2016 local electoral calendar

For national elections, see 2016 national electoral calendar.

This local electoral calendar for 2016 lists the subnational elections held in 2016. Referendums, retention elections, and national by-elections (special elections) are also included.

2016 local electoral calendar

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January

• 1 January: Himachal Pradesh, District Councils, Township Councils and Village Councils (1st phase)^[1]
• 2 January: Nigeria, Zamfara, Local Government Councils and Chairmen^[2]
• 3 January: Himachal Pradesh, District Councils, Township Councils and Village Councils (2nd phase)^[1]
• 5 January: Himachal Pradesh, District Councils, Township Councils and Village Councils (3rd phase)^[1]
• 9 January: Nigeria, Bayelsa, Governor (revote) in Southern Ijaw)^[3]
• 10 January: India
  • Haryana, District Councils, Township Councils and Village Councils (1st phase)^[4]
  • Himachal Pradesh, Municipal Councils^[5]
• 11 January: India, Manipur, Municipal Councils and Town Councils^[6]
• 16 January: Nigeria, Niger, Local Government Councils and Chairmen^[7]
• 17 January:
  • India, Haryana, District Councils, Township Councils and Village Councils (2nd phase)^[4]
  • Mexico, Colima, Governor special election [es]
• 18 January: Pakistan, NA-218, National Assembly by-election^[8]
• 24 January: India, Haryana, District Councils, Township Councils and Village Councils (3rd phase)^[4]
• 25 January: Bhutan, District Heads, District Agents, District Councillors, Block Heads, Block Deputies and Block Councils (1st round 1st phase)^[9]

February

• 2 February: India, Telangana, Hyderabad Metropolitan Region, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation^[10]
• 4 February: Bermuda, Devonshire North Central, House of Assembly by-election^[11]
• 7 February: Costa Rica, Mayors, Municipal Councils, District Councils and District Council Presidents
  • San José, Mayor, Deputy Mayors, Aldermen, Trustees and District Council
• 8 February: Rwanda, Cell Councils and Village Executive Committees^[12]
• 9 February: Rwanda, School and Business Community Representatives^[13]
• 12–13 February: Rwanda, Youth Councils^[13]
• 13 February: India, Karnataka, District Councils and Township Councils (1st phase)^[14]
• 16 February: United States, Milwaukee, Mayor and Common Council (1st round)^[15]
• 20 February:
  • India, Karnataka, District Councils and Township Councils (2nd phase)^[14]
  • Kuwait, Third District, National Assembly by-election^[16]
• 21 February: Comoros^[17]
  • Autonomous Island of Anjouan, Governor (1st round)
  • Autonomous Island of Grande Comore, Governor (1st round)
  • Autonomous Island of Mohéli, Governor (1st round)
• 22 February: Rwanda, District Councils^[18][19]
• 28 February:
  • Austria, Tyrol, Mayors and Municipal Councils [de]
  • Hong Kong, New Territories East, Legislative Council by-election
  • Switzerland
    • Aargau, referendum [de]
    • Basel-Stadt, referendums^[20]
    • Bern, referendum [de]
    • Geneva, referendums^[21]
    • Jura, referendum^[22]
    • Lucerne, referendum [de]
    • Neuchâtel, referendum^[23]
    • Schaffhausen, referendums^[24]
    • Schwyz, referendum [de]
    • Solothurn, referendum [de]
    • St. Gallen, Government (1st round) and Cantonal Council^[25][26]
    • Thurgau, Executive Council^[27]
    • Ticino, referendum^[28]
    • Uri, Executive Council, Landrat and referendum [de]^[29]
    • Zürich, referendums [de]

March

• 1 March: United States, Arkansas, Supreme Court and Court of Appeals (1st round)^[30]
• 5 March: Zimbabwe, Mhondoro-Mubaira, House of Assembly by-election^[31]
• 6 March:
  • Germany, Hesse, County Councils, Mayors, Municipal Councils and Local Advisory Boards [de]
    • Frankfurt, City Council and Borough Councils [de]^[32]
  • Poland, senatorial constituency No. 59, Senate by-election
• 7 March: Kenya^[33]
  • Malindi, National Assembly by-election
  • Kericho, Senate by-election
• 9 March: Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Tristan da Cunha, Chief Islander and Island Council^[34]
• 12 March: Nigeria, Sokoto, Local Government Councils and Chairmen^[35]
• 13 March:
  • France, Aisne, Nord and Yvelines, National Assembly by-elections (1st round) [fr]
  • Germany
    • Baden-Württemberg, Parliament
    • Rhineland-Palatinate, Parliament
    • Saxony-Anhalt, Parliament
• 17 March: Pakistan, NA-153, National Assembly by-election^[36]
• 18 March: Guyana, Municipal Councils and Neighborhood Democratic Councils^[37][38]
• 19 March: Australia, Queensland, Referendum, Mayors, Regional Councils, City Councils, Aboriginal Shire Councils and Shire Councils^[39][40]
  • Brisbane, Lord Mayor and City Council
• 20 March:
  • France, Aisne, Nord and Yvelines, National Assembly by-elections (2nd round) [fr]
  • Kazakhstan, Regional Councils and City Councils^[41]
  • Laos, Provincial People's Councils^[42]
  • Switzerland
    • Schwyz, Executive Council and Cantonal Council^[43][44]
    • Vaud, referendum^[45]
  • Tanzania, Zanzibar, President, House of Representatives, District Councils, Town Councils and Municipal Council^[46]
• 22 March:
  • Bangladesh, Union Councils (1st phase)^[47]
  • Pakistan, NA-101, National Assembly by-election
• 23 March: Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Saint Helena, Legislative Council by-election^[48]
• 27 March:
  • Japan, Kumamoto, Governor^[49]
  • Kyrgyzstan, City Councils and Village Councils^[50]
  • Ukraine, Kryvyi Rih, Mayor (revote) [uk]^[51]
• 31 March: Bangladesh, Union Councils (2nd phase)^[47]

