2012 national electoral calendar explained

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This national electoral calendar for 2012 lists the national/federal elections held in 2012 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.

January

3–4 January: Egypt, People's Assembly (3rd phase 1st round)
10–11 January: Egypt, People's Assembly (3rd phase 2nd round)
13 January: Kiribati, President
14 January: Taiwan, President and Parliament
15 January: Kazakhstan, Assembly
22 January:
- Croatia, EU Referendum
- Finland, President (1st round)
29–30 January: Egypt, Consultative Council (1st phase 1st round)

February

2 February: Kuwait, ~~Parliament~~ (election nullified)
5 February: Finland, President (2nd round)
5–6 February: Egypt, Consultative Council (1st phase 2nd round)
12 February: Turkmenistan, President
14–15 February: Egypt, Consultative Council (2nd phase 1st round)
18 February: Latvia, Constitutional Referendum
19–21 February: Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Parliament
21 February: Yemen, President
21–22 February: Egypt, Consultative Council (2nd phase 2nd round)
26 February:
- Senegal, President (1st round)
- Syria, Constitutional Referendum

March

2 March: Iran, Parliament (1st round)
4 March: Russia, President
7 March: Belize, House of Representatives
10 March:
- Abkhazia, Parliament (1st round)
- Slovakia, Parliament
11 March:
- El Salvador, Parliament
- Switzerland, Referendums
17 March: East Timor, President (1st round)
18 March:
- Guinea-Bissau, ~~President (1st round)~~ (election nullified)
- Saint Barthélemy, Legislature
- Saint Martin, Legislature
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Legislature
24 March: Abkhazia, Parliament (2nd round)
25 March:
29 March: The Gambia, Parliament

April

8 April: South Ossetia, President (2nd round)
11 April: South Korea, Parliament
16 April: East Timor, President (2nd round)
18 April: Guernsey, Legislature
22 April: France, President (1st round)

May

3 May: Faroe Islands, Referendum
4 May: Iran, Parliament (2nd round)
6 May:
- Armenia, Parliament
- France, President (2nd round)
- Greece, Parliament
- Serbia, President (1st round) and Parliament
7 May:
- Bahamas, House of Assembly
- Syria, Parliament
10 May: Algeria, National Assembly
20 May:
- Dominican Republic, President
- Serbia, President (2nd round)
23–24 May: Egypt, President (1st round)
26 May: Lesotho, National Assembly
31 May: Ireland, Constitutional Referendum

June

10 June: France, Parliament (1st round)
16–17 June: Egypt, President (2nd round)
17 June:
- France, Parliament (2nd round)
- Greece, Parliament
- Switzerland, Referendums
23 June – 13 July: Papua New Guinea, Parliament
28 June: Mongolia, Parliament
30 June: Iceland, President

July

1 July:
7 July:
- East Timor, Parliament
- Libya, General National Congress
15 July: Republic of the Congo, National Assembly (1st round)
18 July: Cayman Islands, Referendum
19 July: Nagorno-Karabakh, President
29 July:
- Republic of the Congo, National Assembly (2nd round)
- Romania, Impeachment Referendum

August

19 August: Puerto Rico, Constitutional Referendum
31 August: Angola, Parliament

September

9 September: Hong Kong, Legislature
12 September: Netherlands, House of Representatives
23 September:
- Belarus, House of Representatives
- Pitcairn Islands, Referendum^[1]
- Switzerland, Referendums

October

1 October: Georgia, Parliament
7 October: Venezuela, President
12–13 October: Czech Republic, Senate (1st round)
14 October:
- Lithuania, Parliament (1st round) and Referendum
- Montenegro, Parliament
19 October: Curaçao, Legislature
19–20 October: Czech Republic, Senate (2nd round)
20 October: Iceland, Constitutional Referendum
28 October:
- Lithuania, Parliament (2nd round)
- Ukraine, Parliament
30 October: Vanuatu, Parliament

