This national electoral calendar for 2016 lists the national/federal elections held in 2016 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.
January
February
March
- 3âÂÂ24 March: New Zealand, Referendum (2nd round)
- 4 March: Samoa, Parliament
- 5 March: Slovakia, Parliament
- 6 March: Benin, President (1st round)
- 9 March: Kiribati, President
- 20 March:
- Benin, President (2nd round)
- Cape Verde, Parliament
- Kazakhstan, Assembly
- Laos, Parliament
- Niger, President (2nd round)
- Republic of Congo, President
- Senegal, Constitutional Referendum
- 31 March: Central African Republic, Parliament (2nd round)
April
- 6 April: Netherlands, Referendum
- 8 April: Djibouti, President
- 10 April:
- Chad, President
- Comoros, President (2nd round)
- Peru, President (1st round) and Parliament
- 13 April:
- South Korea, Parliament
- Syria, Parliament
- 17 April: Italy, Referendum
- 24 April:
- Austria, President (1st round)
- Equatorial Guinea, President
- Serbia, Parliament
- 27 April: Guernsey, Legislature
- 29 April: Iran, Parliament (2nd round)
May
- 9 May: Philippines, President, Vice President, House of Representatives and Senate
- 11 May: Comoros, President (2nd round in 13 constituencies) on Anjouan)
- 14 May: Philippines, President, Vice President, House of Representatives and Senate (in 55 precincts)
- 15 May: Dominican Republic, President, Chamber of Deputies and Senate
- 22 May:
- Austria, <s>President (2nd round)</s> (round nullified)
- Cyprus, Parliament
- Tajikistan, Constitutional Referendum
- Vietnam, Parliament
June
- 5 June:
- Peru, President (2nd round)
- Switzerland, Referendums
- 6 June: Saint Lucia, House of Assembly
- 7 June: Bahamas, Constitutional Referendum
- 23 June:
- Bermuda, Referendum
- Gibraltar, Brexit Referendum
- United Kingdom, Brexit Referendum
- 25 June: Iceland, President
- 26 June: Spain, Congress of Deputies
- 29 June: Mongolia, Parliament
July
August
September
- 4 September: Hong Kong, Legislature
- 8âÂÂ10 September: Seychelles, Parliament
- 11 September:
- Belarus, House of Representatives
- Croatia, Parliament
- 18 September:
- Liechtenstein, Referendum
- Russia, State Duma
- 20 September: Jordan, House of Representatives
- 22 September: Isle of Man, House of Keys
- 25 September: Switzerland, Referendums
- 26 September:
- Azerbaijan, Constitutional Referendum
- Sint Maarten, Legislature
October
- 2 October:
- Cape Verde, President
- Colombia, Referendum
- Hungary, Referendum
- 5 October: Curaçao, Legislature
- 7 October: Morocco, House of Representatives
- 7âÂÂ8 October: Czech Republic, Senate (1st round)
- 8 October: Georgia, Parliament (1st round)
- 9 October: Lithuania, Parliament (1st round)
- 14âÂÂ15 October: Czech Republic, Senate (2nd round)
- 16 October: Montenegro, Parliament
- 23 October: Lithuania, Parliament (2nd round)
- 29 October: Iceland, Parliament
- 30 October:
- Georgia, Parliament (2nd round)
- Ivory Coast, Constitutional Referendum
- Moldova, President (1st round)
November
- 1 November: Palau, President, House of Delegates and Senate
- 5 November â 17 January 2017: Somalia,
- 6 November:
- Bulgaria, President (1st round) and Referendum
- Nicaragua, President and Parliament
- 8 November: United States, President, House of Representatives and Senate
- American Samoa, Governor and House of Representatives
- Guam, Auditor, Consolidated Commission on Utilities, Education Board, Legislature, and Superior Court retention election
- Northern Mariana Islands, House of Representatives, Senate, and Supreme Court retention elections
- Puerto Rico, Governor, House of Representatives and Senate
- U.S. Virgin Islands, Board of Education, Board of Elections and Legislature
- 9 November Pitcairn Islands, Mayor
- 13 November:
- Bulgaria, President (2nd round)
- Moldova, President (2nd round)
- 20 November:
- Haiti, President, and
- San Marino, Parliament (1st round)
- 24 November: Grenada, Constitutional Referendum
- 26 November: Kuwait, Parliament
- 27 November: Switzerland, Referendum
December
- 1 December: The Gambia, President
- 4 December:
- Austria, President (2nd round revote)
- Italy, Constitutional Referendum
- San Marino, Parliament (2nd round)
- Uzbekistan, President
- 7 December: Ghana, President and Parliament
- 11 December:
- Hong Kong, Election Committee
- Kyrgyzstan, Constitutional Referendum
- Republic of Macedonia, Parliament
- Romania, Chamber of Deputies and Senate
- Transnistria, President
- 15 December: Turks and Caicos Islands, Legislature
- 18 December: Ivory Coast, National Assembly
Indirect elections
The 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:
- 4 January: Marshall Islands, President
- 27 January: Marshall Islands, President (new election)
- 26 February: Kosovo, President
- 11 March: Myanmar, President
- 14 March and 11 June: India, Council of States
- 1 April: San Marino, Captains Regent
- 2 April: Vietnam, President
- 19 April: Laos, President
- 25âÂÂ26 April: Ireland, Senate
- 10 June and 27 October: Malaysia, Senate
- 18 June â 18 September: Belarus, Council of the Republic
- 26 June: Spain, Senate
- 13 July: Nauru, President
- 29âÂÂ30 August, 24 September and 3 October: Estonia, President
- 1 October: San Marino, Captains Regent
- 23 April 2014 â 31 October 2016: Lebanon, President (13 rounds in 2016)
See also
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