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This is alist of the next general elections around the world in sovereign states. The general elections listed are for the government of each jurisdiction. These elections determine the prime minister and makeup of the legislature in aparliamentary democracy, or the president and then the legislature in asystem where separate votes are taken for different tiers of government. In most jurisdictions, general elections are held between every three to five years, with presidential elections sometimes attaining six (Mexico and Russia since a 2008 amendment) or seven years (France'sseptennat until 2000).
A country's constitution may give elections a fixed timing (i.e. United States, Switzerland and Sweden) while some allow the government to dissolve Parliament and call a new vote up to a certain time limit (United Kingdom, Israel and Japan). Some constitutions may require parliaments to elect the head of state under threat of dissolution (Greece before 2019). In most countries, the election for the representative assembly determines the government. In all of the countries in theAmericas that directly elect their president, the presidential and the legislative election is held at the same time (except in Colombia, Haiti, and Venezuela); however, most countries in Europe split these elections and schedule them at different times.
International standards set a number of rules to judge whether the election isunfair. Some countries hold staged elections, but in most cases the election's outcome is the result of organized influence as persocial choice theory. Human rights violations include "compromise of the right to participate in government through free elections",[1] the right tofreedom of association,[2] or the right tofree expression.[3] Elections may also be unfair if unlawfulpolitical campaign financing favours particular interest groups, or if the law implicitly favors some through this means. Finally,media ownership may also create significantmedia bias.[4] TheNational Democratic Institute also maintains a calendar of general elections.
Artsakh was dissolved on 1 January 2024 and so held no further elections. It last held a general election in2020.Europe Elects provides a calendar featuring subnational elections in Europe.[6]
