Elections by country

For each de jure and de facto sovereign state and dependent territory an article on elections in that entity has been included and information on the way the head of state, head of government, and the legislature is selected. Merged cells for "head of state" and "head of government" indicate the office is the same for that country; merged cells for "lower house" and "upper house" indicate a unicameral legislature. The linked articles include the results of the elections. For a chronological order, see the electoral calendar.

A CountryHead of stateHead of governmentLegislatureLower houseUpper house AbkhaziaDirect election Direct election AfghanistanAutocrat elected by legislatureAppointment by autocrat Appointment by autocrat ÅlandFinnish PresidentElection by legislature Direct election Albania Election by legislatureAlbania. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Election by legislature Direct election AlgeriaDirect electionAlgeria. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Election by legislatureDirect electionPartially elected by electoral college, rest appointed by President American Samoa US PresidentAmerican Samoa. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Direct election Direct election Election by regional governing councils AndorraThe French President and the Bishop of Urgell are co-heads of stateAndorra. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Election by legislature Direct election AngolaElection by legislatureAngola. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Direct election AnguillaBritish MonarchyAnguilla. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Election by legislature Direct election and appointments Antigua and Barbuda MonarchyAntigua and Barbuda. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Election by legislature Direct election Appointments ArgentinaDirect electionArgentina. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Direct election Armenia Election by Legislature Election by Legislature Direct election Armenia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Aruba Dutch MonarchyAruba. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Election by legislature Direct election Australia MonarchyAustralia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Election by legislatureDirect election AustriaDirect electionAustria. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Election by legislature Direct election Indirect election Azerbaijan Direct electionAzerbaijan. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Appointment by president Direct election

B CountryHead of stateHead of governmentLegislatureLower houseUpper house Bahamas MonarchyBahamas, The. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Election by legislature Direct election Appointments Bahrain MonarchyBahrain. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Appointment by monarch Direct electionAppointments Bangladesh Election by legislatureBangladesh. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Election by legislature Direct and indirect election Barbados Election by legislatureBarbados. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Election by legislatureDirect election Appointments Belarus Direct electionBelarus. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Appointment by president Direct election Indirect election and appointments Belgium MonarchyBelgium. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Election by legislature Direct election Indirect election Belize MonarchyBelize. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Election by legislature Direct election Appointments BeninDirect electionBenin. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Direct election BermudaBritish MonarchyBermuda. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Election by legislature Direct election Appointments Bhutan MonarchyBhutan. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Elected by legislature Direct election Direct election and appointments BoliviaDirect electionBolivia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Direct election Bosnia and Herzegovina Rotating presidency of directly elected candidatesBosnia and Herzegovina. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Appointment by head of state Direct election Indirect election BotswanaElection by legislatureBotswana. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Direct election Hereditary and appointments BrazilDirect electionBrazil. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Direct electionDirect election British Virgin IslandsBritish MonarchyBritish Virgin Islands. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Election by legislature Direct election BruneiMonarchyBrunei. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Appointments by head of state Bulgaria Direct electionBulgaria. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Election by legislatureDirect election Burkina Faso Direct electionBurkina Faso. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Appointment by president Direct electionBurma see Myanmar BurundiDirect electionBurundi. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Direct election and co-option Indirect election

C CountryHead of stateHead of governmentLegislatureLower houseUpper houseCabo Verde see Cape Verde CambodiaMonarch elected by Royal CouncilCambodia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Election by lower house of legislatureDirect electionIndirect election and appointments CameroonDirect electionCameroon. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Appointment by presidentDirect electionIndirect election and appointments CanadaMonarchyCanada. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Election by lower house of legislatureDirect electionAppointments Cape VerdeDirect electionCabo Verde. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Appointment by presidentDirect election Cayman IslandsBritish MonarchyCayman Islands. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Election by legislatureDirect election and appointments Central African RepublicDirect electionCentral African Republic. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Appointment by presidentDirect election ChadDirect electionChad. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Appointment by presidentDirect election ChileDirect electionChile. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Direct election ChinaElection by legislatureChina. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Appointment by head of stateIndirect election ColombiaDirect electionColombia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Direct electionDirect election ComorosDirect electionComoros. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Direct and indirect electionCongo (Brazzaville) see Republic of the CongoCongo (Kinshasa) see Democratic Republic of the Congo Cook IslandsNew Zealand MonarchyCook Islands. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Election by legislatureDirect election Costa RicaDirect electionCosta Rica. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Direct election Côte d'IvoireDirect electionCote d'Ivoire. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Appointment by presidentDirect election CroatiaDirect electionCroatia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Election by legislatureDirect election CubaElection by legislatureCuba. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Direct electionCuraçaoDutch MonarchyCuracao. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Election by legislatureDirect election CyprusDirect electionCyprus. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Direct election Czech RepublicDirect electionCzechia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Appointment by presidentDirect election

D CountryHead of stateHead of governmentLegislatureLower houseUpper house Democratic Republic of the CongoDirect electionCongo, Democratic Republic of the. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Appointment by presidentDirect electionIndirect election DenmarkMonarchyDenmark. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Election by legislatureDirect election DjiboutiDirect electionDjibouti. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Appointment by presidentDirect election DominicaElection by legislatureDominica. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Appointment by presidentDirect election and appointments Dominican RepublicDirect electionDominican Republic. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Direct election

E CountryHead of stateHead of governmentLegislatureLower houseUpper house EcuadorDirect electionEcuador. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Direct election EgyptDirect electionEgypt. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Appointment by presidentDirect election and appointments El SalvadorDirect electionEl Salvador. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Direct election Equatorial GuineaDirect electionEquatorial Guinea. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Appointment by presidentDirect electionDirect election and appointments EritreaElection by legislatureEritrea. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Direct and indirect election EstoniaElection by legislature and/or electoral collegeEstonia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Appointment by presidentDirect election EswatiniMonarchySwaziland. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Appointment by monarchElection by traditional local councils and appointmentsElection by lower house and appointments EthiopiaElection by legislatureEthiopia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Election by legislatureDirect electionIndirect election

F CountryHead of stateHead of governmentLegislatureLower houseUpper house Falkland Islands British MonarchyFalkland Islands. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Election by legislatureDirect election and appointments Faroe Islands Danish MonarchyFaroe Islands. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Election by legislatureDirect electionFederated States of Micronesia see Micronesia FijiElection by legislatureFiji. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Appointment by presidentDirect election FinlandDirect electionFinland. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Election by legislatureDirect election FranceDirect electionFrance. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Appointment by presidentDirect electionIndirect election French PolynesiaFrench PresidentFrench Polynesia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.Election by legislatureDirect election

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