Aitchison under a 338-riding points system.
2022 Indian presidential election
The 2022 Indian presidential election (16th presidential election) elected Droupadi Murmu over Yashwant Sinha on 18 July 2022; she became India's 15th President, first from a Scheduled Tribe, sworn in 25 July 2022.
2022 Italian presidential election
2022 Italian presidential election: indirect election of 29 January 2022 in which Sergio Mattarella was re-elected president on the eighth ballot with 759 votes after Mario Draghi's candidacy failed, making Mattarella the second re-elected president after Napolitano.
2022 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party leadership election
The 2022 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party leadership election was not a membership primary; Pedro Sánchez placed new leadership appointments ratified by an extraordinary Federal Committee in July 2022.
2023 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
2023 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election: caucus vote of 22 January 2023 replacing Jacinda Ardern; sole candidate Chris Hipkins won unanimous backing and became the 41st Prime Minister on 25 January, with Carmel Sepuloni as deputy, and was endorsed again after Labour's October election defeat.
2024 Conservative Party leadership election
The 2024 Conservative Party leadership election (July-November 2024) replaced Rishi Sunak after the general election defeat. Six candidates ran; Kemi Badenoch beat Robert Jenrick with 56.5% of the members' vote on 2 November, becoming the first Black leader of a major UK party.
2024 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election
The 2024 LDP presidential election (自民党総裁選), held September 27, 2024, chose Shigeru Ishiba over Sanae Takaichi in a 215-194 runoff among a record nine candidates, succeeding Kishida and leading to the October 1 premiership.
2024 Senate Republican Conference leadership election
2024 Senate Republican Conference leadership election, held November 13, 2024 by secret ballot, elected John Thune majority leader over John Cornyn (29-24) and Rick Scott, succeeding Mitch McConnell.
2025 conclave
The 2025 conclave, held 7–8 May after Pope Francis's death on 21 April, elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as Pope Leo XIV, the 267th pope and first American-born pope, on the fourth ballot of 133 electors from 71 countries.
2025 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election
The 2025 LDP presidential election (自民党総裁選), held October 4, 2025 after Ishiba Shigeru's resignation, saw Sanae Takaichi defeat Shinjiro Koizumi in a runoff, becoming the LDP's 29th and first female president and Japan's 104th prime minister.
2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election
The 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election (March 9, 2025) chose Mark Carney, 85.9% on the first ballot, to succeed Justin Trudeau; he became prime minister March 14, 2025, defeating Freeland, Gould, and Baylis.
2025 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election
2025 Speaker election: on January 3, 2025, the 119th House reelected Mike Johnson (R-La.) as its 56th Speaker on the first ballot with the minimum 218 votes, after two Republican holdouts flipped and Trump intervened.
2026 Coalition Avenir Québec leadership election
2026 CAQ leadership election (Quebec). Held April 7–12, 2026 to succeed François Legault; members voted by phone/web; Christine Fréchette beat Bernard Drainville, became premier, then led the CAQ to zero seats on October 5, 2026.
2026 Conservative Party of British Columbia leadership election
The 2026 Conservative Party of British Columbia leadership election, held May 9-30, 2026 after John Rustad's December 2025 removal, elected Kerry-Lynne Findlay over Caroline Elliott, 51.0% to 49.0% of riding-weighted points, on a five-candidate ranked ballot; Findlay resigned that September.
2026 Labour Party leadership election
2026 Labour Party leadership election: contest triggered by Keir Starmer's 22 June 2026 resignation announcement; Andy Burnham was the only validly nominated candidate (379 MPs, 23 affiliates), confirmed leader 17 July and appointed prime minister 20 July 2026.
2026 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
2026 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill: 13 February 2026 party-room vote in which Angus Taylor replaced Sussan Ley as Liberal leader and Opposition Leader, winning 34 votes to 17, with Jane Hume elected deputy and Ley resigning from Parliament.
2026 Likud primary
The 2026 Likud primary, held 17 August 2026, let about 140,000 Likud members rank candidates for the party's Knesset list, while leader Benjamin Netanyahu reserved eight slots, ahead of the 27 October election.
2026 New Democratic Party leadership election
2026 NDP leadership election: Canadian party contest, March 9-28, 2026, replacing interim leader Don Davies after Jagmeet Singh's resignation. Five candidates including Avi Lewis, Heather McPherson, Rob Ashton; Lewis won on fundraising record.
2026 Scottish Labour leadership election
2026 Scottish Labour leadership election, held August–September 2026 after Anas Sarwar resigned to join Andy Burnham's government; Michael Marra beat Joe Fagan, result announced 19 September 2026.
2026 United Left primary
2026 United Left primary (Izquierda Unida primarias): IU's open-to-sympathizers selection of its candidate for Spanish prime minister and constituency lists for the 29 November 2026 general election, accelerated from the original 9 November calendar.
20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (中共二十大), held in Beijing October 16–22, 2022, gave Xi Jinping a third term, elected a 205-member Central Committee, amended the party constitution on Taiwan, and promoted Chinese-style modernization.
August 2026 New Zealand National Party leadership election
August 2026 New Zealand National Party leadership challenge: backbencher Chris Penk challenged PM Christopher Luxon, who survived a secret caucus confidence vote on 12 August 2026, sacked Penk from Cabinet, and led National into the November election.
Cardinal electors in the 2025 conclave
The cardinal electors in the 2025 conclave were the 133 cardinals under 80 who elected Pope Leo XIV on 8 May 2025 after Francis's death; 108 were Francis appointees, from 71 countries, the most diverse conclave ever.
Election Committee (选举委员会) (Hong Kong)
Election Committee (选举委员会), Hong Kong's 1,500-member electoral body across five sectors; it nominates and elects the Chief Executive and elects 40 of 90 Legislative Council members, expanded from 1,200 in 2021.
Elections in China
Elections in China (中国选举): direct voting exists only for county and township people's congresses and village committees; higher bodies, including the NPC, are indirectly elected under Communist Party-led, non-competitive rules.
Elections in North Korea
Elections in North Korea: periodic single-candidate yes-or-no votes for the Supreme People's Assembly and local people's assemblies under Workers' Party control, with mandatory voting, reported turnouts above 99 percent, the 1948–1957 black-and-white ballot system, and the 2023 election law revision.
Electoral College (India)
The Electoral College (India) elects the President under Articles 54-55: elected MPs and MLAs of States, Delhi, and Puducherry vote by single transferable vote with population-weighted values based on the 1971 census.
Europe of Sovereign Nations Group
Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN) is the far-right political group in the 2024–2029 European Parliament, formed 10 July 2024 around Germany's AfD with 25 MEPs from eight states; co-led by René Aust and Stanisław Tyszka.
King of the Romans
King of the Romans (Latin: Rex Romanorum) was the title of the elected German sovereign of the Holy Roman Empire before papal coronation as emperor.
Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
Leader of the Conservative Party (UK): head of the Conservative and Unionist Party, currently Kemi Badenoch (elected November 2024). Distinguished by its two-stage selection, MPs then members, and the 15% no-confidence trigger via the 1922 Committee.