ElectionResultsDB
106 pivotal elections and referendums, from every United States presidential contest 1789 to 2024 to the world elections that changed nations. Winners, margins, turnout, electoral math, and lasting consequences, in neutral summaries.
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United States Presidential Election of 1800
The Revolution of 1800 matched Jefferson against incumbent Adams amid the Alien and Sedition Acts and quasi-war with France. Jeffe...
United States Presidential Election of 1860
The most consequential American election fractured along sectional lines. Lincoln, nominated on the Republican platform of stoppin...
United States Presidential Election of 1932
With a quarter of the workforce idle, farms failing, and Hoover discredited, FDR promised a new deal for the American people and w...
United States Presidential Election of 2000
The election came down to Florida, decided officially by 537 votes out of six million, with Gore holding a 543,000-vote national p...
United States Presidential Election of 2008
Amid the September financial collapse, Barack Obama's organization and message of change defeated John McCain, whose campaign susp...
Brexit Referendum of 2016
On June 23, 2016, on a 72.2 percent turnout, 17.4 million Britons voted Leave against 16.1 million Remain, a 3.8-point margin that...
South African General Election of 1994
From April 26 to 29, 1994, after decades of apartheid and 350 years of racial exclusion, South Africans of all races voted togethe...
Chilean Plebiscite of 1988
The October 5, 1988 yes-or-no plebiscite, written into the 1980 constitution, asked Chileans for eight more years of Augusto Pinoc...
Indian General Election of 1977
The March 1977 election, Indira Gandhi's surprise concession after lifting her 1975-77 Emergency, punished her jailing of opponent...