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The following elections are scheduled to occur in 2023. The
National Democratic Institute The National Democratic Institute (NDI), or National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, is a non-profit American NGO that works with partners in developing countries to increase the effectiveness of democratic institutions. The NDI's ...
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2023 United Nations Security Council election The 2023 United Nations Security Council election was held on 6 June 2023 during the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The elections are for five non-permanent seats on the ...
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2023 national electoral calendar This national electoral calendar for 2023 lists the national/federal elections held in 2023 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included. January * 8 January: Be ...
* 2023 local electoral calendar


Africa

* 2023 Djiboutian parliamentary election, 23 February *
2023 Nigerian general election The 2023 Nigerian general election will be held, in large part, on 25 February and 11 March 2023. The President and Vice President will be elected on 25 February, with incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari ineligible to run, being term-limited. ...
, 25 February *
2023 Mauritanian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Mauritania on 13 and 27 May 2023, alongside regional and local elections. The elections were the first parliamentary elections held after the first peaceful transition of power in the country as a resul ...
, 13 and 27 May * 2023 Puntland municipal elections, 25 May *
2023 Guinea-Bissau legislative election Snap parliamentary elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 4 June 2023. Incumbent president Umaro Sissoco Embaló, Umaro Sissoco Embalo dissolved the parliament on 16 May 2022, accusing deputies of corruption and "unresolvable" differences betwee ...
, 4 June *
2023 Sierra Leonean general election General elections are scheduled to be held in Sierra Leone in June 2023. The Parliament and President will be elected. Electoral system Members of Parliament will be elected by proportional representation, after a presidential decree by Juli ...
, 24 June *
2023 Zimbabwean general election General elections were held throughout Zimbabwe on 23 and 24 August 2023 to elect the president, legislators and councillors. The main race for presidential office was between two candidates of Karanga origin: ZANU–PF's Emmerson Dambudzo Mn ...
, 23 August *
2023 Gabonese general election General elections were held in Gabon on 26 August 2023. Incumbent president Ali Bongo ran for re-election, representing the Gabonese Democratic Party, which had ruled the country continuously since its independence from France in 1960, including ...
, 26 August * 2023 Liberian general election, 10 October (first round) & 14 November (second round) *
2023 Malagasy presidential election Presidential elections were scheduled to be held in Madagascar on 9 November 2023, with a second round on 20 December if required. On 12 October 2023, it was announced that the election would be postponed by one week to 16 November because of ...
, 16 November * 2023 Egyptian presidential election, 10-12 December *
2023 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election General elections were held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 20 December 2023. Combined elections were held for the President, 484 of the 500 members of the National Assembly, 700 of the 716 elected members of the 26 provincial asse ...
, 20-24 December


Americas

*Argentina **
2023 Argentine provincial elections The Argentine provincial elections will elect the executive and legislative authorities of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and in 21 of the 23 provinces of Argentina, except (executive) Corrientes and Santiago del Estero; elections in T ...
** 2023 Argentine general election, 22 October (first round) & 19 November (second round) * 2023 Antiguan and Barbudan general election, 18 January *
2023 Cuban parliamentary election Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Cuba on 23 March 2023 to elect members of the National Assembly of People's Power. They will be the first elections since 1976 in which neither Fidel nor Raúl Castro are involved. Miguel D ...
, 26 March * 2023 Paraguayan general election, 30 April * Canada **
2023 Prince Edward Island general election The 67th Prince Edward Island general election is tentatively scheduled for 2 October 2023, as a result of the provincial fixed election-date legislation calling for a general election to be held prior to the first Monday of October in the fourth ...
, 3 April ** 2023 Alberta general election, 29 May **
2023 Manitoba general election The 2023 Manitoba general election is scheduled to occur on October 3, 2023 to elect members to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. The incumbent Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba will attempt to win a third term in government, having ...
, 3 October **
2023 Northwest Territories general election The 2023 Northwest Territories general election was held on November 14, 2023. Nineteen members were elected to the 20th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly. The Assembly is run on a consensus government system, in which all MLAs sit as ...
, 14 November * 2023 Mexican gubernatorial elections 4 June * 2023 Guyanese local elections, 12 June *
2023 Guatemalan general election General elections were held in Guatemala on 25 June 2023 to elect the president and vice president, all 160 seats of the Congress, all 20 members of the Central American Parliament, and mayors and councils for all 340 municipalities in the coun ...
, 25 June (first round) & 20 August (second round) * 2023 Trinidadian local elections, 14 August * Ecuador ** 2023 Ecuadorian local elections, 5 February **
2023 Ecuadorian general election Snap general elections were held in Ecuador on 20 August 2023 to vote for President of Ecuador, members of the National Assembly and two referendums. Elections followed the invocation of , which dissolved the National Assembly on 17 May 2023. ...
, 20 August (first round) & 15 October (second round) * 2023 Colombian regional election, 29 October * United States **
2023 United States gubernatorial elections United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 7, 2023, in the states of Kentucky and Mississippi, with an election having occurred in Louisiana on October 14. These elections form part of the 2023 United States elections. The last r ...
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2023 United States state legislative elections The 2023 United States state legislative elections will be held on November 7, 2023, for eight state legislative chambers in four states. These off-year elections will coincide with other state and local elections, including gubernatorial ele ...


