2023 national electoral calendar

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2023 national electoral calendar

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This national electoral calendar for 2023 lists the national/federal elections held in 2023 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.

January

• 8 January: Benin, Parliament ^[1]
• 13–14 January: Czech Republic, President (1st round) ^[2]
• 18 January: Antigua and Barbuda, House of Representatives ^[3]
• 21 January: Slovakia, Constitutional Referendum ^[4]
• 26 January: Tokelau, Parliament ^[5]
• 27–28 January: Czech Republic, President (2nd round) ^[6]
• 29 January:
  • Liechtenstein, Constitutional Referendum ^[7]
  • Tunisia, Parliament (2nd round) ^[8]

February

• 5 February:
  • Cyprus, President (1st round) ^[9]
  • Ecuador, Constitutional Referendum ^[10]
  • Monaco, Parliament ^[11]
• 12 February: Cyprus, President (2nd round) ^[12]
• 24 February: Djibouti, Parliament ^[13]
• 25 February: Nigeria, President, Senate and House of Representatives ^[14]

March

• 5 March: Estonia, Parliament ^[15]
• 7 March: Micronesia, Parliament ^[16]
• 19 March:
  • Kazakhstan, Assembly ^[17]
  • Montenegro, President (1st round) ^[18]
• 26 March:
  • Cuba, Parliament ^[19]
  • Turkmenistan, Parliament ^[20]

April

• 2 April:
  • Andorra, Parliament ^[21]
  • Bulgaria, Parliament ^[22]
  • Finland, Parliament ^[23]
  • Montenegro, President (2nd round) ^[24]
• 16 April: French Polynesia, Parliament (1st round) ^[25]
• 20 April: Bhutan, National Council ^[26]
• 24 April: British Virgin Islands, Parliament ^[27]
• 29 April: Niue, Parliament ^[28]
• 30 April:
  • French Polynesia, Parliament (2nd round) ^[25]
  • Paraguay, President, Senate and Chamber of Deputies ^[29]
  • Uzbekistan, Constitutional Referendum ^[30]

May

• 7 May: Chile, Constitutional Council ^[31]
• 13 May: Mauritania, Parliament (1st round) ^[32]
• 14 May:
  • Thailand, House of Representatives ^[33]
  • Turkey, President (1st round) and Parliament ^[34]
• 21 May:
  • East Timor, Parliament ^[35]
  • Greece, Parliament ^[36]
• 27 May: Mauritania, Parliament (2nd round) ^[37]
• 28 May: Turkey, President (2nd round)

June

• 4 June: Guinea-Bissau, Parliament ^[38]
• 6 June: Kuwait, Parliament ^[39]
• 11 June: Montenegro, Parliament ^[40]
• 18 June:
  • Mali, Constitutional Referendum ^[41]
  • Switzerland, Referendums ^[42]
• 24 June: Sierra Leone, President and Parliament ^[43]
• 25 June:
  • Greece, Parliament ^[44]
  • Guatemala, President (1st round) and Parliament ^[45]

July

• 4 July: Federated States of Micronesia, Constitutional Referendum ^[46]
• 9 July: Uzbekistan, President ^[47]
• 23 July:
  • Cambodia, National Assembly ^[48]
  • Spain, Senate and Congress of Deputies ^[49]
• 30 July: Central African Republic, Constitutional Referendum ^[50]

August

• 20 August:
  • Ecuador, President (1st round), Parliament and Referendum ^{[51] [52]}
  • Guatemala, President (2nd round) ^[53]
• 23 August: Zimbabwe, President, Senate and National Assembly ^[54]
• 26 August: Gabon, President and Parliament ^[55]

September

• 1 September: Singapore, President ^[56]
• 9 September: Maldives, President (1st round) ^[57]
• 29 September: Eswatini, House of Assembly ^[58]
• 30 September:
  • Maldives, President (2nd round) ^[59]
  • Slovakia, Parliament ^[60]

October

• 7 October: United Arab Emirates, Parliament ^[61]
• 8 October: Luxembourg, Parliament ^[62]
• 10 October: Liberia, President (1st round), Senate and House of Representatives ^[63]
• 12 October: Gibraltar , Parliament ^[64]
• 14 October:
  • Australia, Constitutional Referendum ^[65]
  • New Zealand, Parliament ^[66]
• 15 October:
  • Ecuador, President (2nd round) ^[67]
  • Poland, Senate, Sejm and Referendum ^{[68] [69]}
• 22 October:
  • Argentina, President (1st round), Senate and Chamber of Deputies ^[70]
  • Switzerland, Council of States and National Council ^{[71] [lower-alpha 1]}
• 29 October: Oman, Parliament ^[72]

November

• 14 November: Liberia, President (2nd round) ^[73]
• 16 November: Madagascar, President ^[74]
• 19 November: Argentina, President (2nd round) ^[75]
• 20 November: Marshall Islands, Parliament and Constitutional Referendum ^[76]
• 22 November: Netherlands, House of Representatives ^[77]
• 30 November: Bhutan, National Assembly (1st round) ^[78]

December

• 3 December: Venezuela, Referendum ^[79]
• 10–12 December: Egypt, President ^[80]
• 17 December:
  • Chad, Constitutional Referendum ^[81]
  • Chile, Constitutional Referendum ^[82]
  • Serbia, Parliament ^[83]
• 20 December: Democratic Republic of Congo, President and National Assembly ^{[84] [85]}

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:

• Since 29 September, 2022: Lebanon, President ^{[86] [87]}
• 14 January: Kazakhstan, Senate ^[88]
• 20 January:
  • Sahrawi Republic, President ^[89]
  • Trinidad and Tobago, President ^[90]
• 13 February: Bangladesh, President ^[91]
• 2 March: Vietnam, President ^[92]
• 9 March: Nepal, President ^[93]
• 10 March: China, President ^[94]
• 12 March: Cameroon, Senate ^[95]
• 19 April: Cuba, President ^[96]
• 11 May: Micronesia, President ^[97]
• 30 May: Netherlands, Senate ^[98]
• 31 May: Latvia, President ^[99]
• 20 August: Republic of the Congo, Senate ^[100]
• 9 September: Artsakh, President ^[101]
• 16 September: Ivory Coast, Senate ^[102]
• 24 September: France, Senate ^[103]
• 27 September: Dominica, President ^[104]
• 30 October: Nauru, President ^[105]
• 13 December: Switzerland, Federal Council ^[106]

See also

• 2023 local electoral calendar

Notes

1. Date for the National Council election and first round of the Council of States election; dates for the runoffs to the Council of States vary between the cantons.

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