The first round of legislative and presidential elections is scheduled to be held on 30 August 2026. The second round of the legislative and presidential elections, as well as local elections are scheduled to be held on 6 December 2026.
On 30 November, Honduras held general elections to choose the president, members of Congress, representatives to the Central American Parliament, as well as mayors and other local authorities. Final results are still pending as the National Electoral Council (CNE) continues counting votes.
Chile held general elections on 16 November, the first under mandatory voting and automatic registration. Jeannette Jara, representing the Unity for Chile coalition, led the presidential race with 26.8 per cent of the vote, followed by José Antonio Kast of the Republican Party with 23.9 per cent. Both candidates will now advance to a runoff scheduled for 14 December. Voter turnout reached a record 85.3 per cent, driven by the introduction of compulsory voting.
On 11 November, Iraq held parliamentary elections for all 329 seats in the Council of Representatives. The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) announced the results on 17 November. The Reconstruction and Development Coalition, led by incumbent PM Al-Sudani, secured the largest share with 46 seats, followed by The State of Law Coalition with 29, and Taqaddum and the Sadiqoon Movement with 27 each. Voter turnout rose to 56.0 per cent from 43.5 per cent in 2021, though registration remained low.
On 24 October, left-wing independent Catherine Connolly secured a landslide victory in Ireland’s presidential election. Connolly took 63.4 per cent of first-preference votes, while Heather Humphreys of the ruling Fine Gael Party received 29.5 per cent. Fianna Fáil’s candidate, Jim Gavin, had withdrawn from the campaign but remained on the ballot, winning 7.2 per cent of the vote. Connolly will succeed President Michael D. Higgins of the Labour Party, who reached the constitutional two-term limit.
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 of votes, ahead of Issa Tchiroma of the Cameroon National Salvation (Front pour le salut national du Cameroun, FSNC) with 35.2 per cent. Of the 12 candidates that contested the election, only one was a woman.
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 ballot, voter turnout dropped slightly to 50.1 per cent from 53.9 per cent in 2020. Entrepreneur Jean-Louis Billon placed a distant second with 3.1 per cent, followed by former First Lady Simone Gbagbo at 2.4 per cent; she was one of two women candidates among the five on the ballot.
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 compared to the 2021 elections.
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, representing a gain of 14 seats compared to the previous election.
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 per cent in the 2021 elections. As with other recent elections, the campaign was portrayed as a referendum between further European integration and a pro-Russian geopolitical orientation by many actors and observers, including PAS, Russia, and the European Union.
