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Election Risk Outlooks
Seerist's election risk assessment reporting: security and risk outlooks for major elections, covering political instability, civil unrest, and business impact before and during the vote.
What to expect before, during, and after the vote
From national elections to contested transitions, our outlooks assess the instability, unrest, and operational risk around the vote. Read the latest election outlook
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About this series
Released around major electoral events, our election outlooks help security and operations teams anticipate political instability, civil unrest, and the business impact of contested or high-stakes votes. 2026 is an especially active election year across multiple regions.
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Recent editions
The most recent election outlooks, examples of how we assess electoral risk ahead of the vote.
Colombia 2026
Colombia 2026 Presidential Elections
A forward-looking assessment of Colombia's political and security risk ahead of the 2026 presidential elections.
Read the outlook →APAC 2026
Early 2026 Elections Outlook in APAC
An in-depth risk and security outlook on the 2026 elections in Thailand, Bangladesh, and Nepal, covering instability, unrest, and business impact.
Read the outlook →Myanmar 2025
2025 Myanmar General Elections
Myanmar's 2025 to 2026 elections, viewed as engineered to legitimize military rule, with conflict and repression driving heightened security and operational risk.
Read the outlook →Behind the reporting
How Seerist helps with election risk assessment
Elections compress political, security, and operational risk into a short, high-stakes window. Tensions build for weeks, peak on and around polling day, and can spill into contested aftermaths. A useful election risk assessment has to do more than predict a winner; it has to map where instability and unrest are likely, when, and what that means for people and operations on the ground.
Seerist's election outlooks are built on verified events and expert analysis, assessing the risk picture before the vote and tracking it live with Alerts and the Monitor dashboard as the situation develops. With AskAnna, your team can build the same picture for any market on your footprint, so an election where you have people or assets is something you have prepared for. It is core to how physical security, intelligence, and executive protection teams plan around the vote.
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Pre-vote risk assessment
We map the instability, unrest, and disruption risk in the weeks before a vote, so security and operations teams can prepare contingency plans rather than scramble.
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Live monitoring through the vote
Verified events and alerting track the situation through polling day and into any contested aftermath, the window when risk is highest.
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Business impact focus
Outlooks connect political risk to operational impact: what an election means for your people, your sites, and business continuity, not just the politics.
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Any market, on demand
Using AskAnna and verified events, your team can build an election risk outlook for any country where you operate, on demand.
What does an election risk assessment cover?
A risk and security assessment of a specific election, covering the likelihood and location of political instability and civil unrest, and the impact on people, assets, and business continuity before, during, and after the vote.
When should I review election risk for a market?
As early as your planning allows. Risk often builds for weeks before polling day and can continue through a contested aftermath, so an outlook is most useful well ahead of the vote, with live monitoring through it.
Can Seerist cover elections in any country?
Yes. Beyond our published outlooks, your team can use the platform to build an election risk picture for any country where you have people, assets, or operations.
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