The following elections were scheduled to occur in 2020. The
International Foundation for Electoral Systems
The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) is an international, non-profit organization, non-profit organisation founded in 1987. Based in Arlington County, Virginia, Arlington, Virginia, United States, the organization assists a ...
maintains a comprehensive list of upcoming elections on its E-Guide Platform. The
National Democratic Institute
The National Democratic Institute (NDI) is a non-profit American non-governmental organization whose stated mission is to "support and strengthen democratic institutions worldwide through citizen participation, openness and accountability". It is ...
also maintains a calendar of elections around the world in the countries in which the organization works.
This list contains the dates and nature of different federal and state elections in each country.
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2020 United Nations Security Council election
The 2020 United Nations Security Council election was held on 17 and 18 June 2020 during the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The elections were for five non-permanent se ...
17–18 June 2020
Africa
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2020 Comorian legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Comoros on 19 January 2020; in constituencies where no candidate received a majority, a second round was held alongside local elections on 23 February. The elections were boycotted by the main opposition ...
19 January and 23 February 2020
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2020 Cameroonian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Cameroon on 9 February 2020, together with municipal elections. The Cameroon People's Democratic Movement retained its majority in parliament, winning 139 of the 167 seats decided on election day.
Background ...
9 February 2020
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2020 Togolese presidential election 22 February 2020
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Guinea
Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sier ...
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2020 Guinean legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Guinea on 22 March 2020 alongside a constitutional referendum, after being postponed four times from the original date of January 2019.
Electoral system
The 114 members of the National Assembly are elected b ...
22 March 2020
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2020 Guinean constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Guinea on 22 March 2020, alongside parliamentary elections. The new constitution would reset presidential term limits (normally two terms), allowing president Alpha Condé to be elected for a third term, a ...
22 March 2020
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2020 Guinean presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Guinea on 18 October 2020. Incumbent president Alpha Condé was running for a third term. He was challenged by former prime minister Cellou Dalein Diallo, as well as several other candidates.
Background
The ...
18 October 2020
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2020 Malian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Mali on 29 March 2020, with a second round on 19 April. They were initially scheduled to be held on 25 November and 16 December 2018, but were moved to April 2019 and then to June 2019, before being postponed ...
29 March and 19 April 2020
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2020 Burundian general election
General elections were held in Burundi on 20 May 2020 to elect both the president and the National Assembly. Évariste Ndayishimiye of the ruling CNDD–FDD was elected president with 71% of the vote. In the National Assembly elections, the CNDD ...
20 May 2020
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2020 Malawian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Malawi on 23 June 2020, having originally been scheduled for 19 May and later 2 July. They followed the annulment of the results of the 2019 Malawian general election, 2019 presidential elections, in which Pet ...
23 June 2020
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2020 Seychellois general election
General elections were held in Seychelles on 22–24 October 2020 to elect the President and members of the National Assembly. The National Assembly elections had been due in 2021, but in July 2020 were brought forward by President Danny Faur ...
22-24 October 2020
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2020 Egyptian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 24–25 October and 7–8 November 2020 to elect 568 members of the House of Representatives (Egypt), House of Representatives. The election resulted in a landslide victory for the Nation's Future ...
24-25 October and 7-8 November 2020
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2020 Tanzanian general election 28 October 2020
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2020 Ivorian presidential election 31 October 2020
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2020 Burkinabé general election 22 November 2020
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2020 Ghanaian general election
General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2020. Incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was re-elected in the first round after securing a majority of the votes. Former President John Dramani Mahama announce ...
7 December 2020
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Liberia
Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to Guinea–Liberia border, its north, Ivory Coast to Ivory Coast–Lib ...
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2020 Liberian senate election
Senate elections were held in Liberia on 8 December 2020, with half the seats in the Senate up for election. The elections were held concurrently with a constitutional referendum and two House by-elections.
Results
Results by county
The foll ...
8 December 2020
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2020 Liberian constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Liberia on 8 December 2020 alongside Senate elections and two by-elections to the House of Representatives. It had been planned for 13 October, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Voters were a ...
8 December 2020
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2020–21 Nigerien general election
General elections were held in Niger on 27 December 2020 to elect the President and National Assembly.[2020–21 Central African general election
General elections were held in the Central African Republic on 27 December 2020 to elect the President and National Assembly. A second round of the legislative elections was originally scheduled to take place on 14 February 2021.
Voting was not ...]
27 December 2020
Asia
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2019-20 Uzbek parliamentary election 22 December 2019 and 5 January 2020
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Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
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2020 Taiwanese general election
The 2020 Taiwanese general election was held on 11 January 2020 to elect the 15th President and Vice President of Taiwan, and all 113 members of the 10th Legislative Yuan.
Presidential election
In the presidential election, voters elected the Pr ...
11 January 2020
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2020 Taiwanese presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Taiwan on 11 January 2020 alongside 2020 Taiwanese legislative election, Legislative Yuan election. Incumbent president Tsai Ing-wen and former Premier of the Republic of China, premier Lai Ching-te of the Dem ...
