2026 national electoral calendar
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This national electoral calendar for 2026 lists the national/federal elections scheduled to be held in 2026 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.
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January
- 11 January:
- 15 January: Uganda, President and Parliament[3]
- 18 January: Portugal, President (1st round)[4][5]
- 25 January: Myanmar, Parliament (3rd phase)[6]
February
- 1 February: Costa Rica, President and Parliament[7]
- 6 February: Tokelau, Parliament[8]
- 8 February:
- 11 February: Barbados, House of Assembly[12]
- 12 February: Bangladesh, Parliament and Constitutional referendum[13]
- 22 February: Laos, Parliament[14]
March
- 5 March: Nepal, House of Representatives[15]
- 8 March:
- 15 March:
- 22 March: Slovenia, Parliament[22]
- 22–23 March: Italy, Constitutional referendum[23]
- 24 March: Denmark, Parliament[24]
- 26 March: Faroe Islands, Parliament[25]
April
- 4 April: Maldives, Constitutional referendum[26]
- 10 April: Djibouti, President[27]
- 12 April:
- 19 April: Bulgaria, Parliament[31]
May
- 2 May: Niue, Parliament[32]
- 17 May: Cape Verde, Parliament[33]
- 24 May:
- 31 May: Colombia, President[36]
June
- 1 June: Ethiopia, Parliament[37]
- 7 June: Armenia, Parliament[38]
- 14 June: Switzerland, Referendums[39]
July
- 19 July: São Tomé and Príncipe, President[40]
August
- 13 August: Zambia, President and Parliament[41]
- 29 August: Iceland, Referendum[42]
- 30 August: Haiti, President, Chamber of Deputies and Senate[43]
September
- 13 September: Sweden, Parliament[44]
- 20 September: Russia, State Duma[45]
- 23 September: Morocco, Parliament[46]
- 24 September: Isle of Man, House of Keys[47]
- 27 September:
October
- 3 October: Latvia, Parliament[48]
- 4 October:
- 9–10 October: Czech Republic, Senate (1st round)[51]
November
- 3 November: United States, House of Representatives and Senate[52]
- 7 November: New Zealand, Parliament[53]
- 8 November: Bulgaria, President[54]
- 15 November: Cape Verde, President[33]
- 29 November: Switzerland, Referendums
December
- 5 December: Gambia, President[55]
- 6 December: Guinea-Bissau, President and Parliament[56]
- 22 December: South Sudan, President, Assembly and Council of States[57]
Unknown date
- Algeria, Parliament[58]
- Bahamas, Parliament[59]
- Bahrain, Parliament[60]
- Cameroon, Parliament[61]
- Cook Islands, Parliament[62]
- Fiji, Parliament[63]
- Israel, Knesset[64]
- Kosovo, Parliament[65]
- New Caledonia, Parliament[66]
- Somalia, Parliament[67]
- Transnistria, President[68]
Indirect elections
- 18 February, Peru, President[69]
- 22 February, North Korea, General Secretary of the Workers' Party[70]
- 3–8 March, Iran, Supreme Leader[71]
- 16 March: India, Rajya Sabha[72]
- 2 September: Estonia, President[73]
- September: France, Senate (series 2)
- Kosovo, President[74]
- Iraq, President[75]
See also
- 2026 local electoral calendar
- 2026 supranational electoral calendar
- List of elections in 2026
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