| Guinea |
Africa |
General |
Presidential and National Assembly elections are scheduled in December 2025. Date not confirmed. |
2025-12-31 |
Upcoming |
| Central African Republic |
Africa |
Legislative |
National Assembly election is scheduled in December 2025. Date not confirmed. |
2025-12-31 |
Upcoming |
| Haiti |
Americas |
General |
Presidential and Parliamentary (Chamber of Deputies and Senate) elections are scheduled in late 2025. Date not confirmed. |
2025-12-31 |
Upcoming |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
Africa |
Legislative |
National Assembly elections scheduled for 27 December 2025 |
2025-12-27 |
Upcoming |
| Honduras |
Americas |
General |
Presidential and National Congress elections are scheduled for 30 November 2025. |
2025-11-30 |
Past |
| Guinea-Bissau |
Africa |
General |
Presidential and People's National Assembly elections are scheduled for 23 November 2025. |
2025-11-23 |
Past |
| Chile |
Americas |
General |
Presidential and Parliamentary (Chamber of Deputies and Senate) elections are scheduled for 16 November 2025. |
2025-11-16 |
Past |
| Iraq |
Western Asia |
Legislative |
Council of Representatives election is scheduled for 11 November 2025. |
2025-11-11 |
Past |
| Ireland |
Europe |
Executive |
Presidential election is scheduled for 11 November 2025. Date not confirmed. |
2025-11-11 |
Past |
| Tanzania |
Africa |
Executive |
On 29 October, President Samia Suluhu Hassan was declared the winner of the country’s presidential election with 97.7 per cent of the vote; she was one of three women candidates among the 17 on the ballot. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, voter turnout reached nearly 87.... |
2025-10-29 |
Past |
| Argentina |
Americas |
Legislative |
On 26 October, Argentina held legislative elections to renew half of the members of the Chamber of Deputies (127 seats) and one-third of the members of the Senate (24 seats). Two main political coalitions won the majority of votes across the country: the incumbent La Libertad Avanza (LLA) and the op... |
2025-10-26 |
Past |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
Africa |
Executive |
On 27 October, Côte d’Ivoire’s electoral commission declared President Alassane Ouattara the winner of the 25 October presidential election with 89.8 per cent of the vote. Major challengers Laurent Gbagbo and Tidjane Thiam were barred from running, and with no major opposition contender on the ... |
2025-10-25 |
Past |
| Cameroon |
Africa |
Executive |
Incumbent President Paul Biya of the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (Rassemblement démocratique du Peuple Camerounais, RDPC) won Cameroon’s presidential election, held on 12 October, extending his rule to an eighth consecutive term. According to official results, Biya won 53.7 per cent o... |
2025-10-12 |
Past |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
Western Asia |
Legislative |
On 5 October, Syria held indirect parliamentary elections to fill 119 of the 210 seats in the new People’s Assembly, the country’s unicameral parliament, which will serve a 30-month transitional term. Under a temporary electoral law issued in August, two-thirds of the seats were to be chosen thr... |
2025-10-05 |
Past |
| Czechia |
Europe |
Legislative |
On 3 and 4 October, Czechia held parliamentary elections for the 200 seats of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the country’s bicameral Parliament. The ANO (Yes) party led by Andrej Babiš received the highest vote share with 34.5 per cent of the vote, securing 80 seats, an increase of 8... |
2025-10-03 |
Past |
| Republic of Moldova |
Europe |
Legislative |
The ruling Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) won 50.2 per cent of the vote and 55 of 101 seats in the country’s parliamentary election on 28 September. The opposition Patriotic Electoral Bloc (BEP) came second with 24.2 per cent and 26 seats. Electoral turnout was 52.2 per cent, up from 48.4 pe... |
2025-09-28 |
Past |
| Gabon |
Africa |
Legislative |
The Democratic Union of Builders (Union démocratique des bâtisseurs, UDB), the party led by the recently elected President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, won Gabon’s legislative elections, which were held on 27 September (first round) and 11 October (second round). They were the first since ... |
2025-09-27 |
Past |
| Malawi |
Africa |
General |
On 16 September, Malawi held general elections for the presidency and the National Assembly. The presidential contest was won by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate, Peter Mutharika, who had previously served as president between 2014 and 2020 and received 56.8 per cent of the vote. The... |
2025-09-16 |
Past |
| Norway |
Europe |
Legislative |
