2019 national electoral calendar

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This national electoral calendar for 2019 lists the national/federal direct elections that were held in 2019 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.

February[]

  • 3 February: El Salvador, President[1]
  • 10 February: Switzerland, Referendum
  • 23 February: Nigeria, President, House of Representatives and Senate[2]
  • 24 February:
  • 25 February: British Virgin Islands, Legislature

March[]

  • 3 March: Estonia, Parliament
  • 5 March: Federated States of Micronesia, Parliament and Referendum
  • 10 March:
    • Guinea-Bissau, Parliament[5]
    • North Korea, Parliament
  • 16 March: Slovakia, President (1st round)[6]
  • 24 March:
    • Comoros, President
    • Ecuador,  [es]
    • Thailand, Parliament[7]
  • 30 March:
    • Slovakia, President (2nd round)[6]
    • U.S. Virgin Islands, Referendum
  • 31 March: Ukraine, President (1st round)[8]

April[]

  • 3 April: Solomon Islands, Parliament
  • 6 April: Maldives, Parliament
  • 7 April: Andorra, Parliament
  • 9 April: Israel, Parliament
  • 11 April: India, House of the People (1st phase)
  • 14 April: Finland, Parliament
  • 17 April: Indonesia, President, House of Representatives and Senate
  • 18 April: India, House of the People (2nd phase)
  • 20–22 April: Egypt, Constitutional Referendum[9]
  • 21 April:
  • 23 April: India, House of the People (3rd phase)
  • 28 April:
    • Benin, Parliament
    • Spain, Congress of Deputies
  • 29 April: India, House of the People (4th phase)

May[]

  • 5 May:
  • 6 May: India, House of the People (5th phase)
  • 8 May:
    • Belize, Referendum
    • South Africa, National Assembly
  • 12 May:
    • India, House of the People (6th phase)
    • Lithuania, President (1st round)[11] and Referendum[12]
    • New Caledonia, Legislature
  • 13 May: Philippines, House of Representatives and Senate
  • 18 May: Australia, House of Representatives and Senate
  • 19 May:
    • India, House of the People (7th phase)
    • Switzerland, Referendums
  • 21 May: Malawi, President and Parliament (presidential election nullified)
  • 24 May: Ireland, Constitutional Referendum
  • 26 May:
    • Belgium, Federal Chamber of Representatives
    • Lithuania, President (2nd round)[11]
    • Romania, Referendum[13]
  • 27 May: Madagascar, National Assembly

June[]

  • 2 June: San Marino, Referendums
  • 5 June: Denmark, Parliament
  • 9 June:
    • Kazakhstan, President[14]
    • South Ossetia, Parliament[15]
  • 16 June: Guatemala, President (1st round) and Parliament
  • 22 June: Mauritania, President[16]

July[]

  • 7 July: Greece, Parliament
  • 21 July:
    • Japan, House of Councillors
    • Ukraine, Parliament

August[]

  • 11 August: Guatemala, President (2nd round)
  • 24 August: Nauru, Parliament
  • 25 August: Abkhazia, President (1st round)
  • 31 August: Faroe Islands, Legislature[17]

September[]

  • 8 September: Abkhazia, President (2nd round) (election nullified)
  • 9 September: Tuvalu, Parliament[18]
  • 15 September: Tunisia, President (1st round)[19]
  • 17 September: Israel, Parliament
  • 28 September: Afghanistan, President[20]
  • 29 September: Austria, National Council

October[]

  • 5 October: United Arab Emirates, Parliament[21]
  • 6 October:
    • Kosovo, Parliament[22]
    • Portugal, Parliament
    • Tunisia, Parliament
  • 13 October:
    • Poland, Sejm and Senate
    • Tunisia, President (2nd round)[23]
  • 15 October: Mozambique, President and Parliament
  • 17 October: Gibraltar, Legislature[24]
  • 20 October:
    • Bolivia, President, Chamber of Deputies and Senate (election nullified)
    • Switzerland, National Council and Council of States (1st round) [de; de]
  • 21 October: Canada, House of Commons
  • 23 October: Botswana, Parliament
  • 27 October:

November[]

  • 3 November: Switzerland, Council of States (2nd round 1st phase) [de]
  • 5 November: Federated States of Micronesia, Constitutional Convention
  • 6 November: Pitcairn Islands, Mayor and Legislature
  • 7 November: Mauritius, Parliament[27]
  • 10 November:
    • Romania, President (1st round)[28]
    • Spain, Chamber of Deputies
    • Switzerland, Council of States (2nd round 2nd phase) [de]
  • 16 November: Sri Lanka, President[29]
  • 17 November:
    • Belarus, House of Representatives
    • Switzerland, Council of States (2nd round 3rd phase) [de]
  • 18 November:
    • Marshall Islands, Parliament
    • Montserrat, Legislature
  • 23 November – 7 December: Bougainville, Independence Referendum[30]
  • 24 November:
    • Guinea-Bissau, President (1st round)
    • Liechtenstein, Referendum
    • Romania, President (2nd round)[31]
    • Switzerland, Council of States (2nd round 4th phase) [de]
    • Uruguay, President (2nd round)[26]
  • 27 November: Namibia, President and National Assembly

December[]

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:

  • 20 February: Bosnia and Herzegovina, House of Peoples[35]
  • 14 March: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senate
  • 1 April: San Marino, Captains Regent
  • 2 April: Malta, President
  • 28 April: Spain, Senate
  • 29–30 April: Malaysia, [36][37]
  • 11 May: Federated States of Micronesia, [38]
  • 22 May: South Africa, President
  • 26 May: Belgium, Senate
  • 27 May: Netherlands, Senate
  • 29 May: Latvia, President
  • 7 June and 18 July: India, Council of States
  • 25 August: Macau, Chief Executive
  • 27 August: Nauru, President[39]
  • 16–30 September: Rwanda, [40]
  • 1 October: San Marino, Captains Regent
  • 10 October: Cuba, [41][42]
  • 6 November and 17 December: Austria, [43][44]
  • 7 November: Belarus, [45]
  • 10 November: Spain, Senate
  • 2 December: Mauritius, [46]
  • 11 December: Switzerland, Federal Council

See also[]

  • 2019 in politics and government

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