2024 national electoral calendar
National and federal elections held in 2024
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This national electoral calendar for 2024 lists the national/federal elections held, and scheduled to be held, in 2024 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included. Specific dates are given where these are known.
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2024 has been dubbed the biggest election year in history.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
January
- 7 January: Bangladesh, Parliament[7]
- 9 January: Bhutan, National Assembly (2nd round)[8]
- 11 January: Sint Maarten, Parliament[9]
- 13 January: Taiwan, President and Parliament[10]
- 14 January: Comoros, President[11]
- 21 January: Liechtenstein, Referendums[12][13]
- 26 January: Tuvalu, Parliament[14]
- 28 January: Finland, President (1st round)[15]
February
- 4 February: El Salvador, President and Legislative Assembly[16]
- 7 February: Azerbaijan, President[17]
- 8 February: Pakistan, National Assembly[18]
- 11 February: Finland, President (2nd round)[19]
- 14 February: Indonesia, President and Parliament[20]
- 25 February:
- Belarus, Parliament[21]
- Liechtenstein, Referendum[22]
March
- 1 March: Iran, Parliament (1st round) and Assembly of Experts[23]
- 3 March:
- 8 March: Ireland, Constitutional Referendums[25]
- 10 March: Portugal, Parliament[26]
- 15–17 March: Russia, President[27]
- 23 March: Slovakia, President (1st round)[28]
- 24 March: Senegal, President[29]
April
- 4 April: Kuwait, Parliament[30]
- 6 April: Slovakia, President (2nd round)[31]
- 10 April: South Korea, National Assembly[32]
- 17 April:
- Croatia, Parliament[33]
- Solomon Islands, National Parliament[34]
- 19 April: India, Lok Sabha (1st phase)[35]
- 21 April:
- Ecuador, Constitutional Referendum[36]
- Maldives, Parliament[37]
- 24 April: North Macedonia, President (1st round)[38]
- 26 April: India, Lok Sabha (2nd phase)[35]
- 29 April: Togo, Parliament[39]
May
- 5 May: Panama, President, Parliament, and Central American Parliament[40]
- 6 May: Chad, President[41]
- 7 May: India, Lok Sabha (3rd phase)[35]
- 8 May: North Macedonia, President (2nd round) and Parliament[38]
- 10 May: Iran, Parliament (2nd round)[42]
- 12 May: Lithuania, President (1st round) and Constitutional Referendum[43][44]
- 13 May: India, Lok Sabha (4th phase)[35]
- 19 May: Dominican Republic, President, Senate, Chamber of Deputies, and Central American Parliament[45]
- 20 May: India, Lok Sabha (5th phase)[35]
- 25 May: India, Lok Sabha (6th phase)[35]
- 26 May: Lithuania, President (2nd round)[46]
- 29 May:
June
- 1 June:
- 2 June: Mexico, President, Senate and Chamber of Deputies[51]
- 6–9 June: European Union, European Parliament[52]
- 9 June:
- Belgium, Parliament[53]
- Bulgaria, Parliament[54]
- San Marino, Parliament[55]
- Slovenia, Referendum[56]
- South Ossetia, Parliament[57]
- Switzerland, Referendums[58]
- 16 June: Liechtenstein, Referendum[59]
- 28 June:
- Iran, President (1st round)[60]
- Mongolia, Parliament[61]
- 29 June: Mauritania, President[62]
- 30 June: France, National Assembly (1st round)[63]
July
- 4 July: United Kingdom, House of Commons[64]
- 5 July: Iran, President (2nd round)[65]
- 7 July: France, National Assembly (2nd round)[63]
- 15 July:
- 28 July: Venezuela, President[68]
August
- 14 August: Kiribati, Parliament (1st round)[69]
- 19 August:
- Kiribati, Parliament (2nd round)[69]
- Sint Maarten, Parliament[70]
- 31 August: Niue, Constitutional Referendum[71]
September
- 1 September: Azerbaijan, Parliament[72]
- 7 September: Algeria, President[73]
- 10 September: Jordan, House of Representatives[74]
- 20–21 September: Czech Republic, Senate (1st round)[75]
- 21 September: Sri Lanka, President[76]
- 22 September: Switzerland, Referendums[77]
- 27–28 September: Czech Republic, Senate (2nd round)[78]
- 29 September: Austria, Parliament[79]
October
- 6 October: Tunisia, President[80]
- 9 October: Mozambique, President and Parliament[81]
- 13 October: Lithuania, Parliament (1st round)[82]
- 20 October:
- Bulgaria, Parliament[83]
- Moldova, President and Constitutional Referendum[84]
- 26 October: Georgia, Parliament[85]
- 27 October:
- Lithuania, Parliament (2nd round)[86]
- Uruguay, President and Parliament[87]
- Uzbekistan, Legislative Chamber and Senate[88]
November
- 5 November: United States, President, Senate and House of Representatives[89]
- 12 November: Palau, President and Parliament[90]
- 13 November: Somaliland, President[91]
- 24 November:
- Guinea-Bissau, Parliament[92]
- Romania, President[93]
- Switzerland, Referendums[94]
- 27 November: Namibia, President and National Assembly[95]
- 30 November: Mauritius, Parliament
December
- 1 December: Romania, Parliament[93]
- 7 December: Ghana, President and Parliament[96]
- 22 December: South Sudan, President and Parliament[97]
Unknown date
- Bangladesh, Parliament
- Botswana, Parliament
- Chad, Parliament
- Croatia, President
- Guinea-Bissau, President
- Kazakhstan, Referendum[98]
- Kiribati, President
- Montserrat, Legislature
Indirect elections
The following indirect elections of heads of state and the upper houses of bicameral legislatures will take place through votes in elected lower houses, unicameral legislatures, or electoral colleges:
- Since 29 September, 2022: Lebanon, President[99][100]
- 2 January: Marshall Islands, President[101]
- 25 January: Nepal, National Assembly[102]
- 25 February: Cambodia, Senate[103]
- 26 February: Hungary, President[104]
- 9 March: Pakistan, President[105]
- 27 March: Malta, President[106]
- 28–29 March: Tunisia, National Council of Regions and Districts[107]
- 2 April: Pakistan, Senate[108]
- 4 April: Belarus, Council of the Republic[109]
- 29 April: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senate[110]
- 22 May: Vietnam, President[111]
- 9 June: Belgium, Senate[112]
- 9–26 June: Thailand, Senate[113]
- 13–14 June: South Africa, National Council of Provinces[114]
- 14 June: South Africa, President[115]
- 13 October: Macau, Chief Executive[116]
- Ethiopia, President
- Georgia, President
- India, Rajya Sabha
- Mauritius, President
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