Local electoral calendar 2013

This local electoral calendar for 2013 lists the subnational elections held in 2013 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states. By-elections and sub-national referenda are also included.

January

• 20 January: Lower Saxony (Germany), State parliament
• 26 January: Singapore, Punggol East by-election
• 27 January: Gifu and Yamagata (Japan), gubernatorial elections^[1][2][3]

February

• 14 February: Tripura (India), Legislative Assembly
• 23 February:
  • Meghalaya (India), Legislative Assembly
  • Nagaland (India), Legislative Assembly
• 24-25 February:
  • Lazio (Italy), Regional council
  • Lombardy (Italy), Regional council
  • Molise (Italy), Regional council
• 28 February: United Kingdom, Eastleigh by-election

March

• 3 March: Bangkok(Thailand), Gubernatorial
• 4 March: Carinthia (Austria), Parliament
• 9 March:
  • Western Australian (Australia), Legislative Assembly
  • Malta, Local councils
• 17 March: Chiba (Japan), gubernatorial election^[4]

April

• 7 April: Akita (Japan), gubernatorial election^[5]
• 9 April: United States, House of Representatives, Illinois 2nd
• 20 April: Iraq, Provincial^[6]
• 20-21 April: Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Italy), Regional
• 28 April Tyrol (Austria), Parliament

May

• 2 May: United Kingdom, Local
• 5 May: Karnataka (India), Legislative Assembly
• 13 May: Philippines, Local
• 14 May: Canada, British Columbia provincial election
• 25-26 May：Italy, Local (1st round)
• 26 May: Aosta Valley (Italy), Regional

June

• 1 June: Latvia, unified local elections^[7][8]
• 8-9 June: Italy, Local (2nd round)
• 14 June: Iran, Local
• 20 June: Scotland (United Kingdom), Scottish Parliament by-election
• 27 June: India, Rajya Sabha (Upper House) from Tamil Nadu (Indirect)
• 28 June: Tuvalu, Nukufetau by-election

July

• 4 July: Gibraltar, Parliamentary by-election
• 14 July: Venezuela, Municipal elections
• 17 July: Saint Helena (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha), Legislative Council
• 24 July: Malaysia, Kuala Besut by-election
• 26 July: Trinidad, Local Government (Councillors)^[9][10]
• Shizuoka and Hyōgo (Japan), gubernatorial elections
• Tokyo (Japan), legislative election

August

• 1 August: Wales (United Kingdom), Welsh Assembly by-election
• 11 August: Argentina, Open primaries for selecting legislative candidates

September

• 8 September: Russia, Local^[11]
  • Moscow (City), Mayor
  • Moscow Oblast, Gubernatorial
• 15 September:
  • Bavaria (Germany), State parliament
  • Macau (China), Legislative^[12]
• 21 September:
  • Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan
  • Sri Lanka, Provincial councils^[13]
• 22 September: Hesse (Germany), State parliament
• 29 September: Portugal, Local
• Ibaraki (Japan), gubernatorial

October

• 8 October: Canada, Nova Scotia provincial election
• 12 October: New Zealand, Local^[14]
• 20 October: Estonia, Local (et)
• 21 October: Trinidad and Tobago, Local
• 22 October: Israel, Local^[15]
• 24 October: Scotland (United Kingdom), Scottish Parliament by-election
• 27 October: Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (Italy), provincial elections^[16]
• 27-28: Sudan, Abyei status referendum (non-binding)
• 28 October: Philippines
  • Barangay (village)
  • Davao Occidental creation plebiscite

November

• 3 November:
  • Albania Korçë mayoral
  • Kosovo Pristina mayoral,^[17] Mitrovica mayoral, Kosovo local elections, 2013^[18]
• 4 November:
  • Malaysia, Sungai Limau by-election
  • Trinidad and Tobago, St Joseph by-election, 2013
• 5 November: United States elections, 2013, United States gubernatorial elections, 2013
• 9 November: Slovakia, Regional (sk)
• 11 November: India, Chhattisgarh (1st phase)
• 17–18 November, Basilicata (Italy), regional election^[19]
• 19 November:
  • Denmark, local
  • India, Chhattisgarh (2nd phase)
  • United States elections, 2013, Albuquerque abortion referendum, 2013^[20]
• 24 November: Peru, Lima by-election
• 25 November: India, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram
• Miyagi and Hiroshima (Japan), gubernatorial elections

December

• 1 December: India, Rajasthan
• 4 December: India, Delhi
• 8 December: Venezuela, Municipal
• December: Mozambique, Local^[21]

References

1. ↑ Gifu electoral commission: Gubernatorial elections
2. ↑ Yamagata electoral commission: Candidate registration announcement
3. ↑ Federation of prefectural electoral commissions (to-dō-fu-ken senkyo kanri iinkai rengōkai)
4. ↑ Incumbent Morita wins 2nd term as Chiba governor Kyodo News. 18 March 2013. Accessed 14 April 2013
5. ↑ Akita governor reelected without vote House of Japan. 21 March 2013. Accessed 14 April 2013
6. ↑ http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/03/201332675318194477.html
7. ↑ Date set for next local elections in Latvia
8. ↑ CVK - Local Elections 2013
9. ↑ http://guardian.co.tt/news/2013-02-17/pnm-hits-road-local-govt-elections
10. ↑ http://www.newsday.co.tt/politics/0,173562.html
11. ↑ http://www.golos.org/vyborykalendar
12. ↑ Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening. Calendar of Elections. International Foundation for Electoral Systems
13. ↑ http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2013/09/20139215390175800.html
14. ↑ "2013 Local Elections FAQs" Archived 2012-08-29 at the Wayback Machine.. Elections New Zealand. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
15. ↑ http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/10/israel-elections-bring-racism-fore-2013102184217401251.html
16. ↑ "News : Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol is going to vote on Sunday 27 October" (in Italian). Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol autonomous region. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013. 
17. ↑ http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/fresh-competition-threatens-mayor-s-hold-on-prishtina
18. ↑ https://news.yahoo.com/photos/krstimir-pantic-candidate-mitrovica-mayor-arrives-polling-station-photo-134858044.html
19. ↑ "Basilicata regional elections: online instructions for the presentation and admission of candidacies" (in Italian). Ministry of the Interior (Italy). 2 October 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013. 
20. ↑ http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/11/referendum-us-city-rejects-abortion-ban-201311205219376456.html
21. ↑ http://blogs.aljazeera.com/blog/africa/mozambique-story-not-being-told

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