#MerryChristmas! John Mahama and his NDC party staged a remarkable come-back to return to power in #Ghana's #Election2024, thrashing the incumbent VP, who conceded ahead of the official announcement. #IncumbencyCurse, or just better campaigning? Next...the book! #Election2024Advent #TheWorldVotes

#Botswana's #Election2024 delivered another big surprise as #IncumbencyCurse ended the BDP's 58-year rule and saw them trounced by the opposition UDC. Peaceful transition talks began for the first time in this diamond-producing country's existence. #Election2024Advent #TheWorldVotes

#IncumbencyCurse struck again in #SouthAfrica, where the ANC lost their majority (and formed a controversial coalition) for the first time since the end of apartheid – their place in that struggle now being more story than memory for young voters. #Election2024 #Election2024Advent #TheWorldVotes

The biggest #Election2024, #India needed 7 phases, eventually giving a reduced majority to the Hindu nationalist BJP & 10-year PM Narendra Modi. Suffering some #IncumbencyCurse, he was forced into a coalition in order to continue his slide toward hybrid democracy. #TheWorldVotes #Election2024Advent

Far from bucking #Election2024's #IncumbencyCurse, the government of #Mauritius was trounced in a vote tainted by internet blockages and phone-tapping. Ramgoolam becomes PM for the 3rd time, having gained 64/66 seats in a wipeout.