Chietigj Bajpaee is senior fellow for South Asia at Chatham House, an international affairs think tank in London.
A year of elections is drawing to a close after more than 70 countries across the world went to the polls in 2024. This includes several elections in South Asia, including Bangladesh (January), Pakistan (February), India (April-May) and Sri Lanka (September, November). With the countries of the region accounting for roughly half the world's population living in a democracy, what happens in South Asia matters for the state of democracy globally.
