Global Election Monitor
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The Global Election Monitor (GEM) aims to provide a continuous qualitative overview of democratic national elections and instances of electoral integrity challenges. Election stakeholders increasingly navigate changing information environments and eroding levels of trust in government institutions, as well as traditional hurdles related to electoral administration and performance.
All GEM briefs are based on reliable open-source information, and typically highlight key concerns and actions drawn from news articles, reports by election management bodies (EMBs) and election observation reports. The information compiled in the GEM is collected through desk research by International IDEA’s Electoral Processes Team, using a variety of keyword searches and fully referenced media monitoring. The GEM briefs are designed to provide a condensed overview of a given election and serve as a point of departure for further research, they are updated on a continuous basis to reflect new insights. The GEM contains over 50 country briefs from the 2024 election super-cycle. The briefs can be accessed by clicking on a country on the map or via the drop down menu. Users can select the relevant challenge icon for allegations of fraud including vote buying and financial irregularities, election management malfunction, election-related violence, reported cyber-attacks, instances of gender-based violence, natural and human-made hazards, and mis- & disinformation narratives during the election period.
