This month sees voting across the Middle East, Europe and in the Caribbean. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad battles to remain relevant as Iran holds the next round of its parliamentary election, Syria plans a vote many inside and outside the country have labelled a sham while Algeria welcomes the fruits of the Arab Spring with its first general election since 1991. In Europe, French President Nicholas Sarkozy looks likely to become the latest leader brought down by the recession and subsequent austerity measures, Greece holds what Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos describes as its “most critical” contest since it returned to democracy in 1974, and Serbia holds a triple election. And across the Atlantic, Dominicans in America could prove pivotal in deciding the island’s presidential poll.
Ballot Box Watch: Your Guide to May Elections
Global Spin previews the pick of this month's exercises in democracy