# List of elections in 2016
## Africa
### Benin Republic

* 2016 Beninese presidential election 6 March 2016

### Cape Verde

* 2016 Cape Verdean presidential election 2 October 2016

### Chad

* 2016 Chadian presidential election 10 April 2016

### Djibouti

* 2016 Djiboutian presidential election 8 April 2016

### Equatorial Guinea

* 2016 Equatorial Guinean presidential election 24 April 2016

### The Gambia

* 2016 Gambian presidential election 1 December 2016

### Gabon

* 2016 Gabonese presidential election 27 August 2016

### Ghana

* 2016 Ghanaian general election 7 December 2016

### Morocco

* 2016 Moroccan general election 7 October 2016

### Niger

* 2016 Nigerien general election 21 February and 20 March 2016

### Nigeria

* 2016 Edo State gubernatorial election 28 September 2016
* Gubernatorial elections for Ondo State, Bayelsa State, Kogi State

### Republic of Congo

* 2016 Republic of the Congo presidential election 20 March 2016

### São Tomé and Príncipe

* 2016 São Tomé and Príncipe presidential election 17 July and 7 August 2016

### Senegal

* 2016 Senegalese constitutional referendum 20 March 2016

### Seychelles

* 2016 Seychellois parliamentary election 8–10 September 2016

### South Africa

* 2016 South African municipal election 3 August 2016

### Somalia

* 2016 Somali parliamentary election 23 October and 10 November 2016
* 2016 Somali presidential election 8 February 2016

### The Gambia

* 2016 Gambian presidential election 1 December 2016

### Uganda

* 2016 Ugandan general election 18 February 2016

### Zambia

* 2016 Zambian general election 11 August 2016
* 2016 Zambian constitutional referendum 11 August 2016

## Asia
### Japan

* 2016 Japanese House of Councillors election 10 July 2016

### Hong Kong

* 2016 Hong Kong legislative election 4 September 2016

### India

* 2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election 4 and 11 April 2016
* 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election 4 and 11 April 2016
* 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election 16 May 2016
* 2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election 16 May 2016
* 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election 16 May 2016

### Iran

* 2016 Iranian legislative election 26 February 2016

### Kazakhstan

* 2016 Kazakhstani legislative election 20 March 2016

### Kuwait

* 2016 Kuwaiti general election 26 November 2016

### Mongolia

* 2016 Mongolian legislative election 29 June 2016

### Philippines

* 2016 Philippine general election (May 9, 2016)
** 2016 Philippine presidential election
** 2016 Philippine Senate election
** 2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections
** 2016 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election
** 2016 Philippine gubernatorial elections
* 2016 Philippine barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (October 2016)

### South Korea

* 2016 South Korean legislative election 13 April 2016

### Syria

* Syrian legislative election, 2016

### Republic of China (Taiwan)

* 2016 Republic of China legislative election 16 January 2016
* 2016 Republic of China presidential election 16 January 2016

### Vietnam

* 2016 Vietnamese legislative election 22 May 2016

### Uzbekistan

* 2016 Uzbekistani presidential election 4 December 2016

## Europe
### Austria

* 2016 Austrian presidential election 24 April and 22 May 2016

### Bulgaria

* 2016 Bulgarian presidential election 6 and 13 November 2016

### Czech Republic

* 2016 Czech Senate election 7-8 and 14–15 October 2016
* 2016 Czech regional elections 7–8 October 2016

### Croatia

* 2016 Croatian parliamentary election 11 September 2016

### Georgia

* 2016 Georgian parliamentary election 8 October 2016

### Germany

* 2016 Baden-Württemberg state election 13 March 2016
* 2016 Rhineland-Palatinate state election 13 March 2016
* 2016 Saxony-Anhalt state election 13 March 2016
* 2016 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election 4 September 2016
* 2016 Berlin state election 18 September 2016

### Hungary

* 2016 Hungarian migrant quota referendum 2 October 2016

### Iceland

* 2016 Icelandic presidential election 25 June 2016
* 2016 Icelandic parliamentary election 29 October 2016

### Ireland

* 2016 Irish general election 26 February 2016

### Isle of Man

* 2016 Manx general election 22 September 2016

### Italy

* 2016 Italian constitutional referendum 4 December 2016

### Lithuania

* 2016 Lithuanian parliamentary election 9 and 23 October 2016

### Macedonia

* 2016 Macedonian parliamentary election 11 December 2016

### Moldova

* 2016 Moldovan presidential election 30 October 2016

### Montenegro

* 2016 Montenegrin parliamentary election 16 October 2016

### Portugal

* 2016 Portuguese presidential election 24 January 2016
* 2016 Azores regional election 16 October 2016

### Romania

* 2016 Romanian local election 5 June 2016
* 2016 Romanian legislative election 11 December 2016

### Russia

* 2016 Russian legislative election 18 September 2016

### Serbia

* 2016 Serbian parliamentary election 24 April 2016

### Slovakia

* 2016 Slovak parliamentary election 5 March 2016

### Spain

* 2016 Spanish general election 26 June 2016
* 2016 Basque parliamentary election 25 September 2016
* 2016 Galician parliamentary election 25 September 2016

### United Kingdom

* 2016 National Assembly for Wales election 5 May 2016
* 2016 United Kingdom local elections 5 May 2016
* 2016 London mayoral election 5 May 2016
* 2016 London Assembly election 5 May 2016
* 2016 Bristol mayoral election 5 May 2016
* 2016 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections 5 May 2016
* 2016 Scottish Parliament election 5 May 2016
* 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election 5 May 2016
* 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum 23 June 2016

## North America
### Canada

* 2016 Manitoba general election 19 April 2016
* 2016 Saskatchewan general election 4 April 2016

### Dominican Republic

* 2016 Dominican Republic general election 15 May 2016

### Haiti

* February 2016 Haitian presidential election 14 February 2016
* November 2016 Haitian presidential election 20 November 2016

### Jamaica

* 2016 Jamaican local elections - November 28, 2016
* 2016 Jamaican general election - February 25, 2016

### Nicaragua

* 2016 Nicaraguan general election 6 November 2016

### United States

* 2016 United States elections:
** 2016 United States presidential election 8 November 2016
** 2016 United States Senate elections 8 November 2016
** 2016 United States House of Representatives elections 8 November 2016
** 2016 United States gubernatorial elections 8 November 2016

## South America
### Brazil

* 2016 Brazilian municipal elections 2 and 30 October 2016

### Chile

* 2016 Chilean municipal election

### Peru

* 2016 Peruvian general election 10 April 2016

## Oceania
### Australia

* 2016 Australian Capital Territory election 15 October 2016
* 2016 Australian federal election 2 July 2016
* 2016 Northern Territory general election 27 August 2016

### Kiribati

* 2016 Kiribati presidential election 9 March 2016

### Nauru

* 2016 Nauruan parliamentary election 9 July 2016

### New Zealand

* 2016 New Zealand local elections 8 October 2016

### Samoa

* 2016 Samoan general election 4 March 2016

### Vanuatu

* 2016 Vanuatuan general election 22 January 2016