National electoral calendar 2015

National electoral calendar 2015

Countries with national elections or referendums: ■ – Presidential (or head of state) ■ – Presidential and parliamentary/legislative ■ – Parliamentary/legislative ■ – Referendum and parliamentary/legislative ■ – Referendum ■ – Referendum and presidential ■ – Referendum, presidential and parliamentary/legislative ■ – None

This national electoral calendar for the year 2015 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2015 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.

Schedule

January

• 4 January: Uzbekistan, Parliament (2nd round)^[1]
• 8 January: Sri Lanka, President^[2][3]
• 11 January: Croatia, President (2nd round)^[4]
• 20 January: Zambia, President^[5]
• 25 January:
  • Comoros, Parliament (1st round)^[6]
  • Greece, Parliament^[6]

February

• 7 February: Slovakia, Referendum^[7]
• 16 February: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Parliament^[8]
• 22 February: Comoros, Parliament (2nd round)^[6]
• 28 February: Lesotho, Parliament^[9]

March

• 1 March:
  • Andorra, Parliament^[6]
  • El Salvador, Legislative Assembly^[10]
  • Estonia, Parliament^[11]
  • Tajikistan, Parliament^[12]
• 3 March: Micronesia, Parliament^[13]
• 8 March: Switzerland, Referendum^[14]
• 17 March: Israel, Parliament^[15]
• 28–29 March: Nigeria, President and National Assembly^[16]
• 29 March: Uzbekistan, President^[17]
• 31 March: Tuvalu, Parliament^[18]

April

• 11 April: Malta, Referendum^[19]
• 13–15 April: Sudan, President and National Assembly^[20]
• 19 April:
  • Finland, Parliament^[21]
  • Northern Cyprus, President (1st round)^[22]
• 25 April: Togo, President^[23]
• 26 April:
  • Benin, Parliament^[24]
  • Kazakhstan, President^[25]
  • Northern Cyprus, President (2nd round)^[22]

May

• 3 May: Nagorno-Karabakh, Parliament^[26]
• 7 May: United Kingdom, House of Commons^[27]
• 10 May: Poland, President (1st round)^[28]
• 11 May:
  • Guyana, President and Parliament^[29]
• 22 May: Ireland, Referenda^[30]
• 24 May:
  • Ethiopia, Parliament^[24]
  • Poland, President (2nd round)^[28]
• 25 May: Suriname, Parliament^[31]

June

• 7 June:
  • Luxembourg, Referendum^[32]
  • Mexico, Congress^[33]
  • Turkey, National Assembly^[34]
• 14 June: Switzerland, Referendum^[35]
• 18 June: Denmark, Parliament^[36]
• 29 June: Burundi, Parliament^[37]

July

• 5 July: Greece, Referendum^[38]
• 21 July: Burundi, President^[39]

August

• 9 August: Haiti, Parliament (1st round)^[40]
• 17 August: Sri Lanka, Parliament^[41]

September

• 6 September:
  • Guatemala, President (1st round) and Congress^[42]
  • Poland, Referendum^[43]
• 7 September: Trinidad and Tobago, Parliament^[44]
• 11 September: Singapore, Parliament^[45]
• 20 September: Greece, Parliament^[46]

October

• 3 October: United Arab Emirates, Parliament^[47]
• 4 October:
  • Kyrgyzstan, Parliament^[48]
  • Portugal, Parliament^[49]
• 11 October:
  • Belarus, President^[50]
  • Guinea, President^[51]
• 17–19 October: Egypt, Parliament (1st round)^[52]
• 18 October: Switzerland, Federal Assembly^[6]
• 19 October: Canada, House of Commons^[53]
• 25 October:
  • Argentina, President (1st round) and Legislature^[54]
  • Ivory Coast, President^[55]
  • Guatemala, President (2nd round)^[42]
  • Haiti, President (1st round) and Parliament (2nd round)^[56]
  • Oman, Parliament
  • Poland, Parliament^[57]
  • Republic of the Congo, Constitutional referendum^[58]
  • Tanzania, President and National Assembly^[59]
• 26–28 October: Egypt, Parliament (1st round run-off)^[52]

November

• 1 November:
  • Azerbaijan, Parliament^[60]
  • Turkey, National Assembly^[61]
• 4 November: Belize, Parliament^[62]
• 8 November:
  • Croatia, Parliament^[63]
  • Myanmar, Parliament^[64]
• 16 November: Marshall Islands, Parliament^[65]
• 20 November to 11 December: New Zealand, Flag referendum (1st round run-off)
• 21–23 November: Egypt, Parliament (2nd round)^[52]
• 22 November: Argentina, President (2nd round)^[54]
• 26 November: Gibraltar, Parliament^[66]
• 29 November:
  • Burkina Faso, President and Parliament^[67]
  • Transnistria, Parliament^[68]
• 30 November to 2 December: Egypt, Parliament (2nd round run-off)^[52]

December

• 3 December: Denmark, Referendum
• 3–5 December: Seychelles, President (1st round)^[69]
• 6 December:
  • Armenia, Constitutional referendum^[70]
  • Venezuela, Parliament^[71]
• 9 December: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Parliament^[72]
• 13 December: Central African Republic, Constitutional referendum^[73]
• 16–18 December: Seychelles, President (2nd round)^[69]
• 18 December: Rwanda, Constitutional referendum^[74]
• 20 December:
  • Slovenia, Referendum^[75]
  • Spain, Parliament^[76]
• 30 December:
  • Central African Republic, President (1st round) and Parliament^[77]
  • Kiribati, Parliament (1st round)^[78]

External links

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

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