2010 national electoral calendar

For local elections, see 2010 local electoral calendar.

This national electoral calendar for the year 2010 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2010 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referendums are included, even though they are not elections. By-elections are not included.

January

• 10 January: Croatia, President (2nd round)
• 17 January:
  • Chile, President (2nd round)
  • Ukraine, President (1st round)
• 22 January: Netherlands Antilles, Parliament
• 25 January: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Parliament
• 26 January: Sri Lanka, President

February

• 3 February: Greece, President (by the parliament)
• 7 February:
  • Costa Rica, President and Parliament
  • Ukraine, President (2nd round)
• 15 February: Anguilla, Parliament
• 27 February: Nauru, Constitutional referendum
• 28 February: Tajikistan, Parliament

March

• 4 March: Togo, President
• 6 March: Iceland, Debt repayment referendum
• 7 March:
  • Iraq, Parliament
  • Switzerland, Referendum
• 14 March: Colombia, Parliament

April

• 8 April: Sri Lanka, Parliament
• 11 April: Hungary, Parliament (1st round)
• 11–15 April: Sudan, President and Parliament
• 18 April: Northern Cyprus, President
• 24 April: Nauru, Parliament
• 25 April:
  • Austria, President
  • Hungary, Parliament (2nd round)

May

• 5 May: Mauritius, Parliament
• 6 May: United Kingdom, Parliament
• 10 May: Philippines, President, House of Representatives, Senate (one half)
• 16 May: Dominican Republic, Parliament
• 23 May:
  • Ethiopia, Parliament
  • Nagorno-Karabakh, Parliament
• 24 May: Trinidad and Tobago, Parliament
• 25 May: Suriname, Parliament
• 28–29 May: Czech Republic, Parliament
• 30 May: Colombia, President (1st round)

June

• 1 and 8 June: Egypt, Shura Council
• 6 June: Slovenia, Border dispute agreement referendum
• 9 June: Netherlands, Parliament
• 12 June: Slovakia, Parliament
• 13 June: Belgium, Parliament
• 19 June: Nauru, Parliament
• 20 June:
  • Colombia, President (2nd round)
  • Poland, President (1st round)
• 26 June: Somaliland, President
• 27 June:
  • Guinea, President (1st round)
  • Kyrgyzstan, Constitutional referendum
• 28 June: Burundi, President
• 29 June: Hungary, President (indirect)
• 30 June: Germany, President (indirect)

July

• 4 July: Poland, President (2nd round)
• 11 July: Japan, House of Councillors
• 19 July: Suriname, President (indirect)
• 23 July: Burundi, National Assembly
• 28 July: Burundi, Senate (indirect)

August

• 1 August: São Tomé and Príncipe, Parliament
• 4 August:
  • Kenya, Constitutional referendum
  • Solomon Islands, Parliament
• 9 August: Rwanda, President
• 21 August: Australia, Parliament

September

• 5 September: Moldova, Constitutional referendum
• 12 September: Turkey, Constitutional referendum
• 16 September: Tuvalu, Parliament
• 17 September: Sint Maarten, Parliament
• 18 September:
  • Afghanistan, Parliament
  • Slovakia, Political reform referendum
• 19 September: Sweden, General
• 22 September: Switzerland, Federal Council (indirect)
• 26 September:
  • Venezuela, Parliament
  • Switzerland, Referendum

October

• 2 October: Latvia, Parliament
• 3 October:
  • Brazil, President (1st round) and Parliament
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina, President and Parliament
• 10 October: Kyrgyzstan, Parliament
• 15–16 October: Czech Republic, Senate (1st round) (a third)
• 22–23 October: Czech Republic, Senate (2nd round) (a third)
• 23 October: Bahrain, Parliament (1st round)
• 30 October: Bahrain, Parliament (2nd round)
• 31 October:
  • Brazil, President (2nd round)
  • Côte d'Ivoire, President (1st round)
  • Niger, Constitutional referendum
  • Tanzania, President and Parliament

November

• 1 November: Nauru, President (indirect)
• 2 November:
  • United States, House of Representatives and Senate (one third: "Class III" Senators)
  • American Samoa, Parliament and Constitutional referendum
  • Guam, Governor, Attorney General, Consolidated Commission on Utilities, Parliament, and Supreme Court and Superior Court retention elections
  • United States Virgin Islands, Governor and Parliament
• 7 November:
  • Comoros, President (1st round, Mohéli primary)
  • Burma (Myanmar), General
  • Azerbaijan, Parliament
  • Guinea, President (2nd round)
• 9 November: Jordan, Parliament
• 17 November:
  • Cook Islands, Parliament and referendum
  • Madagascar, Constitutional referendum
• 21 November: Burkina Faso, President
• 25 November: Tonga, General
• 27 November: Iceland, Constitutional Assembly
• 28 November:
  • Côte d'Ivoire, President (2nd round)
  • Moldova, Parliament
  • Haiti, Parliament and President (1st round)
  • Egypt, Parliament (1st round)

December

• 5 December: Egypt, Parliament (2nd round)
• 12 December:
  • Kosovo, Parliament
  • Slovenia, Referendum
  • Transnistria, Parliament
• 13 December: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Parliament
• 19 December: Belarus, President
• 26 December: Comoros, President (2nd round, nationwide)