D5 (July)

Question 1

[UK] Type and date of the election

Answer 1

Legislative
July 4

Question 2

[UK] Who is the new PM and wat party does he lead?

Answer 2

Keir Starmer
Labour Party

Question 3

[UK] What party was heavily defeated by the Labour Party and what issues did they face?

Answer 3

The Tories
Facing scandals, public dissatisfaction, and leadership changes

Question 4

[UK] What is a quote from Starmer’s victory speech?

Answer 4

“Change begins now/”

Question 5

[IRAN] Type and date of the election

Answer 5

Presidential
July 5

Question 6

[IRAN] Who won the election and what did he pledge?

Answer 6

Masoud Pezeshkian (heart surgeon+reformist candidate)

Pledged greater diplomacy with the West and easing of the hijab law

Question 7

[IRAN] Who did Pezeshkian defeat in the election?

Answer 7

Saeed Jalili (ultraconservative fundamentalist)

Question 8

[IRAN] Who was the former president and how did he die?

Answer 8

Ebrahim Raisi
Died in a helicopter crash in May

Question 9

[IRAN] What is noted about the voter turnout?

Answer 9

Historically low voter turnout

Question 10

[IRAN] Who is the Supreme Leader of Iran’s theocratic government?

Answer 10

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Question 11

[FRANCE] Type and date of the election

Answer 11

Legislative
July 7 (second round; first round on June 30)

Question 12

[FRANCE] What did the french voters reject?

Answer 12

Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally

Question 13

[FRANCE] Who won most seats but did not secure a majority?

Answer 13

leftist New Popular Front coalition

Question 14

[FRANCE] What did the election result in and what did this cause?

Answer 14

Resulted in a hung parliament
Caused government uncertainty and instability

Question 15

[RWANDA] Type and date of the election

Answer 15

Presidential and Legislative
July 15

Question 16

[RWANDA] Who is the Rwandan president, how long has he been in power, and what % of the vote did he get this year?

Answer 16

President Paul Kagame
in power since 2000
Won over 99% of the vote

Question 17

[RWANDA] What is Kagame’s party and what was interesting about their votes?

Answer 17

Rwandan Patriotic Front
retained a majority, though by a smaller margin than previously.

Question 18

[RWANDA] What is Kagame credited for, and criticised for?

Answer 18

Credited with ending the genocide and promoting economic growth

Faces criticism for political repression

Question 19

[SYRIA] Type and date of the election

Answer 19

Legislative
July 15

Question 20

[SYRIA] Which party retained its majority in the election, and who is the president?

Answer 20

Ba’ath Party
President Bashar al-Assad’s

Question 21

[SYRIA] How many seats did all the candidates associated or allied with the Ba’ath Party win?

Answer 21

All 185 candidates

Question 22

[SYRIA] What % was the voter turnout compared to the amount of eligible votes?

Answer 22

38% voter turnout among 20 million eligible voters

Question 23

[SYRIA] How long is the new parliament extending Assad’s term?

Answer 23

Beyond 2028

Question 24

[VENEZUELA] Type and date of the election

Answer 24

Presidential
July 28

Question 25

[VENEZUELA] Who won the election and with what % of votes?

Answer 25

President Nicolás Maduro
51% of the vote

Question 26

[VENEZUELA] What was irregular about the results?

Answer 26

Results were announced after a delay and contradicted multiple exit polls

Question 27

[VENEZUELA] How did domestic opposition and foreign leaders feel about the election?

Answer 27

They were skeptical about the elections integrity