April

• 3 April:
  • Abkhazia, District Assemblies and Sukhumi City Council
  • Ecuador, Las Golondrinas, Join Which Province referendum^[52]
• 4 April:
  • Canada, Saskatchewan, Legislative Assembly
  • India
    • Assam, Legislative Assembly (1st phase)
    • West Bengal, Legislative Assembly (1st phase-a)
• 5 April: United States
  • Anchorage, Assembly^[53]
  • Wisconsin, Supreme Court and Court of Appeals^[54]
    • Milwaukee, Mayor and Common Council (2nd round)^[15]
• 7 April: Pakistan, NA-245, National Assembly by-election
• 9 April: Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory, Local Government Councils and Chairmen^[55]
• 10 April:
  • Comoros^[56]
    • Autonomous Island of Anjouan, Governor (2nd round)
    • Autonomous Island of Grande Comore, Governor (2nd round)
    • Autonomous Island of Mohéli, Governor (2nd round)
  • Switzerland, Thurgau, Grand Council^[57]
• 11 April: India
  • Assam, Legislative Assembly (2nd phase)
  • West Bengal, Legislative Assembly (1st phase-b)
• 11–13 April: Sudan, Darfur, Administrative Status referendum
• 12 April: United States, Long Beach, City Council (1st round)^[58]
• 13 April: Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory, Local Government Councils and Chairmen (revotes)^[59]
• 16 April: Nigeria, Ondo, Local Government Councils and Chairmen^[60][61]
• 17 April:
  • France, Loire-Atlantique, National Assembly by-election (1st round) [fr]
  • India, West Bengal, Legislative Assembly (2nd phase)
• 19 April: Canada, Manitoba, Legislative Assembly
• 21 April: India, West Bengal, Legislative Assembly (3rd phase)
• 23 April: Bangladesh, Union Councils (3rd phase)^[47]
• 24 April:
  • France, Loire-Atlantique, National Assembly by-election (2nd round) [fr]^[62]
  • India, Bihar, District Councils, Township Councils and Village Councils (1st phase)^[63]
  • Japan, Hokkaido 5th district and Kyoto 3rd district, House of Representatives by-elections
  • Serbia, Municipal Assemblies
    • Vojvodina, Assembly
  • Switzerland
    • Appenzell Innerrhoden, Landsgemeinde^[64][65]
    • St. Gallen, Government (2nd round)^[25]
• 25 April: India, West Bengal, Legislative Assembly (4th phase)
• 28 April:
  • India, Bihar, District Councils, Township Councils and Village Councils (2nd phase)^[63]
  • Isle of Man, Local Authority Commissioners and Local Authority Councils^[66]
  • Pakistan, NA-267, National Assembly by-election
• 30 April: India, West Bengal, Legislative Assembly (5th phase)

