2020 national electoral calendar

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2020 national electoral calendar

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This national electoral calendar for 2020 lists the national/federal elections held in 2020 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.

January

• 5 January:
  • Croatia, President (2nd round)
  • Uzbekistan, Legislative Chamber (2nd round)
• 9 January: Sint Maarten, Legislature ^[1]
• 11 January: Taiwan, President and Parliament
• 19 January: Comoros, Parliament (1st round) ^[2]
• 23 January: Tokelau, Legislature
• 26 January: Peru, Parliament

February

• 8 February: Ireland, Parliament
• 9 February:
  • Azerbaijan, Parliament ^[3]
  • Cameroon, National Assembly ^[4]
  • Switzerland, Referendums ^[5]
• 21 February: Iran, Parliament (1st round) ^[6]
• 22 February: Togo, President ^[7]
• 23 February: Comoros, Parliament (2nd round) ^[2]
• 29 February: Slovakia, Parliament

March

• 1 March: Tajikistan, Assembly of Representatives ^[8]
• 2 March:
  • Guyana, President and Parliament ^[9]
  • Israel, Parliament ^[10]
• 19 March: Vanuatu, Parliament ^[11]
• 22 March:
  • Abkhazia, President ^[12]
  • Guinea, Parliament ^[13] and Constitutional Referendum ^[13]
• 29 March: Mali, Parliament (1st round)
• 31 March: Artsakh, President (1st round) and Parliament ^[14]

April

• 14 April:
  • Artsakh, President (2nd round) ^[15]
  • Kiribati, Parliament (1st round) ^[16]
• 15 April: South Korea, Parliament ^[17]
• 19 April: Mali, Parliament (2nd round)
• 21 April: Kiribati, Parliament (2nd round) ^[16]

May

• 1 May: Palau, Constitutional Referendum ^[18]
• 20 May: Burundi, President and National Assembly ^[19]
• 25 May: Suriname, Parliament ^[20]
• 30 May: Niue, Legislature ^[21]

June

• 5 June: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Parliament ^[22]
• 21 June: Serbia, Parliament ^[23]
• 22 June: Kiribati, President ^[24]
• 23 June: Malawi, President ^[25]
• 24 June: Mongolia, Parliament ^[26]
• 25 June – 1 July: Russia, Constitutional Referendum ^[27]
• 27 June: Iceland, President ^[28]
• 28 June: Poland, President (1st round) ^[29]
• 29 June: Anguilla, Legislature ^[30]

July

• 5 July:
  • Croatia, Parliament ^[31]
  • Dominican Republic, President, Chamber of Deputies and Senate ^[32]
• 10 July: Singapore, Parliament ^[33]
• 12 July: Poland, President (2nd round) ^[34]
• 15 July: North Macedonia, Parliament ^[35]
• 19 July: Syria, Parliament ^[36]

August

• 5 August: Sri Lanka, Parliament ^[37]
• 9 August: Belarus, President ^[38]
• 10 August: Trinidad and Tobago, House of Representatives ^[39]
• 11–12 August: Egypt, Senate (1st round) ^[40]
• 30 August:
  • Liechtenstein, Referendums ^[41]
  • Montenegro, Parliament ^[42]

September

• 3 September: Jamaica, House of Representatives ^[43]
• 8–9 September: Egypt, Senate (2nd round) ^[44]
• 11 September: Iran, Parliament (2nd round) ^[45]
• 20–21 September: Italy, Constitutional Referendum ^[46]
• 24 September: Falkland Islands, Referendum ^[47]
• 27 September: Switzerland, Referendums

