2015 national electoral calendar
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This national electoral calendar for the year 2015 lists the national/federal direct elections to be held in 2015 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included. Specific dates are given where they have been known, but most have not yet been scheduled.
January
- 4 January: Uzbekistan, Parliament (2nd round)[1]
- 8 January: Sri Lanka, President[2][3]
- 11 January: Croatia, President (2nd round)[4]
- 20 January: Zambia, President[5]
- 25 January:
- 29–31 January: Italy, President[7] (indirect)
February
- 7 February: Slovakia, Referendum[8]
- 16 February: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Parliament[9]
- 18 February: Greece, President (indirect)[6]
- 22 February: Comoros, Parliament (2nd round)[6]
- 28 February: Lesotho, Parliament[10]
March
- 1 March:
- 3 March: Micronesia, Parliament[14]
- 8 March: Switzerland, Referendum[15]
- 17 March: Israel, Parliament[16]
- 28–29 March: Nigeria, President and National Assembly[17]
- 29 March: Uzbekistan, President[18]
- 31 March: Tuvalu, Parliament[19]
April
- 11 April: Malta, Referendum[20]
- 13–15 April: Sudan, President and National Assembly[21]
- 19 April:
- 25 April: Togo, President[24]
- 26 April:
May
- 3 May: Nagorno-Karabakh, Parliament[27]
- 7 May: United Kingdom, House of Commons[28]
- 10 May: Poland, President (1st round)[29]
- 11 May:
- Guyana, President and Parliament[30]
- Micronesia, President[31] (indirect)
- 22 May: Ireland, Referenda[32]
- 24 May:
- 25 May: Suriname, Parliament[33]
June
- 3 June: Latvia, President[34] (indirect)
- 7 June:
- 14 June: Switzerland, Referendum[38]
- 18 June: Denmark, Parliament[39]
- 29 June: Burundi, Parliament[40]
July
August
- 9 August: Haiti, Parliament (1st round)[43]
- 17 August: Sri Lanka, Parliament[44]
September
- 6 September:
- 7 September: Trinidad and Tobago, Parliament[47]
- 11 September: Singapore, Parliament[48]
- 20 September: Greece, Parliament[49]
October
- 3 October: United Arab Emirates, Parliament[50]
- 4 October:
- 11 October:
- 12 October:Fiji, President
- 17–19 October: Egypt, Parliament (1st round)[56]
- 18 October: Switzerland, Federal Assembly[6]
- 19 October: Canada, House of Commons[57]
- 25 October:
- 26–28 October: Egypt, Parliament (1st round run-off)[56]
November
- 1 November:
- 8 November:
- Croatia, Parliament[66]
- Myanmar, Parliament[67] (and indirectly President)
- 16 November: Marshall Islands, Parliament[68] (and indirectly President)
- 21–23 November: Egypt, Parliament (2nd round)[56]
- 22 November: Burkina Faso, President and Parliament[25]
- 29 November: Transnistria, Parliament[69]
- 30 November to 2 December: Egypt, Parliament (2nd round run-off)[56]
December
- 6 December:
- 20 December: Spain, Parliament[72]
- December: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Parliament[73]
Unknown date
- Afghanistan, Parliament[74]
- Central African Republic, Constitutional referendum, President and Parliament[75]
- New Zealand, Flag referendum[76] (1st round; by 11 December 2015)
- Tanzania, Constitutional referendum[63]
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- ^ http://www.elections.org.nz/events/referendums-new-zealand-flag