List of next general elections
This is a list of the next general elections around the world in democratic polities. The general elections listed are for the government of each jurisdiction. These elections determine the Prime Minister and makeup of the legislature in a parliamentary democracy, or the president and then the legislature in a system where separate votes are taken for different tiers of government.
In most jurisdictions, general elections are held between every three to five years,[1] with presidential elections sometimes attaining 6 (Mexico, Russia since a 2008 amendment) or 7 years (France's septennat until 2000).
A country's constitution may give elections a fixed timing (i.e. United States, Switzerland, Sweden), while some allow the government to dissolve Parliament and call a new vote up to a certain time limit (United Kingdom, Israel, Japan). Some constitutions may require Parliaments to elect the Head of State under threat of dissolution (Greece). In most countries the election for the representative assembly determines the government.
All countries in the Americas which directly elect their President, hold the Presidential and the legislative election at the same time. However, most countries in Europe split these elections and schedule them at different times.
International standards set a number of rules to judge whether the election is unfair. Some countries hold staged elections, but in most the election's outcome is the result of organized influence, as per social choice theory. Human rights violations include "compromise of the right to participate in government through free elections",[2] the right to freedom of association,[3] or the right to free expression.[4] Elections may also be unfair if unlawful political campaign financing favours particular interest groups, or if the law implicitly favors some through this means. Last but not least, media ownership may also create significant media bias.[5]
The National Democratic Institute also maintains a calendar of general elections.
List of next elections
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
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Oceania
| Country | Parliamentary election | Presidential election | Fairness | Pop. (m) |
GDP ($bn) |
IHDI | In power now | ||||
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| Term | Last election | Next election | Term | Last election | Next election | ||||||
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3 years[25] | July 2016 | 2019 | 24.1 | 1,620 | .858 | Liberal/National | ||||
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4 years | July 2014 | 2018 | Cook Islands Party | |||||||
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2 years | March 2017 | March 2019 | ||||||||
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4 years | September 2014 | 2018 | FijiFirst | |||||||
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4 years | December 2015-January 2016 | 2020 | March 2016 | awaiting results | ||||||
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4 years | November 2015 | November 2019 | ||||||||
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3 years | 2016 | 2019 | (no political parties) | |||||||
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3 years | September 2017 | September 2020 | 4.3 | 161 | no data | Labour/NZ First/Greens | ||||
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3 years | May 2017 | 2020 | (no political parties) | |||||||
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4 years | November 2016 | November 2020 | 4 years | November 2016 | 2020 | |||||
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5 years | July 2017 | July 2022 | 8.1 | 13 | no data | PNCP | ||||
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5 years | March 2016 | 2021 | HRPP | |||||||
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4 years | November 2014 | 2018 | broad coalition | |||||||
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4 years | November 2014 | 2018 | (non-partisan) | |||||||
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4 years | March 2015 | 2019 | (no political parties) | |||||||
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4 years | January 2016 | 2020 | broad coalition | |||||||
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Notes
- ↑ nb in Germany where there are elections every 4 years, the Federal Constitutional Court has held that five years is the limit that is compatible with living in a democratic society.
- ↑ Universal Declaration of Human Rights article 21
- ↑ UDHR article 20
- ↑ UDHR article 19
- ↑ OSCE, Election Observation Handbook (6th edn 2010) 18-22, 31, 37 and Annex A
- ↑ South African Constitution
- 1 2 3 2011 data, as country missing from 2013 UN report.
- ↑ Constitution of Belize
- ↑ Brazilian Constitution
- ↑ Brazilian Constitution
- ↑ Canada Elections Act 2000
- ↑ US Constitution
- ↑ US Constitution
- ↑ Constitution of India art 83
- ↑ .
- ↑ "Armed Conflict During Election Works in Urfa". Bianet - Bagimsiz Iletisim Agi. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
- ↑ Jones, Dorian. "Erdogan Stokes Vote-Rigging Fears". VOA. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
- ↑ "Former President Gül confirms Turkey's top soldier visited him". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
- ↑ Grundgesetz art 39, between 46 and 48 months after the last election
- ↑ Electoral (Amendment) Act 1927
- ↑ http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/government_in_ireland/elections_and_referenda/national_elections/presidential_election.html
- ↑ The Constitution of Romania allows, in Article 63, point (2), elections to be held up to 3 months after the expiration of the current term. Thus, an election can be held no later than 51 months after the previous.
- ↑ Spanish Constitution of 1978 art 68
- ↑ Parliament Act 1911 and Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011. A government could collapse or the Prime Minister seek an election and the House of Commons on a two-thirds majority pass a motion for an early election, triggering an election at an earlier date.
- ↑ Australian Constitution