November

6 November:
- Palau, President and House of Delegates and Senate
- United States, President, House of Representatives and Senate
  - American Samoa, Governor (1st round), House of Representatives and Constitutional Referendum
  - Guam, Auditor, Consolidated Commission on Utilities, Education Board, Legislature, Superior Court retention elections and Referendum^[2]
  - Northern Mariana Islands, House of Representatives, Senate, Supreme Court retention elections and Constitutional Referendum^[3]
  - Puerto Rico, Governor, House of Representatives, Senate and Referendum
  - U.S. Virgin Islands, Board of Education, Board of Elections, Legislature and Referendum
9 November: Turks and Caicos Islands, Legislature
10 November: Ireland, Constitutional Referendum
11 November:
- San Marino, Parliament
- Slovenia, President (1st round)
17 November: Sierra Leone, President and Parliament
20 November: American Samoa, Governor (2nd round)
25 November: Switzerland, Referendum

December

1 December: Kuwait, Parliament
2 December:
- Burkina Faso, Parliament
- Slovenia, President (2nd round)
7–8 December: Ghana, President and Parliament
9 December: Romania, Chamber of Deputies and Senate
15 December: Egypt, Constitutional Referendum (1st phase)
16 December: Japan, House of Representatives and
17 December: Bermuda, House of Assembly
19 December: South Korea, President
22 December: Egypt, Constitutional Referendum (2nd phase)

Indirect elections

The following indirect elections of heads of state and the upper houses of bicameral legislatures took place through votes in elected lower houses, unicameral legislatures, or electoral colleges:

3 January: Marshall Islands, President
11 January and 16 March: Moldova, President
19 January, 30 March and 25 June: India, Council of States
29 January: Cambodia, Senate
2 March: Pakistan, Senate
18 March: Germany, President
25 March: Hong Kong, Chief Executive
1 April: San Marino, Captains Regent
2 May: Hungary, President
30 May, 4, 8 and 11 June: Albania, President
30 June – 30 September: Belarus, Council of the Republic^[4]
19 July:
- India, President
- Samoa, Head of the Government
20 July: Mauritius, President^[5]
18 September: Dominica, President^[6]
28 September: Morocco, House of Councillors^[7]
1 October: San Marino, Captains Regent
21–22 November: Slovenia, National Council^[8]
29 December: Algeria, Council of the Nation^[9]

Notes and References

Web site: Pitcairn in Support of a Marine Reserve!. The Pew Charitable Trusts. 27 September 2012. 6 August 2020.
Web site: 2012 Election Comparative Analysis Report. Guam Election Commission. 5 July 2013. 6 August 2020.
Web site: Official CNMI 2012 Election Results. Commonwealth Election Commission. 9 November 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20131022044033/https://www.votecnmi.gov.mp/2012-election-results-mp.php. 22 October 2013. dead.
Web site: CEC of Belarus did not register oppositionists as candidates for deputies. REGNUM News Agency. ru. 26 July 2012. 22 December 2020.
Web site: National Assembly – Speaker becomes President of the Republic New Speaker takes office. Le Défi Media Group. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120818134332/http://www.defimedia.info/news-sunday/nos-parliament/item/16284-national-assembly-%E2%80%93-speaker-becomes-president-of-the-republic-new-speaker-takes-office.html. 27 July 2012. 18 August 2012. 22 December 2020.
Web site: Dominica chooses new president despite boycott. KTAR-FM. 18 September 2012. 22 December 2020.
Web site: Chamber of Councilors: Renewal of the outgoing third party on September 28. Al Bayane. fr. 5 August 2012. 21 December 2020.
Web site: The state councilor from Posavje will again be Jože Slivšek. Posavski obzornik. sl. 30 November 2012. 22 December 2020.
Web site: Council of the Nation: The 48 new senators known. Liberté. fr. 2 January 2013. 22 December 2020.