May

• 1 May: Switzerland, Glarus, Landsgemeinde [de]
• 2 May: India, Bihar, District Councils, Township Councils and Village Councils (3rd phase)^[63]
• 5 May:
  • India, West Bengal, Legislative Assembly (6th phase)
  • United Kingdom, Local elections
    • Ogmore and Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, House of Commons by-elections
    • England, Metropolitan Borough Councils, Unitary Authorities, District Councils, Mayors and Police Commissioners
      • Birmingham, City Council
      • Bristol, Mayor and City Council
      • Greater London, Mayor and Assembly
      • Leeds, City Council
      • Liverpool, Mayor and City Council
      • Manchester, City Council
    • Northern Ireland, Assembly
    • Scotland, Parliament
    • Wales, National Assembly
      • Police Commissioners
• 6 May: India, Bihar, District Councils, Township Councils and Village Councils (4th phase)^[63]
• 7 May:
  • Australia, Tasmania, (Apsley and Elwick) Legislative Council
  • Bangladesh, Union Councils (4th phase)^[47]
  • Malaysia, Sarawak, Legislative Assembly
  • Singapore, Bukit Batok, Parliament by-election
  • United States, Arlington, City Council^[67]
• 8 May:
  • Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Mayors and Municipal Councils (1st round)
  • Lebanon, Mount Lebanon, Municipal Councils^[68]
    • Beirut City, Municipal Council
• 9 May:
  • Canada, New Brunswick, Mayors and Municipal Councils
  • Philippines, Governors, Provincial Councils, Mayors and Municipal Councils
    • Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Governor and Regional Assembly
• 10 May:
  • India, Bihar, District Councils, Township Councils and Village Councils (5th phase)^[63]
  • United States, West Virginia, Supreme Court of Appeals^[69]
• 11 May: Comoros, Autonomous Island of Anjouan, President (2nd round in 13 constituencies)^[70]
• 14 May: India, Bihar, District Councils, Township Councils and Village Councils (6th phase)^[63]
• 15 May:
  • Dominican Republic, Mayors and District Councils
  • Italy, Aosta Valley, Mayors and Municipal Councils
  • Lebanon, Beirut and Beqaa, Municipal Councils^[68]
• 16 May: India
  • Tura, House of the People by-election^[71]
  • Kerala, Legislative Assembly
  • Puducherry, Legislative Assembly
  • Tamil Nadu, Legislative Assembly
• 17 May: United States
  • Idaho, Supreme Court and Court of Appeals (1st round)^[72]
  • Portland, Mayor and City Commission (1st round)^[73]
• 18 May: India, Bihar, District Councils, Township Councils and Village Councils (7th phase)^[63]
• 22 May:
  • Burkina Faso, Municipal Councils^[74][75]
  • France, Bas-Rhin and Alpes Maritimes, National Assembly by-elections (1st round) [fr]
  • India
    • Bihar, District Councils, Township Councils and Village Councils (8th phase)^[63]
    • Haryana, Municipal Councils^[76]
  • Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Mayors and Municipal Councils (2nd round)
  • Lebanon
    • Jezzine, Parliament by-election^[77]
    • Nabatieh and South, Municipal Councils^[68]
  • Vietnam, Provincial People's Councils, District People's Councils and Communal People's Councils [vi]^[78]
• 24 May: United States, Georgia, Supreme Court and Court of Appeals^[79]
• 26 May: India, Bihar, District Councils, Township Councils and Village Councils (9th phase)^[63]
• 28 May: Bangladesh, Union Councils (5th phase)^[47]
• 29 May:
  • France, Bas-Rhin and Alpes Maritimes, National Assembly by-elections (2nd round) [fr]^[80][81]
  • Lebanon, Akkar and North, Municipal Councils^[68]
• 30 May: India, Bihar, District Councils, Township Councils and Village Councils (10th phase)^[63]

