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This national electoral calendar for the year 2016 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2016 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.
Schedule[edit]
January[edit]
- 7 January: Kiribati, Parliament (2nd round)[1]
- 16 January: Taiwan, President and Legislative Yuan (parliament)[2]
- 22 January: Vanuatu, Parliament[3]
- 24 January: Portugal, President[4]
February[edit]
- 14 February: Central African Republic, President (2nd round) and Parliament (1st round)[5]
- 18 February: Uganda, President and Parliament[6]
- 21 February:
- 25 February: Jamaica, Parliament[10]
- 26 February:
- 28 February: Switzerland, Referendum
March[edit]
- 3–24 March: New Zealand, Flag referendum (2nd round)[11]
- 4 March: Samoa, Parliament
- 5 March: Slovakia, Parliament[12]
- 6 March: Benin, President (1st round)[13]
- 9 March: Kiribati, President[14]
- 20 March:
- 31 March: Central African Republic, Parliament (2nd round)[20]
April[edit]
- 6 April: Netherlands, Referendum
- 8 April: Djibouti, President[21]
- 10 April:
- 13 April:
- 17 April: Italy, Referendum[23]
- 24 April:
- 27 April: Guernsey, Parliament[26]
- 29 April: Iran, Parliament (2nd round)
May[edit]
- 9 May: Philippines, General: President, Senate (seats elected in even-numbered years), House of Representatives
- 15 May: Dominican Republic, President and Parliament[8]
- 22 May:
June[edit]
- 5 June:
- 6 June: Saint Lucia, Parliament[30]
- 23 June: United Kingdom, European Union membership referendum
- 25 June: Iceland, President
- 26 June: Spain, Parliament[31]
- 29 June: Mongolia, Parliament[32]
July[edit]
- 2 July: Australia, Parliament[33]
- 9 July: Nauru, Parliament[34]
- 10 July:
- Abkhazia, Referendum[35]
- Japan, House of Councillors (one half)
- 17 July: São Tomé and Príncipe, President (1st round)[36]
August[edit]
- 7 August:
- 11 August: Zambia, Constitutional referendum, President and Parliament[38]
- 27 August: Gabon, President
September[edit]
- 4 September: Hong Kong, Parliament
- 8–10 September: Seychelles, Parliament
- 11 September:
- 18 September: Russia, State Duma[41]
- 20 September: Jordan, Parliament
- 22 September: Isle of Man, Parliament
- 25 September: Switzerland, Referendums
- 26 September: Azerbaijan, Constitutional referendum[42]
October[edit]
- 2 October:
- 7 October: Morocco, Parliament[44]
- 7–8 October: Czech Republic, Senate (1st round)
- 8 October: Georgia, Parliament (1st round)[45]
- 9 October: Lithuania, Parliament (1st round)[8]
- 14–15 October: Czech Republic, Senate (2nd round)
- 16 October: Montenegro, Parliament
- 23 October: Lithuania, Parliament (2nd round)[8]
- 23 October – 29 December: Somalia, Parliament[46]
- 29 October: Iceland, Parliament
- 30 October:
November[edit]
- 1 November: Palau, President, Senate, and House of Delegates
- 6 November:
- 8 November: United States, President,[50] House of Representatives, and Senate (one-third)
- 13 November:
- 20 November:
- 24 November: Grenada, Constitutional referendum[54]
- 26 November: Kuwait, Parliament[55]
- 27 November: Switzerland, Referendum
December[edit]
- 1 December: The Gambia, President
- 4 December:
- 7 December: Ghana, President and Parliament
- 11 December:
- 15 December: Turks and Caicos Islands, Parliament
- 18 December: Ivory Coast, Parliament[61]