2015 national electoral calendar

For local elections, see 2015 local electoral calendar.

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.

2015 national electoral calendar

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January

• 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:
  • Comoros, Parliament (1st round)
  • Greece, Parliament

February

• 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

• 1 March:
  • Andorra, Parliament
  • El Salvador, Parliament^[9]
  • Estonia, Parliament^[10]
  • Tajikistan, Assembly of Representatives^[11]
• 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

• 11 April: Malta, Referendum^[18]
• 13–15 April: Sudan, President and National Assembly^[19]
• 19 April:
  • Finland, Parliament^[20]
  • Northern Cyprus, President (1st round)^[21]
• 22 April: Anguilla, Legislature
• 25 April: Togo, President^[22]
• 26 April:
  • Benin, Parliament^[23]
  • Kazakhstan, President^[24]
  • Northern Cyprus, President (2nd round)^[21]

May

• 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:
  • Guyana, President and Parliament^[30]
• 22 May: Ireland, Constitutional Referendums^[31]
• 24 May:
  • Ethiopia, House of Peoples' Representatives^[23]
  • Poland, President (2nd round)^[29]
• 25 May: Suriname, Parliament^[32]

June

• 7 June:
  • Luxembourg, Referendum^[33]
  • Mexico, Chamber of Deputies^[34]
  • Turkey, Parliament^[35]
• 8 June: British Virgin Islands, Legislature
• 14 June: Switzerland, Referendums^[36]
• 18 June: Denmark, Parliament^[37]
• 29 June: Burundi, National Assembly^[38]

July

• 5 July: Greece, Referendum^[39]
• 21 July: Burundi, President^[40]

August

• 9 August: Haiti, Chamber of Deputies (all 119 seats) and Senate (20/30 seats), (1st round)^[41]
• 17 August: Sri Lanka, Parliament^[42]

September

• 1 September: Faroe Islands, Legislature
• 6 September:
  • Guatemala, President (1st round) and Parliament^[43]
  • Poland, Referendum^[44]
• 7 September: Trinidad and Tobago, House of Representatives^[45]
• 11 September: Singapore, Parliament^[46]
• 20 September: Greece, Parliament^[47]

October

• 3 October: United Arab Emirates, Parliament^[48]
• 4 October:
  • Kyrgyzstan, Parliament^[49]
  • Portugal, Parliament^[50]
• 11 October:
  • Belarus, President^[51]
  • Guinea, President^[52]
• 17–19 October: Egypt, Parliament (1st phase 1st round)^[53]
• 18 October: Switzerland, National Council and Council of States (1st round) [de]
• 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

• 1 November:
  • Azerbaijan, Parliament^[63]
  • Turkey, Parliament^[64]
• 2 November: Switzerland, Council of States (2nd round 1st phase) [de]
• 4 November:
  • Belize, House of Representatives^[65]
  • Pitcairn Islands, Deputy Mayor and Legislature^[66]
• 8 November:
  • Croatia, Parliament^[67]
  • Myanmar, House of Representatives and House of Nationalities^[68]
  • Switzerland, Council of States (2nd round 2nd phase) [de]
• 15 November: Switzerland, Council of States (2nd round 3rd phase) [de]
• 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:
  • Argentina, President (2nd round)^[55]
  • Switzerland, Council of States (2nd round 4th phase) [de]
• 26 November: Gibraltar, Legislature^[70]
• 29 November:
  • Burkina Faso, President and Parliament^[71]
  • Transnistria, Parliament^[72]
• 30 November – 2 December: Egypt, Parliament (2nd phase 2nd round)^[53]

December

• 3 December: Denmark, Referendum
• 3–5 December: Seychelles, President (1st round)^[73]
• 6 December:
  • Armenia, Referendum^[74]
  • Venezuela, Parliament^[75]
• 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:
  • Slovenia, Referendum^[79]
  • Spain, Congress of Deputies^[80]
• 30 December:
  • Central African Republic, President (1st round)^[81]
  • Kiribati, Parliament (1st round)^[82]

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:

• 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:
  • Algeria, Council of the Nation^[103]
  • Madagascar, Senate [fr]^[104]

See also

• 2015 in politics