June

• 3 June: Australia, Norfolk Island, Regional Council^[82]
• 4 June: Bangladesh, Union Councils (6th phase)^[47]
• 5 June:
  • France, Ain, National Assembly by-election (1st round) [fr]
  • Italy, Mayors and Municipal Councils (1st round)
    • Bologna, Mayor and City Council (1st round)
    • Milan, Mayor, City Council, Borough Presidents and Borough Councils (1st round)
    • Naples, Mayor and City Council (1st round)
    • Rome, Mayor and City Council (1st round)
    • Turin, Mayor and City Council (1st round)
  • Japan, Okinawa, Prefectural Assembly
  • Mexico, State elections
    • Aguascalientes, Governor, Congress, Mayors and Municipal Councils [es]
    • Baja California, Congress, Mayors and Municipal Councils [es]
    • Chihuahua, Governor, Congress, Mayors, Trustees and Municipal Councils [es]
    • Durango, Governor, Congress, Mayors and Municipal Councils [es]
    • Hidalgo, Governor, Congress, Mayors and Municipal Councils [es]
    • Mexico City, Constituent Assembly
    • Oaxaca, Governor, Congress, Mayors and Municipal Councils [es]
    • Puebla, Governor [es]
    • Quintana Roo, Governor, Congress, Mayors, Trustees and Municipal Councils [es]
    • Sinaloa, Governor, Congress, Mayors, Trustees and Municipal Councils [es]
    • Tamaulipas, Governor, Congress, Mayors and Municipal Councils [es]
    • Tlaxcala, Governor, Congress, Mayors and Municipal Councils [es]
    • Veracruz, Governor and Congress [es]
    • Zacatecas, Governor, Congress, Mayors and Municipal Councils [es]
  • Romania, County Presidents, County Councils, Mayors, Local Councils, Sector Mayors and Sector Councils
  • Switzerland
    • Aargau, referendums [de]
    • Basel-Landschaft, referendums [de]
    • Basel-Stadt, referendums^[20]
    • Geneva, referendums^[83]
    • Jura, referendum^[22]
    • Nidwalden, referendum^[84]
    • Schwyz, referendums [de]
    • St. Gallen, referendum [de]
    • Thurgau, referendum [de]
    • Ticino, referendums^[28]
    • Uri, referendums [de]
    • Zürich, referendum [de]
• 7 June:
  • Dominica, Soufrière, Parliamentary by-election^[85]
  • United States
    • Ohio's 8th congressional district, U.S. House of Representatives special election
    • Bakersfield, Mayor (1st round)
    • Fresno, Mayor and City Council (1st round)^[86]
    • Long Beach, City Council (2nd round)^[58]
    • Los Angeles County, Board of Supervisors (1st round)
    • Orange County, CA, Board of Supervisors (1st round)^[87]
    • Riverside County, Board of Supervisors (1st round)^[88]
    • Sacramento, Mayor and City Council^[89]
    • San Bernardino County, Board of Supervisors (1st round)^[90]
    • San Diego County, Board of Supervisors (1st round)^[91]
      • San Diego, Mayor, City Attorney, Boards of Education, City Council (1st round) and Referendums
    • Santa Clara County, Board of Supervisors^[92]
      • San Jose, City Council (1st round)^[93]
• 12 June: France, Ain, National Assembly by-election (2nd round) [fr]^[94]
• 16 June: United Kingdom, Tooting, House of Commons by-election
• 18 June: Malaysia, Kuala Kangsar and Sungai Besar, House of Representatives by-elections
• 19 June: Italy, Mayors and Municipal Councils (2nd round)
  • Bologna, Mayor and City Council (2nd round)
  • Milan, Mayor, City Council, Borough Presidents and Borough Councils (2nd round)
  • Naples, Mayor and City Council (2nd round)
  • Rome, Mayor and City Council (2nd round)
  • Turin, Mayor and City Council (2nd round)
• 26 June: France, Loire-Atlantique, Airport referendum [fr]
• 28 June: United States, Tulsa, Mayor and City Council (1st round)^[95]
• 29 June:
  • Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, City Council^[96]
  • Tonga, District Councillors and Municipal Councillors [fr]
  • Vanuatu, Malo/Aore, Parliament by-election^[97]

July

• 3 July: Switzerland, Schaffhausen, referendums^[24]
• 10 July: Japan, Kagoshima, Governor
• 14 July: Tonga, Vavaʻu 16, Parliament by-election
• 17 July: Ukraine, Volyn constituency 23, Dnipropetrovsk constituency 27, Ivano-Frankivsk constituency 85, Luhansk constituency 114, Poltava constituency 151, Kherson constituency 183 and Chernihiv constituency 206, Parliament by-elections
• 18 July: Bangladesh, Mymensingh-1 and Mymensingh-3, House of the Nation by-elections^[98]
• 21 July: Pakistan, Azad Kashmir, Legislative Assembly
• 30 July: Nigeria, Adamawa, Local Government Councils and Chairmen^[99]
• 31 July: Japan, Tokyo, Governor

August

• 3 August: South Africa, District Councils, Metropolitan Councils and Local Councils^[100]
• 4 August: United States, Tennessee, Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and Court of Criminal Appeals retention elections^[101]
• 6 August: Nigeria, Adamawa, Local Government Councils and Chairmen (revotes)^[99]
• 11 August: Zambia, Mayors, District Councils, Council Chairs and Municipal Councils^[102]
• 13 August: United States, Honolulu, Mayor and City Council (1st round)^[103]
• 21 August: Turkmenistan, Regional Councils and District Councils^[104]
• 27 August: Australia, Northern Territory, Legislative Assembly
• 28 August: Switzerland, Schaffhausen, Executive Council^[24][105]
• 30 August: United States
  • Mesa, Mayor and City Council (1st round)^[106]
  • Miami-Dade County, Mayor (1st round) and County Commission^[107]
• 31 August: Pakistan, NA-63, National Assembly by-election^[108]

