2018 national electoral calendar

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Thisnational electoral calendar for 2018 lists the national/federal elections held in 2018 in allsovereign states and theirdependent territories.By-elections are excluded, though nationalreferendums are included.

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• 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

• 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

• 4 March:
  • El Salvador,Parliament^[1]
  • 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^[2]
  • Netherlands,Referendum
• 25 March:Turkmenistan,Assembly andPeople's Council^[3]
• 26–28 March:Egypt,President
• 31 March:Sierra Leone,President and Parliament (2nd round)^[4]

• 1 April:Costa Rica,President (2nd round)
• 8 April:Hungary,Parliament^[5]
• 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

• 6 May:
  • French Polynesia,Legislature (2nd round)
  • Lebanon,Parliament^[6]
• 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)

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

• 1 July:Mexico,President, Chamber of Deputies and Senate
• 25 July:Pakistan,National Assembly
• 29 July:
  • Cambodia,Parliament
  • Mali,President (1st round)^[7]
• 30 July:
  • Comoros,Constitutional Referendum
  • Zimbabwe,President, House of Assembly and Senate

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

• 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^[8]

• 5–6 October:Czech Republic,Senate (1st round)
• 6 October:
  • Gabon,National Assembly (1st round)
  • Latvia,Parliament^[9]
• 6–7 October:Romania,Constitutional Referendum
• 7 October:
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina,Presidency andHouse 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^[10]
• 26 October:Ireland,President^[11] andConstitutional Referendum^[12]
• 27 October:
  • Afghanistan,House of the People (Kandahar only)^[13]
  • Gabon,National Assembly (2nd round)
• 28 October:
  • Brazil,President (2nd round)
  • Georgia,President (1st round)

• 4 November:New Caledonia,Independence Referendum
• 6 November:
  • Antigua and Barbuda,Constitutional Referendum
  • Grenada,Constitutional Referendum
  • United States,House of Representatives andSenate
    • American Samoa,House of Representatives andConstitutional Referendum^[14][15]
    • Guam,Governor,Attorney General,Auditor,Consolidated Commission on Utilities,Education Board,Legislature, andSupreme Court and Superior Court retention elections
    • U.S. Virgin Islands,Governor (1st round),Board of Education, Board of Elections and Legislature^[16]
• 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^[17][18]
  • 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^[19]
• 25 November:
  • Liechtenstein,Referendum
  • Switzerland,Referendums
• 28 November:Georgia,President (2nd round)

• 1 December:Bahrain,Council of Representatives (2nd round)
• 9 December:
  • Armenia,Parliament^[20]
  • Peru,Constitutional Referendum^[21]
• 19 December:Madagascar,President (2nd round)
• 20 December:Togo,Parliament^[22]
• 30 December:
  • Bangladesh,Parliament^[23]
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo,President and National Assembly^[24]

The followingindirect elections ofheads of state and theupper houses of bicameral legislatures took place through votes in electedlower houses,unicameral legislatures, orelectoral colleges:

• 5 January, 28 June, 4 and 25 July, 10, 11 and 13 August, 15 and 29 November, 5 and 19 December:Malaysia,Senate^{[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]}
• 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^[36]
• 13 March:Nepal,President
• 22 and 28 March, 12 April and 13 June:Austria,Federal Council^{[37][38][39][40]}
• 24 March:Ivory Coast,Senate
• 25 March:Cameroon,Senate^[41]
• 28 March:Myanmar,President
• 1 April:San Marino,Captains Regent
• 19 April:Cuba,President
• 31 August:Fiji,President^[42]
• 4 September:Pakistan,President
• 1 October:
  • Dominica,President^[43]
  • San Marino,Captains Regent
• 2 October:Iraq,President
• 23 October:Vietnam,President^[44]
• 25 October:Ethiopia,President
• 29 December:Algeria,Council of the Nation^[45]

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