This national electoral calendar for 2012 lists the national/federal elections held in 2012 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.
January 3–4 January: Egypt, People's Assembly (3rd phase 1st round) 10–11 January: Egypt, People's Assembly (3rd phase 2nd round) 13 January: Kiribati, President 14 January: Taiwan, President and Parliament 15 January: Kazakhstan, Assembly 22 January: Croatia, EU Referendum Finland, President (1st round) 29–30 January: Egypt, Consultative Council (1st phase 1st round)
February 2 February: Kuwait, Parliament (election nullified) 5 February: Finland, President (2nd round) 5–6 February: Egypt, Consultative Council (1st phase 2nd round) 12 February: Turkmenistan, President 14–15 February: Egypt, Consultative Council (2nd phase 1st round) 18 February: Latvia, Constitutional Referendum 19–21 February: Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Parliament 21 February: Yemen, President 21–22 February: Egypt, Consultative Council (2nd phase 2nd round) 26 February: Senegal, President (1st round) Syria, Constitutional Referendum
March 2 March: Iran, Parliament (1st round) 4 March: Russia, President 7 March: Belize, House of Representatives 10 March: Abkhazia, Parliament (1st round) Slovakia, Parliament 11 March: El Salvador, Parliament Switzerland, Referendums 17 March: East Timor, President (1st round) 18 March: Guinea-Bissau, President (1st round) (election nullified) Saint Barthélemy, Legislature Saint Martin, Legislature Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Legislature 24 March: Abkhazia, Parliament (2nd round) 25 March: Senegal, President (2nd round) Slovenia, Referendum South Ossetia, President (1st round) Wallis and Futuna, Legislature 29 March: The Gambia, Parliament
April 8 April: South Ossetia, President (2nd round) 11 April: South Korea, Parliament 16 April: East Timor, President (2nd round) 18 April: Guernsey, Legislature 22 April: France, President (1st round)
May 3 May: Faroe Islands, Referendum 4 May: Iran, Parliament (2nd round) 6 May: Armenia, Parliament France, President (2nd round) Greece, Parliament Serbia, President (1st round) and Parliament 7 May: Bahamas, House of Assembly Syria, Parliament 10 May: Algeria, National Assembly 20 May: Dominican Republic, President Serbia, President (2nd round) 23–24 May: Egypt, President (1st round) 26 May: Lesotho, National Assembly 31 May: Ireland, Constitutional Referendum
June 10 June: France, Parliament (1st round) 16–17 June: Egypt, President (2nd round) 17 June: France, Parliament (2nd round) Greece, Parliament Switzerland, Referendums 23 June – 13 July: Papua New Guinea, Parliament 28 June: Mongolia, Parliament 30 June: Iceland, President
July 1 July: Liechtenstein, Constitutional Referendum Mexico, President, Chamber of Deputies and Senate Senegal, Parliament 7 July: East Timor, Parliament Libya, General National Congress 15 July: Republic of the Congo, National Assembly (1st round) 18 July: Cayman Islands, Referendum 19 July: Nagorno-Karabakh, President 29 July: Republic of the Congo, National Assembly (2nd round) Romania, Impeachment Referendum
August 19 August: Puerto Rico, Constitutional Referendum 31 August: Angola, Parliament
September 9 September: Hong Kong, Legislature 12 September: Netherlands, House of Representatives 23 September: Belarus, House of Representatives Pitcairn Islands, Referendum Switzerland, Referendums
October 1 October: Georgia, Parliament 7 October: Venezuela, President 12–13 October: Czech Republic, Senate (1st round) 14 October: Lithuania, Parliament (1st round) and Referendum Montenegro, Parliament 19 October: Curaçao, Legislature 19–20 October: Czech Republic, Senate (2nd round) 20 October: Iceland, Constitutional Referendum 28 October: Lithuania, Parliament (2nd round) Ukraine, Parliament 30 October: Vanuatu, Parliament
November 6 November: Palau, President and House of Delegates and Senate United States, President, House of Representatives and Senate American Samoa, Governor (1st round), House of Representatives and Constitutional Referendum Guam, Auditor, Consolidated Commission on Utilities, Education Board, Legislature, Superior Court retention elections and Referendum Northern Mariana Islands, House of Representatives, Senate, Supreme Court retention elections and Constitutional Referendum Puerto Rico, Governor, House of Representatives, Senate and Referendum U.S. Virgin Islands, Board of Education, Board of Elections, Legislature and Referendum 9 November: Turks and Caicos Islands, Legislature 10 November: Ireland, Constitutional Referendum 11 November: San Marino, Parliament Slovenia, President (1st round) 17 November: Sierra Leone, President and Parliament 20 November: American Samoa, Governor (2nd round) 25 November: Switzerland, Referendum
December 1 December: Kuwait, Parliament 2 December: Burkina Faso, Parliament Slovenia, President (2nd round) 7–8 December: Ghana, President and Parliament 9 December: Romania, Chamber of Deputies and Senate 15 December: Egypt, Constitutional Referendum (1st phase) 16 December: Japan, House of Representatives and 17 December: Bermuda, House of Assembly 19 December: South Korea, President 22 December: Egypt, Constitutional Referendum (2nd phase)
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: 3 January: Marshall Islands, President 11 January and 16 March: Moldova, President 19 January, 30 March, and 25 June: India, Council of States 29 January: Cambodia, Senate 2 March: Pakistan, Senate 18 March: Germany, President 25 March: Hong Kong, Chief Executive 1 April: San Marino, Captains Regent 2 May: Hungary, President 30 May, 4, 8 and 11 June: Albania, President 30 June – 30 September: Belarus, Council of the Republic 19 July: India, President Samoa, Head of the Government 20 July: Mauritius, President 7 August: India, Vice President 17 September: Dominica, President 28 September: Morocco, House of Councillors 1 October: San Marino, Captains Regent 21–22 November: Slovenia, National Council 29 December: Algeria, Council of the Nation
See also 2012 in politics
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