2015 national electoral calendar

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

January

• 4 January: Uzbekistan, Legislative Chamber (2nd round)
• 8 January: Sri Lanka, President
• 11 January: Croatia, President (2nd round)
• 20 January: Zambia, President
• 25 January:
  • Comoros, Parliament (1st round)
  • Greece, Parliament

February

• 7 February: Slovakia, Referendum
• 16 February: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Parliament
• 22 February: Comoros, Parliament (2nd round)
• 28 February: Lesotho, National Assembly

March

• 1 March:
  • Andorra, Parliament
  • El Salvador, Parliament
  • Estonia, Parliament
  • Tajikistan, Assembly of Representatives
• 3 March: Federated States of Micronesia, Parliament
• 8 March: Switzerland, Referendums
• 17 March: Israel, Parliament
• 28–29 March: Nigeria, President, House of Representatives and Senate
• 29 March: Uzbekistan, President
• 31 March: Tuvalu, Parliament

April

• 11 April: Malta, Referendum
• 13–15 April: Sudan, President and National Assembly
• 19 April:
  • Finland, Parliament
  • Northern Cyprus, President (1st round)
• 22 April: Anguilla, Legislature
• 25 April: Togo, President
• 26 April:
  • Benin, Parliament
  • Kazakhstan, President
  • Northern Cyprus, President (2nd round)

May

• 3 May: Nagorno-Karabakh, Parliament
• 7 May: United Kingdom, House of Commons
• 8 May: Norfolk Island, Referendum
• 10 May: Poland, President (1st round)
• 11 May:
  • Guyana, President and Parliament
• 22 May: Ireland, Constitutional Referendums
• 24 May:
  • Ethiopia, House of Peoples' Representatives
  • Poland, President (2nd round)
• 25 May: Suriname, Parliament

June

• 7 June:
  • Luxembourg, Referendum
  • Mexico, Chamber of Deputies
  • Turkey, Parliament
• 8 June: British Virgin Islands, Legislature
• 14 June: Switzerland, Referendums
• 18 June: Denmark, Parliament
• 29 June: Burundi, National Assembly

July

• 5 July: Greece, Referendum
• 21 July: Burundi, President

August

• 9 August: Haiti, Chamber of Deputies (all 119 seats) and Senate (20/30 seats), (1st round)
• 17 August: Sri Lanka, Parliament

September

• 1 September: Faroe Islands, Legislature
• 6 September:
  • Guatemala, President (1st round) and Parliament
  • Poland, Referendum
• 7 September: Trinidad and Tobago, House of Representatives
• 11 September: Singapore, Parliament
• 20 September: Greece, Parliament

October

• 3 October: United Arab Emirates, Parliament
• 4 October:
  • Kyrgyzstan, Parliament
  • Portugal, Parliament
• 11 October:
  • Belarus, President
  • Guinea, President
• 17–19 October: Egypt, Parliament (1st phase 1st round)
• 18 October: Switzerland, National Council and Council of States (1st round)
• 19 October: Canada, House of Commons
• 25 October:
  • Argentina, President (1st round), Chamber of Deputies and Senate
  • Bulgaria, Referendum
  • Guatemala, President (2nd round)
  • Haiti, President (1st round) (election nullified), Chamber of Deputies (25/119 seats 1st round revote; 86/119 seats 2nd round) and Senate (6/30 seats 1st round revote; 12/30 seats 2nd round)
  • Ivory Coast, President
  • Oman, Consultative Assembly
  • Poland, Sejm and Senate
  • Republic of the Congo, Constitutional Referendum
  • Tanzania, President and Parliament
• 26–28 October: Egypt, Parliament (1st phase 2nd round)

November

• 1 November:
  • Azerbaijan, Parliament
  • Turkey, Parliament
• 2 November: Switzerland, Council of States (2nd round 1st phase)
• 4 November:
  • Belize, House of Representatives
  • Pitcairn Islands, Deputy Mayor and Legislature
• 8 November:
  • Croatia, Parliament
  • Myanmar, House of Representatives and House of Nationalities
  • Switzerland, Council of States (2nd round 2nd phase)
• 15 November: Switzerland, Council of States (2nd round 3rd phase)
• 16 November: Marshall Islands, Parliament
• 20 November – 11 December: New Zealand, Referendum (1st round)
• 21–23 November: Egypt, Parliament (2nd phase 1st round)
• 22 November:
  • Argentina, President (2nd round)
  • Switzerland, Council of States (2nd round 4th phase)
• 26 November: Gibraltar, Legislature
• 29 November:
  • Burkina Faso, President and Parliament
  • Transnistria, Parliament
• 30 November – 2 December: Egypt, Parliament (2nd phase 2nd round)

December

• 3 December: Denmark, Referendum
• 3–5 December: Seychelles, President (1st round)
• 6 December:
  • Armenia, Referendum
  • Venezuela, Parliament
• 9 December: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Parliament
• 13 December: Liechtenstein, Referendum
• 13–14 December: Central African Republic, Referendum
• 16–18 December: Seychelles, President (2nd round)
• 18 December: Rwanda, Referendum
• 20 December:
  • Slovenia, Referendum
  • Spain, Congress of Deputies
• 30 December:
  • Central African Republic, President (1st round)
  • Kiribati, Parliament (1st round)

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:

• 23 April 2014 – 31 October 2016: Lebanon, President (17 rounds in 2015)
• 10 January: Afghanistan, House of Elders
• 13–14 January: Uzbekistan, Senate
• 29–31 January: Italy, President
• 7 February, 20 April and 28 September: India, Council of States
• 18 February: Greece, President
• 5 March: Pakistan, Senate
• 16 March, 6 May and 22 June: Isle of Man, Legislative Council
• 1 April: San Marino, Captains Regent
• 17 April: Tajikistan, National Assembly
• 11 May: Federated States of Micronesia, President
• 19 May: Sudan, Council of States
• 24 May: Ethiopia, House of Federation
• 26 May: Netherlands, Senate
• 3 June: Latvia, President
• 4 June: Mauritius, President
• 16 June, 9 July, 23 October and 24 November: Austria, Federal Council
• 14 July: Suriname, President
• 24 July: Burundi, Senate
• 1 October: San Marino, Captains Regent
• 2 October: Morocco, House of Councillors
• 12 October: Fiji, President
• 28 October: Nepal, President
• 27 November: Namibia, National Council
• 9 December: Switzerland, Federal Council
• 20 December: Spain, Senate
• 29 December:
  • Algeria, Council of the Nation
  • Madagascar, Senate

See also

• 2015 in politics

References