This local electoral calendar for 2020 lists the subnational elections held in 2020. Referendums, recall and retention elections, and national by-elections (special elections) are also included.
January 5 January: Uzbekistan, Regional Councils, District Councils and City Councils (2nd round) 13 January: Bangladesh, Chittagong-8, House of the Nation by-election 17–18 January: India, Rajasthan, Village Councils (1st phase) 18 January: Malaysia, Kimanis, House of Representatives by-election 22 January: India, Telangana, Municipal Corporations and Municipal Councils 22–23 January: India, Rajasthan, Village Councils (2nd phase) 25 January: Nigeria, Agwara/Borgu and Abi/Yakurr constituencies, House of Representatives by-elections 26 January: Austria Burgenland, Parliament Lower Austria, Italy Calabria, Regional Council Emilia-Romagna, Regional Council 28 January: India, Chhattisgarh, District Councils, Township Councils and Village Councils (1st phase) 29–30 January: India, Rajasthan, Village Councils (3rd phase) 30 January: Malawi, Lilongwe South, National Assembly by-election 31 January: India, Chhattisgarh, District Councils, Township Councils and Village Councils (2nd phase)
February 1 February: Bangladesh Dhaka North, Mayor and City Corporation Dhaka South, Mayor and City Corporation 2 February: Costa Rica, Cantonal Mayors, Cantonal Councils, District Heads, District Councils, Municipal-District Mayors and Municipal-District Councils Germany, Leipzig, Lord Mayor (1st round) Japan, Kyoto, Mayor 3 February: India, Chhattisgarh, District Councils, Township Councils and Village Councils (3rd phase) 7–8 February: Egypt, Giza 1st district and Minya Mallawi district, House of Representatives by-elections (voting abroad) 8 February: India, Delhi, Legislative Assembly 9 February: Cameroon, Mayors and Municipal Councils India, Karnataka, Municipal Councils and Town Councils Switzerland Aargau, Basel-Stadt, referendums Bern, Fribourg, referendum Geneva, referendums Grisons, referendum Neuchâtel, referendum Schaffhausen, referendum Solothurn, referendum St. Gallen, referendum Ticino, referendums Zürich, 11–12 February: Egypt, Giza 1st district and Minya Mallawi district, House of Representatives by-elections 13 February: Zambia, Chilubi, National Assembly by-election 16 February: Hungary, Fejér 4, National Assembly by-election 18 February: United States, Milwaukee, Mayor and Common Council (1st round) 23 February: Comoros, Communal Councils Germany, Hamburg, Parliament Italy, Naples, Senate by-election Thailand, Kamphaeng Phet constituency 2, 29 February: Nigeria, Enugu, Local Government Councils and Chairmen
March 1 March: Germany, Leipzig, Lord Mayor (2nd round) Italy, Rome, Chamber of Deputies by-election Tajikistan, Regional Legislatures, City Legislatures and District Legislatures 2 March: Guyana, Regional Democratic Councils Jamaica, Clarendon South Eastern, House of Representatives by-election 3 March: United States California's 25th congressional district, U.S. House of Representatives special election (1st round) Alabama, Appointed Education Board constitutional referendum Arkansas, Supreme Court and Court of Appeals (1st round) Bakersfield, Mayor Fresno, Mayor and City Council (1st round) Long Beach, City Council (1st round) Los Angeles County, Board of Supervisors (1st round) Los Angeles, City Council (1st round) Maine, Vaccination Exemptions Repeal referendum Orange County, CA, Board of Supervisors (1st round) Riverside County, Board of Supervisors Sacramento, Mayor and City Council (1st round) San Bernardino County, Board of Supervisors (1st round) San Diego County, Board of Supervisors (1st round) Santa Clara County, Board of Supervisors (1st round) San Jose, City Council (1st round) 8 March: Italy, Terni, Senate by-election Switzerland St. Gallen, Government (1st round) and Cantonal Council Uri, Executive Council and Landrat 14 March: Nigeria, Magama/Rijau constituency, House of Representatives by-election (nullified) 15 March: Dominican Republic, Mayors