# 2018 national electoral calendar

This national electoral calendar for 2018 lists the national/federal elections held in 2018 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.

## January

* 7 January: Northern Cyprus, Parliament
* 12–13 January: Czech Republic, President (1st round)
* 26–27 January: Czech Republic, President (2nd round)
* 28 January:
** Cyprus, President (1st round)
** Finland, President

## February

* 4 February:
** Costa Rica, President (1st round) and Parliament
** Cyprus, President (2nd round)
** Ecuador, Referendum
* 11 February: Monaco, Parliament
* 23 February: Djibouti, Parliament
* 26 February: Sint Maarten, Legislature

## March

* 4 March:
** El Salvador, Parliament
** Italy, Chamber of Deputies and Senate
** Switzerland, Referendums
* 7 March: Sierra Leone, President and Parliament (1st round)
* 11 March:
** Colombia, House of Representatives and Senate
** Cuba, Parliament
* 13 March: Grenada, Parliament
* 18 March: Russia, President
* 21 March:
** Antigua and Barbuda, Parliament
** Netherlands, Referendum
* 25 March: Turkmenistan, Assembly and People's Council
* 26–28 March: Egypt, President
* 31 March: Sierra Leone, President and Parliament (2nd round)

## April

* 1 April: Costa Rica, President (2nd round)
* 8 April: Hungary, Parliament
* 11 April: Azerbaijan, President
* 15 April:
** Guatemala, Referendum
** Montenegro, President
* 20 April: Bhutan, National Council
* 22 April:
** French Polynesia, Legislature (1st round)
** Paraguay, President, Chamber of Deputies and Senate
* 24 April: Greenland, Legislature

## May

* 6 May:
** French Polynesia, Legislature (2nd round)
** Lebanon, Parliament
* 9 May: Malaysia, House of Representatives
* 12 May:
** East Timor, Parliament
** Iraq, Parliament
* 13 May: Slovenia, Referendum
* 16 May: Jersey, Legislature
* 17 May: Burundi, Constitutional Referendum
* 20 May: Venezuela, President
* 24 May: Barbados, Parliament
* 25 May: Ireland, Constitutional Referendum
* 27 May: Colombia, President (1st round)

## June

* 3 June: Slovenia, National Assembly
* 10 June: Switzerland, Referendums
* 14 June: Cook Islands, Legislature
* 17 June: Colombia, President (2nd round)
* 24 June: Turkey, President and Parliament

## July

* 1 July: Mexico, President, Chamber of Deputies and Senate
* 25 July: Pakistan, National Assembly
* 29 July:
** Cambodia, Parliament
** Mali, President (1st round)
* 30 July:
** Comoros, Constitutional Referendum
** Zimbabwe, President, House of Assembly and Senate

## August

* 12 August: Mali, President (2nd round)
* 26 August: Colombia, Referendum

## September

* 1 September: Mauritania, Parliament (1st round)
* 2–3 September: Rwanda, Chamber of Deputies
* 9 September: Sweden, Parliament
* 15 September:
** Bhutan, National Assembly (1st round)
** Mauritania, Parliament (2nd round)
* 21 September: Eswatini, House of Assembly
* 23 September:
** Maldives, President
** Switzerland, Referendums
* 30 September: Republic of Macedonia, Referendum

## October

* 5–6 October: Czech Republic, Senate (1st round)
* 6 October:
** Gabon, National Assembly (1st round)
** Latvia, Parliament
* 6–7 October: Romania, Constitutional Referendum
* 7 October:
** Bosnia and Herzegovina, Presidency and House of Representatives
** Brazil, President (1st round), Chamber of Deputies and Senate
** Cameroon, President
** São Tomé and Príncipe, Parliament
* 10 October: Guernsey, Referendum
* 12–13 October: Czech Republic, Senate (2nd round)
* 14 October: Luxembourg, Parliament
* 18 October: Bhutan, National Assembly (2nd round)
* 20 October: Afghanistan, House of the People
* 26 October: Ireland, President and Constitutional Referendum
* 27 October:
** Afghanistan, House of the People (Kandahar only)
** Gabon, National Assembly (2nd round)
* 28 October:
** Brazil, President (2nd round)
** Georgia, President (1st round)

## November

* 4 November: New Caledonia, Independence Referendum
* 6 November:
** Antigua and Barbuda, Constitutional Referendum
** Grenada, Constitutional Referendum
** United States, House of Representatives and Senate
*** American Samoa, House of Representatives and Constitutional Referendum
*** Guam, Governor, Attorney General, Auditor, Consolidated Commission on Utilities, Education Board, Legislature, and Supreme Court and Superior Court retention elections
*** U.S. Virgin Islands, Governor (1st round), Board of Education, Board of Elections and Legislature
* 7 November: Madagascar, President (1st round)
* 11 November:
** Donetsk People's Republic, Head and Parliament
** Luhansk People's Republic, Head and Parliament
* 13 November:
** Northern Mariana Islands, Governor, Attorney General, House of Representatives, Senate, and Supreme Court retention elections
** United States, House of Representatives (Northern Mariana Islands only)
* 14 November: Fiji, Parliament
* 20 November: U.S. Virgin Islands, Governor (2nd round)
* 24 November:
** Bahrain, Council of Representatives (1st round)
** Taiwan, Referendums
* 25 November:
** Liechtenstein, Referendum
** Switzerland, Referendums
* 28 November: Georgia, President (2nd round)

## December

* 1 December: Bahrain, Council of Representatives (2nd round)
* 9 December:
** Armenia, Parliament
** Peru, Constitutional Referendum
* 19 December: Madagascar, President (2nd round)
* 20 December: Togo, Parliament
* 30 December:
** Bangladesh, Parliament
** Democratic Republic of the Congo, President and 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:
* 5 January, 28 June, 4 and 25 July, 10, 11 and 13 August, 15 and 29 November, 5 and 19 December: Malaysia, Senate
* 16 January, 23 March and 21 June: India, Council of States
* 19 January: Trinidad and Tobago, President
* 7 February: Nepal, National Assembly
* 15 February: South Africa, President
* 18 February: Bangladesh, President
* 25 February: Cambodia, Senate
* 2 March: Armenia, President
* 3 March: Pakistan, Senate
* 5 March to 20 March: China, President and Premier
* 12 March: Isle of Man, Legislative Council
* 13 March: Nepal, President
* 22 and 28 March, 12 April and 13 June: Austria, Federal Council
* 24 March: Ivory Coast, Senate
* 25 March: Cameroon, Senate
* 28 March: Myanmar, President
* 1 April: San Marino, Captains Regent
* 19 April: Cuba, President
* 31 August: Fiji, President
* 4 September: Pakistan, President
* 1 October:
** Dominica, President
** San Marino, Captains Regent
* 2 October: Iraq, President
* 23 October: Vietnam, President
* 25 October: Ethiopia, President
* 29 December: Algeria, Council of the Nation