People Fixing.
People Fixing the World.
I'm Mayra Anubi and this is People Fixing the World from the BBC World Service.
Every week we choose to focus on positive things that are happening all around us, things that are making our world a better place.
Speaking about choice today, we're finding out about ideas that are helping even more people cast their votes and select the leaders they want.
And as Big Ben strikes 10, the.
Exit poll is predicting a labor landslide.
Counting is underway in the biggest election ever held.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Eyes up.
In South Africa, the ruling ANC loses its majority for the first time since apartheid.
Mexicans vote in an election which is.
Almost certain to result in the country's first female president.
These are just some of the elections around the world so far in 2024.
The UN has described this as the biggest election year in human history.
Billions of people are getting the opportunity to vote in over 50 countries.
From huge elections in the United States to voting on the tiny island of Tuvalu in the Pacific Ocean.
It's a good feeling knowing that so many people are getting to exercise their democratic rights.
But elections are often periods of turmoil, violence, corruption, intimidation.
And some people just don't feel like their vote counts.