Taking Latin America into consideration, general elections are scheduled to be held in Mexico in the first week of June 2024. Voters will elect a new president to serve a six-year term, all 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies and all 128 members of the Senate of the Republic. The country has almost 100 million voters and for the first time in Mexico’s history, the two leading presidential candidates are women i.e. Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, former mayor of Mexico City, and former senator Xóchitl Gálvez. Ballot papers across Mexico will also include votes to fill more than 20,000 public positions, a record for the country. Thus, Mexico’s presidential election is certain to catch the eye when breaking glass ceilings, two women candidates will compete for the top job.

In the UK, the problem is slightly different. Despite priding itself on a long democratic tradition, Britain has endured two unelected Conservative prime ministers in little more than a year. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said he expects to call a general election “in the second half” of 2024. There had been speculation it could be held in May when some local elections take place. Ideally speaking, the latest a Parliament can be dissolved for a general election is on the fifth anniversary of the day it first met. For the current Parliament, that date is 17 December 2024. However, 25 working days are then allowed to prepare for the election. That means the next election must be held by January 28th, 2025.

The chain of resignations that began with the Conservative Party member and Chancellor of the Exchequer in the ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s........

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