2006 electoral calendar

This electoral calendar 2006 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2006 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referendums are included, although they are not elections. By-elections are not included.

See elections in 2006 for an overview of the 2006 results.

January

• January 15: Chile, President (2nd round)
• January 15: Finland, President (1st round)
• January 22: Cape Verde, Parliament
• January 22: Portugal, President
• January 23: Canada, Parliament
• January 25: Palestinian National Authority, Parliament
• January 29: Finland, President (2nd round)

February

• February 5: Costa Rica, President and Parliament
• February 7: Haiti, President (1st round)
• February 11: Tokelau, referendum on self-determination
• February 12: Cape Verde, President
• February 23: Uganda, President and Parliament

March

• March 5: Benin, President
• March 12: El Salvador, Legislature
• March 12: Colombia, Legislature
• March 19: Belarus, President
• March 26: São Tomé and Príncipe, Parliament
• March 26: Ukraine, Parliament
• March 28: Israel, Parliament
• March 31: Samoa, Parliament

April

• April 2: Thailand, Parliament
• April 5: Solomon Islands, Parliament
• April 9: Peru, President and Parliament
• April 9 and April 10: Italy, Parliament
• April 9: Hungary, Parliament (1st round
• April 19: Thailand, Senate
• April 21: Haiti, Parliament (2nd round)
• April 23: Hungary, Parliament (2nd round)
• April 30: Laos, Parliament

May

• May 3: Chad, President
• May 6: Singapore, Parliament
• May 6-May 13: Fiji, Parliament
• May 14: Comoros, President
• May 16: Dominican Republic, Legislature
• May 21: Montenegro, Referendum on independence
• May 21: Cyprus, Legislature
• May 28: Colombia, President
• May 31: Montserrat, Legislature

June

• June 2-June 3: Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies
• June 4: Peru, President (2nd round)
• June 4: San Marino, Parliament
• 14 June: Switzerland, Federal Council (indirect)
• June 17: Slovakia, Parliament
• June 25: Mauritania, referendum on the new constitution
• June 29: Kuwait, Parliament

July

• July 2: Mexico, President and Congress
• July 5: Macedonia, Parliament
• July 28-July 30: Seychelles, President
• July 30: Democratic Republic of the Congo, President and Legislature
• July 30: São Tomé and Príncipe, President

August

• August 3: Tuvalu, Parliament
• August 28: Guyana, President and Parliament

September

• September 10: Montenegro, Parliament
• September 17: Sweden, Parliament
• September 17: Transnistria, referendum on closer ties with Russia
• September 20: Yemen, President
• September 22: The Gambia, President
• September 26: Cook Islands, Parliament
• September 28: Zambia, President and Parliament

October

• October 1: Austria, Legislature
• October 1: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Presidency and Parliament
• October 1: Brazil, President (1st round)
• October 7: Latvia, Parliament
• October 15: Ecuador, President and Parliament
• October 22: Bulgaria, President (1st round)
• October 22: Panama, Panama Canal expansion referendum.
• October 28–October 29: Serbia, referendum on the new constitution.
• October 29: Brazil, President (2nd round)
• October 29: Democratic Republic of the Congo, President (2nd round)
• October 29: Bulgaria, President (2nd round)

November

• November 5: Nicaragua, President and Parliament
• November 6: Tajikistan, President
• November 7: United States, House of Representatives and Senate (one third: "Class I" Senators)
• November 19: Mauritania, Parliament (1st round)
• November 22: The Netherlands, Tweede Kamer
• November 23: Isle of Man, House of Keys
• November 25: Bahrain, Parliament (1st round)
• November 26: Ecuador, President (2nd round)
• November 30: Gibraltar, Referendum on the new constitution

December

• December 2: Bahrain, Parliament (2nd round)
• December 3: Venezuela, President
• December 3: Madagascar, President
• December 3: Mauritania, Parliament (2nd round)
• December 10: Nagorno-Karabakh, constitutional referendum
• December 10: Transnistria, President
• December 11: Saint Lucia, Parliament
• December 15: Iran, Assembly of Experts
• December 16/18/20: United Arab Emirates, Parliament
• December 17: Gabon, Parliament

See also

• Elections in 2006