2010 national electoral calendar

For local elections, see 2010 local electoral calendar.

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^[1]
  • 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^[2]
• 3 February: Greece, President
• 20 February: Afghanistan, House of Elders^[3]
• 15 March, 5 May and 21 June: Isle of Man, Legislative Council^[4][5][6]
• 26 March, 14 June, 17 June and 10 July: India, Council of States
• 1 April: San Marino, Captains Regent
• 23 April: Tajikistan, National Assembly^[7]
• 21 May: Sudan, Council of States^[8]
• 23 May: Ethiopia, House of Federation^[9]
• 24 June, 21 October and 25 November: Austria, Federal Council^{[10][11][12][13]}
• 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^[14]
• 26–27 November: Namibia, National Council^[15]
• 3 December: Bosnia and Herzegovina, House of Peoples^[16]

References

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2. "Uzbekistan Senat (Senate): Elections in 2010". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
3. "Afghanistan Meshrano Jirga (House of Elders): Elections in 2010". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
4. "Try again for Legislative Council election". Manx Radio. 15 March 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
5. "Still no result in MLC election". Manx Radio. 5 May 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
6. "Alan Crowe re-elected to LegCo". Energy FM. 21 June 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
7. "Tajikistan: Majlisi milli (National Assembly)". Inter-Parliamentary Union. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
8. "E. Equatoria State Elects Council of States Representatives". Gurtong Trust. 24 May 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
9. "Ethiopia Pre-Election Watch: May 2010 Parliamentary Elections" (PDF). International Republican Institute. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
10. "The new Burgenland Landtag is constituted on June 24th". Der Standard (in German). 17 June 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
11. "Federal Council: Three new representatives from Burgenland" (in German). Austrian Parliament. 25 June 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
12. "Stenographic reports (XVI period): Meetings of the Styrian Parliament in 2010, 1st session of the Styrian Parliament on October 21, 2010" (in German). Office of the Styrian Provincial Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
13. "Parliament 19th legislative term, 1st meeting on November 25, 2010: Meeting report" (in German). City of Vienna. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
14. "Iraq President Talabani re-elected despite MPs walk-out". Dawn. 12 November 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
15. "THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NAMIBIA". Senate of France. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
16. "Cantons in FBiH blocked the election of the House of Peoples of BiH". Glas Srpske (in Bosnian). 11 January 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2020.