2008 electoral calendar

This electoral calendar 2008 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2008 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referendums are included, even though they are not elections. By-elections are not included.

January

5 January: Georgia, President, NATO membership referendum and election date referendum
7 January: Marshall Islands, President (by the parliament)
9 January: Kosovo, President (by the parliament)
12 January: Republic of China (Taiwan), Parliament and referendum
15 January: Barbados, Parliament
17–19 January: Tokelau, Parliament
19 January: Faroe Islands, Parliament
20 January: Cuba, Parliament
20 January: Serbia, President (1st round)
27 January: French Polynesia, Legislative (1st Round)
29 January: Bhutan, National Council

February

3 February: Serbia, President (2nd round)
3 February: Monaco, Parliament
7 February: Belize, Legislative and referendum
8 February: Djibouti, Parliament
8, 9, 15 February: Czech Republic, President (indirect)
10 February: French Polynesia, Legislative (2nd Round)
11 February: Trinidad and Tobago, President (indirect)
17, 18, 19 February: Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Parliament
17, 24 February: Cyprus, President
18 February: Pakistan, Parliament
19 February: Armenia, President
24 February: French Polynesia, President (indirect)
24 February: Cuba, President (indirect)
24 February: Switzerland, Referendum
October 2007 until February 2008: PR China, National People's Congress

March

2 March: Russia, President
2 March: Thailand, Senate
8 March: Malaysia, Parliament
8 March: Malta, Parliament
9 March: Spain, Parliament
9 March: Hungary, Referendum against government reforms
9/16 March: Mayotte, Legislative
14 March: Iran, Legislative (1st round)
15 March: PR China, President (indirect)
22 March: Republic of China (Taiwan), President and UN membership referendum
24 March: Bhutan, Parliament
29 March: Zimbabwe, President (1st round) and Parliament

April

6 April: Montenegro, President
9 April: South Korea, Parliament
10 April: Nepal, Constituent Assembly
13–14 April: Italy, Parliament
20 April: Paraguay, General
23 April: Guernsey, General
23–24 April: Tonga, General
25 April: Iran, Legislative (2nd round)
26 April: Nauru, Parliament
30 April: Tuvalu, Constitutional referendum

May

4 May: Equatorial Guinea, Parliament
10, 24 May: Burma/Myanmar, Constitutional referendum
11 May: Serbia, Parliament
16 May: Dominican Republic, President
17 May: Kuwait, Parliament
21 May: Georgia, Legislative
25 May: Lebanon, President (by the parliament)

June

1 June: Switzerland, Referendum
1 June: Macedonia, Assembly
7 June: Niue, Parliament
12 June: Ireland, Treaty of Lisbon referendum
22 June: Slovenia, Regionalisation referendum
27 June: Zimbabwe, President (2nd round)
29 June: Mongolia, Legislative

July

8 July: Grenada, Parliament
19 July: Nepal, President (1st round) (by the parliament)
21 July: Nepal, President (2nd round) (by the parliament)
27 July: Cambodia, Parliament

August

2 August: Latvia, Constitutional referendum
5 August: Republic of the Congo, Senate (indirect)
10 August: Bolivia, Recall referendum
23 August: Latvia, Pensions law referendum

September

2 September: Vanuatu, Parliament
5–6 September: Angola, Legislature
6 September: Pakistan, President (indirect)
7 September: Hong Kong, Legislature
15–18 September: Rwanda, Parliament
19 September: Swaziland, Parliament
19 September: Mauritius, President (indirect)
21 September: Slovenia, Parliament
21 September: France, Senate (third of the seats) (indirect)
25 September: South Africa, President (by the parliament)
28 September: Ecuador, Constitutional referendum
28 September: Austria, Parliament
28 September: Belarus, Parliament

October

8 October: Maldives, President (1st Round)
12 October: Lithuania, Parliament (1st Round) and nuclear power referendum
14 October: Canada, Parliament
15 October: Azerbaijan, President
15 October: Jersey, General (1st Round) and Central European Time referendum
17/18 October and 24/25 October: Czech Republic, Senate (one third)
26 October: Lithuania, Parliament (2nd Round)
29 October: Maldives, President (2nd Round)
30 October: Zambia, President

November

4 November: United States: President, House of Representatives, Senate (one third: "Class II" Senators), Governor (11)
- 4 November: American Samoa, Governor (1st Round), Legislative
- 4 November: Guam, Legislative
- 4 November: Puerto Rico, Governor, Legislative
- 4 November: United States Virgin Islands, Legislative
4 November: Palau, President, Senate and House of Delegates
8 November: New Zealand, General
9 November: San Marino, Parliament
16 November: Guinea-Bissau, Parliament
18 November: American Samoa, Governor (2nd Round)
25 November: Greenland, Self-government referendum
26 November: Jersey, General (2nd Round)
30 November: Romania, Legislative
30 November: Switzerland, Referendum

December

7 December: Ghana, President (1st Round) and Parliament
10 December: Switzerland, Federal Council (indirect)
14 December: Turkmenistan, Parliament (1st Round)
28 December: Ghana, President (2nd Round)
28 December: Turkmenistan, Parliament (2nd Round)
29 December: Bangladesh, General

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