Asia

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2023 elections in India The 2023 elections in India are expected to include those to the Rajya Sabha, to state legislative assemblies of nine states and one union territory, and local bodies. Lok Sabha by-elections State legislative assembly elections Tenta ...
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2023 Kazakh legislative election Snap legislative elections were held in Kazakhstan on 19 March 2023 to elect the members of the Mäjilis. This was the ninth legislative election since Kazakhstan's independence in 1991 and the first snap election for the Mäjilis seats since ...
, 19 March *
2023 Turkmen parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Turkmenistan on 26 March 2023 to elect the 125 members of the Assembly. The elections took place after the introduction of a separate constitutional authority. The Assembly ( tk, Mejlis) is since January 2023 ...
, 26 March *
2023 Japanese unified local elections The 2023 Japanese unified local elections were held across the country on 9 and 23 April 2023. In total 15,047 candidates were elected in 1,008 races with a high of 1,685 in Hokkaido and a low of 1 in Okinawa. The ruling Liberal Democratic Par ...
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2023 Thai general election General elections are scheduled to be held in Thailand on 7 May 2023, after the 25th House of Representatives reaches its four-year term limit. Background Following a political crisis in Thailand, the military staged a coup d'état in 201 ...
, 14 May *
2023 East Timorese parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in East Timor on 21 May 2023. The governing coalition going into the election was a four-party government of Fretilin– PLP– KHUNTO– PD, whilst CNRT was in opposition and held the executive branch. B ...
, 21 May * 2023 Uzbek presidential election, 9 July *
2023 Cambodian general election General elections will be held in Cambodia in July 2023 to elect members of the seventh National Assembly. The Cambodian People's Party (CPP) currently holds all seats in parliament. Prime minister Hun Sen will seek another term in office, with h ...
, 23 July *
2023 Malaysian state elections State elections in 2023 were held in Selangor, Kelantan, Terengganu, Negeri Sembilan, Kedah and Penang on 12 August 2023, following the dissolution of their state assemblies between 22 June and 1 July 2023. The state elections were held co ...
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2023 Singaporean presidential election Presidential elections were held in Singapore on 1 September 2023, the sixth public presidential elections but only the third to be contested by more than one candidate. Incumbent president Halimah Yacob, who had been Uncontested election, elec ...
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2023 Maldivian presidential election Presidential elections were held in the Maldives on Saturday, 9 September 2023, with a second round held on 30 September. Incumbent president Ibrahim Mohamed Solih was seeking re-election, after defeating the-then Speaker of the People's Majlis M ...
, 9 September (first round) & 30 September (second round) * 2023 Emirati parliamentary election, 7 October *
2023 Omani general election General elections were held in Oman on 29 October 2023. As the country is an absolute monarchy, the legislature is a purely advisory body. Electoral system The 90 members of the Consultative Assembly are elected from a mix of one- and two-membe ...
, 29 October *
2023 North Korean local elections Elections to the provincial (municipal), city (district) and county people's assemblies were held in North Korea on 26 November 2023. North Korea's state media reported opposing votes for the first time since 1956, when approval rates stayed bel ...
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2023–24 Bhutanese National Assembly election National Assembly elections were held in Bhutan on 30 November 2023 and 9 January 2024. Background In the 2018 Bhutanese National Assembly election, 2018 elections the previously unrepresented Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) won a majority of seats, ...
, 30 November (first round) *
2023 Iraqi governorate elections Governorate or provincial elections were scheduled to be held in Iraq on 20 April 2020, to replace the provincial councils in the governorates of Iraq that were elected in the 2013 Iraqi governorate elections and, in Kurdistan Region, in the ...
, 18 December


