National electoral calendar 2012

For local elections, see Local electoral calendar 2012.

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This national electoral calendar for the year 2012 lists the national/federal direct elections to be held in 2012 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states. By-elections are excluded, though national referenda are included.

January

• 3 January: Marshall Islands, President (indirect)
• 3–4 January/10–11 January: Egypt, Parliament (3rd phase)
• 13 January: Kiribati, President
• 14 January: Republic of China (Taiwan), President and Legislative Yuan (Parliament)
• 15 January: Kazakhstan, Parliament
• 22 January: Finland, President (1st round)
• 22 January: Croatia, Referendum
• 29 January: Cambodia, Senate (indirect)
• 29–30 January/5–6 February: Egypt, Shura Council (1st phase)

February

• 2 February: Kuwait, Parliament
• 5 February: Finland, President (2nd round)
• 12 February: Turkmenistan, President
• 14–15 February/21–22 February: Egypt, Shura Council (2nd phase)
• 18 February: Latvia, Constitutional referendum
• 21 February: Yemen, President
• 26 February: Senegal, President (1st round)
• 26 February: Syria, constitutional referendum

March

• 2 March: Iran, Parliament (1st round)
• 2 March: Pakistan, Senate (indirect)
• 4 March: Russia, President
• 7 March: Belize, Parliament
• 10 March: Slovakia, Parliament
• 10 March: Abkhazia, Parliament (1st round)
• 11 March: El Salvador, Parliament
• 11 March: Switzerland, Referendum
• 16 March: Moldova, President (indirect)
• 17 March: East Timor, President
• 18 March: Germany, President (indirect)
• 18 March: Guinea-Bissau, President
• 24 March: Abkhazia, Parliament (2nd round)
• 25 March: Hong Kong, Chief Executive (indirect)
• 25 March: Senegal, President (2nd round)
• 25 March: Slovenia, Referendum on same-sex unions
• 25 March: South Ossetia, President
• 29 March: Gambia, Parliament
• 31 March: Mauritania, Parliament

April

• 11 April: South Korea, Parliament
• 18 April: Guernsey, Parliament
• 22 April: France, President (1st round)
• 25 April: Iran, Parliament (2nd round)
• 27 April: Papua New Guinea, Parliament
• 29 April/13 May: Mali, President
• April: Greece, Parliament

May

• 6 May: Armenia, Parliament
• 6 May: France, President (2nd round if required)
• 6 May: Serbia, Parliament
• 7 May: Syria, Parliament
• 10 May: Algeria, Parliament
• 16 May: Dominican Republic, President
• 23–24 May: Egypt, President (1st round)
• May: Bahamas, Parliament
• May: Burkina Faso, Parliament
• May: Ireland, Constitutional referendum
• May: Lesotho, Parliament
• May: Madagascar, President and Parliament
• May: Palestine, President and Parliament

June

• 10 June: France, Parliament (1st round)
• 13 June: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senate (indirect)
• 16–17 June: Egypt, President (2nd round if required)
• 17 June: France, Parliament (2nd round)
• 17 June: Senegal, Parliament
• 20 June: Libya, Public National Conference
• 30 June: Iceland, President
• June: Republic of the Congo, Parliament
• June: East Timor, Parliament
• June: Mongolia, Parliament

July

• 1 July: Mexico, President and Parliament
• 1 July: Mali, Parliament (1st round)
• 8 July: Guinea, Parliament
• 22 July: Mali, Parliament (2nd round)
• July: Albania, President (indirect)
• July: Cameroon, Parliament
• July: Nagorno-Karabakh, President
• July: India, President (indirect)

September

• 5 September: Angola, Parliament
• September: Belarus, Parliament
• September: Hong Kong, Legislative

October

• 7 October: Venezuela, President
• 8 October: Slovenia, President
• 14 October: Lithuania, Parliament
• 28 October: Ukraine, Parliament
• 30 October: Vanuatu, Parliament
• October: Czech Republic, Senate (a third of the seats)
• October 2012 to February 2013: PR China, National People's Congress
• October: Georgia, Parliament
• October: Togo, Parliament

November

• 6 November: United States, President, House of Representatives and Senate (one third: "Class I" Senators)
• 6 November: Palau, President and Parliament
• 6 November: Puerto Rico, Status referendum
• 17 November: Sierra Leone, President and Parliament
• 30 November: Romania, Parliament

December

• 19 December: South Korea, President
• December: Bermuda, Parliament
• December: Bhutan, National Council
• December: Ghana, President and Parliament

Unknown

• Guinea-Bissau, Parliament
• Kosovo, President
• Maldives, President
• Serbia, President
• Somaliland, Parliament
• Yemen, Parliament
• Zimbabwe, Referendum and Presidential

2012 or later

• Barbados, Parliament (by January 2013)
• Denmark, EU opt-out referendum
• Falkland Islands, Legislative Assembly (by 18 January 2014)
• Fiji, Parliament (by September 2014)
• Israel, Parliament (by October 2013)
• Japan, Parliament (by 30 August 2013)
• Libya, constitutional referendum followed by President and Parliament
• Malaysia, Parliament (by 2013)
• Malta, Parliament (by July 2013)
• Tunisia, President and Parliament