2006 electoral calendar

This electoral calendar 2006 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2006 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referendums are included, although they are not elections. By-elections are not included.

See elections in 2006 for an overview of the 2006 results.

January

January 15: Chile, President (2nd round)
January 15: Finland, President (1st round)
January 22: Cape Verde, Parliament
January 22: Portugal, President
January 23: Canada, Parliament
January 25: Palestinian National Authority, Parliament
January 29: Finland, President (2nd round)

February

February 5: Costa Rica, President and Parliament
February 7: Haiti, President (1st round)
February 11: Tokelau, referendum on self-determination
February 12: Cape Verde, President
February 23: Uganda, President and Parliament

March

March 5: Benin, President
March 12: El Salvador, Legislature
March 12: Colombia, Legislature
March 19: Belarus, President
March 26: São Tomé and Príncipe, Parliament
March 26: Ukraine, Parliament
March 28: Israel, Parliament
March 31: Samoa, Parliament

April

April 2: Thailand, Parliament
April 5: Solomon Islands, Parliament
April 9: Peru, President and Parliament
April 9-April 10: Italy, Parliament
April 9: Hungary, Parliament (1st round)
April 19: Thailand, Senate
April 21: Haiti, Parliament (2nd round)
April 23: Hungary, Parliament (2nd round)
April 30: Laos, Parliament

May

May 3: Chad, President
May 6: Singapore, Parliament
May 6-May 13: Fiji, Parliament
May 14: Comoros, President
May 16: Dominican Republic, Legislature
May 21: Montenegro, Referendum on independence
May 21: Cyprus, Legislature
May 28: Colombia, President
May 31: Montserrat, Legislature

June

June 2-June 3: Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies
June 4: Peru, President (2nd round)
June 4: San Marino, Parliament
14 June: Switzerland, Federal Council (indirect)
June 17: Slovakia, Parliament
June 25: Mauritania, referendum on the new constitution
June 29: Kuwait, Parliament

July

July 2: Bolivia, Constituent Assembly
July 2: Mexico, President and Congress
July 5: Macedonia, Parliament
July 28-July 30: Seychelles, President
July 30: Democratic Republic of the Congo, President and Legislature
July 30: São Tomé and Príncipe, President

August

August 3: Tuvalu, Parliament
August 28: Guyana, President and Parliament

September

September 10: Montenegro, Parliament
September 17: Sweden, Parliament
September 17: Transnistria, referendum on closer ties with Russia
September 20: Yemen, President
September 22: The Gambia, President
September 26: Cook Islands, Parliament
September 28: Zambia, President and Parliament

October

October 1: Austria, Legislature
October 1: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Presidency and Parliament
October 1: Brazil, President (1st round)
October 7: Latvia, Parliament
October 15: Ecuador, President and Parliament
October 22: Bulgaria, President (1st round)
October 22: Panama, Panama Canal expansion referendum.
October 28–October 29: Serbia, referendum on the new constitution.
October 29: Brazil, President (2nd round)
October 29: Democratic Republic of the Congo, President (2nd round)
October 29: Bulgaria, President (2nd round)

November

November 5: Nicaragua, President and Parliament
November 6: Tajikistan, President
November 7: United States, House of Representatives and Senate (one third: "Class I" Senators)
November 19: Mauritania, Parliament (1st round)
November 22: The Netherlands, Tweede Kamer
November 23: Isle of Man, House of Keys
November 25: Bahrain, Parliament (1st round)
November 26: Ecuador, President (2nd round)
November 30: Gibraltar, Referendum on the new constitution

December

December 2: Bahrain, Parliament (2nd round)
December 3: Venezuela, President
December 3: Madagascar, President
December 3: Mauritania, Parliament (2nd round)
December 10: Nagorno-Karabakh, constitutional referendum
December 10: Transnistria, President
December 11: Saint Lucia, Parliament
December 15: Iran, Assembly of Experts
December 16/18/20: United Arab Emirates, Parliament
December 17: Gabon, Parliament

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