Europe

*Albania **
2023 Albanian local elections Local elections were held on 14 May 2023 in Albania. Mayors and municipal council seats were being elected in each of Albania's 61 municipalities. Background The 2019 Albanian local elections were boycotted, leading to the Socialists running ...
, 14 May *Andorra **
2023 Andorran parliamentary election In the parliamentary elections in Andorra on 2 April 2023, the incumbent liberal-conservative coalition between Democrats for Andorra (DA) and Committed Citizens (CC) won an absolute majority led by Prime Minister Xavier Espot. This is the fo ...
, 2 April ** 2023 Andorran local elections, 17 December *Armenia ** 2023 Yerevan City Council election, 17 September * Austria **
2023 Lower Austrian state election The 2023 Lower Austrian state election was held on 29 January 2023 to elect the members of the Landtag of Lower Austria, Landtag of Lower Austria. The ruling conservative Austrian People's Party, ÖVP lost almost 10 percentage points and receive ...
, 29 January **
2023 Carinthian state election The 2023 Carinthian state election was held in the Austria, Austrian States of Austria, state of Carinthia (state), Carinthia on 5 March 2023. Background In the 2018 Carinthian state election, 2018 state election, the SPÖ became the strongest ...
, 5 March **
2023 Salzburg state election The 2023 Salzburg state election took place in the Austrian state of Salzburg on 23 April 2023. Incumbent Governor of Salzburg, Wilfried Haslauer of the Austrian People's Party, ran for re-election. Following the election, a coalition between � ...
, 23 April * Bulgaria **
2023 Bulgarian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 2 April 2023 to elect members of the National Assembly. These were initially scheduled to be held before November 2026; however, as no government was approved by the 48th Parliament, Bulgarian P ...
, 2 April **
2023 Bulgarian local elections Local elections in Bulgaria were held on 29 October 2023. Mayors and municipal councillors across the country were elected. Electoral system The elections to Bulgaria's municipal councils are conducted via proportional representation with an ...
, 29 October * Cyprus ** 2023 Cypriot presidential election, 5 February (first round) & 12 February (second round) * Czech Republic ** 2023 Czech presidential election, 13-14 January (first round) & 27-28 January (second round) * Estonia ** 2023 Estonian parliamentary election, 5 March * Finland **
2023 Finnish parliamentary election Parliamentary elections will be held in Finland on 2 April 2023, or earlier if the parliament is dissolved ahead of schedule, and will elect members of parliament for the 2023–2027 convocation. Background The former prime minister, Antti Rin ...
, 2 April **
2023 Ålandic legislative election Parliamentary elections were held in Åland on 15 October 2023 to elect the 30 members of Parliament for a four-year term. Electoral system The 30 members of the Parliament of Åland were elected by proportional representation, with seats all ...
, 15 October * France ** 2023 French Senate election, 24 September * Germany **
2023 Berlin repeat state election The 2023 Berlin repeat state election was held on 12 February 2023 to once again elect the 19th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. The 19th Abgeordnetenhaus was originally elected in the 2021 Berlin state election held on 26 September. On 16 November 20 ...
, 12 February **
2023 Bremen state election The 2023 Bremen state election was held on 14 May 2023 to elect the 21st Bürgerschaft of Bremen. Elections to the city councils of Bremen and Bremerhaven, the two municipal entities comprising the state of Bremen, were held simultaneously. Th ...
, 14 May ** 2023 Bavarian state election, 8 October **
2023 Hessian state election Elections to the Landtag of Hesse are scheduled for 8 October 2023. Election organization Election date Article 79 of the Constitution of Hesse stipulates that the state parliament is elected for five years. The new election must take plac ...
, 8 October * Greece **
May 2023 Greek legislative election Snap parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 21 May 2023. All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament were contested. They were the first elections since 1990 not to be held under a bonus seats system, due to amendments to the electoral law ...
, 21 May **
June 2023 Greek legislative election Snap parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 25 June 2023. All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament were contested. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called for the snap vote after the May 2023 elections did not result in any party gai ...
, 25 June ** 2023 Greek local elections, 8 October (first round) & 15 October (second round) * Italy ** 2023 Italian local elections, 2-3 April & 17-18 April (Friuli-Venezia Giulia) / 14-15 May (first round) / 21 May (first round in Aosta Valley and Trentino-Alto Adige) / 28-29 May (second round and first round in Sardinia and Sicily) / 11-12 June (second round in Sardinia and Sicily) **
2023 Italian regional elections The 2023 Italian regional elections took place in regions of Italy during 2023. Overall results Summary by region Lazio Lombardy Friuli-Venezia Giulia Molise Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol ;Trentino ;Südtirol Refe ...
