List of next general elections
This is a list of the next general elections around the world in democratic polities. The general elections listed are for the government of each jurisdiction. These elections determine the Prime Minister and makeup of the legislature in a parliamentary democracy, or the president and then the legislature in a system where separate votes are taken for different tiers of government.
In most jurisdictions, general elections are held between every three to five years,[1] with presidential elections sometimes attaining 6 (Mexico, Russia since a 2008 amendment) or 7 years (France's septennat until 2000).
A country's constitution may give elections a fixed timing (i.e. United States, Switzerland, Sweden), while some allow the government to dissolve Parliament and call a new vote up to a certain time limit (United Kingdom, Israel, Japan). Some constitutions may require Parliaments to elect the Head of State under threat of dissolution (Greece). In most countries the election for the representative assembly determines the government.
All countries in the Americas which directly elect their President, hold the Presidential and the legislative election at the same time. However, most countries in Europe split these elections and schedule them at different times.
International standards set a number of rules to judge whether the election is unfair. Some countries hold staged elections, but in most the election's outcome is the result of organized influence, as per social choice theory. Human rights violations include "compromise of the right to participate in government through free elections",[2] the right to freedom of association,[3] or the right to free expression.[4] Elections may also be unfair if unlawful political campaign financing favours particular interest groups, or if the law implicitly favors some through this means. Last but not least, media ownership may also create significant media bias.[5]
List of next elections
Africa
- Somalia does not currently hold general elections
- Eritrea and South Sudan have not held general elections since independence in 1991 and 2011, respectively.
Americas
Asia
- Brunei, People's Republic of China, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates do not hold general elections
Europe
Country | Type of Government - de jure | Next general election:
(Legislative if Presidential system) |
Polls | Term | Next election:
Presidential (if an executive Presidency) |
Last election | Fairness | Pop. (m) | GDP ($bn) | IHDI | Party(s) in executive cabinet
(or individual if President) |
Status of executive party(s) in legislature |
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Andorra | Parliamentary constitutional diarchy | 2019 | 4 Years | March 2015 | ||||||||
Armenia | Semi-presidential republic | May 2017 | 5 years | February 2013 | Protests | 3.3 | 10 | .649 | RPA | |||
Austria | Semi-presidential republic (de facto parliamentary republic) | 2018 | 5 years | 2016 | September 2013 | 8.5 | 418 | .837 | SPÖ, ÖVP | Majority Coalition | ||
Azerbaijan | Semi-presidential republic | 2018 | 5 years | November 2015 | October 2013 | |||||||
Belarus | Presidential republic | 2020 | 5 years | 2016 | September 2012 | |||||||
Belgium | Parliamentary constitutional monarchy | May 2019 | 5 years | 25 May 2014 | 11.2 | 514 | .825 | N-VA, MR, CD&V, Open VLD | Majority Coalition | |||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Parliamentary republic | October 2018 | 4 years | October 2014 | 3.8 | 17 | .650 | Multiple | ||||
Bulgaria | Parliamentary republic | October 2018 | 4 years | 2016 | 5 October 2014 | Protests | 6.9 | 51 | .704 | GERB, Reformist Bloc | Minority Coalition; confidence from Patriotic Front | |
Croatia | Parliamentary republic | Polls | 5 years | September 2016 | 4.2 | 64 | .683 | |||||
