National electoral calendar 2012

For local elections, see Local electoral calendar 2012.

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This national electoral calendar for the year 2012 lists the national/federal direct elections to be held in 2012 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states. By-elections are excluded, though national referenda are included.

Contents

1 January
2 February
3 March
4 April
5 May
6 June
7 July
8 August
9 September
10 October
11 November
12 December
13 Unknown
14 2012 or later
15 References

January

3 January: Marshall Islands, President (indirect)
3–4 January/10–11 January: Egypt, Parliament (3rd phase)
13 January: Kiribati, President
14 January: Republic of China (Taiwan), President and Legislative Yuan (Parliament)
15 January: Kazakhstan, Parliament
15 January: Moldova, President (indirect, 2nd round)
22 January: Finland, President (1st round)
22 January: Croatia, Referendum
29–30 January/5–6 February: Egypt, Shura Council (1st phase)

February

2 February: Kuwait, Parliament
12 February: Turkmenistan, President
14–15 February/21–22 February: Egypt, Shura Council (2nd phase)
21 February: Yemen, President
26 February: Senegal, President
February: Lesotho, Parliament
February: Syria, Parliament

March

4 March: Russia, President
10 March: Slovakia, Parliament
10 March: Abkhazia, Parliament
11 March: El Salvador, Parliament
12 March: Switzerland, Referendum
24 March: Gambia, Parliament
25 March: Hong Kong, Chief Executive (indirect)
25 March: South Ossetia, President
29 March: Iran, Parliament
March: Madagascar, President and Parliament

April

1 April: Burma, Parliamentary by-elections
11 April: South Korea, Parliament
18 April: Guernsey, Parliament
22 April: France, President (1st round)
29 April/13 May: Mali, President
April: Greece, Parliament
April: Libya, General

May

4 May: Palestine, President and Parliament
6 May: Armenia, Parliament
6 May: France, President (2nd round if required)
16 May Dominican Republic, President
May: Algeria, Parliament
May: Bahamas, Parliament
May: Burkina Faso, Parliament
May: East Timor, President
May: Serbia, Parliament

June

10 June: France, Parliament (1st round)
13 June: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senate (indirect)
17 June: France, Parliament (2nd round)
30 June: Iceland, President
June: Republic of the Congo, Parliament
June: East Timor, Parliament
June: Mongolia, Parliament
June: Papua New Guinea, Parliament
June: Senegal, Parliament

July

1 July: Mexico, President and Parliament
1 July: Mali, Parliament (1st round)
22 July: Mali, Parliament (2nd round)
July: Albania, President (indirect)
July: Cameroon, Parliament
July: Nagorno-Karabakh, President
July: India, President (indirect)

August

14 August: Kenya, President and Parliament
August: Sierra Leone, President and Parliament
August: Turkey, President

September

September: Belarus, Parliament
September: Vanuatu, Parliament

October

7 October: Venezuela, President
8 October: Slovenia, President
28 October: Ukraine, Parliament
October: Czech Republic, Senate (a third of the seats)
October 2012 to February 2013: PR China, National People's Congress
October: Georgia, Parliament
October: Lithuania, Parliament
October: Togo, Parliament

November

6 November: United States, President, House of Representatives and Senate (one third: "Class I" Senators)
6 November: Palau, President and Parliament
30 November: Romania, Parliament

December

19 December: South Korea, President
December: Bermuda, Parliament
December: Bhutan, National Council
December: Ghana, President and Parliament

Unknown

2012 or later

Barbados, Parliament (by January 2013)
Denmark, EU opt-out referendum
Falkland Islands, Legislative Assembly (by 20 January 2014)
Fiji, Parliament (by September 2014)
Japan, Parliament (by 30 August 2013)
Libya, Public National Conference followed by constitutional referendum followed by President and Parliament
Malaysia, Parliament (by 2013)
Malta, Parliament (by July 2013)
Tunisia, President and Parliament

References


National electoral calendars: 2011 \| 2012 \| 2013
Local electoral calendars: 2011 \| 2012 \| 2013
Previous electoral calendars: 2006 \| 2007 \| 2008 \| 2009 \| 2010 See also: Election results by year \| Election results by country