Nominees had to receive at least 5% of the vote for their party.

Africa (PMs & Presidents; >5%)

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Name Image Country Party Election Votes
(Pct.)
Seat(s)
(Pct.)
Govt.
(Pct.)
Outcome
Helen Zille     South Africa DA 2009 2,945,829
(16.7%)
67
(16.8%)
Opposition  N
2014 4,091,584
(22.2%)
89
(22.2%)
Janira Hopffer Almada     Cape Verde PAICV 2016 86,078
(38.2%)
29
(40.3%)
Opposition  N
2021 87,063
(38.6%)
30
(41.7%)

Americas (PMs & Presidents; >5%)

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Carribean

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Name Image Country Party Election Votes
(Pct.)
Seat(s)
(Pct.)
Govt.
(Pct.)
Outcome
Eugenia Charles     Dominica Freedom 1970 7,578
(38.3%)
2
(18.2%)
Opposition  N
1975 6,920
(32.4%)
3
(14.3%)
1980 15,706
(51.3%)
17
(80.9%)
Elected  Y
1985 18,865
(56.7%)
15
(71.4%)
1990 16,529
(49.4%)
11
(52.4%)
Lois Browne-Evans     Bermuda PLP 1972 13,018
(38.2%)
10
(25.0%)
Opposition  N
1976 15,246
(44.4%)
11
(27.5%)
1980 22,452
(46.0%)
18
(45.0%)
1983 20,765
(43.4%)
14
(35.0%)
1985 10,930
(30.5%)
7
(17.5%)
Jennifer M. Smith   1998 30,422
(54.6%)
26
(65.0%)
26
(65.0%)
Elected  Y
2003 14,868
(50.5%)
22
(61.1%)
22
(61.1%)
Portia Simpson-Miller     Jamaica PNP 2007 405,293
(49.6%)
28
(46.7%)
Lost  N
2011 463,232
(53.0%)
42
(66.7%)
42
(66.7%)
Elected  Y
2016 433,629
(49.7%)
31
(49.2%)
Lost  N
Kamla Persad-Bissessar     Trinidad and Tobago UNC 2010 316,600
(43.7%)
21
(51.2%)
21
(51.2%)
Elected  Y
2015 290,066
(39.6%)
17
(41.5%)
Lost  N
2020 309,654
(47.1%)
19
(46.3%)
Opposition  N
Paula Cox     Bermuda PLP 2012 14,218
(46.1%)
17
(47.2%)
Lost  N
Mia Mottley     Barbados BLP 2018 112,955
(73.5%)
30
(100.0%)
30
(100.0%)
Elected  Y
2022 78,720
(69.0%)

North America

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Name Image Country Party Election Votes
(Pct.)
Seat(s)
(Pct.)
Govt.
(Pct.)
Outcome
Audrey McLaughlin     Canada NDP 1993 939,575
(6.9%)
9
(3.0%)
Opposition  N
Kim Campbell   PPC 2,186,422
(16.0%)
2
(0.7%)
Lost  N
Alexa McDonough   NDP 1997 1,434,509
(11.0%)
21
(7.0%)
Opposition  N
2000 1,093,868
(8.5%)
13
(4.3%)
Elizabeth May   Green 2019 1,189,607
(6.5%)
3
(0.9%)
Aleqa Hammond     Greenland Siumut 2013 12,910
(43.2%)
14
(45.2%)
16
(51.6%)
Elected  Y
Sara Olsvig   Inuit Ataqatigiit 2014 9,776
(33.5%)
11
(35.5%)
Opposition  N
2018 7,478
(25.8%)
8
(25.8%)

South America

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Name Image Country Party Election Votes
(Pct.)
Seat(s)
(Pct.)
Govt.
(Pct.)
Outcome
Janet Jagan     Guyana PPP 1997 220,667
(55.3%)
34
(52.3%)
34
(52.3%)
Elected  Y

Asia (PMs; >5%)

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East Asia

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Name Image Country Party Election Votes
(Pct.)
Seat(s)
(Pct.)
Govt.
(Pct.)
Outcome
Takako Doi     Japan Socialist 1990 16,025,473
(24.3%)
136
(26.6%)
Opposition  N
Social Democratic 1996 3,547,240
(6.4%)
15
(3.0%)
2000 5,603,680
(9.4%)
19
(4.0%)
2003 3,027,390
(5.1%)
6
(1.2%)
Sanjaasürengiin Oyuun     Mongolia Civil Will–Green 2012 62,310
(5.2%)
2
(2.6%)
Opposition  N

