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.

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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^[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^[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^[95]
• 20 July: Burundi, Senate
• 12 August: Kazakhstan, Senate
• 27 September: France, Senate
• 1 October: San Marino, Captains Regent
• 25 November: Namibia, National Council
• 11 December: Madagascar, Senate^[96]

See also

• 2020 in politics and government

External links

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

References