Current Affairs - Politics

Poland's liberal opposition, led by Donald Tusk, achieved a historic parliamentary majority in recent elections, ending eight years of populist rule. The victory was seen as a repudiation of the Law and Justice (PiS) party's conservative and nationalist policies.

As of 2023, there are 31 member countries in NATO. The most recent country to join NATO was Finland in 2023. NATO is a political and military alliance of countries from North America and Europe. It was founded in 1949 in response to the Soviet Union's expansion into Eastern Europe after World War II. NATO's core principle is collective defence, which means that an attack on one member state is considered an attack on all member states.

Mohamed Muizzu, a pro-China candidate from the Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM), won the Maldives presidential election in 2023 with over 53% of the vote in a runoff.

Emmerson Mnangagwa was re-elected as President of Zimbabwe in the August 2023 election. He won 52.6% of the vote, defeating Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), who received 44% of the vote. The election was marred by allegations of irregularities, including voter intimidation and vote-buying. The CCC has rejected the results and has called for a recount. However, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said that there is no evidence to support the allegations of fraud.

Tharman Shanmugaratnam, an Indian-origin economist, won Singapore's presidential election, a significant political development after a ten-year gap and marking the country's first contested presidential polls since 2011.