On 8 September, Norway held parliamentary elections to fill all 169 seats of the Storting, the country’s unicameral legislature. Jonas Gahr Støre’s incumbent Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiert) received the highest vote share with 28.0 per cent of the vote, securing 53 seats, and ran in the electio... |
2025-09-08 |
Past |
| Jamaica |
Americas |
Legislative |
On 3 September, Jamaica held a general election. The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) won 35 out of the 63 seats in Parliament’s House of Representatives, resulting in Prime Minister Andrew Holness securing a third term in office. The opposition Peoples’s National Party (PNP) won 28 seats, representin... |
2025-09-03 |
Past |
| Guyana |
Americas |
Legislative |
On 1 September, Guyana held General and Regional Elections for the offices of the President, all members of the National Assembly and members of the Regional Democratic Councils (RDCs). President Irfaan Ali of the People's Progressive Party (PPP) was re-elected and the PPP won 36 of the 65 seats in ... |
2025-09-01 |
Past |
| Bolivia |
Americas |
General |
On 17 August, Bolivians voted for president, vice-president and members of the legislature. Candidates Rodrigo Paz of the Christian Democrat Party (PDC) and former President Jorge Tuto Quiroga of the LIBRE (Liberty and Democracy) alliance will head to a runoff in October, after receiving 32.1 ... |
2025-08-17 |
Past |
| Egypt |
Africa |
Legislative |
On 4 and 5 August, Egypt held Senate elections to fill 200 of the chamber’s 300 seats, with the remaining 100 appointed by the President. This marked the second Senate election since the chamber’s reinstatement in 2019. Egyptians living abroad voted earlier, on 1 and 2 August. Runoffs were held ... |
2025-08-04 |
Past |
| Japan |
Asia and the Pacific |
Legislative |
On 20 July, Japan held an election for the House of Councillors (upper house) in which half (125) of the total 248 seats were contested. Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Komeito, won 47 seats combined, falling short of the 50 seats needed t... |
2025-07-20 |
Past |
| Suriname |
Americas |
Legislative |
On 25 May, Suriname held parliamentary elections for its National Assembly. These were the first elections held since the 2023 electoral reform, which introduced a proportional representation system within a single national constituency. The National Democratic Party (NDP) secured 18 seats, while th... |
2025-05-25 |
Past |
| Venezuela |
Americas |
Legislative |
On 25 May, Venezuela held elections to choose National Assembly deputies, local lawmakers and regional governments. According to the National Electoral Council, the ruling party (Simon Bolivar Great Patriotic Pole) attained 82.6 per cent of votes for parliament, and 23 out of 24 governorships. Notab... |
2025-05-25 |
Past |
| Portugal |
Europe |
Legislative |
On 18 May, Portugal held a snap legislative election after the minority government of Prime Minister Luis Montenegro lost a confidence vote. The Democratic Alliance (AD) won the election with 31.8 per cent of the vote, securing 91 seats in the 230-seat parliament. Chega emerged a... |
2025-05-18 |
Past |
| Poland |
Europe |
Executive |
On 1 June, Karol Nawrocki, an independent candidate supported by the Law and Justice party (PiS) narrowly won the second round of Poland’s presidential election with 50.9 per cent of the vote. Rafał Trzaskowski, member of the incumbent Civic Platform party and mayor of Warsaw, received 49.1 per c... |
2025-05-18 |
Past |
| Philippines |
Asia and the Pacific |
Legislative |
On 12 May, the Philippines held national and local midterm elections, with over 18,000 elective seats available, including local officials, 317 parliamentary representatives and 12 Senate seats. According to preliminary results, the Marcos administration retained its majority in the House of Represe... |
2025-05-12 |
Past |
| Albania |
Europe |
Legislative |
On 11 May, Albania held its parliamentary elections, in which the ruling Socialist Party (SP) won 52.2 per cent of the vote, securing Prime Minister Edi Rama an unprecedented fourth term. The SP will hold 83 of 140 seats in Parliament—just one short of the number needed for constitutional amendmen... |
2025-05-11 |
Past |
| Romania |
Europe |
Executive |
On 18 May, Nicușor Dan won the second round of Romania’s presidential election with 53.6 per cent of the vote. Dan ran as an independent candidate, and has served as mayor of Bucharest since 2020. George Simion, leader of the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (AUR) party, received 46.4 per... |
2025-05-04 |
Past |
| Singapore |
Asia and the Pacific |
Legislative |
On 3 May, Singapore’s People’s Action Party won a decisive victory in the country’s general election, securing 87 of 97 seats and 65.6 per cent of the popular vote. The main opposition Workers’ Party maintained its 10 seats. The Elections Department reported 92.5 per cent turnout, a decrease... |
