2011 national electoral calendar

For local elections, see 2011 local electoral calendar.

This national electoral calendar for the year 2011 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2011 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.

January

• 9–15 January: South Sudan, Southern Sudanese independence referendum
• 23 January:
  • Central African Republic, President and Parliament (1st Round)
  • Portugal, President
• 31 January: Niger, Parliament and President (1st Round)

February

• 6 February: Cape Verde, Parliament
• 13 February:
  • Chad, Parliament
  • Switzerland, Referendum
• 18 February: Uganda, President and Parliament
• 22 February: Kosovo, President (1st Round) (indirect)
• 25 February: Ireland, Parliament

March

• 4 March: Samoa, Parliament
• 6 March: Estonia, Parliament
• 8 March: Federated States of Micronesia, Parliament
• 12 March: Niger, President (2nd Round)
• 13 March: Benin, President
• 19 March: Egypt, Constitutional referendum
• 20 March: Haiti, President (2nd Round)
• 27 March: Central African Republic, Parliament (2nd Round)

April

• 3 April:
  • Kazakhstan, President
  • Andorra, Parliament
• 7 April: Kosovo, President (2nd Round) (indirect)
• 8 April: Djibouti, President
• 9 April:
  • Nigeria, Parliament (1st round)
  • Iceland, Loan guarantees referendum
• 10 April: Peru, President (1st round) and Parliament
• 16 April: Nigeria, President
• 17 April: Finland, Parliament
• 25 April: Chad, President
• 26 April: Nigeria, Parliament (2nd round)
• 30 April:
  • Benin, Parliament
  • Laos, Parliament

May

• 2 May: Canada, Parliament
• 5 May: United Kingdom, Alternative Vote referendum
• 7 May:
  • Ecuador, Referendum
  • Niue, Parliament
  • Singapore, Parliament
• 11 May: Micronesia, President (indirect)
• 19–21 May: Seychelles, President
• 22 May:
  • Cyprus, Parliament
  • Vietnam, Parliament
• 23 May: Netherlands, Senate (indirect)
• 28 May: Malta, Divorce referendum

June

• 2 June: Latvia, President (indirect)
• 5 June:
  • Macedonia, Parliament
  • Peru, President (2nd round)
  • Portugal, Parliament
  • Slovenia, Referendum
• 12 June: Turkey, Parliament
• 12–13 June: Italy, Referendum
• 15 June: Laos, President (indirect)
• 17–19 June: Liechtenstein, Registered partnership referendum
• 22 June: Palau, Casino referendum

July

• 1 July: Morocco, Constitutional referendum
• 3 July: Thailand, Parliament
• 17 July: São Tomé and Príncipe, President (1st round)
• 23 July: Latvia, Parliamentary dissolution referendum
• 25 July: Vietnam, President (indirect)

August

• 7 August:
  • Cape Verde, President (1st round)
  • São Tomé and Príncipe, President (2nd round)
• 21 August: Cape Verde, President (2nd round)
• 23 August: Liberia, Constitutional referendum
• 26 August: Abkhazia, President
• 27 August: Singapore, President
• 29 August: Estonia, President (indirect)

September

• 11 September: Guatemala, President (1st round) and Parliament
• 15 September: Denmark, Parliament
• 17 September: Latvia, Parliament
• 18 September: Liechtenstein, Referendum on legalising abortion
• 20 September: Zambia, President and parliament
• 24 September: United Arab Emirates, Parliament
• 25 September: France, Senate
• 29 September: Isle of Man, Parliament
• 29 September–1 October: Seychelles, Parliament

October

• 9 October:
  • Poland, Parliament
  • Cameroon, President
  • Paraguay, Referendum
• 11 October: Liberia, President (1st round) and Parliament
• 15 October: Oman, Parliament
• 16 October: Bolivia, Judiciary
• 19 October: Jersey, Parliament
• 21/28 October: Kiribati, Parliament
• 21/24 October: United Nations, Security Council
• 23 October:
  • Argentina, President and Legislative
  • Bulgaria, President (1st round)
  • Switzerland, Federal
  • Tunisia, Constituent Assembly
• 27 October: Ireland, President and constitutional referendums
• 29 October: Faroe Islands, Parliament
• 30 October:
  • Bulgaria, President (2nd round)
  • Kyrgyzstan, President

November

• 3 November: Falkland Islands, electoral system referendum
• 6 November:
  • Guatemala, President (2nd round)
  • Nicaragua, President and Parliament
• 7 November: British Virgin Islands, House of Assembly
• 8 November: Liberia, President (2nd round)
• 13 November:
  • Equatorial Guinea, constitutional referendum
  • South Ossetia, President (1st round) and referendum
• 18 November/16 December: Moldova, President (indirect, 1st round)
• 20 November: Spain, Parliament
• 21 November: Marshall Islands, Parliament
• 24 November: Gambia, President
• 25 November: Morocco, Parliament
• 26 November: New Zealand, General and Voting method referendum
• 27 November: South Ossetia, President (2nd round)
• 28–29 November/5–6 December: Egypt, Parliament (1st round)
• 28 November:
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo, President and Parliament
  • Guyana, Parliament
  • Saint Lucia, Parliament

December

• 4 December:
  • Croatia, Parliament
  • Slovenia, Parliament
  • Russia, Parliament
• 8 December: Gibraltar, Parliament
• 11 December:
  • Côte d'Ivoire, Parliament
  • Transnistria, President (1st round)
• 12 December:
  • Pitcairn Islands, Islands Council
  • Tunisia, President (indirect)
• 14 December: Switzerland, Federal Council (indirect)
• 14–15 December/21–22 December: Egypt, Parliament (2nd round)
• 17 December: Gabon, Parliament
• 25 December: Transnistria, President (2nd round)
• 29 December: Jamaica, Parliament