September

• 1 September: Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Ascension Island, Council^[109]
• 4 September:
  • Cape Verde, Municipal Chambers and Municipal Assemblies
  • Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Parliament
• 7 September:
  • Jersey, Saint Helier No. 1, Parliament by-election
  • Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Saint Helena, Legislative Council by-election^[110]
• 10 September: Australia, New South Wales, Local Councils^[111]
• 11 September: Germany, Lower Saxony, County Administrators, County Councils, Mayors, Municipal Councils and Local Councils (1st round) [de]
  • Hanover Region, Assembly [de]
    • Hanover, City Council and Borough Councils [de]^[112]
• 18 September:
  • Germany, Berlin, House of Representatives
  • Russia, Federal Subject Heads, Federal Subject Legislatures, Municipal Heads, Municipal Councils, District Councils, Village Councils and Local referendums [ru]
    • Adygea, State Council [ru]
    • Altai Krai, Legislative Assembly [ru]
    • Amur Oblast, Legislative Assembly [ru]
    • Astrakhan Oblast, Duma [ru]
    • Chechnya, Head [ru] and Parliament [ru]
    • Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Duma [ru]
    • Chuvashia, State Council [ru]
    • Dagestan, People's Assembly [ru]
    • Ingushetia, People's Assembly [ru]
    • Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Legislative Assembly [ru]
    • Kaliningrad Oblast, Duma [ru]
    • Kamchatka Krai, Legislative Assembly [ru]
    • Karelia (Republic), Legislative Assembly [ru]
    • Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Duma [ru]
    • Kirov Oblast, Legislative Assembly [ru]
    • Komi Republic, Head special election [ru]
    • Krasnoyarsk Krai, Legislative Assembly [ru]
    • Kursk Oblast, Duma [ru]
    • Leningrad Oblast, Legislative Assembly [ru]
    • Lipetsk Oblast, Council of Deputies [ru]
    • Mordovia, State Assembly [ru]
    • Moscow Oblast, Duma [ru]
    • Murmansk Oblast, Duma [ru]
    • Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Legislative Assembly [ru]
    • Novgorod Oblast, Duma [ru]
    • Omsk Oblast, Legislative Assembly [ru]
    • Orenburg Oblast, Legislative Assembly [ru]
    • Oryol Oblast, Council of People's Deputies [ru]
    • Perm Krai, Legislative Assembly [ru]
    • Primorsky Krai, Legislative Assembly [ru]
    • Pskov Oblast, Assembly of Deputies [ru]
    • Saint Petersburg, Legislative Assembly [ru]
    • Samara Oblast, Duma [ru]
    • Stavropol Krai, Duma [ru]
    • Sverdlovsk Oblast, Legislative Assembly [ru]
    • Tambov Oblast, Duma [ru]
    • Tomsk Oblast, Legislative Assembly [ru]
    • Tula Oblast, Governor
    • Tuva, Head [ru]
    • Tver Oblast, Governor [ru] and Legislative Assembly [ru]
    • Tyumen Oblast, Duma [ru]
    • Ulyanovsk Oblast, Governor [ru]
    • Vologda Oblast, Legislative Assembly [ru]
    • Zabaykalsky Krai, Governor special election [ru]
• 19 September: Pakistan, NA-162, National Assembly by-election^[113]
• 25 September:
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska, National Day referendum
  • Germany, Lower Saxony, Mayors (2nd round) [de]^[114]
  • Spain
    • Basque Country, Parliament
    • Galicia, Parliament
  • Switzerland
    • Geneva, referendums^[115]
    • Lucerne, referendum [de]
    • Neuchâtel, referendums^[23]
    • Nidwalden, referendum^[116]
    • Obwalden, referendum^[117]
    • Schaffhausen, Cantonal Council^[24]
    • Schwyz, referendums [de]
    • St. Gallen, referendum [de]
    • Ticino, referendums^[28][118]
    • Uri, referendums [de]
    • Valais, referendums^[119]
    • Zug, referendums [de]
    • Zürich, referendum [de]
• 27 September: Bhutan, District Heads, District Agents, District Councillors, Block Heads, Block Deputies and Block Councils (1st round 2nd phase)^[9]
• 28 September: Nigeria, Edo, Governor

October

• 1 October: Brazil, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, South Region Separatist referendum
• 2 October:
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina^[120]
    • Brčko District, Assembly
    • Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mayors and Municipal Councils
    • Republika Srpska, Mayors and Municipal Assemblies
  • Brazil, Mayors and Municipal Councils (1st round)
    • São Paulo, Mayor
• 7–8 October: Czech Republic, Regional Assemblies
• 8 October:
  • Georgia, Adjara, Supreme Council
  • New Zealand, Regional Councils, Mayors, Territorial Authority Councils and District Health Boards
    • Auckland, Mayor, Council and Local Boards
    • Wellington, Mayor and Council
  • Nigeria, Ogun, Local Government Councils and Chairmen^[121]
• 13 October: Cook Islands, Arutanga-Reureu-Nikaupara, Parliament by-election
• 15 October:
  • Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Legislative Assembly
  • Canada, Nova Scotia, Mayors and Municipal Councils
    • Halifax, Mayor, Regional Council and School Boards
• 16 October:
  • Japan, Niigata, Governor [ja]
  • Portugal, Azores, Legislative Assembly
• 19 October:
  • Guernsey, Vale, Parliament by-election^[122]
  • Mongolia, Provincial Assemblies, District Assemblies and Subdistrict Assemblies^[123]
• 20 October: United Kingdom, Batley and Spen and Witney, House of Commons by-elections
• 21 October: Bhutan, District Heads, District Agents, District Councillors, Block Heads, Block Deputies and Block Councils (2nd round)^[9]
• 22 October:
  • Australia, Victoria, Mayors, City Councils, Shire Councils and Borough Council^[124]
    • City of Melbourne, Lord Mayor and City Council
  • Zimbabwe, Norton, House of Assembly by-election^[125][126]
• 23 October:
  • Chile, Mayors and Municipal Councils [es]
  • Japan
    • Fukuoka 6th district and Tokyo 10th district, House of Representatives by-elections
    • Okayama, Governor^[127]
    • Toyama, Governor^[128]
  • Switzerland
    • Aargau, Executive Council and Grand Council^[129][130]
    • Basel-Stadt, Executive Council (1st round) and Grand Council
• 24 October: Canada, Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner, House of Commons by-election
• 26 October: Canada, Saskatchewan, Mayors and Municipal Councils
• 27 October – 7 November: Canada, Prince Edward Island, Electoral Reform referendum
• 29 October: East Timor, Village Chiefs and Community Chiefs (1st round)^[131]
• 30 October: Brazil, Mayors and Municipal Councils (2nd round)

