This national electoral calendar for 2012 lists the national/federal elections held in 2012 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.
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 Countries with national elections or referendums:
Executive
Legislative
Executive and Legislative
Referendum
Executive and Referendum
Legislative and Referendum
Executive, Legislative and Referendum
Legislative and Judicial
Legislative, Judicial and Referendum
Executive, Legislative, Judicial and Referendum |
January
edit- 3–4 January: Egypt, People's Assembly (3rd phase 1st round)
- 10–11 January: Egypt, People's Assembly (3rd phase 2nd round)
- 13 January: Kiribati, President
- 14 January: Taiwan, President and Parliament
- 15 January: Kazakhstan, Assembly
- 22 January:
- 29–30 January: Egypt, Consultative Council (1st phase 1st round)
February
edit- 2 February: Kuwait,
Parliament(election nullified) - 5 February: Finland, President (2nd round)
- 5–6 February: Egypt, Consultative Council (1st phase 2nd round)
- 12 February: Turkmenistan, President
- 14–15 February: Egypt, Consultative Council (2nd phase 1st round)
- 18 February: Latvia, Constitutional Referendum
- 19–21 February: Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Parliament
- 21 February: Yemen, President
- 21–22 February: Egypt, Consultative Council (2nd phase 2nd round)
- 26 February:
March
edit- 2 March: Iran, Parliament (1st round)
- 4 March: Russia, President
- 7 March: Belize, House of Representatives
- 10 March:
- 11 March:
- 17 March: East Timor, President (1st round)
- 18 March:
- Guinea-Bissau,
President (1st round)(election nullified) - Saint Barthélemy, Legislature
- Saint Martin, Legislature
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Legislature
- Guinea-Bissau,
- 24 March: Abkhazia, Parliament (2nd round)
- 25 March:
- 29 March: The Gambia, Parliament
April
edit- 8 April: South Ossetia, President (2nd round)
- 11 April: South Korea, Parliament
- 16 April: East Timor, President (2nd round)
- 18 April: Guernsey, Legislature
- 22 April: France, President (1st round)
May
edit- 3 May: Faroe Islands, Referendum
- 4 May: Iran, Parliament (2nd round)
- 6 May:
- 7 May:
- 10 May: Algeria, National Assembly
- 20 May:
- 23–24 May: Egypt, President (1st round)
- 26 May: Lesotho, National Assembly
- 31 May: Ireland, Constitutional Referendum
June
edit- 10 June: France, Parliament (1st round)
- 16–17 June: Egypt, President (2nd round)
- 17 June:
- 23 June – 13 July: Papua New Guinea, Parliament
- 28 June: Mongolia, Parliament
- 30 June: Iceland, President
July
edit- 1 July:
- 7 July:
- 15 July: Republic of the Congo, National Assembly (1st round)
- 18 July: Cayman Islands, Referendum
- 19 July: Nagorno-Karabakh, President
- 29 July:
August
edit- 19 August: Puerto Rico, Constitutional Referendum
- 31 August: Angola, Parliament
September
edit- 9 September: Hong Kong, Legislature
- 12 September: Netherlands, House of Representatives
- 23 September:
October
edit- 1 October: Georgia, Parliament
- 7 October: Venezuela, President
- 12–13 October: Czech Republic, Senate (1st round)
- 14 October:
- 19 October: Curaçao, Legislature
- 19–20 October: Czech Republic, Senate (2nd round)
- 20 October: Iceland, Constitutional Referendum
- 28 October:
- 30 October: Vanuatu, Parliament
November
edit- 6 November:
- Palau, President and House of Delegates and Senate
- United States, President, House of Representatives and Senate
- American Samoa, Governor (1st round), House of Representatives and Constitutional Referendum
- Guam, Auditor, Consolidated Commission on Utilities, Education Board, Legislature, Superior Court retention elections and Referendum[2]
- Northern Mariana Islands, House of Representatives, Senate, Supreme Court retention elections and Constitutional Referendum[3]
- Puerto Rico, Governor, House of Representatives, Senate and Referendum
- U.S. Virgin Islands, Board of Education, Board of Elections, Legislature and Referendum
- 9 November: Turks and Caicos Islands, Legislature
- 10 November: Ireland, Constitutional Referendum
- 11 November:
- 17 November: Sierra Leone, President and Parliament
- 20 November: American Samoa, Governor (2nd round)
- 25 November: Switzerland, Referendum
December
edit- 1 December: Kuwait, Parliament
- 2 December:
- 7–8 December: Ghana, President and Parliament
- 9 December: Romania, Chamber of Deputies and Senate
- 15 December: Egypt, Constitutional Referendum (1st phase)
- 16 December: Japan, House of Representatives and Supreme Court retention elections
- 17 December: Bermuda, House of Assembly
- 19 December: South Korea, President
- 22 December: Egypt, Constitutional Referendum (2nd phase)
Indirect elections
editThe following indirect elections of heads of state and the upper houses of bicameral legislatures took place through votes in elected lower houses, unicameral legislatures, or electoral colleges:
- 3 January: Marshall Islands, President
- 11 January and 16 March: Moldova, President
- 19 January, 30 March and 25 June: India, Council of States
- 29 January: Cambodia, Senate
- 2 March: Pakistan, Senate
- 18 March: Germany, President
- 25 March: Hong Kong, Chief Executive
- 1 April: San Marino, Captains Regent
- 2 May: Hungary, President
- 30 May, 4, 8 and 11 June: Albania, President
- 30 June – 30 September: Belarus, Council of the Republic[4]
- 19 July:
- 20 July: Mauritius, President[5]
- 18 September: Dominica, President[6]
- 28 September: Morocco, House of Councillors[7]
- 1 October: San Marino, Captains Regent
- 21–22 November: Slovenia, National Council[8]
- 29 December: Algeria, Council of the Nation[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Pitcairn in Support of a Marine Reserve!". The Pew Charitable Trusts. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "2012 Election Comparative Analysis Report". Guam Election Commission. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Official CNMI 2012 Election Results". Commonwealth Election Commission. 9 November 2012. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013.
- ^ "CEC of Belarus did not register oppositionists as candidates for deputies". REGNUM News Agency (in Russian). 26 July 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ "National Assembly – Speaker becomes President of the Republic New Speaker takes office". Le Défi Media Group. 27 July 2012. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ "Dominica chooses new president despite boycott". KTAR-FM. 18 September 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ "Chamber of Councilors: Renewal of the outgoing third party on September 28". Al Bayane (in French). 5 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ "The state councilor from Posavje will again be Jože Slivšek". Posavski obzornik (in Slovenian). 30 November 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ "Council of the Nation: The 48 new senators known". Liberté (in French). 2 January 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2020.