2015 national electoral calendar

This national electoral calendar for 2015 lists the national/federal direct elections that were held in 2015 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.

Countries with national elections or referendums: ■ – Executive ■ – Legislative ■ – Executive and Legislative ■ – Referendum ■ – Executive and Referendum ■ – Legislative and Referendum ■ – Executive, Legislative and Referendum

January

• 4 January: Uzbekistan, Legislative Chamber (2nd round)[1]
• 8 January: Sri Lanka, President[2][3]
• 11 January: Croatia, President (2nd round)[4]
• 20 January: Zambia, President[5]
• 25 January:
  • Comoros, Parliament (1st round)
  • Greece, Parliament

February

• 7 February: Slovakia, Referendum[6]
• 16 February: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Parliament[7]
• 22 February: Comoros, Parliament (2nd round)
• 28 February: Lesotho, National Assembly[8]

March

• 1 March:
  • Andorra, Parliament
  • El Salvador, Parliament[9]
  • Estonia, Parliament[10]
  • Tajikistan, Assembly of Representatives[11]
• 3 March: Federated States of Micronesia, Parliament[12]
• 8 March: Switzerland, Referendums[13]
• 17 March: Israel, Parliament[14]
• 28–29 March: Nigeria, President, House of Representatives and Senate[15]
• 29 March: Uzbekistan, President[16]
• 31 March: Tuvalu, Parliament[17]

April

• 11 April: Malta, Referendum[18]
• 13–15 April: Sudan, President and National Assembly[19]
• 19 April:
  • Finland, Parliament[20]
  • Northern Cyprus, President (1st round)[21]
• 22 April: Anguilla, Legislature
• 25 April: Togo, President[22]
• 26 April:
  • Benin, Parliament[23]
  • Kazakhstan, President[24]
  • Northern Cyprus, President (2nd round)[21]

May

• 3 May: Nagorno-Karabakh, Parliament[25]
• 7 May: United Kingdom, House of Commons[26]
• 8 May: Norfolk Island, Referendum[27][28]
• 10 May: Poland, President (1st round)[29]
• 11 May:
  • Guyana, President and Parliament[30]
• 22 May: Ireland, Constitutional Referendums[31]
• 24 May:
  • Ethiopia, House of Peoples' Representatives[23]
  • Poland, President (2nd round)[29]
• 25 May: Suriname, Parliament[32]

June

• 7 June:
  • Luxembourg, Referendum[33]
  • Mexico, Chamber of Deputies[34]
  • Turkey, Parliament[35]
• 8 June: British Virgin Islands, Legislature
• 14 June: Switzerland, Referendums[36]
• 18 June: Denmark, Parliament[37]
• 29 June: Burundi, National Assembly[38]

July

• 5 July: Greece, Referendum[39]
• 21 July: Burundi, President[40]

August

• 9 August: Haiti, Chamber of Deputies (all 119 seats) and Senate (20/30 seats), (1st round)[41]
• 17 August: Sri Lanka, Parliament[42]

September

• 1 September: Faroe Islands, Legislature
• 6 September:
  • Guatemala, President (1st round) and Parliament[43]
  • Poland, Referendum[44]
• 7 September: Trinidad and Tobago, House of Representatives[45]
• 11 September: Singapore, Parliament[46]
• 20 September: Greece, Parliament[47]