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2020 Taiwanese legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Taiwan on 11 January 2020 to elect the 113 members of the Legislative Yuan. The elections were held concurrently with presidential elections. The term of the Legislative Yuan began on 1 February 2020.
The Dem ...
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2020 Kaohsiung mayoral by-election
The 2020 Kaohsiung mayoral by-election was held on 15 August 2020 following a successful recall attempt. The registered candidates were Chen Chi-mai representing the Democratic Progressive Party, Li Mei-jhen representing the Kuomintang, and Wu ...
15 August 2020
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2020 Nepalese National Assembly election
National Assembly elections were held in Nepal on 23 January 2020 across all seven provinces to elect the 18 of the 19 retiring members of the National Assembly (Nepal), National Assembly. According to Article 86 of the Constitution of Nepal, Cons ...
23 January 2020
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2020 elections in India
Elections in India in 2020 included by-elections to the Lok Sabha, elections to the Rajya Sabha for 73 Seats, elections to Legislative Assembly elections in India, state legislative assemblies of 3 states and numerous other by-elections to state ...
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2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Delhi on 8 February 2020 to elect 70 members of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. Voters turnout was recorded at 62.82%, a decline of 4.65% from the previous 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, a ...
8 February 2020
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2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
The Bihar Legislative Assembly election was held in three phases through October–November to elect members to the Seventeenth Bihar Legislative Assembly. The term of the previous Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Bihar ended on 29 November 20 ...
28 October, 3 and 7 November 2020
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2020 Tajik parliamentary election 1 March 2020
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2020 South Korean legislative election
Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 15 April 2020. All 300 members of the National Assembly were elected, 253 from first-past-the-post constituencies and 47 from proportional party lists. They were the first elections held under ...
15 April 2020
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2020 Mongolian legislative election 24 June 2020
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2020 Singaporean general election
General elections were held in Singapore on Friday, 10 July 2020 to elect 93 members to the Parliament of Singapore across Constituencies of Singapore, 31 constituencies. Parliament was Dissolution of parliament, dissolved and the general elect ...
10 July 2020
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2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 5 August 2020 to elect 225 members to Sri Lanka's 16th Parliament. 16,263,885 people were eligible to vote in the election, 31.95% of whom were young voters.
The incumbent Sri Lanka People's ...
5 August 2020
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Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...
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2020 Sabah state election
The 2020 Sabah state election took place on 26 September 2020 to elect all 73 elected members of the 16th Sabah State Legislative Assembly. The previous Assembly was dissolved on 30 July 2020.
The state snap election was called prematurely a ...
26 September 2020
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2020 Kyrgyz parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Kyrgyzstan on 4 October 2020. The results showed that pro-government parties had won a supermajority of seats. The election was subsequently annulled by the Central Election Commission during the 2020 Kyrgyzs ...
4 October 2020
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2020 Tajik presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Tajikistan on 11 October 2020. The result was a fifth straight victory for authoritarian long-term incumbent Emomali Rahmon of the People's Democratic Party, who was re-elected with over 90% of the vote. Rahm ...
11 October 2020
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2020 Myanmar general election
General elections were held in Myanmar on 8 November 2020. Voting occurred in all constituencies, excluding seats appointed by or reserved for the military, to elect members to both the upper house — the Amyotha Hluttaw (the House of Nation ...
8 November 2020
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2020 Indonesian local elections
Local elections (, ) were held in Indonesia on 9 December 2020. Voters elected nine governors, 224 regents, and 37 mayors across the country. All the elections were held on the same day, and over 100 million people were expected to be eligible to ...
9 December 2020
Europe
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Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
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2019–20 Croatian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Croatia in December 2019 and January 2020. The decision to call the elections was made by the Croatian Government during its session on 14 November 2019. Potential candidates were required to gather at least 1 ...
22 December 2019 and 5 January 2020
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2020 Croatian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Croatia on 5 July 2020. They were the tenth parliamentary elections since the first multi-party elections in 1990 and elected the 151 members of the Croatian Parliament. 140 Members of Parliament were elected ...
5 July 2020
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2020 Greek presidential election 22 January 2020
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2020 Irish general election
The 2020 Irish general election took place on Saturday 8 February, to elect the 33rd Dáil, the lower house of Ireland's parliament. The election was called following the dissolution of the 32nd Dáil by the president, at the request of the Tao ...
8 February 2020
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9 February 2020
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2020 Hamburg state election
The 2020 Hamburg state election was held on 23 February 2020 to elect the members of the 22nd Hamburg Parliament. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Alliance 90/The ...
23 February 2020
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2020 Slovak parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 29 February 2020 to elect all 150 members of the National Council.
The populist Ordinary People and Independent Personalities–NOVA–Christian Union–Change from Below (OĽaNO–NOVA–KÚâ ...
