2015 national electoral calendar
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This national electoral calendar for 2015 lists the national/federal elections held in 2015 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.
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January
[edit]- 4 January: Uzbekistan, Legislative Chamber (2nd round)[1]
- 8 January: Sri Lanka, President[2][3]
- 11 January: Croatia, President (2nd round)[4]
- 20 January: Zambia, President[5]
- 25 January:
February
[edit]- 7 February: Slovakia, Referendum[6]
- 16 February: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Parliament[7]
- 22 February: Comoros, Parliament (2nd round)
- 28 February: Lesotho, National Assembly[8]
March
[edit]- 1 March:
- 3 March: Federated States of Micronesia, Parliament[12]
- 8 March: Switzerland, Referendums[13]
- 17 March: Israel, Parliament[14]
- 28–29 March: Nigeria, President, House of Representatives and Senate[15]
- 29 March: Uzbekistan, President[16]
- 31 March: Tuvalu, Parliament[17]
April
[edit]- 11 April: Malta, Referendum[18]
- 13–15 April: Sudan, President and National Assembly[19]
- 19 April:
- 22 April: Anguilla, Legislature
- 25 April: Togo, President[22]
- 26 April:
May
[edit]- 3 May: Nagorno-Karabakh, Parliament[25]
- 7 May: United Kingdom, House of Commons[26]
- 8 May: Norfolk Island, Referendum[27][28]
- 10 May: Poland, President (1st round)[29]
- 11 May:
- 22 May: Ireland, Constitutional Referendums[31]
- 24 May:
- 25 May: Suriname, Parliament[32]
June
[edit]- 7 June:
- 8 June: British Virgin Islands, Legislature
- 14 June: Switzerland, Referendums[36]
- 18 June: Denmark, Parliament[37]
- 29 June: Burundi, National Assembly[38]
July
[edit]August
[edit]- 9 August: Haiti, Chamber of Deputies (all 119 seats) and Senate (20/30 seats), (1st round)[41]
- 17 August: Sri Lanka, Parliament[42]
September
[edit]- 1 September: Faroe Islands, Legislature
- 6 September:
- 7 September: Trinidad and Tobago, House of Representatives[45]
- 11 September: Singapore, Parliament[46]
- 20 September: Greece, Parliament[47]
October
[edit]- 3 October: United Arab Emirates, Parliament[48]
- 4 October:
- 11 October:
- 17–19 October: Egypt, Parliament (1st phase 1st round)[53]
- 18 October: Switzerland, National Council and Council of States (1st round)
- 19 October: Canada, House of Commons[54]
- 25 October:
- Argentina, President (1st round), Chamber of Deputies and Senate[55]
- Bulgaria, Referendum
- Guatemala, President (2nd round)[43]
- Haiti,
President (1st round)(election nullified), Chamber of Deputies (25/119 seats 1st round revote; 86/119 seats 2nd round) and Senate (6/30 seats 1st round revote; 12/30 seats 2nd round)[56][57][58] - Ivory Coast, President[59]
- Oman, Consultative Assembly
- Poland, Sejm and Senate[60]
- Republic of the Congo, Constitutional Referendum[61]
- Tanzania, President and Parliament[62]
- 26–28 October: Egypt, Parliament (1st phase 2nd round)[53]
November
[edit]- 1 November:
- 2 November: Switzerland, Council of States (2nd round 1st phase)
- 4 November:
- 8 November:
- 15 November: Switzerland, Council of States (2nd round 3rd phase)
- 16 November: Marshall Islands, Parliament[69]
- 20 November – 11 December: New Zealand, Referendum (1st round)
- 21–23 November: Egypt, Parliament (2nd phase 1st round)[53]
- 22 November:
- 26 November: Gibraltar, Legislature[70]
- 29 November:
- 30 November – 2 December: Egypt, Parliament (2nd phase 2nd round)[53]
December
[edit]- 3 December: Denmark, Referendum
- 3–5 December: Seychelles, President (1st round)[73]
- 6 December:
- 9 December: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Parliament[76]
- 13 December: Liechtenstein, Referendum
- 13–14 December: Central African Republic, Referendum[77]
- 16–18 December: Seychelles, President (2nd round)[73]
- 18 December: Rwanda, Referendum[78]
- 20 December:
- 30 December:
Indirect elections
[edit]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:
- 23 April 2014 – 31 October 2016: Lebanon, President (17 rounds in 2015)[83][84]
- 10 January: Afghanistan, House of Elders[85]
- 13–14 January: Uzbekistan, Senate[86]
- 29–31 January: Italy, President
- 7 February, 20 April and 28 September: India, Council of States
- 18 February: Greece, President
- 5 March: Pakistan, Senate
- 16 March, 6 May and 22 June: Isle of Man, Legislative Council[87][88][89]
- 1 April: San Marino, Captains Regent
- 17 April: Tajikistan, National Assembly[90]
- 11 May: Federated States of Micronesia, President[91]
- 19 May: Sudan, Council of States[92]
- 24 May: Ethiopia, House of Federation[93]
- 26 May: Netherlands, Senate
- 3 June: Latvia, President
- 4 June: Mauritius, President[94]
- 16 June, 9 July, 23 October and 24 November: Austria, Federal Council[95][96][97][98]
- 14 July: Suriname, President[99]
- 24 July: Burundi, Senate
- 1 October: San Marino, Captains Regent
- 2 October: Morocco, House of Councillors[100]
- 12 October: Fiji, President[101]
- 28 October: Nepal, President
- 27 November: Namibia, National Council[102]
- 9 December: Switzerland, Federal Council
- 20 December: Spain, Senate
- 29 December:
See also
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