# 2016 national electoral calendar

This national electoral calendar for 2016 lists the national/federal elections held in 2016 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.

## January

* 7 January: Kiribati, Parliament (2nd round)
* 16 January: Taiwan, President and Parliament
* 22 January: Vanuatu, Parliament
* 24 January: Portugal, President

## February

* 14 February: Central African Republic, President (2nd round) and Parliament (1st round)
* 18 February: Uganda, President and Parliament
* 21 February:
** Bolivia, Constitutional Referendum
** Comoros, President (1st round)
** Niger, President (1st round) and Parliament
* 25 February: Jamaica, House of Representatives
* 26 February:
** Iran, Parliament (1st round) and Assembly of Experts
** Ireland, Assembly
* 28 February: Switzerland, Referendums

## March

* 3–24 March: New Zealand, Referendum (2nd round)
* 4 March: Samoa, Parliament
* 5 March: Slovakia, Parliament
* 6 March: Benin, President (1st round)
* 9 March: Kiribati, President
* 20 March:
** Benin, President (2nd round)
** Cape Verde, Parliament
** Kazakhstan, Assembly
** Laos, Parliament
** Niger, President (2nd round)
** Republic of Congo, President
** Senegal, Constitutional Referendum
* 31 March: Central African Republic, Parliament (2nd round)

## April

* 6 April: Netherlands, Referendum
* 8 April: Djibouti, President
* 10 April:
** Chad, President
** Comoros, President (2nd round)
** Peru, President (1st round) and Parliament
* 13 April:
** South Korea, Parliament
** Syria, Parliament
* 17 April: Italy, Referendum
* 24 April:
** Austria, President (1st round)
** Equatorial Guinea, President
** Serbia, Parliament
* 27 April: Guernsey, Legislature
* 29 April: Iran, Parliament (2nd round)

## May

* 9 May: Philippines, President, Vice President, House of Representatives and Senate
* 11 May: Comoros, President (2nd round in 13 constituencies) on Anjouan)
* 14 May: Philippines, President, Vice President, House of Representatives and Senate (in 55 precincts)
* 15 May: Dominican Republic, President, Chamber of Deputies and Senate
* 22 May:
** Austria, President (2nd round) (round nullified)
** Cyprus, Parliament
** Tajikistan, Constitutional Referendum
** Vietnam, Parliament

## June

* 5 June:
** Peru, President (2nd round)
** Switzerland, Referendums
* 6 June: Saint Lucia, House of Assembly
* 7 June: Bahamas, Constitutional Referendum
* 23 June:
** Bermuda, Referendum
** Gibraltar, Brexit Referendum
** United Kingdom, Brexit Referendum
* 25 June: Iceland, President
* 26 June: Spain, Congress of Deputies
* 29 June: Mongolia, Parliament

## July

* 2 July: Australia, House of Representatives and Senate
* 9 July: Nauru, Parliament
* 10 July:
** Abkhazia, Referendum
** Japan, House of Councillors
* 11 July: Nauru, Parliament (Aiwo only)
* 17 July: São Tomé and Príncipe, President (1st round)

## August

* 7 August:
** São Tomé and Príncipe, President (2nd round)
** Thailand, Constitutional Referendum
* 11 August: Zambia, President, Parliament and Constitutional Referendum
* 21 August: Turkmenistan, Council of Elders
* 27 August: Gabon, President

## September

* 4 September: Hong Kong, Legislature
* 8–10 September: Seychelles, Parliament
* 11 September:
** Belarus, House of Representatives
** Croatia, Parliament
* 18 September:
** Liechtenstein, Referendum
** Russia, State Duma
* 20 September: Jordan, House of Representatives
* 22 September: Isle of Man, House of Keys
* 25 September: Switzerland, Referendums
* 26 September:
** Azerbaijan, Constitutional Referendum
** Sint Maarten, Legislature

## October

* 2 October:
** Cape Verde, President
** Colombia, Referendum
** Hungary, Referendum
* 5 October: Curaçao, Legislature
* 7 October: Morocco, House of Representatives
* 7–8 October: Czech Republic, Senate (1st round)
* 8 October: Georgia, Parliament (1st round)
* 9 October: Lithuania, Parliament (1st round)
* 14–15 October: Czech Republic, Senate (2nd round)
* 16 October: Montenegro, Parliament
* 23 October: Lithuania, Parliament (2nd round)
* 29 October: Iceland, Parliament
* 30 October:
** Georgia, Parliament (2nd round)
** Ivory Coast, Constitutional Referendum
** Moldova, President (1st round)

## November

* 1 November: Palau, President, House of Delegates and Senate
* 5 November – 17 January 2017: Somalia, House of the People
* 6 November:
** Bulgaria, President (1st round) and Referendum
** Nicaragua, President and Parliament
* 8 November: United States, President, House of Representatives and Senate
** American Samoa, Governor and House of Representatives
** Guam, Auditor, Consolidated Commission on Utilities, Education Board, Legislature, and Superior Court retention election
** Northern Mariana Islands, House of Representatives, Senate, and Supreme Court retention elections
** Puerto Rico, Governor, House of Representatives and Senate
** U.S. Virgin Islands, Board of Education, Board of Elections and Legislature
* 9 November Pitcairn Islands, Mayor
* 13 November:
** Bulgaria, President (2nd round)
** Moldova, President (2nd round)
* 20 November:
** Haiti, President, Chamber of Deputies (24/119 seats 2nd round), Senate (6/30 seats 2nd round) and Senate (10/30 seats 1st round)
** San Marino, Parliament (1st round)
* 24 November: Grenada, Constitutional Referendum
* 26 November: Kuwait, Parliament
* 27 November: Switzerland, Referendum

## December

* 1 December: The Gambia, President
* 4 December:
** Austria, President (2nd round revote)
** Italy, Constitutional Referendum
** San Marino, Parliament (2nd round)
** Uzbekistan, President
* 7 December: Ghana, President and Parliament
* 11 December:
** Hong Kong, Election Committee
** Kyrgyzstan, Constitutional Referendum
** Republic of Macedonia, Parliament
** Romania, Chamber of Deputies and Senate
** Transnistria, President
* 15 December: Turks and Caicos Islands, Legislature
* 18 December: Ivory Coast, National Assembly

## Indirect elections

The following indirect elections of heads of state and the upper houses of bicameral legislatures took place through votes in elected lower houses, unicameral legislatures, or electoral colleges:
* 4 January: Marshall Islands, President
* 27 January: Marshall Islands, President (new election)
* 26 February: Kosovo, President
* 11 March: Myanmar, President
* 14 March and 11 June: India, Council of States
* 1 April: San Marino, Captains Regent
* 2 April: Vietnam, President
* 19 April: Laos, President
* 25–26 April: Ireland, Senate
* 10 June and 27 October: Malaysia, Senate
* 18 June – 18 September: Belarus, Council of the Republic
* 26 June: Spain, Senate
* 13 July: Nauru, President
* 29–30 August, 24 September and 3 October: Estonia, President
* 1 October: San Marino, Captains Regent
* 23 April 2014 – 31 October 2016: Lebanon, President (13 rounds in 2016)