Best Opposition
Yair Lapid is an Israeli politician who founded the centrist Yesh Atid party in 2012 and served as prime minister during the second half of 2022.
Canadian NDP leader since 2017 and the first person from a visible minority background to lead a major federal political party in Canada.
Indian politician and Congress party leader, son of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who has served as a leading opposition figure against the BJP.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon is a French politician who founded the left-wing party La France Insoumise in 2016 and has been a prominent candidate in recent French presidential elections.
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu led Turkey's Republican People's Party from 2010 to 2023 and was the opposition alliance's presidential candidate in the 2023 election.
Juan Guaidó is a Venezuelan opposition politician who became National Assembly president in 2019 and was recognized by several countries as interim president.
Marine Le Pen is a French politician who has led the National Rally party since 2011 and ran for the French presidency three times, reaching the runoff in 2017 and 2022.
Keir Starmer is a British politician who became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2024, leading the Labour Party to a landslide victory after 14 years in opposition.
Spanish far-right politician who co-founded and leads the Vox party, which entered the national parliament for the first time in 2019.
Julius Malema is a South African politician who founded the Economic Freedom Fighters in 2013 after previously leading the African National Congress Youth League.
