2017 national electoral calendar

This national electoral calendar for 2017 lists the national/federal direct elections that were held in 2017 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 ■ – Judicial ■ – Legislative and Judicial ■ – Constitutional Assembly ■ – Referendum and Constitutional Assembly

January

• 5 November – 17 January: Somalia, House of the People[1]
• 23–31 January: Tokelau, Legislature
• 29 January: Haiti, Chamber of Deputies (1/119 seats 2nd round) and Senate (8/30 seats 2nd round)[2]

February

• 5 February: Liechtenstein, Parliament[3]
• 12 February:
  • Switzerland, Referendums
  • Turkmenistan, President[4]
• 19 February: Ecuador, President (1st round), Parliament and Referendum[5]
• 20 February: Nagorno-Karabakh, Constitutional Referendum[6]
• 21 February: Marshall Islands, Constitutional Convention

March

• 7 March: Federated States of Micronesia, Parliament and Referendum
• 12 March: Abkhazia, Parliament (1st round)[7]
• 15 March: Netherlands, House of Representatives
• 19 March:
  • Saint Barthélemy, Legislature
  • Saint Martin, Legislature (1st round)
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Legislature
• 20 March: East Timor, President[8]
• 26 March:
  • Abkhazia, Parliament (2nd round)[9]
  • Bulgaria, Parliament[10]
  • Saint Martin, Legislature (2nd round)
  • Wallis and Futuna, Legislature

April

• 2 April:
  • Armenia, Parliament
  • Ecuador, President (2nd round)
  • Serbia, President[11]
• 6 April: The Gambia, Parliament
• 9 April: South Ossetia, President and Referendum[12]
• 16 April: Turkey, Constitutional Referendum[13]
• 23 April: France, President (1st round)[14]
• 28 April: Curaçao, Legislature

May

• 4 May: Algeria, National Assembly[15]
• 6 May: Niue, Legislature
• 7 May: France, President (2nd round)[14]
• 9 May: South Korea, President[16]
• 10 May: The Bahamas, House of Assembly
• 19 May: Iran, President[17]
• 21 May: Switzerland, Referendum
• 24 May: Cayman Islands, Legislature

June

• 3 June:
  • Lesotho, National Assembly
  • Malta, Parliament[18]
• 8 June: United Kingdom, House of Commons[19]
• 11 June:
  • France, National Assembly (1st round)
  • Kosovo, Parliament[20]
  • Puerto Rico, Referendum[21]
• 18 June: France, National Assembly (2nd round)
• 24 June – 8 July: Papua New Guinea, Parliament[22]
• 25 June: Albania, Parliament
• 26 June: Mongolia, President (1st round)[23]

July

• 7 July: Mongolia, President (2nd round)[24][25]
• 16 July:
  • Republic of the Congo, National Assembly (1st round)[26]
  • Venezuela, Referendum
• 18 July: Bermuda, House of Assembly
• 22 July: East Timor, Parliament[27]
• 30 July:
  • Republic of the Congo, National Assembly (2nd round)[26]
  • Senegal, Parliament
  • Venezuela, Constituent Assembly

August

• 4 August: Rwanda, President
• 5 August: Mauritania, Constitutional Referendum[28]
• 8 August: Kenya, President (election nullified), National Assembly and Senate
• 23 August: Angola, Parliament (1st phase)
• 26 August: Angola, Parliament (2nd phase)

September

• 11 September: Norway, Parliament[29]
• 12 September – 7 November: Australia, Referendum
• 17 September: Macau, Legislature
• 22 September: Aruba, Legislature
• 23 September: New Zealand, Parliament
• 24 September:
  • Germany, Bundestag
  • Slovenia, Referendum
  • Switzerland, Referendums[30]

October

• 10 October: Liberia, President (1st round) and House of Representatives[31]
• 15 October:
  • Austria, National Council[32]
  • Kyrgyzstan, President[33]
• 20–21 October: Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies
• 22 October:
  • Argentina, Chamber of Deputies and Senate
  • Japan, House of Representatives and Supreme Court retention elections[34]
  • Slovenia, President (1st round)[35]
• 26 October: Kenya, President (re-vote)[36]
• 28 October: Iceland, Parliament[37]

November

• 8 November: Pitcairn Islands, Deputy Mayor and Legislature[38]
• 9 November: Falkland Islands, Legislature[39]
• 12 November:
  • Equatorial Guinea, Chamber of Deputies and Senate[40]
  • Slovenia, President (2nd round)[41]
• 13 November: Somaliland, President[42]
• 16 November: Tonga, Parliament[43]
• 19 November: Chile, President (1st round), Chamber of Deputies and Senate[44]
• 26 November:
  • Honduras, President and Parliament
  • Nepal, House of Representatives (1st phase)[45]

December

• 3 December: Bolivia, Plurinational Constitutional Court, Supreme Court of Justice, Agro-environmental Court and Judiciary Council
• 7 December: Nepal, House of Representatives (2nd phase)[46]
• 17 December: Chile, President (2nd round)[47]
• 26 December: Liberia, President (2nd round)

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:

• 8 February: Somalia, President
• 12 February: Germany, President
• 13 March: Hungary, President
• 26 March: Hong Kong, Chief Executive
• 1 April: San Marino, Captains Regent
• 19, 20, 27 and 28 April: Albania, President
• 21 April, 14 May, 11 July, 15 August, 9 and 29 November: Malaysia, Senate[48][49][50][51][52][53]
• 28 June: Kazakhstan, Senate
• 3–6 July: Vanuatu, President[54][55]
• 5 July: Samoa, Head of the Government
• 17 July: India, President
• 19 July: Artsakh, President
• 21 July and 8 August: India, Council of States
• 31 July: Republic of the Congo, Senate[56]
• 24 September: France, Senate
• 1 October: San Marino, Captains Regent
• 22–23 November: Slovenia, National Council[57]

See also

• 2017 in politics

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