29 February 2020
*2020 Artsakhian general election 31 March and 14 April 2020
*Czech Republic:
**2020 Teplice by-election 5-6 and 12-13 June 2020
**2020 Czech regional elections 2-3 October 2020
**2020 Czech Senate election 2-3 October 2020
*2020 Serbian parliamentary election 21 June 2020
*2020 Icelandic presidential election 27 June 2020
*2020 French municipal elections 15 March and 28 June 2020
*Spain:
**2020 Basque regional election 12 July 2020
**2020 Galician regional election 12 July 2020
*2020 Polish presidential election 28 June and 12 July 2020
*2020 North Macedonian parliamentary election 15 July 2020
*2020 Belarusian presidential election 9 August 2020
*2020 Montenegrin parliamentary election 30 August 2020
*2020 Liechtenstein referendum 30 August 2020
*Italy:
**2020 Italian regional elections 26 January and 20-21 September 2020
***2020 Emilia-Romagna regional election 26 January 2020
***2020 Calabrian regional election 26 January 2020
***2020 Valdostan regional election 20-21 September 2020
***2020 Apulian regional election 20-21 September 2020
***2020 Campania regional election 20-21 September 2020
***2020 Ligurian regional election 20-21 September 2020
***2020 Marche regional election 20-21 September 2020
***2020 Tuscan regional election 20-21 September 2020
***2020 Venetian regional election 20-21 September 2020
**2020 Italian constitutional referendum 20-21 September 2020
*Austria:
**2020 Viennese state election 11 October 2020
*Northern Cyprus:
**2020 Northern Cypriot constitutional referendum 11 October 2020
**2020 Northern Cypriot presidential election 11 and 18 October 2020
*2020 Lithuanian parliamentary election 11 and 25 October 2020
*Portugal:
**2020 Azorean regional election 25 October 2020
*2020 Ukrainian local elections 25 October 2020
*2020 Bosnian municipal elections 15 November 2020
*2020 Moldovan presidential election 1 and 15 November 2020
*2020 Georgian parliamentary election 31 October and 21 November 2020
*2020 Romanian legislative election 6 December 2020
*United Kingdom:
**By-elections to the House of Lords, 2020 by-elections to the House of Lords 31 December 2020
North America
*2020 Sint Maarten general election 9 January 2020
*2020 Costa Rican municipal elections 2 February 2020
*2020 Dominican Republic municipal elections 15 March 2020
*2020 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election 5 June 2020
*2020 Anguillian general election 29 June 2020
*2020 Dominican Republic general election 5 July 2020
*2020 Trinidad and Tobago general election 10 August 2020
*2020 Jamaican general election 3 September 2020
*2020 Bermudian general election 1 October 2020
*2020 United States elections
**2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries 3 February–11 August 2020
**2020 Republican Party presidential primaries 3 February–11 August 2020
**2020 United States gubernatorial elections, 3 November 2020
**2020 United States House of Representatives elections, 3 November 2020
**2020 United States presidential election, 3 November 2020
**2020 United States Senate elections, 3 November 2020
**2020 United States state legislative elections, 3 November 2020
**2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, 3 November 2020
*2020 Sint Eustatius general election 21 October 2020
*2020 Canadian electoral calendar
**2020 Nunatsiavut presidential election 6 October 2020
**2020 New Brunswick general election 14 September 2020
**2020 British Columbia general election 24 October 2020
**2020 Saskatchewan general election 26 October 2020
*2020 Vincentian general election 5 November 2020
*2020 Belizean general election 11 November 2020
South America
*2020 Peruvian parliamentary election 26 January 2020
*2020 Guyanese general election 2 March 2020
*2020 Surinamese general election 25 May 2020
*2020 Falkland Islands electoral system referendum 24 September 2020
*2020 Bolivian general election 18 October 2020
*2020 Chilean national plebiscite 25 October 2020
*2020 Brazilian municipal elections 15 and 29 November 2020
*2020 Venezuelan parliamentary election 6 December 2020
Middle East
*2020 Iranian legislative election 21 February and 11 September 2020
*2020 Israeli legislative election 2 March 2020
*2020 Syrian parliamentary election 19 July 2020
*2020 Jordanian general election 10 November 2020
*2020 Kuwaiti general election 5 December 2020
Oceania
*2020 Tokelauan general election 23 January 2020
*2020 Vanuatuan general election 19–20 March 2020
*2020 Kiribati parliamentary election 14 and 21 April 2020
*2020 Palauan constitutional referendum 1 May 2020
*2020 Niuean general election 30 May 2020
*2020 Kiribati presidential election 22 June 2020
*Australia
**2020 Eden-Monaro by-election 4 July 2020
**2020 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election 1 August 2020
**2020 Northern Territory general election 22 August 2020
**2020 Australian Capital Territory election 17 October 2020
**2020 Queensland state election 31 October 2020
**2020 Groom by-election 28 November 2020
*Papua New Guinea
**2020 Bougainvillean general election 12 August to 1 September 2020
*2020 New Caledonian independence referendum 4 October 2020
*2020 New Zealand general election 17 October 2020
**2020 New Zealand cannabis referendum 17 October 2020
**2020 New Zealand euthanasia referendum 17 October 2020
*2020 Palauan general election 3 November 2020
**2020 Palauan presidential election 22 September and 3 November 2020
References
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