List of annulled elections
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This is a list of political elections that had their results legally cancelled after they were held.
- Brazilian presidential election, 1930 (won by Júlio Prestes, followed by Brazilian Revolution of 1930)
- Ecuadorian presidential election, 1931 (won by Neptalí Bonifaz Ascásubi)
- Peruvian presidential election, 1936 (won by Luis Antonio Eguiguren)
- Costa Rican general election, 1948 (won by Otilio Ulate Blanco, followed by Costa Rican Civil War)
- Guatemalan presidential election, 1957 (won by Miguel Ortiz Passarelli)
- Cuban presidential election, 1958 (won by Andrés Rivero Agüero, followed by Cuban Revolution)
- Peruvian presidential election, 1962 (won by Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre)
- Sierra Leonean general election, 1967 (Siaka Stevens took the oath of office as prime minister but was overthrown the same day)
- Dahomeyan presidential election, May 1968 (won by Basile Adjou Moumouni)
- Dahomeyan presidential election, 1970 (won by Justin Ahomadegbé)
- Lesotho general election, 1970 (won by the Basotho Congress Party)
- Guatemalan general election, 1982 (won by Ángel Aníbal Guevara)
- Panamanian general election, 1989 (won by Guillermo Endara, followed by United States invasion of Panama)
- Burmese general election, 1990 (won by the National League for Democracy)
- Algerian legislative election, 1991 (won by the Islamic Salvation Front, followed by Algerian Civil War)
- Nigerian presidential election, 1993 (won by Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola)
- Malian parliamentary election, April 1997
- Georgian legislative election, 2003 (followed by Rose Revolution)
- Papua New Guinea vice-regal election, September 2003 (parliamentary vote won by Sir Albert Kipalan)
- Papua New Guinea vice-regal election, December 2003 (parliamentary vote won by Sir Pato Kakaraya)
- The original second round results of the Ukrainian presidential election, 2004 (won by Viktor Yanukovych, followed by Orange Revolution)
- Kyrgyz parliamentary election, 2005 (followed by Tulip Revolution)
- Thai legislative election, April 2006 (followed by 2006 Thai coup d'état)
- South Ossetian presidential election, 2011
- Guinea-Bissau presidential election, 2012 (second round canceled after a coup d'état)
In addition, there are some elections that remain valid but are effectively overturned by the death of the winning candidate before taking office.
- Brazilian presidential election, 1918 (won by Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves)
- Mexican general election, 1928 (won by Álvaro Obregón, assassinated)
- South African presidential election, 1967 (won by Theophilus Dönges)
- Lebanese presidential election, 1982 (won by Bashir Gemayel, assassinated)
- Brazilian presidential election, 1985 (won by Tancredo Neves)