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2010 national electoral calendar
This national electoral calendar for 2010 lists the national/federal elections held in 2010 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.
January
10 January: Croatia, President (2nd round)
17 January:
Chile, President (2nd round)
Ukraine, President (1st round)
22 January: Netherlands Antilles, Parliament
25 January: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Parliament
26 January: Sri Lanka, President
February
3 February: Greece, President (by the parliament)
7 February:
Costa Rica, President and Parliament
Ukraine, President (2nd round)
15 February: Anguilla, Parliament
27 February: Nauru, Constitutional referendum
28 February: Tajikistan, Parliament
March
4 March: Togo, President
6 March: Iceland, Debt repayment referendum
7 March:
Iraq, Parliament
Switzerland, Referendum
14 March: Colombia, Parliament
April
8 April: Sri Lanka, Parliament
11 April: Hungary, Parliament (1st round)
11–15 April: Sudan, President and Parliament
18 April: Northern Cyprus, President
24 April: Nauru, Parliament
25 April:
Austria, President
Hungary, Parliament (2nd round)
May
5 May: Mauritius, Parliament
6 May: United Kingdom, Parliament
10 May: Philippines, President, House of Representatives, Senate (one half)
16 May: Dominican Republic, Parliament
23 May:
Ethiopia, Parliament
Nagorno-Karabakh, Parliament
24 May: Trinidad and Tobago, Parliament
25 May: Suriname, Parliament
28–29 May: Czech Republic, Parliament
30 May: Colombia, President (1st round)
June
1 and 8 June: Egypt, Shura Council
6 June: Slovenia, Border dispute agreement referendum
9 June: Netherlands, Parliament
12 June: Slovakia, Parliament
13 June: Belgium, Parliament
19 June: Nauru, Parliament
20 June:
Colombia, President (2nd round)
Poland, President (1st round)
26 June: Somaliland, President
27 June:
Guinea, President (1st round)
Kyrgyzstan, Constitutional referendum
28 June: Burundi, President
29 June: Hungary, President (indirect)
30 June: Germany, President (indirect)
July
4 July: Poland, President (2nd round)
11 July: Japan, House of Councillors
19 July: Suriname, President (indirect)
23 July: Burundi, National Assembly
28 July: Burundi, Senate (indirect)
August
1 August: São Tomé and Príncipe, Parliament
4 August:
Kenya, Constitutional referendum
Solomon Islands, Parliament
9 August: Rwanda, President
21 August: Australia, Parliament
September
5 September: Moldova, Constitutional referendum
12 September: Turkey, Constitutional referendum
16 September: Tuvalu, Parliament
17 September: Sint Maarten, Parliament
18 September:
Afghanistan, Parliament
Slovakia, Political reform referendum
19 September: Sweden, General
22 September: Switzerland, Federal Council (indirect)
26 September:
Venezuela, Parliament
Switzerland, Referendum
October
2 October: Latvia, Parliament
3 October:
Brazil, President (1st round) and Parliament
Bosnia and Herzegovina, President and Parliament
10 October: Kyrgyzstan, Parliament
15–16 October: Czech Republic, Senate (1st round) (a third)
22–23 October: Czech Republic, Senate (2nd round) (a third)
23 October: Bahrain, Parliament (1st round)
30 October: Bahrain, Parliament (2nd round)
31 October:
Brazil, President (2nd round)
Côte d'Ivoire, President (1st round)
Niger, Constitutional referendum
Tanzania, President and Parliament
November
1 November: Nauru, President (indirect)
2 November:
United States, House of Representatives and Senate (one third: Class 3 senators)
American Samoa, Parliament and Constitutional referendum
Guam, Governor, Attorney General, Consolidated Commission on Utilities, Parliament, and Supreme Court and Superior Court retention elections
United States Virgin Islands, Governor and Parliament
7 November:
Comoros, President (1st round Mohéli primary)
Burma (Myanmar), General
Azerbaijan, Parliament
Guinea, President (2nd round)
9 November: Jordan, Parliament
17 November:
Cook Islands, Parliament and referendum
Madagascar, Constitutional referendum
21 November: Burkina Faso, President
25 November: Tonga, General
27 November: Iceland, Constitutional Assembly
28 November:
Côte d'Ivoire, President (2nd round)
Moldova, Parliament
Haiti, Parliament and President (1st round)
Egypt, Parliament (1st round)
December
5 December: Egypt, Parliament (2nd round)
12 December:
Kosovo, Parliament
Slovenia, Referendum
Transnistria, Parliament
13 December: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Parliament
19 December: Belarus, President
26 December: Comoros, President (2nd round nationwide)
Indirect elections
20–22 January: Uzbekistan, Senate
3 February: Greece, President
20 February: Afghanistan, House of Elders
15 March, 5 May and 21 June: Isle of Man, Legislative Council
26 March, 14 June, 17 June and 10 July: India, Council of States
1 April: San Marino, Captains Regent
23 April: Tajikistan, National Assembly
21 May: Sudan, Council of States
23 May: Ethiopia, House of Federation
24 June, 21 October and 25 November: Austria, Federal Council
29 June: Hungary, President
19 July: Suriname, President
28 July: Burundi, Senate
1 October: San Marino, Captains Regent
1 November: Nauru, President
11 November: Iraq, President
26–27 November: Namibia, National Council
3 December: Bosnia and Herzegovina, House of Peoples
References
2010 elections