2018 national electoral calendar

For local elections, see 2018 local electoral calendar.

This national electoral calendar for 2018 lists the national/federal elections held in 2018 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.

2018 national electoral calendar

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Countries with national elections or referendums:   Executive   Legislative   Executive and Legislative   Referendum   Executive and Referendum   Legislative and Referendum   Executive, Legislative and Referendum   Executive, Legislative and Judicial

January

• 7 January: Northern Cyprus, Parliament
• 12–13 January: Czech Republic, President (1st round)
• 26–27 January: Czech Republic, President (2nd round)
• 28 January:
  • Cyprus, President (1st round)
  • Finland, President

February

• 4 February:
  • Costa Rica, President (1st round) and Parliament
  • Cyprus, President (2nd round)
  • Ecuador, Referendum
• 11 February: Monaco, Parliament
• 23 February: Djibouti, Parliament
• 26 February: Sint Maarten, Legislature

March

• 4 March:
  • El Salvador, Parliament^[1]
  • Italy, Chamber of Deputies and Senate
  • Switzerland, Referendums
• 7 March: Sierra Leone, President and Parliament (1st round)
• 11 March:
  • Colombia, House of Representatives and Senate
  • Cuba, Parliament
• 13 March: Grenada, Parliament
• 18 March: Russia, President
• 21 March:
  • Antigua and Barbuda, Parliament^[2]
  • Netherlands, Referendum
• 25 March: Turkmenistan, Assembly and People's Council^[3]
• 26–28 March: Egypt, President
• 31 March: Sierra Leone, President and Parliament (2nd round)^[4]

April

• 1 April: Costa Rica, President (2nd round)
• 8 April: Hungary, Parliament^[5]
• 11 April: Azerbaijan, President
• 15 April:
  • Guatemala, Referendum
  • Montenegro, President
• 20 April: Bhutan, National Council
• 22 April:
  • French Polynesia, Legislature (1st round)
  • Paraguay, President, Chamber of Deputies and Senate
• 24 April: Greenland, Legislature

May

• 6 May:
  • French Polynesia, Legislature (2nd round)
  • Lebanon, Parliament^[6]
• 9 May: Malaysia, House of Representatives
• 12 May:
  • East Timor, Parliament
  • Iraq, Parliament
• 13 May: Slovenia, Referendum
• 16 May: Jersey, Legislature
• 17 May: Burundi, Constitutional Referendum
• 20 May: Venezuela, President
• 24 May: Barbados, Parliament
• 25 May: Ireland, Constitutional Referendum
• 27 May: Colombia, President (1st round)

June

• 3 June: Slovenia, National Assembly
• 10 June: Switzerland, Referendums
• 14 June: Cook Islands, Legislature
• 17 June: Colombia, President (2nd round)
• 24 June: Turkey, President and Parliament

July

• 1 July: Mexico, President, Chamber of Deputies and Senate
• 25 July: Pakistan, National Assembly
• 29 July:
  • Cambodia, Parliament
  • Mali, President (1st round)^[7]
• 30 July:
  • Comoros, Constitutional Referendum
  • Zimbabwe, President, House of Assembly and Senate

August

• 12 August: Mali, President (2nd round)
• 26 August: Colombia, Referendum

September

• 1 September: Mauritania, Parliament (1st round)
• 2–3 September: Rwanda, Chamber of Deputies
• 9 September: Sweden, Parliament
• 15 September:
  • Bhutan, National Assembly (1st round)
  • Mauritania, Parliament (2nd round)
• 21 September: Eswatini, House of Assembly
• 23 September:
  • Maldives, President
  • Switzerland, Referendums
• 30 September: Republic of Macedonia, Referendum^[8]

October

• 5–6 October: Czech Republic, Senate (1st round)
• 6 October:
  • Gabon, National Assembly (1st round)
  • Latvia, Parliament^[9]
• 6–7 October: Romania, Constitutional Referendum
• 7 October:
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina, Presidency and House of Representatives
  • Brazil, President (1st round), Chamber of Deputies and Senate
  • Cameroon, President
  • São Tomé and Príncipe, Parliament
• 10 October: Guernsey, Referendum
• 12–13 October: Czech Republic, Senate (2nd round)
• 14 October: Luxembourg, Parliament
• 18 October: Bhutan, National Assembly (2nd round)
• 20 October: Afghanistan, House of the People^[10]
• 26 October: Ireland, President^[11] and Constitutional Referendum^[12]
• 27 October:
  • Afghanistan, House of the People (Kandahar only)^[13]
  • Gabon, National Assembly (2nd round)
• 28 October:
  • Brazil, President (2nd round)
  • Georgia, President (1st round)

November

• 4 November: New Caledonia, Independence Referendum
• 6 November:
  • Antigua and Barbuda, Constitutional Referendum
  • Grenada, Constitutional Referendum
  • United States, House of Representatives and Senate
    • American Samoa, House of Representatives and Constitutional Referendum^[14][15]
    • Guam, Governor, Attorney General, Auditor, Consolidated Commission on Utilities, Education Board, Legislature, and Supreme Court and Superior Court retention elections
    • U.S. Virgin Islands, Governor (1st round), Board of Education, Board of Elections and Legislature^[16]
• 7 November: Madagascar, President (1st round)
• 11 November:
  • Donetsk People's Republic, Head and Parliament
  • Luhansk People's Republic, Head and Parliament
• 13 November:
  • Northern Mariana Islands, Governor, Attorney General, House of Representatives, Senate, and Supreme Court retention elections^[17][18]
  • United States, House of Representatives (Northern Mariana Islands only)
• 14 November: Fiji, Parliament
• 20 November: U.S. Virgin Islands, Governor (2nd round)
• 24 November:
  • Bahrain, Council of Representatives (1st round)
  • Taiwan, Referendums^[19]
• 25 November:
  • Liechtenstein, Referendum
  • Switzerland, Referendums
• 28 November: Georgia, President (2nd round)

December

• 1 December: Bahrain, Council of Representatives (2nd round)
• 9 December:
  • Armenia, Parliament^[20]
  • Peru, Constitutional Referendum^[21]
• 19 December: Madagascar, President (2nd round)
• 20 December: Togo, Parliament^[22]
• 30 December:
  • Bangladesh, Parliament^[23]
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo, President and National Assembly^[24]

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:

• 5 January, 28 June, 4 and 25 July, 10, 11 and 13 August, 15 and 29 November, 5 and 19 December: Malaysia, Senate^{[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]}
• 16 January, 23 March and 21 June: India, Council of States
• 19 January: Trinidad and Tobago, President
• 7 February: Nepal, National Assembly
• 15 February: South Africa, President
• 18 February: Bangladesh, President
• 25 February: Cambodia, Senate
• 2 March: Armenia, President
• 3 March: Pakistan, Senate
• 5 March to 20 March: China, President and Premier
• 12 March: Isle of Man, Legislative Council^[36]
• 13 March: Nepal, President
• 22 and 28 March, 12 April and 13 June: Austria, Federal Council^{[37][38][39][40]}
• 24 March: Ivory Coast, Senate
• 25 March: Cameroon, Senate^[41]
• 28 March: Myanmar, President
• 1 April: San Marino, Captains Regent
• 19 April: Cuba, President
• 31 August: Fiji, President^[42]
• 4 September: Pakistan, President
• 1 October:
  • Dominica, President^[43]
  • San Marino, Captains Regent
• 2 October: Iraq, President
• 23 October: Vietnam, President^[44]
• 25 October: Ethiopia, President
• 29 December: Algeria, Council of the Nation^[45]

See also

• 2018 in politics and government