South Asia

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Name Image Country Party Election Votes
(Pct.)
Seat(s)
(Pct.)
Govt.
(Pct.)
Outcome
Sirimavo Bandaranaike     Ceylon SLFP Jul 1960 1,022,171
(33.2%)
75
(49.7%)
Elected  Y
1965 1,221,437
(30.2%)
41
(27.1%)
Lost  N
1970 1,839,979
(36.9%)
91
(60.3%)
Elected  Y
  Sri Lanka 1977 1,855,331
(29.7%)
8
(4.8%)
Lost  N
1989 1,780,599
(31.8%)
67
29.8%)
Indira Gandhi     India INC 1967 59,490,701
(40.8%)
283
(54.4%)
Elected  Y
1971 64,033,274
(43.7%)
352
(68.0%)
1977 65,211,589
(34.5%)
154
(28.4%)
Lost  N
1980 84,455,313
(42.7%)
353
(66.7%)
Elected  Y
Sheikh Hasina     Bangladesh Awami League 1986 7,462,157
(26.2%)
76
(25.3%)
Opposition  N
1991 10,259,866
(30.1%)
88
(29.3%)
Jun 1996 15,882,792
(37.4%)
146
(48.7%)
178
(59.3%)
Elected  Y
2001 22,310,276
(40.0%)
230
(20.7%)
Lost  N
2008 33,887,451
(49.0%)
230
(76.7%)
Elected  Y
2014 63,523,066
(74.6%)
234
(78.0%)
2018 36,173,883
(79.1%)
256
(85.7%)
306
(87.4%)
2024 4,081,537
(65.1%)
224
(64.0%)
272
(77.7%)
Benazir Bhutto     Pakistan PPP 1988 7,546,561
(38.5%)
94
(45.4%)
109
(50.2%)
Elected  Y
1990 7,795,218
(36.8%)
44
(21.3%)
Lost  N
1993 7,578,635
(37.9%)
89
(43.0%)
121
(62.7%)
Elected  Y
1997 4,152,209
(21.3%)
18
(8.3%)
Lost  N
Khaleda Zia     Bangladesh BNP 1991 10,507,549
(30.8%)
140
(46.7%)
151
(50.3%)
Elected  Y
Feb 1996 11,776,481
(100.0%)
300
(100.0%)
Jun 1996 14,255,986
(33.6%)
116
(38.7%)
Lost  N
2001 23,074,714
(41.4%)
200
(66.7%)
Elected  Y
2008 22,963,836
(33.2%)
30
(10.0%)
Lost  N

Southeast Asia

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Name Image Country Party Election Votes
(Pct.)
Seat(s)
(Pct.)
Govt.
(Pct.)
Outcome
Yingluck Shinawatra     Thailand Pheu Thai 2011 15,752,470
(47.0%)
265
(53.0%)
Elected  Y
Aung San Suu Kyi     Myanmar NLD 2015 12,821,899
(57.2%)
255
(58.0%)
Elected  Y
Sudarat Keyuraphan     Thailand Pheu Thai 2019 7,920,630
(21.9%)
136
(27.2%)
Opposition  N
Paethongtarn Shinawatra   2023 9,222,908
(23.5%)
141
(28.2%)
TBD Coalition  Y

West Asia

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Name Image Country Party Election Votes
(Pct.)
Seat(s)
(Pct.)
Govt.
(Pct.)
Outcome
Golda Meir     Israel Alignment 1969 632,035
(46.2%)
56
(46.7%)
102
(85.0%)
Elected  Y
1973 621,183
(39.7%)
51
(42.5%)
68
(56.7%)

Europe (PMs; >5%)

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Eastern Europe

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Name Image Country Party Election Votes
(Pct.)
Seat(s)
(Pct.)
Govt.
(Pct.)
Outcome
Tansu Çiller     Turkey DYP 1995 5,396,009
(19.2%)
135
(24.5%)
Lost  N
Yulia Tymoshenko     Ukraine Batkivshchyna 2002 1,882,087
(7.3%)
22
(4.9%)
Opposition  N
2006 5,652,876
(22.3%)
129
(28.7%)
2007 5,208,402
(25.5%)
101
(24.4%)
226
(50.2%)
Elected  Y
2014 894,837
(5.7%)
19
(4.2%)
Opposition  N
2019 1,196,303
(8.2%)
24
(5.3%)
Beata Szydło     Poland PiS 2015 5,711,687
(37.6%)
235
(51.1%)
Elected  Y
Ewa Kopacz   PO 3,661,474
(24.1%)
138
(30.0%)
Lost  N
Alina Gorghiu     Romania PNL 2016 1,412,377
(20.0%)
69
(21.0%)
Opposition  N
Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska     Poland PO 2019 5,060,355
(27.4%)
119
(25.9%)
Opposition  N