Cyprus | Presidential republic | February 2018 | 5 years | Mid term | February 2013 | 1.1 | 23 | .751 | Democratic Rally | |||
Czech Republic | Parliamentary republic | October 2017 | Polls | 4 years | October 2013 | 10.5 | 214 | .826 | Civic Democratic Party, Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party, ANO 2011 | Majority Coalition | ||
Denmark | Parliamentary constitutional monarchy | Polls | 4 years | June 2015 | 5.6 | 332 | .845 | Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti | Minority; confidence from DF, Liberal Alliance, DKF | |||
Estonia | Parliamentary republic | March 2019 | Polls | 4 years | March 2015 | 1.3 | 21 | .770 | Estonian Reform Party, SDE, IRL | Majority Coalition | ||
Finland | Parliamentary republic | April 2019 | Polls | 4 years | April 2015 | 5.4 | 263 | .839 | Centre Party, Finns Party, National Coalition Party | Majority Coalition | ||
France | Semi-presidential republic | April 2017 | Polls | 5 years | Same time | April 2012 | 65.7 | 2,775 | .812 | François Hollande | Majority | |
Georgia | Semi-residential republic | |||||||||||
Germany | Parliamentary republic | September 2017 | Polls | 4 years[14] | September 2013 | 80.4 | 3,604 | .856 | CDU/CSU, SPD | Majority Coalition | ||
Gibraltar | Parliamentary dependency | November 2019 | 4 years | November 2015 | .030 | 1.106 | .961 | GSLP/Liberal Alliance | Majority | |||
Greece | Parliamentary republic | October 2019 | 4 years | September 2015 | 10.8 | 299 | .760 | SYRIZA, ANEL | Majority Coalition | |||
Hungary | Parliamentary republic | April 2018 | 4 years | April 2014 | 9.9 | 138 | .769 | Fidesz, KDNP | Majority Coalition | |||
Iceland | Parliamentary republic | October 2016 | 4 years | April 2013 | 0.3 | 13 | .848 | Progressive Party, Independence Party | Majority Coalition | |||
Ireland | Parliamentary republic | April 2021 | Polls | 5 years[15] | February 2016 | 4.6 | 221 | .850 | Fine Gael, Independents | Minority Coalition; confidence from Fianna Fáil | ||
Italy | Parliamentary republic | February 2018 | Polls | 5 years | February 2013 | 59.7 | 2,195 | .776 | PD, AP, PI, SC, Independents | Majority Coalition | ||
Kosovo | Parliamentary republic | |||||||||||
Latvia | Parliamentary republic | 4 years | October 2014 | 2.0 | 28 | .726 | Unity, ZZS, NA | Majority Coalition | ||||
Lithuania | Parliamentary republic | October 2016 | 4 years | October 2012 | 2.9 | 42 | .727 | LSDP, DP, TT | Majority Coalition | |||
Luxembourg | Parliamentary constitutional monarchy | October 2017 | 4 years | October 2013 | .537 | 42 | .813 | DP, LSAP, DG | Majority Coalition | |||
Macedonia | Parliamentary republic | December 2016 | April 2014 | VMRO-DPMNE and Democratic Union for Integration coalition | ||||||||
Malta | Parliamentary republic | June 2018 | 5 years | March 2013 | .452 | 9 | .778 | Labour | Majority | |||
Monaco | Parliamentary constitutional monarchy | |||||||||||
Moldova | Parliamentary republic | Polls | 4 years | Nov 2014 | 3.6 | 7 | .660 | Liberal Democratic | ||||
Montenegro | Presidential republic | October 2016 | Polls | 4 years | October 2012 | |||||||
Netherlands | Parliamentary constitutional monarchy | March 2017 | Polls | 4 years | September 2012 | 16.8 | 836 | .857 | VVD/PvdA | |||
Norway | Parliamentary constitutional monarchy | September 2017 | Polls | 4 years | September 2013 | 5.0 | 483 | .894 | Conservative, Progress | Minority Coalition; confidence from KrF, Venstre | ||
Poland | Parliamentary republic | No later than 2019 | 5 years | May 2015 | October 2010 | 38.5 | 514 | .740 | PiS | Majority | ||
Portugal | Semi-presidential republic | 4 years | October 2015 | 10.6 | 237 | .729 | PS | Minority; confidence from BE, PCP, PEV | ||||
Romania | Semi-presidential republic | December 2016 | 4 years | December 2012 | 20.1 | 187 | .687 | |||||
