# 2005 electoral calendar

This electoral calendar 2005 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2005 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referendums are included, although they are not elections. By-elections are not included.

## January

* 2 January: Croatia, President (1st round)
* 9 January: Palestine, National Authority, President
* 12 January: Abkhazia, Rerun of the presidential election
* 16 January: Croatia, President (2nd round)
* 22 January: Maldives, Parliament
* 25 January: Tokelau, Island council
* 30 January: Iraq, Parliament

## February

* 6 February: Thailand, Parliament
* 8 February: Denmark, Parliament
* 20 February: Portugal, Parliament
* 20 February: Northern Cyprus, Parliament
* 20 February: Spain, referendum on the European Constitution
* 21 February: Anguilla, Parliament
* 27 February: Tajikistan, Parliament (1st round)
* 27 February: Kyrgyzstan, Parliament (1st round)
* 28 February: Burundi, referendum on the new constitution

## March

* 6 March: Moldova, Parliament
* 8 March: Micronesia, Parliament
* 11 and 13 March: Liechtenstein, Parliament
* 13 March: Central African Republic, President (1st round)
* 13 March: Kyrgyzstan, Parliament (2nd round)
* 17 March: Tonga, Parliament
* 24 March: Tajikistan, Parliament (2nd round)
* 31 March: Zimbabwe, Parliament

## April

* 8 April: Djibouti, President
* 17 April: Northern Cyprus, President
* 24 April: Andorra, Parliament
* 24 April: Togo, President
* 30 April: Niue, Parliament

## May

* 5 May–23 June: United Kingdom, Parliament
* 5 May: Dominica, Parliament
* 8 May: Central African Republic, President (2nd round)
* 11 May: Cayman Islands, Parliament
* 14 May: Republic of China, National Assembly
* 15 May: Ethiopia, Parliament
* 22 May: Mongolia, President
* 25 May: Egypt, Constitutional referendum
* 25 May: Suriname, Parliament
* 29 May: France, referendum on the European Constitution
* 29 May: Lebanon, Parliament

## June

* 1 June: Netherlands, referendum on the European Constitution
* 5 June: Switzerland, referendum on Schengen and Dublin treaties, as well as on civil unions for homosexuals
* 6 June: Chad, referendum on presidential terms
* 17 June: Iran, President
* 19 June: Guinea-Bissau, President
* 5/12/19 June: Lebanon, Parliament
* 19 June: Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Parliament
* 24 June: Iran, President (2nd round)
* 25 June: Bulgaria, Parliament

## July

* 3 July: Albania, Parliament
* 3 July: Mauritius, Parliament
* 4 July: Burundi, Parliament
* 10 July: Kyrgyzstan, President
* 10 July: Luxembourg, referendum on the European Constitution

## August

* 19 August: Burundi, President
* 27 August: Singapore, President
* 30 August: Saint Helena, Parliament

## September

* 7 September: Egypt, President
* 11 September: Japan, House of Representatives
* 12 September: Norway, Parliament
* 17 September: New Zealand, Parliament
* 18 September: Afghanistan, Parliament
* 18 September: Germany, Federal Parliament
* 23 September: Aruba, Parliament
* 25 September: Poland, Sejm and Senate
* 25 September: Macau, Parliament
* 29 September: Somaliland, Parliament

## October

* 9 October: Poland, President (1st round)
* 11 October: Liberia, President, Senate, and House of Representatives
* 15 October: Iraq, constitutional referendum
* 19 October: Jersey, Senators
* 23 October: Argentina, Congress and senate
* 23 October: Poland, President (2nd round)
* 23 October: Brazil, referendum on the prohibition of personal firearms

## November

* 6 November: Azerbaijan, Parliament
* 8 November: Northern Mariana Islands, Governor, House and Senate
* 13 November: Burkina Faso, President
* 15 November: Greenland, Parliament
* 17 November: Falkland Islands, Legislative Council
* 17 November: Sri Lanka, President
* 19/20 November: Egypt, Parliament
* 1 December: Egypt, Parliament
* 21 November: Kenya, Referendum on the new Constitution
* 23 November: Jersey, Deputies
* 26 November: Zimbabwe, Senate
* 27 November: Armenia, Referendum on Constitution
* 27 November: Honduras, President and Congress
* 27 November: Gabon, President

## December

* 4 December: Venezuela, Parliament
* 4 December: Kazakhstan, President
* 7 December: St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Parliament
* 11 December: Chile, President (1st Round), Parliament
* 11 December: Transnistria, Parliament
* 14 December: Tanzania, President and Parliament
* 15 December: Iraq, Parliament
* 18 December: Bolivia, President, Parliament
* 18 December: Democratic Republic of Congo, Referendum on the new Constitution
* 24 December: Pitcairn, Island council and island magistrate