We have seen how in the UK there is a new Prime Minister and House of Commons the day after a (snap) general election, not two months like it is in the US, from Election day in November to Inauguration day in January. It may have been necessary in the US back in 1789 when travel was by horse, but this was true for the English parliament back then also. But the British (and other European countries) have adapted to modernity and get a new government quite quickly, but in the US we get two months of lame duck government.
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Occasionally races such as legislative positions can result in no candidate winning a majority of the vote. If this happens, a runoff election can become necessary, and given the time it takes to coordinate a runoff, those runoffs will usually be held around the first week of December, just about a month before the winners would take office.
Given how close runoff races sometimes get, the amount of time spent counting votes and waiting for all valid ballots to arrive can delay certification of a runoff by a week or more.
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