Electoral calendar 2008

Last updated March 29, 2019

This electoral calendar 2008 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2008 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referendums are included, even though they are not elections. By-elections are not included.

A referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal. This may result in the adoption of a new law. In some countries, it is synonymous with a plebiscite or a vote on a ballot question.

January

5 January: Georgia, President, NATO membership referendum and election date referendum
7 January: Marshall Islands, President (by the parliament)
9 January: Kosovo, President (by the parliament)
12 January: Republic of China (Taiwan), Parliament and referendum
15 January: Barbados, Parliament
17–19 January: Tokelau, Parliament
19 January: Faroe Islands, Parliament
20 January: Cuba, Parliament
20 January: Serbia, President (1st round)
27 January: French Polynesia, Legislative (1st Round)
29 January: Bhutan, National Council

Elections in Marshall Islands gives information on election and election results in Marshall Islands.

Parliamentary elections to the Assembly of Kosovo have been held four times since 1999 with the latest in December 2010. The Assembly was an institution within the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG) established by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) to provide 'provisional, democratic self-government' in advance of a decision on the final status of Kosovo. Kosovo, formerly a province of Serbia, came under UN administration in 1999 and unilaterally declared its independence in February 2008. The Assembly elected in 2007 continued in office after the declaration of independence.

February

3 February: Serbia, President (2nd round)
3 February: Monaco, Parliament
7 February: Belize, Legislative and referendum
8 February: Djibouti, Parliament
8, 9, 15 February: Czech Republic, President (indirect)
10 February: French Polynesia, Legislative (2nd Round)
11 February: Trinidad and Tobago, President (indirect)
17, 18, 19 February: Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Parliament
17, 24 February: Cyprus, President
18 February: Pakistan, Parliament
19 February: Armenia, President
24 February: French Polynesia, President (indirect)
24 February: Cuba, President (indirect)
24 February: Switzerland, Referendum
October 2007 until February 2008: PR China, National People's Congress

Serbia elects a legislature and a president on a national level. The National Assembly of Serbia has 250 members elected for a four-year term. Serbia has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. A party must receive at least 5% of the votes in the entire country to qualify for any seats, except for national minorities' parties, who only have to reach 0.4%.

Elections in Monaco gives information on election and election results in Monaco.

March

2 March: Russia, President
2 March: Thailand, Senate
8 March: Malaysia, Parliament
8 March: Malta, Parliament
9 March: Spain, Parliament
9 March: Hungary, Referendum against government reforms
9/16 March: Mayotte, Legislative
14 March: Iran, Legislative (1st round)
15 March: PR China, President (indirect)
22 March: Republic of China (Taiwan), President and UN membership referendum
24 March: Bhutan, Parliament
29 March: Zimbabwe, President (1st round) and Parliament

On the federal level, Russia elects a president as head of state and a legislature, one of the two chambers of the Federal Assembly. The president is elected for, at most, two consecutive six-year terms by the people. The Federal Assembly has two chambers. The State Duma has 450 members, elected for five-year terms, using a system of proportional representation, where parties gain a percentage of seats equal to the percentage of national votes they gained, with a 7% threshold required to gain any seats in the Duma. The Federation Council is not directly elected; each of the 85 federal subjects of Russia sends 2 delegates to the Federal Council, for a total of 170 members.

Elections in Thailand refers to the democratic process in which some parts of the Government of Thailand is selected. These include the House of Representatives of Thailand, the Senate of Thailand, local Administrations, Governorship of Bangkok and national referendums. Thailand has so far had 25 general elections since 1933; the last election was in 2014. Voting in elections in Thailand is compulsory. All elections in Thailand are regulated by the Election Commission of Thailand.

April

6 April: Montenegro, President
9 April: South Korea, Parliament
10 April: Nepal, Constituent Assembly
13–14 April: Italy, Parliament
20 April: Paraguay, General
23 April: Guernsey, General
23–24 April: Tonga, General
25 April: Iran, Legislative (2nd round)
26 April: Nauru, Parliament
30 April: Tuvalu, Constitutional referendum

Montenegro holds national election for the Parliament and the office of President. Montenegro has a multi-party system with numerous parties. The Parliament has 81 members elected by a system of proportional representation using D'Hondt method for a four-year term. To enter the Parliament, parties have to surpass the electoral threshold of 3%. The President of Montenegro is elected at large, with a second round runoff between the two first placed candidates, if no candidate receives an absolute majority in the first round.

Elections in South Korea are held on national level to select the President and the National Assembly. Local elections are held every four years to elect governors, metropolitan mayors, municipal mayors, and provincial and municipal legislatures.

May

4 May: Equatorial Guinea, Parliament
10, 24 May: Burma/Myanmar, Constitutional referendum
11 May: Serbia, Parliament
16 May: Dominican Republic, President
17 May: Kuwait, Parliament
21 May: Georgia, Legislative
25 May: Lebanon, President (by the parliament)

Elections in Equatorial Guinea gives information on election and election results in Equatorial Guinea.

June

1 June: Switzerland, Referendum
1 June: Macedonia, Assembly
7 June: Niue, Parliament
12 June: Ireland, Treaty of Lisbon referendum
22 June: Slovenia, Regionalisation referendum
27 June: Zimbabwe, President (2nd round)
29 June: Mongolia, Legislative

July

8 July: Grenada, Parliament
19 July: Nepal, President (1st round) (by the parliament)
21 July: Nepal, President (2nd round) (by the parliament)
27 July: Cambodia, Parliament

August

2 August: Latvia, Constitutional referendum
5 August: Republic of the Congo, Senate (indirect)
10 August: Bolivia, Recall referendum
23 August: Latvia, Pensions law referendum

September

2 September: Vanuatu, Parliament
5–6 September: Angola, Legislature
6 September: Pakistan, President (indirect)
7 September: Hong Kong, Legislature
15–18 September: Rwanda, Parliament
19 September: Swaziland, Parliament
19 September: Mauritius, President (indirect)
21 September: Slovenia, Parliament
21 September: France, Senate (third of the seats) (indirect)
25 September: South Africa, President (by the parliament)
28 September: Ecuador, Constitutional referendum
28 September: Austria, Parliament
28 September: Belarus, Parliament

October

8 October: Maldives, President (1st Round)
12 October: Lithuania, Parliament (1st Round) and nuclear power referendum
14 October: Canada, Parliament
15 October: Azerbaijan, President
15 October: Jersey, General (1st Round) and Central European Time referendum
17/18 October and 24/25 October: Czech Republic, Senate (one third)
26 October: Lithuania, Parliament (2nd Round)
29 October: Maldives, President (2nd Round)
30 October: Zambia, President

November

4 November: United States: President, House of Representatives, Senate (one third: "Class II" Senators), Governor (11)
- 4 November: American Samoa, Governor (1st Round), Legislative
- 4 November: Guam, Legislative
- 4 November: Puerto Rico, Governor, Legislative
- 4 November: United States Virgin Islands, Legislative
4 November: Palau, President, Senate and House of Delegates
8 November: New Zealand, General
9 November: San Marino, Parliament
16 November: Guinea-Bissau, Parliament
18 November: American Samoa, Governor (2nd Round)
25 November: Greenland, Self-government referendum
26 November: Jersey, General (2nd Round)
30 November: Romania, Legislative
30 November: Switzerland, Referendum

December

7 December: Ghana, President (1st Round) and Parliament
10 December: Switzerland, Federal Council (indirect)
14 December: Turkmenistan, Parliament (1st Round)
28 December: Ghana, President (2nd Round)
28 December: Turkmenistan, Parliament (2nd Round)
29 December: Bangladesh, General

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