2025 elections and outcomes: Asia-Pacific

See the elections taking place in Asia-Pacific this year. This post will be updated with outcomes as the elections are completed.

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India

DATE OF ELECTION February 5.

TYPE OF ELECTION Delhi Legislative Assembly elections. India’s political heart, the National Capital Territory of Delhi, is a city and union territory of India. It contains New Delhi, a municipality and the national capital of India. Delhi is a first-level administrative division and has its own unicameral legislature. This Delhi Legislative Assembly consists of 70 members serving five-year terms.

OUTCOME Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 48 seats and returns to power in Delhi after 27 years. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won 22 seats — down from the 63 seats it won in the 2020 election. The AAP was in power for the previous ten years and several prominent leaders and cabinet ministers lost their seats.

As BAL reported, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared victory in India’s 2024 general elections but lost its parliamentary majority and has had to govern with the support of regional allies. In recent months, the BJP has won state elections — now including Delhi — that will strengthen their political control. Despite BJP’s political rise under Modi since 2014, the center of political power in India had remained out of the reach until now.

Australia  

DATE OF ELECTION May 3.

TYPE OF ELECTION Parliamentary election.

OUTCOME Up for election were all 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 of the 76 seats in the Senate. The Labor party under Anthony Albanese maintained power for a second term, securing 93 seats in the House over the Liberal-National Coalition’s 43 seats. While a few of the Senate seats are still in question, the results are likely that the Labor Party won 16 seats and now has a total 28 seats, the Liberal-National Coalition won 12 seats for 26 total and the Greens won six seats for 11 total.

The Philippines

DATE OF ELECTION May 12.

TYPE OF ELECTION General election to elect local officials, district representatives to the lower house and 12 senators.

OUTCOME Six of the 12 Senate seats up for grabs were won by candidates backed by current President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., five were won by Vice President Sara Duerte’s supporters and the final seat was won by a candidate affiliated with both political families.

South Korea

DATE OF ELECTION June 3.

TYPE OF ELECTION Presidential election. This was a snap election six months after former President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached and removed from office after his controversial declaration of martial law.

OUTCOME South Korea’s liberal party candidate, Lee Jae-myung, won the race over his conservative rival, Kim Moon-soo of the People Power Party.

Japan

DATE OF ELECTION July 27.

TYPE OF ELECTION General election to elect half of the 248 members of the House of Councilors, the upper house of the National Diet, for a term of six years.

OUTCOME The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)-Komeito governing coalition, which is led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, lost 19 seats and fell just shy of an upper house majority. This may pose a challenge for the opposition in forming a majority coalition in the house.

Singapore

DATE OF ELECTION By November 23.

TYPE OF ELECTION General election to elect the members of the 15th Singaporean Parliament. This is the 14th election since the country’s independence and the first election since Lee Hsien Loong resigned in November 2024 after 20 years as Prime Minister.

OUTCOME General elections took place May 3, 2025. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s People’s Action Party retained its two-thirds supermajority in parliament and improved its popular vote share, providing public confidence in Wong.