October

• 1 October: Bermuda, House of Assembly
• 2–3 October: Czech Republic, Senate (1st round)
• 4 October:
  • Kyrgyzstan, Parliament (election nullified) ^[48]
  • New Caledonia, Independence Referendum
• 7 October: Guernsey, Legislature
• 9–10 October: Czech Republic, Senate (2nd round)
• 11 October:
  • Lithuania, Parliament (1st round)
  • Northern Cyprus, President (1st round) and Constitutional Referendum
  • Tajikistan, President ^[49]
• 17 October: New Zealand, Parliament and Referendums on cannabis and euthanasia
• 18 October:
  • Bolivia, President, Chamber of Deputies and Senate ^[50]
  • Guinea, President ^[51]
  • Northern Cyprus, President (2nd round) ^[52]
• 22–24 October: Seychelles, President and Parliament ^{[53] [54]}
• 24–25 October: Egypt, House of Representatives (1st round, 1st phase)
• 25 October:
  • Chile, Referendum ^[55]
  • Lithuania, Parliament (2nd round)
• 28 October: Tanzania, President and Parliament ^[56]
• 31 October:
  • Georgia, Parliament (1st round) ^[57]
  • Ivory Coast, President ^[58]

November

• 1 November:
  • Algeria, Constitutional Referendum ^[59]
  • Moldova, President (1st round) ^[60]
• 3 November:
  • Palau, President, House of Delegates and Senate ^[61]
  • United States, President, House of Representatives and Senate
    • American Samoa, Governor and House of Representatives ^[62]
    • Guam, Auditor, Consolidated Commission on Utilities, Education Board, Legislature, and Supreme Court and Superior Court retention elections ^{[63] [64]}
    • Northern Mariana Islands, House of Representatives, Senate, and Supreme Court retention elections ^[65]
    • Puerto Rico, Governor, House of Representatives, Senate and Referendum
    • U.S. Virgin Islands, Board of Education, Board of Elections, Legislature ^{[66] [67]} and Referendum
• 5 November: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Parliament ^[68]
• 7–8 November: Egypt, House of Representatives (1st round, 2nd phase)
• 8 November: Myanmar, House of Representatives and House of Nationalities ^[69]
• 10 November: Jordan, House of Representatives ^[70]
• 11 November: Belize, House of Representatives ^[71]
• 15 November: Moldova, President (2nd round) ^[72]
• 21 November: Georgia, Parliament (2nd round) ^[73]
• 22 November: Burkina Faso, President and Parliament ^[74]
• 23–24 November: Egypt, House of Representatives (2nd round, 1st phase)
• 29 November:
  • Switzerland, Referendums
  • Transnistria, Parliament

December

• 5 December: Kuwait, Parliament ^[75]
• 6 December:
  • Romania, Chamber of Deputies and Senate
  • Venezuela, National Assembly ^[76]
• 7 December: Ghana, President and Parliament ^[77]
• 7–8 December: Egypt, House of Representatives (2nd round, 2nd phase)
• 8 December: Liberia, Senate and Constitutional Referendum ^[78]
• 27 December:
  • Central African Republic, President and Parliament (1st round) ^{[79] [80]}
  • Niger, President (1st round) and Parliament ^[81]

Indirect elections

The following indirect elections of heads of state and the upper houses of bicameral legislatures took place through votes in elected lower houses, unicameral legislatures, or electoral colleges:

• 6 January: Marshall Islands, President  [ fr ] ^[82]
• 16–17 January: Uzbekistan, Senate ^[83]
• 22 January: Greece, President
• 23 January: Nepal, National Assembly
• 17 February and 24 November: Austria, Federal Council ^{[84] [85]}
• 12 March: Isle of Man, Legislative Council ^[86]
• 26 March, 19 June and 2 November: India, Council of States
• 27 March: Tajikistan, National Assembly  [ fr ] ^[87]
• 30–31 March: Ireland, Senate
• 1 April: San Marino, Captains Regent
• 11 May, 10 and 25 August, 13 September, 10 November and 10 December: Malaysia, Senate ^{[88] [89] [90] [91] [92] [93] [94]}
• 13 July: Suriname, President  [ fr ] ^[95]
• 20 July: Burundi, Senate  [ fr ]
• 12 August: Kazakhstan, Senate
• 27 September: France, Senate
• 1 October: San Marino, Captains Regent
• 25 November: Namibia, National Council
• 11 December: Madagascar, Senate  [ fr ] ^[96]

See also

• 2020 in politics and government

External links

• IFES Election Guide – Elections
• National Democratic Institute – Electoral Calendar

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