November

• 4 November: Bhutan, Thimphu, North Thimphu, National Assembly by-election^[132]
• 6 November: Switzerland, Fribourg, Council of State (1st round) and Grand Council^[133]
• 7 November: Canada, Yukon, Legislative Assembly
• 8 November:
  • Guam, Mayors and Vice-Mayors^[134]
  • Northern Mariana Islands, Municipal Councils and Boards of Education^[135]
  • Puerto Rico, Mayors and Municipal Legislatures^[136]
  • United States of America, Quadrennial elections
    • Hawaii's 1st congressional district, U.S. House of Representatives special election
    • Kentucky's 1st congressional district, U.S. House of Representatives special election
    • Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district, U.S. House of Representatives special election
    • Washington, D.C., Council^[137]
    • Alabama^[138]
      • Board of Education^[139] and Public Service Commission
      • Supreme Court
      • Remove Age Restrictions for Government Officials, Right to Work, and Two-Thirds Supermajority for Impeachment constitutional referendums
    • Alaska^[140]
      • House of Representatives and Senate
      • Supreme Court and Court of Appeals retention elections
      • Automatic Voter Registration via Permanent Fund Dividend referendum
    • Arizona^[141]
      • Corporation Commission
      • House of Representatives and Senate
      • Supreme Court and Court of Appeals retention elections
      • Public Pension Reform constitutional referendum, and Marijuana Legalization and Minimum Wage/Sick Time referendums
      • Maricopa County, Board of Supervisors and Sheriff^[142]
        • Mesa, City Council (2nd round)^[106]
    • Arkansas^[143]
      • House of Representatives and Senate
      • Court of Appeals (2nd round)
      • Medical Marijuana referendum
    • California^[144]
      • Assembly and Senate
      • Corporate Political Spending, Criminal Sentences/Juvenile Prosecution, Firearms/Ammunition Regulations, Marijuana Legalization, Multilingual Education, Plastic Bag Ban, Repeal of Death Penalty and State Prescription Drug Purchase referendums
      • Bakersfield, Mayor (2nd round) and City Council^[145]
      • Fresno, Mayor and City Council (2nd round)^[86]
      • Los Angeles County, Board of Supervisors (2nd round)
      • Oakland, City Council^[146]
      • Orange County, Board of Supervisors (2nd round)^[87]
      • Riverside County, Board of Supervisors (2nd round)^[147]
      • San Bernardino County, Board of Supervisors (2nd round)^[90]
      • San Diego County, Board of Supervisors (2nd round)^[91]
        • San Diego, City Attorney, City Council (2nd round) and Referendums
      • San Francisco, Board of Supervisors
      • San Jose, City Council (2nd round)^[93]
    • Colorado^[148]
      • Board of Education^[149]
      • House of Representatives and Senate
      • Supreme Court and Court of Appeals retention elections
      • ColoradoCare, Minimum Wage and Requirements for Citizen-Initiated Amendments constitutional referendums, and Open Presidential Primaries, Physician-Assisted Suicide and Unaffiliated Electors in Primaries referendums
    • Connecticut^[150]
      • House of Representatives and Senate
    • Delaware^[151]
      • Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Insurance Commissioner
      • House of Representatives and Senate
    • Florida^[152]
      • House of Representatives and Senate
      • Supreme Court and District Courts of Appeal retention elections
      • Medical Marijuana and Solar Energy Choice constitutional referendums
      • Broward County, Commission^[153]
      • Miami-Dade County, Mayor (2nd round)
    • Georgia^[154]
      • Public Service Commission
      • House of Representatives and Senate
      • New Judicial Commission and State Intervention in Failing Schools constitutional referendums
    • Hawaii^[155]
      • Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees^[156]
      • House of Representatives and Senate
      • Honolulu, Mayor and City Council (2nd round)^[103]
    • Idaho^[157]
      • House of Representatives and Senate
      • Supreme Court (2nd round)
      • Legislative Oversight of Administrative Rules constitutional referendum
    • Illinois^[158]
      • Comptroller special election
      • House of Representatives and Senate
      • Appellate Court retention elections, and Appellate Court
      • Cook County, Board of Review, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Recorder of Deeds, State's Attorney, Water Reclamation District Board, and Earned Sick Time and Eliminate the Recorder of Deeds referendums
    • Indiana^[159]
      • Governor, Attorney General and Superintendent of Public Instruction
      • House of Representatives and Senate
      • Court of Appeals retention elections
    • Iowa^[160]
      • House of Representatives and Senate
      • Supreme Court and Court of Appeals retention elections
    • Kansas^[161]
      • Board of Education^[162]
      • House of Representatives and Senate
      • Supreme Court and Court of Appeals retention elections
    • Kentucky^[163]
      • House of Representatives and Senate
      • Supreme Court
      • Louisville, Metropolitan Council^[164]
    • Louisiana^[165]
      • Public Service Commission
      • Supreme Court and Circuit Courts of Appeal
      • Authority of College Boards to Establish Tuition constitutional referendum
    • Maine^[166]
      • House of Representatives and Senate
      • Gun Background Checks, Marijuana Legalization, Minimum Wage and Ranked-Choice Voting referendums
    • Maryland^[167]
      • Court of Appeals and Court of Special Appeals retention elections
      • Political Party Affiliation Requirement to Fill Vacancies constitutional referendum
      • Baltimore, Mayor and City Council^[168]
    • Massachusetts^[169]
      • Governor's Council^[170]
      • House of Representatives and Senate
      • Charter School Expansion, Conditions for Farm Animals and Marijuana Legalization referendums
    • Michigan^[171]
      • Board of Education^[172]
      • House of Representatives
      • Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
      • Wayne County, Commission^[173]
    • Minnesota^[174]
      • House of Representatives and Senate
      • Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
    • Missouri^[175]
      • Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State and Treasurer
      • House of Representatives and Senate
      • Supreme Court and Court of Appeals retention elections
      • Judicial Campaign Contribution Limits, Prohibition on Extending Sales Tax and Voter ID constitutional referendums
    • Montana^[176]
      • Governor, Attorney General, Auditor, Public Service Commission, Secretary of State and Superintendent of Public Instruction
      • House of Representatives and Senate
      • Supreme Court
      • Medical Marijuana referendum
    • Nebraska^[177]
      • Board of Education^[178] and Public Service Commission
      • Legislature
      • Supreme Court and Court of Appeals retention elections
      • Death Penalty referendum
    • Nevada^[179]
      • Assembly and Senate
      • Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
      • Gun Background Checks and Marijuana Legalization referendums
      • Clark County, County Commission^[180]
    • New Hampshire^[181]
      • Governor and Executive Council
      • House of Representatives and Senate
    • New Mexico^[182]
      • Public Education Commission and Public Regulation Commission, and Secretary of State special election
      • House of Representatives and Senate
      • Supreme Court and Court of Appeals retention elections, and Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
    • New York^[183]
      • Assembly and Senate
    • North Carolina^[184]
      • Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Agriculture Commissioner, Attorney General, Auditor, Insurance Commissioner, Labor Commissioner, Secretary of State, Superintendent of Public Instruction and Treasurer
      • House of Representatives and Senate
      • Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
    • North Dakota^[185]
      • Governor, Auditor, Insurance Commissioner, Public Service Commission, Superintendent of Public Instruction and Treasurer
      • House of Representatives and Senate
      • Supreme Court
      • Medical Marijuana referendum
    • Ohio^[186]
      • Board of Education^[187]
      • House of Representatives and Senate
      • Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal
    • Oklahoma^[188]
      • Corporation Commission
      • House of Representatives and Senate
      • Supreme Court, Court of Civil Appeals and Court of Criminal Appeals retention elections
      • Public Money for Religious Purposes constitutional referendum
      • Tulsa, City Council (2nd round)^[95]
    • Oregon^[189]
      • Governor special election, Attorney General, Secretary of State and Treasurer
      • House of Representatives and Senate
      • Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
      • Wildlife Trafficking Prevention referendum
      • Portland, City Commission (2nd round)^[73]
    • Pennsylvania^[190]
      • Attorney General, Auditor and Treasurer
      • House of Representatives and Senate
    • Rhode Island^[191]
      • House of Representatives and Senate
    • South Carolina^[192]
      • House of Representatives and Senate
    • South Dakota^[193]
      • Public Utilities Commission
      • House of Representatives and Senate
      • Establish Nonpartisan Elections, Governance of Technical Schools and Independent Redistricting Commission constitutional referendums, and Campaign Finance/Lobbying Laws, Decreased Youth Minimum Wage and Short-Term Loan Interest Rate Cap referendums
    • Tennessee^[194]
      • House of Representatives and Senate
    • Texas^[195]
      • Board of Education^[196] and Railroad Commissioner
      • House of Representatives and Senate
      • Supreme Court, Court of Criminal Appeals and Courts of Appeals
      • Austin, City Council (1st round)^[197]
      • Bexar County, Commissioners Court^[198]
      • Dallas County, Commissioners Court^[199]
      • Harris County, Commissioners Court^[200]
      • Tarrant County, Commissioners Court^[201]
    • Utah^[202]
      • Governor, Attorney General, Auditor, Board of Education^[203] and Treasurer
      • House of Representatives and Senate
    • Vermont^[204]
      • Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Auditor, Secretary of State and Treasurer
      • House of Representatives and Senate
    • Virginia^[205]
      • Right to Work constitutional referendum
      • Virginia Beach, Mayor and City Council^[206]
    • Washington^[207]
      • Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Auditor, Insurance Commissioner, Public Lands Commissioner, Secretary of State, Superintendent of Public Instruction and Treasurer
      • House of Representatives and Senate
      • Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
      • Carbon Emissions Tax, Democracy Credits, Individual Gun Access Prevention, Minimum Wage and Rights of Corporations referendums
    • West Virginia^[208]
      • Governor, Agriculture Commissioner, Attorney General, Auditor, Secretary of State and Treasurer
      • House of Delegates and Senate
    • Wisconsin^[209]
      • Assembly and Senate
    • Wyoming^[210]
      • House of Representatives and Senate
      • Supreme Court retention elections
• 13 November: East Timor, Village Chiefs and Community Chiefs (2nd round)^[131]
• 19 November: India, Cooch Behar, Lakhimpur, Shahdol and Tamluk, House of the People by-elections^{[211][212][213]}
• 20 November:
  • Japan, Tochigi, Governor [ja]
  • Mali, Municipal Councils^[214]
  • Moldova, Gagauzia, People's Assembly (1st round) [ru]^[215]
• 26 November:
  • Guernsey, Alderney, President^[216] and Parliament
  • Nigeria, Ondo, Governor^[217]
• 27 November: Switzerland
  • Aargau, Executive Council (2nd round) and referendums [de]^[218]
  • Basel-Landschaft, referendums [de]
  • Basel-Stadt, Executive Council (2nd round)
  • Bern, referendum [de]
  • Fribourg, Council of State (2nd round)^[133]
  • Geneva, referendums^[219]
  • Lucerne, referendum [de]
  • Obwalden, referendums^[220]
  • Schaffhausen, referendum^[24]
  • Thurgau, referendum [de]
  • Zug, referendum [de]
  • Zürich, referendums [de]
• 28 November:
  • India, Maharashtra, Municipal Councils and Town Councils (1st phase)
  • Jamaica, Mayors, Municipal Councils, Parish Mayors and Parish Councils^[221][222]
  • Pakistan, NA-258, National Assembly by-election
  • Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad, Regional Councils and Municipal Councils

