# 2015 national electoral calendar

This national electoral calendar for 2015 lists the national/federal elections held in 2015 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.

## January

* 4 January: Uzbekistan, Legislative Chamber (2nd round)
* 8 January: Sri Lanka, President
* 11 January: Croatia, President (2nd round)
* 20 January: Zambia, President
* 25 January:
** Comoros, Parliament (1st round)
** Greece, Parliament

## February

* 7 February: Slovakia, Referendum
* 16 February: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Parliament
* 22 February: Comoros, Parliament (2nd round)
* 28 February: Lesotho, National Assembly

## March

* 1 March:
** Andorra, Parliament
** El Salvador, Parliament
** Estonia, Parliament
** Tajikistan, Assembly of Representatives
* 3 March: Federated States of Micronesia, Parliament
* 8 March: Switzerland, Referendums
* 17 March: Israel, Parliament
* 28–29 March: Nigeria, President, House of Representatives and Senate
* 29 March: Uzbekistan, President
* 31 March: Tuvalu, Parliament

## April

* 11 April: Malta, Referendum
* 13–15 April: Sudan, President and National Assembly
* 19 April:
** Finland, Parliament
** Northern Cyprus, President (1st round)
* 22 April: Anguilla, Legislature
* 25 April: Togo, President
* 26 April:
** Benin, Parliament
** Kazakhstan, President
** Northern Cyprus, President (2nd round)

## May

* 3 May: Nagorno-Karabakh, Parliament
* 7 May: United Kingdom, House of Commons
* 8 May: Norfolk Island, Referendum
* 10 May: Poland, President (1st round)
* 11 May:
** Guyana, President and Parliament
* 22 May: Ireland, Constitutional Referendums
* 24 May:
** Ethiopia, House of Peoples' Representatives
** Poland, President (2nd round)
* 25 May: Suriname, Parliament

## June

* 7 June:
** Luxembourg, Referendum
** Mexico, Chamber of Deputies
** Turkey, Parliament
* 8 June: British Virgin Islands, Legislature
* 14 June: Switzerland, Referendums
* 18 June: Denmark, Parliament
* 29 June: Burundi, National Assembly

## July

* 5 July: Greece, Referendum
* 21 July: Burundi, President

## August

* 9 August: Haiti, Chamber of Deputies (all 119 seats) and Senate (20/30 seats), (1st round)
* 17 August: Sri Lanka, Parliament

## September

* 1 September: Faroe Islands, Legislature
* 6 September:
** Guatemala, President (1st round) and Parliament
** Poland, Referendum
* 7 September: Trinidad and Tobago, House of Representatives
* 11 September: Singapore, Parliament
* 20 September: Greece, Parliament

## October

* 3 October: United Arab Emirates, Parliament
* 4 October:
** Kyrgyzstan, Parliament
** Portugal, Parliament
* 11 October:
** Belarus, President
** Guinea, President
* 17–19 October: Egypt, Parliament (1st phase 1st round)
* 18 October: Switzerland, National Council and Council of States (1st round) [de]
* 19 October: Canada, House of Commons
* 25 October:
** Argentina, President (1st round), Chamber of Deputies and Senate
** Bulgaria, Referendum
** Guatemala, President (2nd round)
** Haiti, President (1st round) (election nullified), Chamber of Deputies (25/119 seats 1st round revote; 86/119 seats 2nd round) and Senate (6/30 seats 1st round revote; 12/30 seats 2nd round)
** Ivory Coast, President
** Oman, Consultative Assembly
** Poland, Sejm and Senate
** Republic of the Congo, Constitutional Referendum
** Tanzania, President and Parliament
* 26–28 October: Egypt, Parliament (1st phase 2nd round)

## November

* 1 November:
** Azerbaijan, Parliament
** Turkey, Parliament
* 2 November: Switzerland, Council of States (2nd round 1st phase) [de]
* 4 November:
** Belize, House of Representatives
** Pitcairn Islands, Deputy Mayor and Legislature
* 8 November:
** Croatia, Parliament
** Myanmar, House of Representatives and House of Nationalities
** Switzerland, Council of States (2nd round 2nd phase) [de]
* 15 November: Switzerland, Council of States (2nd round 3rd phase) [de]
* 16 November: Marshall Islands, Parliament
* 20 November – 11 December: New Zealand, Referendum (1st round)
* 21–23 November: Egypt, Parliament (2nd phase 1st round)
* 22 November:
** Argentina, President (2nd round)
** Switzerland, Council of States (2nd round 4th phase) [de]
* 26 November: Gibraltar, Legislature
* 29 November:
** Burkina Faso, President and Parliament
** Transnistria, Parliament
* 30 November – 2 December: Egypt, Parliament (2nd phase 2nd round)

## December

* 3 December: Denmark, Referendum
* 3–5 December: Seychelles, President (1st round)
* 6 December:
** Armenia, Referendum
** Venezuela, Parliament
* 9 December: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Parliament
* 13 December: Liechtenstein, Referendum
* 13–14 December: Central African Republic, Referendum
* 16–18 December: Seychelles, President (2nd round)
* 18 December: Rwanda, Referendum
* 20 December:
** Slovenia, Referendum
** Spain, Congress of Deputies
* 30 December:
** Central African Republic, President (1st round)
** Kiribati, Parliament (1st round)

## 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:
* 23 April 2014 – 31 October 2016: Lebanon, President (17 rounds in 2015)
* 10 January: Afghanistan, House of Elders
* 13–14 January: Uzbekistan, Senate
* 29–31 January: Italy, President
* 7 February, 20 April and 28 September: India, Council of States
* 18 February: Greece, President
* 5 March: Pakistan, Senate
* 16 March, 6 May and 22 June: Isle of Man, Legislative Council
* 1 April: San Marino, Captains Regent
* 17 April: Tajikistan, National Assembly
* 11 May: Federated States of Micronesia, President
* 19 May: Sudan, Council of States
* 24 May: Ethiopia, House of Federation
* 26 May: Netherlands, Senate
* 3 June: Latvia, President
* 4 June: Mauritius, President
* 16 June, 9 July, 23 October and 24 November: Austria, Federal Council
* 14 July: Suriname, President
* 24 July: Burundi, Senate
* 1 October: San Marino, Captains Regent
* 2 October: Morocco, House of Councillors
* 12 October: Fiji, President
* 28 October: Nepal, President
* 27 November: Namibia, National Council
* 9 December: Switzerland, Federal Council
* 20 December: Spain, Senate
* 29 December:
** Algeria, Council of the Nation
** Madagascar, Senate [fr]