2009 electoral calendar explained

This electoral calendar 2009 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2009 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referendums are included, although they are not elections. By-elections are not included.

January

• 12 January: Malta, President (by the parliament)
• 18 January: El Salvador, Parliament
• 25 January: Bolivia, Constitutional referendum
• 30 January: Somalia, President (by the parliament)
• 31 January: Iraq, Governorate Councils

February

• 8 February: Turkmenistan, Parliament (Round)
• 8 February: Liechtenstein, Parliament
• 8 February: Switzerland, Referendum on freedom of movement within the European Union
• 10 February: Israel, Parliament
• 12 February: French Polynesia, President (by the parliament)
• 15 February: Venezuela, Constitutional referendum

March

• 3 March: Federated States of Micronesia, Parliament
• 8 March: North Korea, Parliament
• 12 March: Antigua and Barbuda, Parliament
• 15 March: El Salvador, President
• 18 March: Azerbaijan, Constitutional referendum
• 21 March: Slovakia, President (Round)
• 22 March: Macedonia, President (Round)
• 29 March: Montenegro, Parliament
• 29 March: Mayotte, Status referendum

April

• 4 April: Slovakia, President (Round)
• 5 April: Macedonia, President (Round)
• 5 April: Moldova, Parliament
• 9 April: Algeria, President
• 9 April: Indonesia, Parliament
• 16 April: India, Parliament (Round)
• 19 April: Haiti, Senate (Round) (12 of 30 seats)
• 19 April: Northern Cyprus, Parliament
• 22 April: South Africa, Parliament
• 23 April: India, Parliament (Round)
• 25 April: Iceland, Parliament
• 26 April: Andorra, Parliament
• 26 April: Ecuador, President and Parliament
• 30 April: India, Parliament (Round)

May

• 3 May: Panama, President and Parliament
• 6 May: South Africa, President (by the parliament)
• 7 May: India, Parliament (Round)
• 9 May: Maldives, Parliament
• 10 May: New Caledonia, Parliament
• 13 May: India, Parliament (Round)
• 16 May: Kuwait, Parliament
• 17 May: Lithuania, President
• 17 May: Switzerland, Referendum
• 17 May: Comoros, Constitutional referendum
• 19 May: Malawi, President and Parliament
• 20 May: Cayman Islands, Parliament and constitutional referendum
• 20 May: Moldova, President (Round) (indirect)
• 23 May: Germany, President (indirect)
• 24 May: Mongolia, President
• 31 May: South Ossetia, Parliament

June

• 2 June: Greenland, Parliament
• 3 June: Moldova, President (Round) (indirect)
• 4–7 June: European Union, European Parliament
• 7 June: Denmark, Act of Succession referendum
• 7 June: Luxembourg, Parliament
• 7 June: Lebanon, Parliament
• 12 June: Iran, President
• 21 June: Haiti, Senate (Round) (12 of 30 seats)
• 21–22 June: Italy, Electoral law referendum
• 28 June: Albania, Parliament
• 28 June: Argentina, Legislative
• 28 June: Guinea-Bissau, President (Round)

July

• 5 July: Bulgaria, Parliament
• 5 July: Mexico, Legislative
• 8 July: Indonesia, President
• 12 July: Republic of the Congo, President
• 18 July: Mauritania, President
• 23 July: Kyrgyzstan, President
• 25 July: Kurdistan Region, Parliament and President
• 26 July: Guinea-Bissau, President (Round)
• 29 July: Moldova, Parliament
• 31 July – 21 August: New Zealand, Referendum

August

• 4 August: Niger, Constitutional referendum
• 20 August: Afghanistan, President
• 30 August: Gabon, President
• 30 August: Japan, Parliament

September

• 1–2 September: Vanuatu, President (indirect)
• 8 September: Montserrat, Parliament
• 12 September: Turkey, Constitution Referendum
• 14 September: Norway, Parliament
• 16 September: Switzerland, Federal Council (indirect)
• 20 September: Macau, Legislative
• 25 September: Aruba, Parliament
• 27 September: Germany, Parliament
• 27 September: Portugal, Parliament
• 27 September: Switzerland, Referendum

October

• 2 October: Republic of Ireland, Treaty of Lisbon referendum
• 4 October: Greece, Parliament
• 16 October: Botswana, Parliament
• 20 October: Niger, Parliament
• 25 October: Tunisia, President and Parliament
• 25 October: Uruguay, President (Round), Parliament and Referendum
• 26 October: Marshall Islands, President (indirect)
• 28 October: Mozambique, President and Parliament

November

• 5 November: Falkland Islands, Legislative Assembly
• 7 November: Northern Mariana Islands, Governor (Round) and Legislative
• 10 November: Moldova, President (Round) (indirect)
• 22 November: Romania, President (Round) and Referendum
• 23 November: Northern Mariana Islands, Governor (Round)
• 25 November: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Constitutional referendum
• 27–28 November: Namibia, President and Parliament
• 29 November: Equatorial Guinea, President
• 29 November: Honduras, President and Parliament
• 29 November: Switzerland, Referendum
• 29 November: Uruguay, President (Round)

December

• 6 December: Bolivia, President and Parliament
• 6 December: Comoros, Parliament (Round)
• 6 December: Romania, President (Round)
• 7 December: Moldova, President (Round) (indirect)
• 12 December: Abkhazia, President
• 13 December: Chile, President (Round) and Parliament
• 18 December: Dominica, Parliament
• 20 December: Comoros, Parliament (round)
• 27 December: Uzbekistan, Parliament
• 27 December: Croatia, President (Round)