2025-05-03 |
Past |
| Australia |
Asia and the Pacific |
Legislative |
On 3 May, Australia held the 48th federal election for both the House of Representatives and the Senate. The Labor Party, led by Anthony Albanese, secured a second consecutive term, winning 94 of 150 seats in the House of Representatives, with the opposition Liberal-National Coalition securing 43 se... |
2025-05-03 |
Past |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
Americas |
Legislative |
On 28 April, Trinidad and Tobago held a general election to elect all members of the House of Representatives, following the recent dissolution of Parliament by Prime Minister Stuart Young. The opposition party, the United National Congress (UNC), secured a landslide victory, with party leader... |
2025-04-28 |
Past |
| Canada |
Americas |
Legislative |
On 28 April, Canada held its 45th General Election. With 43.7 per cent of the vote, the Liberal Party will remain in government, though it fell short (by three seats) of the 172 seats required for a majority. Mark Carney will continue as Prime Minister. The Conservative Party won 41.3 per cent of th... |
2025-04-28 |
Past |
| Gabon |
Africa |
Executive |
On 12 April, Gabon held its first presidential election since the 2023 coup (which had immediately followed the August 2023 general presidential elections), four months ahead of the schedule set out in the transitional charter. The sitting transitional president and coup leader Genera... |
2025-04-12 |
Past |
| Tajikistan |
Asia and the Pacific |
Legislative |
Tajikistan held elections for the Assembly of Representatives on 2 March in which the ruling People’s Democratic Party maintained control of the parliament, winning 49 of 63 seats and 52.5 per cent of votes. The Central Commission for Elections and Referendums reported 85.4 per cent turnout, a mar... |
2025-03-02 |
Past |
| Chad |
Africa |
Legislative |
Chad held indirect Senatorial elections on 25 February, which were the first in its history and were won by President Mahamat Déby’s ruling party, the Patriotic Salvation Movement (Mouvement Patriotique du Salut, MPS). According to official results, MPS secured 43 of the 46 elected seats in the S... |
2025-02-25 |
Past |
| Germany |
Europe |
Legislative |
On 23 February, Germany held an early federal legislative election after the coalition government collapsed in November 2024. The conservative Christian Democratic Union parties (CDU) led by Friedrich Merz and its sister party Christian Social Union (CSU) won the elections with 28.6 per cent of vote... |
2025-02-23 |
Past |
| Togo |
Africa |
Legislative |
On 15 February, Togo conducted its first Senate election, completing its transition to an ‘assembly independent’ political system, under constitutional reforms promulgated in 2024. Forty-one of the 61 Senators were indirectly elected by municipal and regional councillors. The remaining 20 senato... |
2025-02-15 |
Past |
| Kosovo |
Europe |
Legislative |
In the parliamentary elections of 9 February, incumbent Prime Minister Albin Kurti and his Vetevendosje party (VV) came first with 42.3 per cent of the vote, winning 48 out of Parliament’s 120 seats. The Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) received 20.9 per cent (24 seats) and the Democratic League o... |
2025-02-09 |
Past |
| Ecuador |
Americas |
General |
On 9 February, Ecuadorians voted for the President, members of the National Assembly, and members of the Andean Parliament. Incumbent Daniel Noboa and leftist candidate Luisa Gonzalez will head to a runoff on 13 April after a tight presidential race. Noboa obtained 44.2 per cent of votes, while Gonz... |
2025-02-09 |
Past |
| Belarus |
Europe |
Executive |
Belarus held a presidential election on 26 January in which incumbent Alyaksandr Lukashenka won his seventh straight term. According to the Central Election Commission, Lukashenka won 87.5 per cent of the vote on 85.7 per cent turnout, up from 84.3 per cent in the previous election. The election too... |
2025-01-26 |
Past |
| Vanuatu |
Asia and the Pacific |
General |
Vanuatu held snap general elections on 16 January in which no political party won a majority in the 52-seat parliament. While the election was called as a result of persistent political instability in the country, the question of how to rebuild from a major earthquake on 17 December dominated the ca... |
2025-01-16 |
Past |
| Comoros |
Africa |
Legislative |
On 12 January, Comoros held parliamentary elections, with the Convention pour le Renouveau des Comores (CRC) winning 28 out of 33 seats, according to the Independent National Election Commission. Voter turnout was recorded at 66.3 per cent, compared to 70.9 per cent in 2020. Several opposition parti... |
2025-01-12 |
Past |