Northern Europe

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Name Image Country Party Election Votes
(Pct.)
Seat(s)
(Pct.)
Govt.
(Pct.)
Outcome
Margaret Thatcher     United Kingdom Conservative 1979 13,697,923
(43.9%)
339
(53.4%)
Elected  Y
1983 13,012,316
(42.4%)
397
(61.1%)
1987 13,760,935
(42.2%)
376
(57.8%)
Gro Harlem Brundtland     Norway Labour 1981 914,749
(37.2%)
66
(42.6%)
Lost  N
1985 1,061,712
(40.8%)
71
(45.2%)
Opposition  N
1989 907,393
(34.3%)
63
(38.2%)
Lost  N
1993 908,724
(36.9%)
67
(40.6%)
Elected  Y
Kaci Kullmann Five     Norway Conservative 1993 419,373
(17.0%)
28
(17.0%)
Opposition  N
Margrét Frímannsdóttir     Iceland Social Democratic 1999 44,378
(26.8%)
17
(28.6%)
Opposition  N
Anneli Jäätteenmäki     Finland Centre 2003 689,391
(24.7%)
55
(27.5%)
116
(58.0%)
Elected  Y
Erna Solberg     Norway Conservative 2005 372,008
(14.1%)
23
(13.6%)
Opposition  N
2009 462,465
(17.2%)
30
(17.8%)
2013 760,232
(26.8%)
48
(28.4%)
77
(45.6%)
Elected  Y
2017 732,897
(25.0%)
45
(26.6%)
88
(52.1%)
2021 607,316
(20.5%)
36
(21.3%)
Lost  N
Helle Thorning-Schmidt     Denmark Social Democrats 2007 881,037
(25.5%)
45
(26.9%)
Opposition  N
2011 879,615
(24.8%)
44
(24.6%)
77
(43.0%)
Elected  Y
2015 924,940
(26.3%)
47
(26.3%)
Lost  N
Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir     Iceland Social Democratic 2007 48,743
(26.8%)
18
(28.6%)
Opposition  N
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir   2009 55,758
(29.8%)
20
(31.7%)
34
(54.0%)
Elected  Y
Mona Sahlin     Sweden Social Democrats 2010 1,827,497
(30.7%)
112
(32.1%)
Opposition  N
Jutta Urpilainen     Finland Social Democratic 2011 561,558
(19.1%)
42
(21.0%)
Opposition  N
Mari Kiviniemi   Centre 463,266
(15.8%)
35
(17.5%)
Lost  N
Laimdota Straujuma     Latvia Unity 2014 199,535
(22.0%)
23
(23.0%)
61
(61.0%)
Elected  Y
Katrín Jakobsdóttir     Iceland Left-Green 2016 30,167
(15.9%)
10
(15.9%)
Opposition  N
2017 33,156
(16.9%)
11
(17.5%)
35
(55.6%)
Elected  Y
2021 25,114
(12.6%)
8
(12.7%)
37
(58.7%)
Birgitta Jónsdóttir   Pirate 2016 27,466
(14.5%)
10
(15.9%)
Opposition  N
Theresa May     United Kingdom Conservative 2017 13,697,923
(43.9%)
339
(53.4%)
Elected  Y
Mette Frederiksen     Denmark Social Democrats 2019 914,882
(25.9%)
48
(26.9%)
Elected  Y
2022 971,995
(27.5%)
50
(27.9%)
88
(49.2%)
Kaja Kallas     Estonia Reform 2019 162,332
(28.8%)
34
(33.7%)
Opposition  N
2023 190,659
(31.2%)
37
(36.6%)
60
(59.4%)
Elected  Y
Jo Swinson     United Kingdom LibDem 2019 3,696,419
(11.6%)
11
(1.7%)
Opposition  N
Mary Lou McDonald     Ireland Sinn Féin 2020 535,595
(24.5%)
37
(23.1%)
Opposition  N
Magdalena Andersson     Sweden Social Democrats 2022 1,964,474
(30.3%)
107
(30.7%)
Lost  N
Riikka Purra     Finland Finns 2023 620,981
(20.1%)
46
(23.0%)
108
(54.0%)
Coalition  Y
Sanna Marin   Social Democratic 617,552
(19.9%)
43
(21.5%)
Lost  N

