2026 national electoral calendar

2026 national electoral calendar

This national electoral calendar for 2026 lists the national/federal elections scheduled to be held in 2026 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included. Specific dates are given where these are known.

January

2026 national electoral calendar

• 11 January: • Benin, Parliament • Myanmar, Parliament (2nd phase) • 15 January: Uganda, President and Parliament • 18 January: Portugal, President (1st round) • 25 January: Myanmar, Parliament (3rd phase)

February

2026 national electoral calendar

• 1 February: Costa Rica, President and Parliament • 6 February: Tokelau, Parliament • 8 February: • Japan, House of Representatives • Portugal, President (2nd round) • Thailand, House of Representatives and Constitutional referendum • 11 February: Barbados, House of Assembly • 12 February: Bangladesh, Parliament and Constitutional referendum • 22 February: Laos, Parliament

March

2026 national electoral calendar

• 5 March: Nepal, House of Representatives • 8 March: • Colombia, House of Representatives and Senate • Switzerland, Referendums • 15 March: • Kazakhstan, Constitutional referendum • North Korea, Parliament • Republic of the Congo, President • Vietnam, Parliament • 22 March: Slovenia, Parliament • 22–23 March: Italy, Constitutional referendum • 24 March: Denmark, Parliament • 26 March: Faroe Islands, Parliament

April

2026 national electoral calendar

• 4 April: Maldives, Constitutional referendum • 10 April: Djibouti, President • 12 April: • Benin, President • Hungary, Parliament • Peru, President, Chamber of Deputies and Senate • 19 April: Bulgaria, Parliament

May

2026 national electoral calendar

• 2 May: Niue, Parliament • 12 May: Bahamas, Parliament • 17 May: Cape Verde, Parliament • 24 May: • Cyprus, Parliament • Guinea, National Assembly • 31 May: Colombia, President

June

2026 national electoral calendar

• 1 June: Ethiopia, Parliament • 7 June: Armenia, Parliament • 14 June: Switzerland, Referendums

July

2026 national electoral calendar

• 19 July: São Tomé and Príncipe, President

August

2026 national electoral calendar

• 13 August: Zambia, President and Parliament • 29 August: Iceland, Referendum • 30 August: Haiti, President, Chamber of Deputies and Senate

September

2026 national electoral calendar

• 13 September: Sweden, Parliament • 20 September: Russia, State Duma • 23 September: Morocco, Parliament • 24 September: Isle of Man, House of Keys • 27 September: • São Tomé and Príncipe, Parliament • Switzerland, Referendums

October

2026 national electoral calendar

• 3 October: Latvia, Parliament • 4 October: • Bosnia and Herzegovina, Presidency and House of Representatives • Brazil, President, Chamber of Deputies and Senate • 9–10 October: Czech Republic, Senate (1st round)

November

2026 national electoral calendar

• 3 November: United States, House of Representatives and Senate • 7 November: New Zealand, Parliament • 8 November: Bulgaria, President • 15 November: Cape Verde, President • 29 November: Switzerland, Referendums

December

2026 national electoral calendar

• 5 December: Gambia, President • 6 December: Guinea-Bissau, President and Parliament • 22 December: South Sudan, President, Assembly and Council of States

Unknown date

2026 national electoral calendar

• Algeria, Parliament • Antigua and Barbuda, Parliament (April) • Bahrain, Parliament • Cameroon, Parliament • Cook Islands, Parliament • Fiji, Parliament • Israel, Knesset • Kosovo, Parliament • New Caledonia, Parliament • Somalia, Parliament • Transnistria, President • Kazakhstan, Parliament (summer)

Indirect elections

2026 national electoral calendar

• 18 February, Peru, President • 3–8 March, Iran, Supreme Leader • 16 March: India, Rajya Sabha • 22 March, North Korea, President of the State Affairs • April: Myanmar, President • 2 September: Estonia, President • September: France, Senate (series 2) • Kosovo, President • Iraq, President