and District Councils France Municipal Councils (1st round) Lyon Metropolis, Marseille, Paris, Council (1st round) French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Germany, Bavaria, District Presidents, District Councils, Mayors and Municipal Councils (1st round) Munich, Nuremberg, Switzerland Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Municipal Councils (1st round) Geneva, Municipal Councils (1st round) Thurgau, Executive Council and Grand Council 21 March: Bangladesh, Bagerhat-4, Dhaka-10 and Gaibandha-3, House of the Nation by-elections 22 March: Japan, Kumamoto, Governor Switzerland, Schwyz, Executive Council (1st round) and Cantonal Council 28 March: Australia, Queensland, Mayors, Regional Councils, City Councils, Aboriginal Shire Councils and Shire Councils Brisbane, Lord Mayor and City Council 29 March: Germany, Bavaria, District Presidents and Mayors (2nd round) Munich, Nuremberg,
April 4–18 April: Papua New Guinea, Menyamya, National Parliament by-election 5 April: Switzerland, Geneva, Municipal Councils (2nd round) 7 April: United States Anchorage, Assembly Wisconsin, Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Milwaukee, Mayor and Common Council (2nd round) 12 April: Kyrgyzstan, City Councils and Village Councils 19 April: Switzerland, St. Gallen, Government (2nd round) 26 April: Japan, , Switzerland, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Municipal Councils (2nd round) 28 April: United States, Maryland's 7th congressional district, U.S. House of Representatives
May 12 May: United States California's 25th congressional district, U.S. House of Representatives special election (2nd round) Wisconsin's 7th congressional district, U.S. House of Representatives special election 17 May: Benin, Communal Councils, Municipal Councils and District/Village Councils Switzerland, Schwyz, Executive Council (2nd round) 19 May: United States, Portland, Mayor and City Commission (1st round) 20 May: Burundi, 25 May: Suriname, District Councils and Local Councils 30 May: Nigeria Benue, Local Government Councils and Chairmen Cross River, Local Government Councils and Chairmen
June 2 June: United States, Idaho, Supreme Court and Court of Appeals 5–6 June: Czech Republic, Teplice, Senate by-election (1st round) 6 June: Taiwan, Kaohsiung, Mayor recall election 7 June: Japan, Okinawa, 9 June: United States Georgia, Supreme Court and Court of Appeals West Virginia, Supreme Court of Appeals 12–13 June: Czech Republic, Teplice, Senate by-election (2nd round) 20 June: Thailand, Lampang constituency 4, 21 June: Serbia Municipal Assemblies Vojvodina, Assembly 23 June: United States, New York's 27th congressional district, U.S. House of Representatives special election 28 June: Austria, Styria, France Municipal Councils (2nd round) Lyon Metropolis, Marseille, Paris, Council (2nd round) French Polynesia, New Caledonia, 30 June: Nigeria, Taraba, Local Government Councils and Chairmen United States, Oklahoma, Medicaid Expansion constitutional referendum
July 4 July: Australia, Eden-Monaro, House of Representatives by-election 5 July: Japan, Tokyo, Governor 12 July: Japan, Kagoshima, Spain Basque Country, Parliament Galicia, Parliament 14 July: Bangladesh, Bogra-1 and Jessore-6, House of the Nation by-elections 20 July: Nigeria, Ondo, Local Government Councils and Chairmen
August 1 August: Australia, Tasmania, (Huon and Rosevears) Legislative Council 4 August: United States Mesa, Mayor and City Council Missouri, Medicaid Expansion constitutional referendum 6 August: United States, Tennessee, Court of Appeals retention election 8 August: United States, Honolulu, Mayor and City Council (1st round) 9 August: Thailand, Samut Prakan constituency 5, 12 August – 1 September: Autonomous Region of Bougainville, President and House of Representatives 15 August: Taiwan, Kaohsiung, Mayor by-election 18 August: Libya, Ghat, Municipal Council United States, Miami-Dade County, Mayor and County Commission (1st round) 22 August: Australia, Northern