October

• 3 October: United Arab Emirates, Parliament[48]
• 4 October:
  • Kyrgyzstan, Parliament[49]
  • Portugal, Parliament[50]
• 11 October:
  • Belarus, President[51]
  • Guinea, President[52]
• 17–19 October: Egypt, Parliament (1st phase 1st round)[53]
• 18 October: Switzerland, National Council and Council of States (1st round)
• 19 October: Canada, House of Commons[54]
• 25 October:
  • Argentina, President (1st round), Chamber of Deputies and Senate[55]
  • Bulgaria, Referendum
  • Guatemala, President (2nd round)[43]
  • Haiti, President (1st round) (election nullified), Chamber of Deputies (25/119 seats 1st round revote; 86/119 seats 2nd round) and Senate (6/30 seats 1st round revote; 12/30 seats 2nd round)[56][57][58]
  • Ivory Coast, President[59]
  • Oman, Consultative Assembly
  • Poland, Sejm and Senate[60]
  • Republic of the Congo, Constitutional Referendum[61]
  • Tanzania, President and Parliament[62]
• 26–28 October: Egypt, Parliament (1st phase 2nd round)[53]

November

• 1 November:
  • Azerbaijan, Parliament[63]
  • Turkey, Parliament[64]
• 2 November: Switzerland, Council of States (2nd round 1st phase)
• 4 November:
  • Belize, House of Representatives[65]
  • Pitcairn Islands, Deputy Mayor and Legislature[66]
• 8 November:
  • Croatia, Parliament[67]
  • Myanmar, House of Representatives and House of Nationalities[68]
  • Switzerland, Council of States (2nd round 2nd phase)
• 15 November: Switzerland, Council of States (2nd round 3rd phase)
• 16 November: Marshall Islands, Parliament[69]
• 20 November – 11 December: New Zealand, Referendum (1st round)
• 21–23 November: Egypt, Parliament (2nd phase 1st round)[53]
• 22 November:
  • Argentina, President (2nd round)[55]
  • Switzerland, Council of States (2nd round 4th phase)
• 26 November: Gibraltar, Legislature[70]
• 29 November:
  • Burkina Faso, President and Parliament[71]
  • Transnistria, Parliament[72]
• 30 November – 2 December: Egypt, Parliament (2nd phase 2nd round)[53]

December

• 3 December: Denmark, Referendum
• 3–5 December: Seychelles, President (1st round)[73]
• 6 December:
  • Armenia, Referendum[74]
  • Venezuela, Parliament[75]
• 9 December: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Parliament[76]
• 13 December: Liechtenstein, Referendum
• 13–14 December: Central African Republic, Referendum[77]
• 16–18 December: Seychelles, President (2nd round)[73]
• 18 December: Rwanda, Referendum[78]
• 20 December:
  • Slovenia, Referendum[79]
  • Spain, Congress of Deputies[80]
• 30 December:
  • Central African Republic, President (1st round)[81]
  • Kiribati, Parliament (1st round)[82]

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:

• 23 April 2014 – 31 October 2016: Lebanon, President (17 rounds in 2015)[83][84]
• 10 January: Afghanistan, House of Elders[85]
• 13–14 January: Uzbekistan, Senate[86]
• 29–31 January: Italy, President
• 7 February, 20 April and 28 September: India, Council of States
• 18 February: Greece, President
• 5 March: Pakistan, Senate
• 16 March, 6 May and 22 June: Isle of Man, Legislative Council[87][88][89]
• 1 April: San Marino, Captains Regent
• 17 April: Tajikistan, National Assembly[90]
• 11 May: Federated States of Micronesia, President[91]
• 19 May: Sudan, Council of States[92]
• 24 May: Ethiopia, House of Federation[93]
• 26 May: Netherlands, Senate
• 3 June: Latvia, President
• 4 June: Mauritius, President[94]
• 16 June, 9 July, 23 October and 24 November: Austria, Federal Council[95][96][97][98]
• 14 July: Suriname, President[99]
• 24 July: Burundi, Senate
• 1 October: San Marino, Captains Regent
• 2 October: Morocco, House of Councillors[100]
• 12 October: Fiji, President[101]
• 28 October: Nepal, President
• 27 November: Namibia, National Council[102]
• 9 December: Switzerland, Federal Council
• 20 December: Spain, Senate
• 29 December:
  • Algeria, Council of the Nation[103]
  • Madagascar, Senate[104]

See also

• 2015 in politics

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