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This national electoral calendar for 2021 lists the national/federal direct elections that were and are scheduled to be held in 2021 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included. Specific dates are given where these are known.

Schedule[]

January[]

  • 10 January:
    • Kazakhstan, Assembly[1]
    • Kyrgyzstan, President[2] and Referendum[3]
  • 14 January: Uganda, President and Parliament[4][5]
  • 24 January: Portugal, President[6]

February[]

  • 7 February:
    • Ecuador, President (1st round) and Parliament[7]
    • Liechtenstein, Parliament[8]
  • 14 February: Kosovo, Parliament[9][10][11]
  • 19 February: Turks and Caicos Islands, Legislature[12]
  • 21 February:
  • 28 February: El Salvador, Parliament[15]

March[]

  • 2 March: Federated States of Micronesia, Parliament[16]
  • 6 March: Ivory Coast, National Assembly[17]
  • 7 March: Switzerland, Referendums
  • 14 March: Central African Republic, Parliament (2nd round)[18]
  • 15–17 March: Netherlands, House of Representatives[19]
  • 17 March: Saint Helena, Referendum[20]
  • 19 March: Curaçao, Legislature[21][22]
  • 21 March: Republic of Congo, President[23]
  • 23 March: Israel, Parliament[24]

April[]

  • 4 April: Bulgaria, Parliament[25]
  • 6 April: Greenland, Parliament[26]
  • 9 April:
  • 11 April:
    • Benin, President[30]
    • Chad, President
    • Ecuador, President (2nd round)[7]
    • Kyrgyzstan, Constitutional Referendum[31]
    • Peru, President (1st round) and Parliament[32]
  • 14 April: Cayman Islands, Legislature[33]
  • 18 April: Cape Verde, Parliament[34]
  • 25 April: Albania, Parliament[35]

May[]

June[]

  • 6 June:
  • 9 June: Mongolia, President[42]
  • 12 June: Algeria, Parliament
  • 13 June: Switzerland, Referendums[43]
  • 18 June: Iran, President
  • 20 June: Armenia, Parliament[44]
  • 21–22 June: Ethiopia, House of Representatives (1st stage)[45][46]
  • 24 June: Gibraltar, Referendum[47]
  • 25 June: Aruba, Parliament[48]

July[]

August[]

  • 1 August: Mexico, Referendum
  • 12 August: Zambia, President and Parliament[55]

September[]

  • 5 September: São Tomé and Príncipe, President (2nd round)[56][57][58]
  • 8 September: Morocco, House of Representatives
  • 12 September: Macau, Legislature[59]
  • 13 September: Norway, Parliament
  • 16 September: The Bahamas, House of Assembly[60]
  • 19 September:
    • Hong Kong, Election Committee
    • Russia, State Duma[61]
  • 20 September: Canada, House of Commons[62]
  • 23 September: Isle of Man, House of Keys[63]
  • 25 September: Iceland, Parliament
  • 26 September:
    • Germany, Bundestag
    • San Marino, Referendum[64]
    • Switzerland, Referendums[43]
  • 30 September: Ethiopia, House of Representatives (2nd stage)[46][65]

October[]

  • 8–9 October: Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies
  • 10 October: Iraq, Parliament[66]
  • 13 October: Saint Helena,
  • 17 October: Cape Verde, President[34]
  • 24 October:
    • Chad, Parliament[67]
    • Uzbekistan, President[68]
  • 31 October:
    • Mali, Constitutional Referendum[69]
    • Qatar, Parliament[70]

November[]

  • 4 November: Falkland Islands, Legislature[71]
  • 7 November:
    • Haiti, President, Chamber of Deputies, Senate (1st round)[72] and Constitutional Referendum
    • Nicaragua, President and Parliament[73]
  • 14 November:
    • Argentina, Chamber of Deputies and Senate[74]
    • Bulgaria, President and Parliament[75]
  • 21 November: Chile, President, Chamber of Deputies and Senate
  • 28 November:
    • Honduras, President and Parliament[76][77]
    • Japan, House of Representatives and  [ja][78]
    • Kyrgyzstan, Parliament[79]

December[]

  • 4 December: The Gambia, President[80]
  • 12 December: New Caledonia, Independence Referendum[81]
  • 18 December: Taiwan, Referendum[82]
  • 19 December: Hong Kong, Legislature[83]
  • 24 December: Libya, President and Parliament[84]

Unknown date[]

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:

  • 30 January and 6 February: Gabon,  [fr][95]
  • 3 March: Pakistan, Senate
  • 22 March: Laos,  [fr][96]
  • 28 March: Turkmenistan, People's Council[97][98]
  • 1 April: San Marino, Captains Regent
  • 3–4 April: Kosovo, President
  • 5 April: Vietnam,  [fr][99]
  • 2 June: Israel, President
  • 30–31 August: Estonia, President
  • 17 September: San Marino, Captains Regent
  • 5 October: Morocco,  [fr]
  • 10 October: Somalia, President[100]
  • Fiji, (by 11 November)
  • Barbados, [101] (by 30 November)
  • Algeria,  [fr] (December)
  • Austria, (partial, only Upper Austria seats)[102]
  • Ethiopia, [103]
  • India, Council of States
  • Iraq, [citation needed]
  • Malaysia, [104]

See also[]

  • List of elections in 2021

External links[]

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