Left-wing parties are more unpopular now than at any time since the end of the Cold War, The Telegraph has assessed.

The analysis comes after a year of election triumphs for conservatives around the world, crowned by Donald Trump’s election as US president.

Right-wing groups emerged as the worldwide winners after more than 1.5 billion people voted in more than 70 countries in 2024, the most on record in a single year.

Leftist parties suffered a record low average vote share of just 45.4 per cent in each democracy’s latest election, according to Telegraph analysis of elections in 73 democracies.

In Western Europe and the US, Left-wing parties secured just 42.3 per cent of the vote while the Right won 55.7 per cent, which represents the widest gap in vote share since 1990.