2014 national electoral calendar

This national electoral calendar for 2014 lists the national/federal direct elections that were held in 2014 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.

Countries with national elections or referendums: ■ – Executive ■ – Legislative ■ – Executive and Legislative ■ – Referendum ■ – Executive and Referendum ■ – Legislative and Referendum ■ – Executive, Legislative and Referendum ■ – Legislative and Judicial ■ – Executive, Legislative, Judicial and Referendum ■ – Constitutional Assembly and Legislative

January

• 5 January: Bangladesh, Parliament
• 14–15 January: Egypt, Constitutional Referendum[1]
• 23 January: Tokelau, Legislature[2]

February

• 2 February:
  • Costa Rica, President and Parliament[3]
  • El Salvador, President (1st round)[4]
  • Thailand, House of Representatives (election nullified)[5]
• 9 February: Switzerland, Referendums[6]
• 20 February: Libya, Constitutional Assembly[7]

March

• 2 March: Thailand, House of Representatives (revote in 69 constituencies) (election nullified)
• 9 March:
  • Colombia, House of Representatives and Senate[8]
  • El Salvador, President (2nd round)[4]
  • North Korea, Parliament
• 15 March: Slovakia, President (1st round)[9]
• 16 March:
  • Crimea, Russian Annexation Referendum
  • Serbia, Parliament[10]
• 22 March: Maldives, Parliament[11]
• 29 March: Slovakia, President (2nd round)[9]
• 30 March: Thailand, Senate

April

• 5 April: Afghanistan, President (1st round)[12]
• 6 April:
  • Costa Rica, President (2nd round)[3]
  • Hungary, Parliament[13]
• 7 April: India, House of the People (1st phase)[14]
• 9 April:
  • India, House of the People (2nd phase)[14]
  • Indonesia, House of Representatives and Senate
• 10 April: India, House of the People (3rd phase)[14]
• 12 April:
  • India, House of the People (4th phase)[14]
  • Niue, Legislature
• 13 April:
  • Guinea-Bissau, President (1st round) and Parliament[15]
  • Republic of Macedonia, President (1st round)
• 17 April:
  • Algeria, President[16]
  • India, House of the People (5th phase)[14]
• 24 April: India, House of the People (6th phase)[14]
• 27 April: Republic of Macedonia, President (2nd round) and Parliament[17]
• 30 April:
  • India, House of the People (7th phase)[14]
  • Iraq, Parliament[18]

May

• 4 May: Panama, President and Parliament[19]
• 7 May:
  • India, House of the People (8th phase)[14]
  • South Africa, National Assembly[20]
• 11 May:
  • Donetsk People's Republic, Independence Referendum
  • Lithuania, President (1st round)
  • Luhansk People's Republic, Independence Referendum
  • New Caledonia, Legislature
• 12 May: India, House of the People (9th phase)[14]
• 18 May:
  • Guinea-Bissau, President (2nd round)[15]
  • Switzerland, Referendums
• 20 May: Malawi, President and Parliament
• 25 May:
  • Belgium, Chamber of Representatives
  • Colombia, President (1st round)[21]
  • Denmark, Referendum[22]
  • Lithuania, President (2nd round)
  • San Marino, Referendums
  • Ukraine, President[23]
• 26–28 May: Egypt, President[24]

June

• 3 June: Syria, President[25]
• 8 June:
  • Kosovo, Parliament[26]
  • Slovenia, Referendum
  • South Ossetia, Parliament
• 12 June: Antigua and Barbuda, Parliament
• 14 June: Afghanistan, President (2nd round)[27]
• 15 June:
  • Colombia, President (2nd round)[21]
  • Liechtenstein, Referendum[28]
• 21 June: Mauritania, President
• 25 June: Libya, Parliament (election nullified)
• 29 June:
  • Lithuania, Constitutional Referendum
  • North Cyprus, Constitutional Referendum

July

• 9 July:
  • Cook Islands, Legislature
  • Indonesia, President[29]
• 13 July: Slovenia, National Assembly[30]

