Electoral calendar

This electoral calendar lists the national/federal direct elections in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referenda are included; it should be noted that they are not elections, however. By-elections are not included. The elections held in 2004 can be found at the Electoral calendar 2004

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Past elections

January

January 2 2005: Croatia, President 1st round
January 9 2005: Palestinian National Authority, Ra'is (Chairman / President)
January 9 2005: Abkhazia, Rerun of the presidential election
January 16 2005: Croatia, President 2nd round
January 22 2005: Maldives, Parliament
January 30 2005: Iraq, Parliament
January 2005: Tokelau, Island council

February

February 6 2005: Thailand, Parliament
February 8 2005: Denmark, Parliament
February 20 2005: Portugal: Parliament
February 20 2005: Northern Cyprus: Parliament
February 20 2005: Spain, referendum on the European Constitution
February 21 2005: Anguilla, Parliament
February 27 2005: Tajikistan, Parliament 1st round
February 27 2005: Kyrgyzstan, Parliament
February 28 2005: Burundi, referendum on the new constitution

March

March 6 2005: Moldova, Parliament
March 8 2005: Micronesia, Parliament
March 11 and March 13 2005: Liechtenstein, Parliament
March 13 2005: Central African Republic, President 1st round
March 13 2005: Kyrgyzstan, Parliament 2nd round
March 17 2005: Tonga, Parliament
March 24 2005: Tajikistan, Parliament 2nd round
March 27 2005: Transnistria, Parliament
March 31 2005: Zimbabwe, Parliament

April

April 8 2005: Curaçao and Sint Eustatius/Netherlands Antilles, referendum on island's relationship to the Netherlands Antilles and the Kingdom of the Netherlands
April 8 2005: Djibouti, President
April 17 2005: Northern Cyprus, President

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April 22 2005: Burundi, President, House and Senate
April 24 2005: Andorra, Parliament
April 24 2005: Togo, President
April 30 2005: Niue, Parliament
April 2005: Nepal, Parliament
April or may 2005: Somaliland, Parliament

May

May 3 2005: Ohio: Special elections for local questions
May 5 2005: United Kingdom general election
May 5 2005: Dominica, Parliament
May 8 2005: Central African Republic, President 2nd round
May 15 2005: Ethiopia, Parliament
May 17 2005: Cayman Islands, Parliament
May 22 2005: Mongolia, President
May 22 2005: North Rhine-Westphalia, State Parliament
May 25 2005: Suriname, Parliament
May 29 2005: France, [1] referendum on the European Constitution
May 2005: Christmas Island , Parliament
May 2005: Cocos Island , Parliament
May 2005: Lebanon, Parliament
May 2005: New Caledonia, Parliament

June

June 1 2005: Netherlands, referendum on the European Constitution
June 5 2005: Switzerland, referendum on Schengen
June 6 2005: Chad, referendum on presidential terms
June 17 2005: Iran, President
June 19 2005: Guinea-Bissau, President
June 25 2005: Bulgaria, Parliament
June 2005: Albania, Parliament
June 2005: Nagorno Karabakh, Parliament
June 2005: Saint Helena, Parliament

July

July 10 2005: Luxembourg, referendum on the European Constitution
July 17 2005: Palestinian National Authority, Parliament
July 2005: Armenia, referendum on amending the constitution

August

August 2005: Singapore, President

September

September 12 2005: Norway, Parliament
September 18 2005: Afghanistan, Parliament
September 27 2005: Denmark, referendum on the European Constitution
September 2005: Aruba, Parliament
September 2005: Macau, Parliament
September 2005: Mauritius, Parliament
September 2005: Oman, Consultative Assembly
September 2005: Poland, Sejm and Senate

October

October 14 2005: Liberia, President and Parliament
October 23 2005: Argentina, Congress
October 30 2005: Kyrgyzstan, President
October 30 2005: Tanzania, President and Parliament
October 2005: Egypt, President
October 2005: Iraq, referendum on the new constitution
October 2005: Jersey, Senators
October 2005: Kenya, referendum on the new constitution
October 2005: Kosovo, President
October 2005: Poland, President
October 2005: Poland, referendum on the European Constitution

November

November 8, 2005: United States: State and local races
November 8 2005: Northern Mariana Islands, Governor, House and Senate
November 13 or November 20 2005: Haiti, Presidential, House and Senate
November 27 2005: Honduras, President and Congress
November 2005: Azerbaijan, Parliament
November 2005: Burkina Faso, President
November 2005: Democratic Republic of Congo, President and Parliament
November 2005: Egypt, Parliament
November 2005: Falkland Islands, Parliament
November 2005: Jersey, Elections of the deputies

December

December 11 2005: Chile, President, House and Senate
December 11 or December 18 2005: Haiti, President 2nd round
December 24 2005: Pitcairn, Island council and island magistrate
December 2005: Côte d'Ivoire, Parliament
December 2005: Gabon, President
December 2005: Solomon Islands, Parliament
December 2005: Sri Lanka, President
December 2005: Sudan, President
December 2005: Transnistria, President
December 2005: Venezuela, Parliament

Month unavailable

Eritrea, Parliament
Iraq, President
Ireland, referendum on the European Constitution
New Zealand, Parliament (cannot be after September 24),
Qatar, Parliament
Sudan, Parliament
Canada, House of Commons, Liberal minority governement may fall as early as May.