December

• 1 December: United Kingdom, Richmond Park, House of Commons by-election
• 3 December: New Zealand, Mount Roskill, House of Representatives by-election
• 4 December: Moldova, Gagauzia, People's Assembly (2nd round) [ru]^[215]
• 8 December: United Kingdom, Sleaford and North Hykeham, House of Commons by-election
• 10 December:
  • Nigeria, Rivers, House of Representatives, Senate and House of Assembly (revote in 10 LGAs)^[223]
  • United States, Louisiana^[224]
    • U.S. Senate (2nd round)
    • Louisiana's 3rd congressional district, U.S. House of Representatives (2nd round)
    • Louisiana's 4th congressional district, U.S. House of Representatives (2nd round)
• 13 December: United States, Austin, City Council (2nd round)^[197]
• 14 December:
  • Guernsey, Sark, Parliament
  • India, Maharashtra, Municipal Councils and Town Councils (2nd phase)
• 15 December: India, Assam^[225]
  • Jorhat District, Thengal Kachari Autonomous Council
  • Lakhimpur District, Deori Autonomous Council
• 18 December:
  • Cyprus, Municipal Councils and Community Councils^[226]
  • India, Maharashtra, Municipal Councils and Town Councils (3rd phase)
• 20 December: Bermuda, Warwick South Central, House of Assembly by-election^[227]
• 21 December: Nigeria, Abia, Local Government Councils and Chairmen^[228]
• 22 December: Bangladesh, Narayanganj, Mayor and City Corporation^[229]
• 25 December:
  • Republic of Macedonia, Tearce, Parliament by-election
  • Oman, Municipal Councils^[230]
• 27 December: India, Gujarat, Village Councils^[231]

See also

• 2016 United States ballot measures