2012 national electoral calendar
# 2012 national electoral calendar

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 Supreme Court retention elections [ja]
* 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
* 18 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