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2023 Lazio regional election The 2023 Lazio regional election took place on 12 and 13 February 2023. It was held concurrently with the 2023 Lombard regional election, as decided by the Italian government on 9 December 2022. On 12 October 2022, the president of Lazio Nicola Z ...
, 12-13 February *** 2023 Lombard regional election, 12-13 February *** 2023 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election, 2-3 April ***
2023 Molise regional election The Molise regional election of 2023, for the renewal of the Regional Council of Molise and the election of the President of Molise, have been held on 25 and 26 June 2023. Parties and candidate Opinion polls Results Referen ...
, 25-26 June *** 2023 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections, 22 October * Lithuania **
2023 Lithuanian municipal elections Municipal elections in Lithuania were held on 5 March 2023 and saw 1,498 members of the municipal councils and 60 mayors elected to office for a four-year Term of office, term. Election system Size of cabinet in each municipality varies depend ...
, 5 March * Luxembourg **
2023 Luxembourg communal elections 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many socie ...
, 11 June **
2023 Luxembourg general election General elections are scheduled to be held in Luxembourg by October 2023. All 60 seats of the Chamber of Deputies will be renewed. The incumbent Bettel–Schneider Ministry is a coalition of the Democratic Party (DP), the Luxembourg Socialist Wo ...
, 8 October * Moldova **
2023 Gagauz gubernatorial election The 2023 Gagauz gubernatorial election was held on 30 April and 14 May 2023 on the territory of the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia, part of the Republic of Moldova. The position of Governor (Başkan) of Gagauzia represents one of the hi ...
, 30 April (first round) & 14 May (second round) **
2023 Moldovan local elections Local elections were held in Moldova on 5 November 2023, with a runoff round for mayors held two weeks after the first round on 19 November 2023. The main electoral contenders were, on the one hand, the pro-European, Atlanticist, centre-right, ...
, 5 November * Montenegro **
2023 Montenegrin presidential election Presidential elections are expected to be held in Montenegro in April 2023 to elect the President of Montenegro. Previous elections held in 2018 were won by Milo Đukanović, leader of then ruling DPS, with 53.90% of the vote in the first roun ...
, 19 March (first round) & 2 April (second round) **
2023 Montenegrin parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Montenegro on 11 June 2023. Parliament of Montenegro, Parliament had been dissolved by President of Montenegro, President Milo Đukanović just three days before the 2023 Montenegrin presidential election, 20 ...
, 11 June * Netherlands **
2023 Dutch provincial elections Provincial elections are scheduled to be held in the Netherlands on 15 March, 2023, two weeks before Senate elections. Schedule Parties running * PvdA and GroenLinks GroenLinks (, ) is a green political party in the Netherlands. It ...
, 15 March **
2023 Dutch Senate election An election to the Dutch Senate was held on 30 May 2023. The 75 members of the Senate were elected by members of the provincial councils and electoral colleges elected two months earlier in provincial and electoral college elections. The four ...
, 30 May ** 2023 Dutch general election, 22 November * Norway **
2023 Norwegian local elections 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies ...
, 11 September * Poland **
2023 Polish parliamentary election Parliamentary elections will be held in Poland in late 2023 to elect members of the Sejm and Senate, although they can be held sooner if a snap election is called, which last occurred in 2007. The previous election, in 2019, resulted in the re-e ...
, 15 October * Portugal ** 2023 Madeiran regional election, 24 September * Russia **
2023 Russian regional elections The 2023 Russian regional elections will take place in Russia on Sunday, 10 September 2023, highly likely with possibility of voting on 8 and 9 September provided by the electoral authorities. There will be a by-election to the 8th State Du ...
, 10 September * Serbia ** 2023 Serbian parliamentary election, 17 December **
2023 Belgrade City Assembly election Local elections were held in Belgrade on 17 December 2023 to elect members of the City Assembly of Belgrade, City Assembly. Initially scheduled to be held by 2026, the election was called earlier after Aleksandar Vučić, the president of Serb ...
, 17 December **
2023 Serbian local elections Local elections in 65 cities and municipalities in Serbia were held on 17 December 2023. Initially scheduled to be held in 2024, Aleksandar Vučić, the president of Serbia, announced, first in September and again in October 2023, that local ...
, 17 December ** 2023 Vojvodina provincial election, 17 December * Slovakia **
2023 Slovak parliamentary election Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Slovakia on 30 September 2023 to elect members of the National Council (Slovakia), National Council. The 2020 Slovak parliamentary election resulted in a Matovič Cabinet, coalition governme ...
