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 7 January: Kiribati, Parliament (2nd round) 16 January: Taiwan, President and Parliament 22 January: Vanuatu, Parliament 24 January: Portugal, President
February 14 February: Central African Republic, President and Parliament 18 February: Uganda, President and Parliament 21 February: Bolivia, Constitutional Referendum Comoros, President (1st round) Niger, President (1st round) and Parliament 25 February: Jamaica, House of Representatives 26 February: Iran, Parliament (1st round) and Assembly of Experts Ireland, Assembly 28 February: Switzerland, Referendums
March 3–24 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, President (2nd round) (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 2 July: Australia, House of Representatives and Senate 9 July: Nauru, Parliament 10 July: Abkhazia, Referendum Japan, House of Councillors 11 July: Nauru, Parliament (Aiwo only) 17 July: São Tomé and Príncipe, President (1st round)
August 7 August: São Tomé and Príncipe, President (2nd round) Thailand, Constitutional Referendum 11 August: Zambia, President, Parliament and Constitutional Referendum 21 August: Turkmenistan, Council of Elders 27 August: Gabon, President
September 4 September: Hong Kong, Legislature 8–10 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 7–8 October: Czech Republic, Senate (1st round) 8 October: Georgia, Parliament (1st round) 9 October: Lithuania, Parliament (1st round) 14–15 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 – 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 25–26 April: Ireland, Senate 10 June and 27 October: Malaysia, Senate 18 June – 18 September: Belarus, Council of the Republic 26 June: Spain, Senate 13 July: Nauru, President 29–30 August, 24 September and 3 October: Estonia, President 1 October: San Marino, Captains Regent 23 April 2014 – 31 October 2016: Lebanon, President (13 rounds in 2016)
See also 2016 in politics
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