Southern Europe

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Name Image Country Party Election Votes
(Pct.)
Seat(s)
(Pct.)
Govt.
(Pct.)
Outcome
Savka Dabčević-Kučar     Croatia KNS 1990 165,995
(9.9%)
11
(6.9%)
Opposition  N
Aleka Papariga     Greece KKE 1996 380,046
(5.6%)
11
(3.7%)
Opposition  N
2000 379,454
(5.5%)
2004 436,818
(5.9%)
12
(4.0%)
2007 583,750
(8.2%)
22
(7.3%)
2009 517,154
(7.5%)
21
(7.0%)
May 2012 536,105
(8.5%)
26
(8.7%)
Radmila Šekerinska     Macedonia SDSM 2008 233,284
(23.6%)
27
(22.5%)
Opposition  N
Manuela Ferreira Leite     Portugal PSD 2009 1,653,665
(29.1%)
81
(35.2%)
Opposition  N
Iveta Radičová     Slovakia SDKÚ-DS 2010 390,042
(15.4%)
28
(16.7%)
79
(52.7%)
Elected  Y
Jadranka Kosor     Croatia HDZ 2011 563,215
(23.9%)
47
(31.1%)
Lost  N
Fofi Gennimata     Greece PASOK Sep 2015 341,732
(6.3%)
17
(5.7%)
Opposition  N
2019 457,623
(8.1%)
19
(6.3%)
Korneliya Ninova     Bulgaria BSPzB 2017 955,490
(27.2%)
80
(33.3%)
No government
Apr 2021 480,146
(14.8%)
43
(17.9%)
Nov 2021 267,817
(10.1%)
26
(10.8%)
2022 232,958
(9.0%)
25
(10.4%)
2023 225,914
(8.6%)
23
(9.6%)
Opposition  N
Jun 2024 151,560
(6.9%)
19
(7.9%)
TBD
Giorgia Meloni     Italy FdI 2022 7,302,517
(26.0%)
119
(29.8%)
351
(57.9%)
Elected  Y
Marinika Tepić     Serbia UZPS 2022 520,469
(14.1%)
38
(15.2%)
Opposition  N
Yolanda Díaz     Spain Sumar 2023 3,044,996
(12.3%)
31
(8.9%)
147
(35.0%)
Coalition  Y

Western Europe

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Name Image Country Party Election Votes
(Pct.)
Seat(s)
(Pct.)
Govt.
(Pct.)
Outcome
Angela Merkel     Germany CDU/CSU 2005 16,631,049
(35.2%)
226
(36.8%)
448
(73.0%)
Elected  Y
2009 14,658,515
(33.8%)
239
(38.4%)
332
(53.4%)
2013 18,165,446
(41.5%)
311
(49.3%)
504
(79.9%)
2017 15,317,344
(32.9%)
246
(34.7%)
399
(56.3%)
Pamela Rendi-Wagner     Austria SPÖ 2019 1,011,868
(21.2%)
40
(21.9%)
Opposition  N
Sophie Wilmès     Belgium MR 2019 512,825
(7.6%)
14
(9.3%)
38
(25.3%)
Elected  Y
Lilian Marijnissen     Netherlands Socialist 2021 623,371
(6.0%)
9
(6.0%)
Opposition  N
Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius     Netherlands VVD 2023 1,589,519
(15.2%)
24
(16.0%)
88
(58.7%)
Coalition  Y

Oceania (PMs; >5%)

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Name Image Country Party Election Votes
(Pct.)
Seat(s)
(Pct.)
Govt.
(Pct.)
Outcome
Jenny Shipley     New Zealand National 1999 629,932
(30.5%)
39
(32.5%)
Lost  N
Helen Clark   Labour 800,199
(38.7%)
49
(40.8%)
59
(49.2%)
Elected  Y
2002 838,219
(41.3%)
52
(43.3%)
62
(51.7%)
2005 935,319
(41.1%)
50
(41.7%)
61
(50.8%)
2008 796,880
(34.0%)
43
(35.8%)
Lost  N
Julia Gillard     Australia Labor 2010 4,711,363
(38.0%)
72
(48.0%)
Elected  Y
Teimumu Kepa     Fiji SODELPA 2014 139,857
(28.2%)
15
(30.0%)
Opposition  N
Jacinda Ardern     New Zealand Labour 2017 956,184
(36.9%)
46
(38.3%)
63
(52.5%)
Elected  Y
2020 1,443,545
(50.0%)
65
(54.2%)
Tina Browne     Cook Islands Democratic 2018 3,620
(41.9%)
11
(45.8%)
Opposition  N
2022 2,377
(26.9%)
5
(20.8%)
Judith Collins     New Zealand National 2020 738,275
(25.6%)
33
(27.5%)
Opposition  N
Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa     Samoa FAST 2021 32,510
(36.6%)
26
(51.0%)
Elected  Y
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