, 30 September * Spain ** 2023 Spanish local elections, 28 May ** 2023 Spanish regional elections, 28 May ***
2023 Aragonese regional election The 2023 Aragonese regional election was held on Sunday, 28 May 2023, to elect the 11th Cortes of the autonomous community of Aragon. All 67 seats in the Cortes were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections i ...
, 28 May ***
2023 Asturian regional election The 2023 Asturian regional election will be held on Sunday, 28 May 2023, to elect the 12th General Junta of the Principality of Asturias, General Junta of the Principality of Asturias. All 45 seats in the General Junta will be up for election. Ove ...
, 28 May *** 2023 Balearic regional election, 28 May ***
2023 Canarian regional election The 2023 Canarian regional election was held on Sunday, 28 May 2023, to elect the 11th Parliament of the Canary Islands, Parliament of the Canary Islands, Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. All 70 seats in the Parliament were up for elect ...
, 28 May *** 2023 Cantabrian regional election, 28 May ***
2023 Castilian-Manchegan regional election The 2023 Castilian-Manchegan regional election was held on Sunday, 28 May 2023, to elect the 11th Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha, Cortes of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. All 33 seats in the Cort ...
, 28 May ***
2023 Extremaduran regional election The 2023 Extremaduran regional election was held on Sunday, 28 May 2023, to elect the 11th Assembly of Extremadura, Assembly of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Extremadura. All 65 seats in the Assembly were up for elec ...
, 28 May ***
2023 Madrilenian regional election The 2023 Madrilenian regional election was held on Sunday, 28 May 2023, to elect the 13th Assembly of Madrid, Assembly of the Community of Madrid. All 135 seats in the Assembly were up for election. Because regional elections in the Community of M ...
, 28 May *** 2023 Murcian regional election, 28 May *** 2023 Navarrese regional election, 28 May *** 2023 Riojan regional election, 28 May *** 2023 Valencian regional election, 28 May ***
2023 Ceuta Assembly election The 2023 Ceuta Assembly election was held on Sunday, 28 May 2023, to elect the 8th Assembly of the autonomous city of Ceuta. All 25 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve ...
, 28 May *** 2023 Melilla Assembly election, 28 May **
2023 Spanish general election The 2023 Spanish general election will be held no later than Sunday, 10 December 2023, to elect the 15th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies will be up for election, as well as 208 of 265 seats in th ...
, 23 July * Switzerland **
2023 Zürich cantonal elections The 2023 Zürich cantonal elections were held on 12 February 2023 to elect the seven members of the cantonal Executive Council and the 180 members of the Cantonal Council. All seven incumbents in the Executive Council were re-elected, with the ...
, 12 February **
2023 Swiss federal election The next elections to elect all members of both houses of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland are expected to be held in 2023. Contesting parties The table below lists contesting parties represented in the Federal Assembly before the electio ...
, 22 October * Turkey ** 2023 Turkish presidential election, 14 May (first round) & 28 May (second round) **
2023 Turkish parliamentary election The 2023 Turkish parliamentary election is scheduled to take place on 18 June 2023, as part of the 2023 general election, alongside the presidential election on the same day. Voters from 87 electoral districts will elect 600 Members of Parli ...
, 14 May *United Kingdom **
2023 United Kingdom electoral calendar This is a list of elections in the United Kingdom scheduled to be held in 2023. Included are local elections, by-elections on any level, referendums and internal party elections. Dates * 9 February: 2023 West Lancashire by-election * 4 May: 2 ...


Oceania

* Australia **
2023 New South Wales state election The 2023 New South Wales state election will be held on 25 March 2023 to elect the 58th Parliament of New South Wales, including all 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly and 21 of the 42 seats in the Legislative Council. The election will be ...
, 25 March * French Polynesia ** 2023 French Polynesian legislative election, 16 April (first round) & 30 April (second round) ** * New Zealand **
2023 New Zealand general election The 2023 New Zealand general election to determine the composition of the 54th Parliament of New Zealand is planned to be held on 14 October 2023, after the currently elected 53rd Parliament is dissolved or expires. Voters will elect 120 memb ...
, 14 October * Marshall Islands **
2023 Marshallese general election General elections were held in the Marshall Islands on 20 November 2023, alongside a 2023 Marshallese constitutional referendum, constitutional referendum. Electoral system The 33 members of the Legislature of the Marshall Islands, Nitijeļā ar ...
, 20 November


References

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