August

• 10 August: Turkey, President[31]
• 24 August: Abkhazia, President
• 29 August: Sint Maarten, Legislature

September

• 11 September: Montserrat, Legislature
• 14 September: Sweden, Parliament[32]
• 17 September: Fiji, Parliament[33]
• 20 September: New Zealand, Parliament[34]
• 28 September: Switzerland, Referendums

October

• 4 October: Latvia, Parliament
• 5 October:
  • Brazil, President (1st round), Chamber of Deputies and Senate[35]
  • Bulgaria, Parliament[36]
• 10–11 October: Czech Republic, Senate (1st round)[37]
• 12 October:
  • Bolivia, President, Chamber of Deputies and Senate[38]
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina, Presidency and House of Representatives[39]
  • São Tomé and Príncipe, Parliament
• 15 October:
  • Jersey, Referendum
  • Mozambique, President and Parliament[40]
• 17–18 October: Czech Republic, Senate (2nd round)[37]
• 24 October: Botswana, Parliament[41]
• 26 October:
  • Brazil, President (2nd round)[35]
  • Tunisia, Parliament[42]
  • Ukraine, Parliament[43]
  • Uruguay, President (1st round), Chamber of Deputies, Senate and Constitutional Referendum[44]

November

• 2 November:
  • Donetsk People's Republic, Head and Parliament
  • Luhansk People's Republic, Head and Parliament
  • Romania, President (1st round)[45]
• 4 November: United States, House of Representatives and Senate
  • American Samoa, House of Representatives and Constitutional Referendum
  • Guam, Governor, Attorney General, Consolidated Commission on Utilities, Education Board, Legislature, Supreme Court and Superior Court retention elections and Referendum
  • Northern Mariana Islands, Governor (1st round), Attorney General, House of Representatives, Senate, Supreme Court retention elections and Constitutional Referendum[46]
  • U.S. Virgin Islands, Governor (1st round), Board of Elections, Legislature and Referendums[47]
• 16 November: Romania, President (2nd round)[45]
• 18 November:
  • Northern Mariana Islands, Governor (2nd round)[46]
  • U.S. Virgin Islands, Governor (2nd round)
• 19 November: Solomon Islands, Parliament[48]
• 22 November: Bahrain, Council of Representatives (1st round)
• 23 November: Tunisia, President (1st round)[49]
• 27 November: Tonga, Parliament
• 28 November: Greenland, Legislature
• 29 November:
  • Bahrain, Council of Representatives (2nd round)
  • Namibia, President and National Assembly[50]
• 30 November:
  • Moldova, Parliament
  • Switzerland, Referendums
  • Uruguay, President (2nd round)[44]

December

• 8 December: Dominica, Parliament
• 10 December: Mauritius, Parliament[51]
• 14 December: Japan, House of Representatives and Supreme Court retention elections
• 20 December: Liberia, Senate
• 21 December:
  • Tunisia, President (2nd round)
  • Uzbekistan, Legislative Chamber (1st round)
• 28 December: Croatia, President (1st round)[52]

Indirect elections

The following indirect elections of heads of state and the upper houses of bicameral legislatures took place through votes in elected lower houses, unicameral legislatures, or electoral colleges:

• 7 February, 26 June and 20 November: India, Council of States
• 1 April:
  • Malta, President
  • San Marino, Captains Regent
• 23 April 2014 – 31 October 2016: Lebanon, President (16 rounds in 2014)[53]
• 21 May: South Africa, President
• 25 May: Belgium, Senate
• 10 June: Israel, President
• 24 July: Iraq, President[54]
• 31 August: Macau, Chief Executive
• 17–22 September: Vanuatu, President[55][56]
• 28 September: France, Senate
• 1 October:
  • Kazakhstan, Senate
  • San Marino, Captains Regent
• 12 October: Republic of the Congo, Senate[57]
• 15 October: Austria, Federal Council[58]
• 10 December: Bosnia and Herzegovina, House of Peoples[59]
• 13 December: Gabon, Senate[60]
• 17, 23 and 29 December: Greece, President

See also

• 2014 in politics

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