2022 national electoral calendar

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2022 national electoral calendar

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This national electoral calendar for 2022 lists the national/federal elections held in 2022 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.

January

• 16 January: Serbia, Constitutional Referendum ^[1]
• 19 January: Barbados, House of Assembly ^[2]
• 23 January: Northern Cyprus, Parliament ^[3]
• 30 January: Portugal, Parliament ^[4]

February

• 6 February: Costa Rica, President (1st round) and Parliament ^[5]
• 13 February: Switzerland, Referendums ^[6]
• 27 February: Belarus, Constitutional Referendum ^[7]

March

• 9 March: South Korea, President ^[8]
• 12 March:
  • Abkhazia, Parliament (1st round) ^[9]
  • Turkmenistan, President ^[10]
• 13 March: Colombia, House of Representatives and Senate ^[11]
• 19 March: East Timor, President (1st round) ^[12]
• 26 March:
  • Abkhazia, Parliament (2nd round) ^[13]
  • Malta, Parliament ^[14]
• 27 March: Uruguay, Referendum ^[15]

April

• 3 April:
  • Costa Rica, President (2nd round) ^[16]
  • Hungary, Parliament and Referendum ^[17]
  • Serbia, President and Parliament ^[18]
• 9 April: The Gambia, Parliament ^[19]
• 10 April:
  • France, President (1st round) ^[20]
  • Mexico, Referendum ^[21]
  • South Ossetia, President (1st round) ^[22]
• 19 April: East Timor, President (2nd round) ^[23]
• 24 April:
  • France, President (2nd round) ^[20]
  • Slovenia, Parliament ^[24]

May

• 8 May: South Ossetia, President (2nd round) ^[25]
• 9 May: Philippines, President, House of Representatives and Senate ^[26]
• 15 May:
  • Lebanon, Parliament ^[27]
  • Switzerland, Referendums ^[28]
• 21 May: Australia, House of Representatives and Senate ^[29]
• 29 May: Colombia, President (1st round) ^[30]

June

• 1 June: Denmark, Referendum ^[31]
• 5 June: Kazakhstan, Constitutional Referendum ^[32]
• 12 June:
  • France, National Assembly (1st round) ^[33]
  • Italy, Referendums ^[34]
• 19 June:
  • Colombia, President (2nd round) ^[35]
  • France, National Assembly (2nd round) ^[36]
• 22 June: Jersey, Parliament ^[37]
• 23 June: Grenada, House of Representatives ^[38]
• 26 June: Liechtenstein, Referendum ^{[39] [ citation needed ]}

July

• 4–22 July: Papua New Guinea, Parliament ^{[40] [41]}
• 10 July:
  • Republic of the Congo, Parliament (1st round) ^{[42] [43]}
  • Japan, House of Councillors ^[44]
• 25 July: Tunisia, Constitutional Referendum ^[45]
• 31 July:
  • Republic of the Congo, Parliament (2nd round) ^[46]
  • Senegal, Parliament ^[47]

August

• 1 August: Cook Islands, Parliament ^[48] and Referendum ^[49]
• 5 August: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Parliament ^[50]
• 6 August: India, Vice President
• 9 August: Kenya, President, National Assembly and Senate ^[51]
• 24 August: Angola, President and Parliament ^[52]

September

• 4 September: Chile, Constitutional Referendum ^[53]
• 11 September: Sweden, Parliament ^[54]
• 18 September: Liechtenstein, Referendum ^[55]
• 23–24 September: Czech Republic, Senate ^[56]
• 23–27 September:
  • Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic, Russian annexation referendums ^{[57] [58] [59]}
  • Russian Armed Forces-occupied Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts, Russian annexation referendums ^{[60] [61]}
• 24 September: Nauru, Parliament ^{[62] [63]}
• 25 September:
  • Cuba, Referendum ^[64]
  • Italy, Chamber of Deputies and Senate ^[65]
  • São Tomé and Príncipe, Parliament ^[66]
  • Switzerland, Referendums ^[28]
• 29 September: Kuwait, Parliament ^[67]

October

• 1 October: Latvia, Parliament ^[68]
• 2 October:
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina, Presidency and House of Representatives ^[69]
  • Brazil, President (1st round), Chamber of Deputies and Senate ^[70]
  • Bulgaria, Parliament ^[71]
• 7 October: Lesotho, National Assembly ^[72]
• 9 October: Austria, President ^[73]
• 13 October: Vanuatu, Parliament ^{[74] [75] [76]}
• 23 October: Slovenia, President (1st round) ^[77]
• 30 October: Brazil, President (2nd round) ^[78]

November

• 1 November:
  • Denmark, Parliament ^[79]
  • Israel, Parliament ^[80]
• 8 November: United States, House of Representatives and Senate ^[81]
• 12 November: Bahrain, Parliament ^[82]
• 13 November: Slovenia, President (2nd round)
• 19 November: Malaysia, House of Representatives
• 20 November:
  • Equatorial Guinea, President, Chamber of Deputies and Senate ^[83]
  • Kazakhstan, President ^{[84] [85]}
  • Nepal, House of Representatives ^[86]
• 26 November: Taiwan, Constitutional Referendum ^[87]
• 27 November: Slovenia, Referendum ^[88]

December

• 6 December: Dominica, Parliament
• 8 December: Faroe Islands, Legislature ^[89]
• 14 December: Fiji, Parliament ^[90]
• 17 December: Tunisia, Parliament (first round) ^[45]

Indirect elections

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

• 1 November 2021 –13 April 2022: Somalia, House of the People ^[91]
• 24–29 January: Italy, President ^[92]
• 26 January: Nepal, National Assembly
• 5 February: Algeria, Council of the Nation ^[93]
• 13 February: Germany, President ^[94]
• 3 March: Armenia, President ^[95]
• 10 March: Hungary, President ^[96]
• 8 May: Hong Kong, Chief Executive ^[97]
• 15 May: Somalia, President ^[98]
• 16 May – 4 June: Albania, President ^[99]
• 18 July: India, President ^[100]
• 20 July: Sri Lanka, President ^[101]
• 21–23 July: Vanuatu, President ^{[102] [103]}
• 23 August: Samoa, Head of State ^{[104] [105]}
• 28 September: Nauru, President ^[106]
• Since 29 September: Lebanon, President ^{[107] [108]}
• 2 October: Bosnia and Herzegovina, House of Peoples ^[109]
• 13 October: Iraq, President ^[110]
• 7 December: Switzerland, Federal Council ^[111]

See also

• List of elections in 2022
• List of state leaders in 2022
• List of national power transfers in 2022

External links

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

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