Russia | Semi-presidential republic | 6 years | March 2018 | March 2012 | Disputed | 143.4 | 1,858 | .670[7] | Vladimir Putin, | Majority | ||
San Marino | ||||||||||||
Serbia | Parliamentary republic | May 2017 | 5 years | 4 years | May 2012 | 7.1 | 53 | .696 | SNS | Majority | ||
Slovakia | Parliamentary republic | 2020 | 4 years | March 2014 | March 2016 | 5.4 | 91 | .788 | Social Democrat | |||
Slovenia | Parliamentary republic | 4 years | July 2014 | 2.1 | 45 | .840 | Positive Slovenia/Social Democrat | |||||
Spain | Parliamentary constitutional monarchy | 2020 | Polls | 4 years[16] | June 2016 | 46.7 | 1,478 | .796 | TBD | |||
Sweden | Parliamentary constitutional monarchy | September 2018 | Polls | 4 years | September 2014 | 9.6 | 539 | .859 | Social Democratic/Green | Minority Coalition; confidence from the Alliance | ||
Switzerland | October 2019 | 4 years | October 2015 | 8.0 | 632 | .849 | see Swiss Federal Council | |||||
Turkey | Parliamentary republic | November 2019 | 4 years | November 2015 | 75.6 | 774 | .542 | AKP | ||||
Ukraine | Semi-presidential republic | 5 years | May 2014 | 44.8 | 180 | .672 | Batkivshchyna/UDAR | |||||
United Kingdom | Parliamentary constitutional monarchy | May 2020 | Polls | 5 years[17] | May 2015 | date=November 2016}} | 63.7 | 2,429 | .802 | Conservative | Majority | |
European Union | 2019 | 5 years | May 2014 | 507.9 | 17,577 | no data | EPP, S&D, ALDE (informal alliance in the EP) |
- Vatican City is an absolute monarchy, and only holds elections after the death or resignation of its leader.
Oceania
Country | Next election | Polls | Term | Presidential vote (if different) | Last election | Fairness | Pop. (m) | GDP ($bn) | IHDI | In power now |
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Australia | 2019 | Polls | 3 years[18] | 2 July 2016 | 24.1 | 1,620 | .858 | Liberal/National | ||
Cook Islands | 2018 | 4 years | July 2014 | Cook Islands Party | ||||||
Federated States of Micronesia | ||||||||||
Fiji | 2018 | 4 years | September 2014 | FijiFirst | ||||||
Kiribati | 2019 or 2020 | 4 years | March 2016 | Dec. 2015-Jan. 2016 | awaiting results | |||||
Marshall Islands | ||||||||||
Nauru | Next | 3 years | 2016 | (no political parties) | ||||||
New Zealand | 2017 | Polls | 3 years | September 2014 | 4.3 | 161 | no data | National | ||
Niue | 2017 | 3 years | April 2014 | (no political parties) | ||||||
Palau | ||||||||||
Papua New Guinea | July 2017 | 5 years | July 2012 | 8.1 | 13 | no data | PNCP | |||
Samoa | 2021 | 5 years | March 2016 | HRPP | ||||||
Solomon Islands | 4 years | 19 November 2014 | broad coalition | |||||||
Tonga | 4 years | 25 November 2014 | (non-partisan) | |||||||
Tuvalu | 4 years | 2015 | (no political parties) | |||||||
Vanuatu | 2020 | 4 years | January 2016 | broad coalition |
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Notes
- ↑ nb in Germany where there are elections every 4 years, the Federal Constitutional Court has held that five years is the limit that is compatible with living in a democratic society.
- ↑ Universal Declaration of Human Rights article 21
- ↑ UDHR article 20
- ↑ UDHR article 19
- ↑ OSCE, Election Observation Handbook (6th edn 2010) 18-22, 31, 37 and Annex A
- ↑ South African Constitution
- 1 2 3 2011 data, as country missing from 2013 UN report.
- ↑ Constitution of Belize
- ↑ Brazilian Constitution
- ↑ Canada Elections Act 2000
- ↑ US Constitution
- ↑ Constitution of India art 83
- ↑ .
- ↑ Grundgesetz art 39, between 46 and 48 months after the last election
- ↑ Electoral (Amendment) Act 1927 s 7
- ↑ Spanish Constitution of 1978 art 68
- ↑ Parliament Act 1911 and Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011. A government could collapse at an earlier date, triggering an election.
- ↑ Australian Constitution