2005 electoral calendar

Last updated August 06, 2025

This electoral calendar 2005 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2005 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referendums are included, although they are not elections. By-elections are not included.

January

2 January: Croatia, President (1st round)
9 January: Palestine, National Authority, President
12 January: Abkhazia, Rerun of the presidential election
16 January: Croatia, President (2nd round)
22 January: Maldives, Parliament
25 January: Tokelau, Island council
30 January: Iraq, Parliament

February

6 February: Thailand, Parliament
8 February: Denmark, Parliament
20 February: Portugal, Parliament
20 February: Northern Cyprus, Parliament
20 February: Spain, referendum on the European Constitution
21 February: Anguilla, Parliament
27 February: Tajikistan, Parliament (1st round)
27 February: Kyrgyzstan, Parliament (1st round)
28 February: Burundi, referendum on the new constitution

March

6 March: Moldova, Parliament
8 March: Micronesia, Parliament
11 and 13 March: Liechtenstein, Parliament
13 March: Central African Republic, President (1st round)
13 March: Kyrgyzstan, Parliament (2nd round)
17 March: Tonga, Parliament
24 March: Tajikistan, Parliament (2nd round)
31 March: Zimbabwe, Parliament

April

8 April: Djibouti, President
17 April: Northern Cyprus, President
24 April: Andorra, Parliament
24 April: Togo, President
30 April: Niue, Parliament

May

5 May–23 June: United Kingdom, [[20

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5 May: Dominica, Parliament
8 May: Central African Republic, President (2nd round)
11 May: Cayman Islands, Parliament
14 May: Republic of China, National Assembly
15 May: Ethiopia, Parliament
22 May: Mongolia, President
25 May: Egypt, Constitutional referendum
25 May: Suriname, Parliament
29 May: France, referendum on the European Constitution
29 May: Lebanon, Parliament

June

1 June: Netherlands, referendum on the European Constitution
5 June: Switzerland, referendum on Schengen and Dublin treaties, as well as on civil unions for homosexuals
6 June: Chad, referendum on presidential terms
17 June: Iran, President
19 June: Guinea-Bissau, President
5/12/19 June: Lebanon, Parliament
19 June: Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Parliament
24 June: Iran, President (2nd round)
25 June: Bulgaria, Parliament

July

3 July: Albania, Parliament
3 July: Mauritius, Parliament
4 July: Burundi, Parliament
10 July: Kyrgyzstan, President
10 July: Luxembourg, referendum on the European Constitution

August

19 August: Burundi, President
27 August: Singapore, President
30 August: Saint Helena, Parliament

September

7 September: Egypt, President
11 September: Japan, House of Representatives
12 September: Norway, Parliament
17 September: New Zealand, Parliament
18 September: Afghanistan, Parliament
18 September: Germany, Federal Parliament
23 September: Aruba, Parliament
25 September: Poland, Sejm and Senate
25 September: Macau, Parliament
29 September: Somaliland, Parliament

October

9 October: Poland, President (1st round)
11 October: Liberia, President, Senate, and House of Representatives
15 October: Iraq, constitutional referendum
19 October: Jersey, Senators
23 October: Argentina, Congress and senate
23 October: Poland, President (2nd round)
23 October: Brazil, referendum on the prohibition of personal firearms

November

6 November: Azerbaijan, Parliament
8 November: Northern Mariana Islands, Governor, House and Senate
13 November: Burkina Faso, President
15 November: Greenland, Parliament
17 November: Falkland Islands, Legislative Council
17 November: Sri Lanka, President
19/20 November: Egypt, Parliament
1 December: Egypt, Parliament

21 November: Kenya, Referendum on the new Constitution
23 November: Jersey, Deputies
26 November: Zimbabwe, Senate
27 November: Armenia, Referendum on Constitution
27 November: Honduras, President and Congress
27 November: Gabon, President

December

4 December: Venezuela, Parliament
4 December: Kazakhstan, President
7 December: St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Parliament
11 December: Chile, President (1st Round), Parliament
11 December: Transnistria, Parliament
14 December: Tanzania, President and Parliament
15 December: Iraq, Parliament
18 December: Bolivia, President, Parliament
18 December: Democratic Republic of Congo, Referendum on the new Constitution
24 December: Pitcairn, Island council and island magistrate

References

IFES Election Guide

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