2024 national electoral calendar
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This national electoral calendar for 2024 lists the national/federal elections held, and scheduled to be held, in 2024 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.
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2024 has been dubbed the biggest election year in history.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
January
[edit]- 7 January: Bangladesh, Parliament[7]
- 9 January: Bhutan, National Assembly (2nd round)[8]
- 11 January: Sint Maarten, Parliament[9]
- 13 January: Taiwan, President and Parliament[10]
- 14 January: Comoros, President[11]
- 21 January: Liechtenstein, Referendums[12][13]
- 26 January: Tuvalu, Parliament[14]
- 28 January: Finland, President (1st round)[15]
February
[edit]- 4 February: El Salvador, President and Legislative Assembly[16]
- 7 February: Azerbaijan, President[17]
- 8 February: Pakistan, National Assembly[18]
- 11 February: Finland, President (2nd round)[19]
- 14 February: Indonesia, President and Parliament[20]
- 25 February:
March
[edit]- 1 March: Iran, Parliament (1st round) and Assembly of Experts[23]
- 3 March:
- 8 March: Ireland, Constitutional Referendums[25]
- 10 March: Portugal, Parliament[26]
- 15–17 March: Russia, President[27]
- 23 March: Slovakia, President (1st round)[28]
- 24 March: Senegal, President[29]
April
[edit]- 4 April: Kuwait, Parliament[30]
- 6 April: Slovakia, President (2nd round)[31]
- 10 April: South Korea, National Assembly[32]
- 17 April:
- 19 April: India, Lok Sabha (1st phase)[35]
- 21 April:
- 24 April: North Macedonia, President (1st round)[38]
- 26 April: India, Lok Sabha (2nd phase)[35]
- 29 April: Togo, Parliament[39]
May
[edit]- 5 May: Panama, President, Parliament, and Central American Parliament[40]
- 6 May: Chad, President[41]
- 7 May: India, Lok Sabha (3rd phase)[35]
- 8 May: North Macedonia, President (2nd round) and Parliament[38]
- 10 May: Iran, Parliament (2nd round)[42]
- 12 May: Lithuania, President (1st round) and Constitutional Referendum[43][44]
- 13 May: India, Lok Sabha (4th phase)[35]
- 19 May: Dominican Republic, President, Senate, Chamber of Deputies, and Central American Parliament[45]
- 20 May: India, Lok Sabha (5th phase)[35]
- 25 May: India, Lok Sabha (6th phase)[35]
- 26 May: Lithuania, President (2nd round)[46]
- 29 May:
June
[edit]- 1 June:
- 2 June: Mexico, President, Senate and Chamber of Deputies[51]
- 6–9 June: European Union, European Parliament[52]
- 9 June:
- 16 June: Liechtenstein, Referendum[59]
- 28 June:
- 29 June: Mauritania, President[62]
- 30 June: France, National Assembly (1st round)[63]
July
[edit]- 4 July: United Kingdom, House of Commons[64]
- 5 July: Iran, President (2nd round)[65]
- 7 July: France, National Assembly (2nd round)[63]
- 15 July:
- 28 July: Venezuela, President[68]
August
[edit]- 14 August: Kiribati, Parliament (1st round)[69]
- 19 August:
- 31 August: Niue, Constitutional Referendum[71]
September
[edit]- 1 September: Azerbaijan, Parliament[72]
- 7 September: Algeria, President[73]
- 10 September: Jordan, House of Representatives[74]
- 20–21 September: Czech Republic, Senate (1st round)[75]
- 21 September: Sri Lanka, President[76]
- 22 September:
- 27–28 September: Czech Republic, Senate (2nd round)[75]
- 29 September: Austria, Parliament[79]
October
[edit]- 6 October:
- 9 October: Mozambique, President and Parliament[82]
- 13 October: Lithuania, Parliament (1st round)[83]
- 20 October: Moldova, President and Constitutional Referendum[84]
- 24 October: Montserrat, Legislature[85]
- 25 October: Kiribati, President[86]
- 26 October: Georgia, Parliament[87]
- 27 October:
- 30 October: Botswana, Parliament[93]
November
[edit]- 5 November:
- 13 November: Somaliland, President[96]
- 14 November: Sri Lanka, Parliament[97]
- 17 November: Senegal, Parliament[98]
- 24 November:
- 27 November: Namibia, President and National Assembly[102]
- 30 November: Mauritius, Parliament[103]
December
[edit]- 1 December: Romania, Parliament[100]
- 7 December: Ghana, President and Parliament[104]
- 29 December: Chad, Parliament[105]
Unknown date
[edit]Indirect elections
[edit]The following indirect elections of heads of state and the upper houses of bicameral legislatures will take place through votes in elected lower houses, unicameral legislatures, or electoral colleges:
- Since 29 September, 2022: Lebanon, President[106][107]
- 2 January: Marshall Islands, President[108]
- 19 January – 28 August: India, Rajya Sabha
- 25 January: Nepal, National Assembly[109]
- 25 February: Cambodia, Senate[110]
- 26 February: Hungary, President[111]
- 9 March: Pakistan, President[112]
- 27 March: Malta, President[113]
- 28–29 March: Tunisia, National Council of Regions and Districts[114]
- 2 April: Pakistan, Senate[115]
- 4 April: Belarus, Council of the Republic[116]
- 29 April: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senate[117]
- 22 May: Vietnam, President[118]
- 9 June: Belgium, Senate[119]
- 9–26 June: Thailand, Senate[120]
- 13–14 June: South Africa, National Council of Provinces[121]
- 14 June: South Africa, President[122]
- 13 October: Macau, Chief Executive[123]
- Ethiopia, President
- Georgia, President
- Mauritius, President
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