2021 national electoral calendar

This national electoral calendar for the year 2021 lists the national/federal direct elections that were and are scheduled to be held in 2021 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.

Schedule

January

• Kazakhstan, Assembly
• Portugal, President

February

• 7 February:
  • Ecuador, President and Parliament
  • Liechtenstein, Parliament[1]
• 14 February: Central African Republic, President and Parliament (2nd round)
• 28 February: El Salvador, Parliament

March

• 2 March: Federated States of Micronesia, Parliament[2]
• 14 March: Honduras, President and Parliament[3]
• 17 March: Netherlands, House of Representatives
• 19 March: Curaçao, Parliament[4][5]
• 28 March: Bulgaria, Parliament[6]

April

• 9 April: Samoa, Parliament[7]
• 11 April:
  • Chad, President
  • Peru, President and Parliament
• Benin, President[8]
• Djibouti, President[9]

May

• 23 May: Vietnam, Parliament[10]

June

• 6 June:
  • Iraq, Parliament[11]
  • Mexico, Chamber of Deputies
• Iran, President

July

• São Tomé and Príncipe, President[12]

August

• 28 August: Taiwan, Referendum[13]
• Somalia, President and House of the People[14]

September

• 5 September: Hong Kong, Legislative Council
• 13 September: Norway, Parliament
• 19 September: Russia, State Duma
• Isle of Man, House of Keys[15]

October

• 24 October:
  • Argentina, Chamber of Deputies and Senate
  • Chad, Parliament[16]

November

• 7 November: Nicaragua, President and Parliament[17]
• 21 November: Chile, President, Chamber of Deputies and Senate
• Falkland Islands, Parliament

December

• 4 December: The Gambia, President[18]
• Transnistria, President[19]
• Uzbekistan, President

Unknown date

• Albania, Parliament[20] (by 31 May)
• Armenia, Constitutional Referendum[21][22]
• Aruba, Parliament
• Bulgaria, President[23] (by 30 November)
• Cape Verde, President and Parliament[24]
• Republic of Congo, President[25]
• Cyprus, Parliament[26]
• Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies
• Ethiopia, House of Representatives[27]
• Germany, Bundestag
• Haiti, President[28]
• Iceland, Parliament
• Ivory Coast, National Assembly
• Japan, House of Representatives and Supreme Court retention elections[29]
• Laos, Parliament[30]
• Macau, Legislative Assembly
• Mongolia, President[31]
• Morocco, House of Representatives[32]
• Pitcairn Islands, Deputy Mayor and Parliament
• Saint Lucia, House of Assembly[33]
• South Sudan, President and Parliament
• Syria, President[34]
• Tonga, Parliament[35]
• Uganda, President and Parliament[36] (by 28 February)
• Zambia, President and Parliament[37]

External links

• IFES Election Guide – Elections
• National Democratic Institute – Electoral Calendar

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