Territory, Legislative Assembly 23 August: Switzerland, Appenzell Innerrhoden, extraordinary ballot (1st round) 24 August: Burundi, 25 August: United States, Tulsa, Mayor and City Council (1st round) 26–29 August: Latvia, Riga, City Council 27 August: India, Mizoram, Village Councils and Local Councils Isle of Man, Douglas South (2 seats), House of Keys by-elections 28 August: Samoa, Gagaʻifomauga No. 3, Legislative Assembly by-election 29 August: Nigeria, Ebonyi, Local Government Councils and Chairmen 30 August: Montenegro, Municipal Assemblies Switzerland, Schaffhausen, Executive Council and referendums
September 3 September: Libya, Misrata, Municipal Council 9 September: Ethiopia, Tigray, State Council, City Councils, District Councils and Neighborhood Councils 11–13 September: Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Belgorod Oblast, Duma Bryansk Oblast, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Chuvashia, Irkutsk Oblast, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Kaluga Oblast, and Kamchatka Krai, Komi Republic, and Kostroma Oblast, and Duma Krasnodar Krai, Kurgan Oblast, Duma Kursk Oblast, District 110, State Duma by-election Leningrad Oblast, Magadan Oblast, Novosibirsk Oblast, Legislative Assembly Novosibirsk, Penza Oblast, District 147, State Duma by-election and Perm Krai, Rostov Oblast, Ryazan Oblast, Duma Sevastopol, Smolensk Oblast, Tambov Oblast, Tatarstan, District 28, State Duma by-election and Voronezh Oblast, Duma Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Yaroslavl Oblast, District 194, State Duma by-election 13 September: Austria, Vorarlberg, Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, District Administrators, District Councils, Mayors and Municipal Councils (1st round) Cologne, Düsseldorf, Ruhr, Dortmund, Duisburg, Essen, 14 September: Canada, New Brunswick, Legislative Assembly 17 September: Zambia, Lukashya and Mwansabombwe, National Assembly by-elections 19 September: Nigeria, Edo, Governor 20 September: France Haut-Rhin's 1st constituency, Maine-et-Loire's 3rd constituency, Réunion's 2nd constituency, Seine-Maritime's 5th constituency, Val-de-Marne's 9th constituency, Yvelines's 11th constituency, 20–21 September: Italy Sassari, Senate by-election Villafranca di Verona, Senate by-election Aosta Valley, Regional Council Apulia, Regional Council Campania, Regional Council Liguria, Regional Council Marche, Regional Council Tuscany, Regional Council Veneto, Regional Council
22 September: Papua New Guinea, Goroka, National Parliament by-election 26 September: Bangladesh, Pabna-4, House of the Nation by-election Malaysia, Sabah, Legislative Assembly 27 September: Austria, Vorarlberg, France Haut-Rhin's 1st constituency, Maine-et-Loire's 3rd constituency, Réunion's 2nd constituency, Seine-Maritime's 5th constituency, Val-de-Marne's 9th constituency, Yvelines's 11th constituency, Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, District Administrators and Mayors (2nd round) Cologne, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Romania, County Presidents, County Councils, Mayors, Local Councils, Sector Mayors and Sector Councils Switzerland Aargau, referendums Appenzell Ausserrhoden, referendums Appenzell Innerrhoden, extraordinary ballot (2nd round) Basel-Landschaft, referendum Geneva, referendums Lucerne, referendum Nidwalden, referendum Schaffhausen, Cantonal Council Schwyz, referendum Solothurn, referendums Thurgau, referendum Uri, referendums Zürich, Uruguay, Departmental Mayors, Departmental Councils, Municipal Mayors and Municipal Councils 28–29 September: India, Rajasthan, Village Councils (4th phase) 29 September: United States, Georgia's 5th congressional district, U.S. House of Representatives special election (1st round)
October 2–3 October: Czech Republic, Regional Assemblies 3–4 October: India, Rajasthan, Village Councils (5th phase) 4–5 October: Italy, Sicily, 6 October: Canada, Nunatsiavut, President 6–7 October: India, Rajasthan, Village Councils (6th phase)