This national electoral calendar for 2026 lists the national/federal elections scheduled to be held in 2026 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included. Specific dates are given where these are known.
January 11 January: Benin, Parliament Myanmar, Parliament (2nd phase) 15 January: Uganda, President and Parliament 18 January: Portugal, President (1st round) 25 January: Myanmar, Parliament (3rd phase)
February 1 February: Costa Rica, President and Parliament 6 February: Tokelau, Parliament 8 February: Japan, House of Representatives Portugal, President (2nd round) Thailand, House of Representatives and Constitutional referendum 11 February: Barbados, House of Assembly 12 February: Bangladesh, Parliament and Constitutional referendum 22 February: Laos, Parliament
March 5 March: Nepal, House of Representatives 8 March: Colombia, House of Representatives and Senate Switzerland, Referendums 15 March: Kazakhstan, Constitutional referendum North Korea, Parliament Republic of the Congo, President Vietnam, Parliament 22 March: Slovenia, National Assembly 22–23 March: Italy, Constitutional referendum 24 March: Denmark, Parliament 26 March: Faroe Islands, Parliament
April 4 April: Maldives, Constitutional referendum 10 April: Djibouti, President 12 April: Benin, President Hungary, Parliament 12–13 April: Peru, President (1st round), Chamber of Deputies and Senate 19 April: Bulgaria, Parliament 26 April: Central African Republic, National Assembly (second round) 30 April: Antigua and Barbuda, House of Representatives
May 2 May: Niue, Parliament 12 May: Bahamas, House of AssemblyParliamentary Registration Department Bahamas 17 May: Cape Verde, Parliament 24 May: Cyprus, Parliament 30 May: Malta, Parliament 31 May: Colombia, President (1st round) Guinea, National Assembly
June 1 June: Ethiopia, House of Peoples' Representatives 7 June: Armenia, Parliament Jersey, Parliament Kosovo, Parliament Peru, President (2nd round) 14 June: Switzerland, Referendums 21 June: Colombia, President (2nd round) 28 June: New Caledonia, Parliament
July 2 July: Algeria, People's National Assembly 4 July: Slovakia, Referendum 19 July: São Tomé and Príncipe, President
August 12 August: Cook Islands, Parliament 13 August: Zambia, President and Parliament 23 August: Kazakhstan, Kurultai 29 August: Iceland, Referendum 30 August: Guinea-Bissau, Constitutional referendum
September 13 September: Sweden, Parliament 18 September: South Ossetia, President 18–20 September: Russia, State Duma 23 September: Morocco, House of Representatives 24 September: Isle of Man, House of Keys 27 September: São Tomé and Príncipe, Parliament Switzerland, Referendums
October 3 October: Latvia, ParliamentCentral Election Commission of Latvia 4 October: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Presidency and House of RepresentativesCentral Election Commission of Bosnia Brazil, President (1st round), Chamber of Deputies and SenateTSE Brazil 9–10 October: Czech Republic, Senate (1st round) 25 October: Bulgaria, PresidentBorisov, Viktor. Президентските избори ще се проведат на 25 октомври // bntnews.bg, 29 July 2026. Retrieved on 29 July 2026. Serbia, ParliamentSerbia to hold snap parliamentary elections on October 25 // lemonde.fr, 8 September 2026. Retrieved on 8 September 2026. Brazil, President (2nd round) 27 October: Israel, Knesset
November 3 November: United States, House of Representatives and Senate 5 November: Grenada, Parliament 7 November: New Zealand, Parliament 15 November: Cape Verde, President 28 November: Palestine, Parliament 29 November: Spain, Senate and Congress of Deputies Switzerland, Referendums
December 5 December: Gambia, President 6 December: Guinea-Bissau, President and Parliament 9 December: Fiji, Constitutional referendum 13 December: Haiti, President, Chamber of Deputies and Senate Transnistria, President 22 December: South Sudan, President, Assembly and Council of States
Unknown date Fiji, Parliament Serbia, President
Indirect 3–8 March: Iran, Supreme Leader 16 March, 18 June, and 16 October: India, Council of States 22 March: North Korea, President of the State Affairs 23 March: Laos, President 30 March: Myanmar, President 3 April: Myanmar, Vice President 7 April: Vietnam, President 11 April: Iraq, President 11 August: Hungary, President 20 August: Bangladesh, President 2 September: Estonia, President 27 September: France, Senate (series 2) 6 October: Kosovo, President 9 December: Switzerland, Federal Council
See also 2026 local electoral calendar 2026 supranational electoral calendar List of elections in 2026
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