2017 national electoral calendar
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This national electoral calendar for 2017 lists the national/federal elections held in 2017 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.
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January
[edit]- 5 November – 17 January: Somalia, House of the People[1]
- 23–31 January: Tokelau, Legislature
- 29 January: Haiti, Chamber of Deputies (1/119 seats 2nd round) and Senate (8/30 seats 2nd round)[2]
February
[edit]- 5 February: Liechtenstein, Parliament[3]
- 12 February:
- 19 February: Ecuador, President (1st round), Parliament and Referendum[5]
- 20 February: Nagorno-Karabakh, Constitutional Referendum[6]
- 21 February: Marshall Islands, Constitutional Convention
March
[edit]- 7 March: Federated States of Micronesia, Parliament and Referendum
- 12 March: Abkhazia, Parliament (1st round)[7]
- 15 March: Netherlands, House of Representatives
- 19 March:
- 20 March: East Timor, President[8]
- 26 March:
April
[edit]- 2 April:
- 6 April: The Gambia, Parliament
- 9 April: South Ossetia, President and Referendum[12]
- 16 April: Turkey, Constitutional Referendum[13]
- 23 April: France, President (1st round)[14]
- 28 April: Curaçao, Legislature
May
[edit]- 4 May: Algeria, National Assembly[15]
- 6 May: Niue, Legislature
- 7 May: France, President (2nd round)[14]
- 9 May: South Korea, President[16]
- 10 May: The Bahamas, House of Assembly
- 19 May: Iran, President[17]
- 21 May: Switzerland, Referendum
- 24 May: Cayman Islands, Legislature
June
[edit]- 3 June:
- 8 June: United Kingdom, House of Commons[19]
- 11 June:
- 18 June: France, National Assembly (2nd round)
- 24 June – 8 July: Papua New Guinea, Parliament[22]
- 25 June: Albania, Parliament
- 26 June: Mongolia, President (1st round)[23]
July
[edit]- 7 July: Mongolia, President (2nd round)[24][25]
- 16 July:
- 18 July: Bermuda, House of Assembly
- 22 July: East Timor, Parliament[27]
- 30 July:
August
[edit]- 4 August: Rwanda, President
- 5 August: Mauritania, Constitutional Referendum[28]
- 8 August: Kenya,
President(election nullified), National Assembly and Senate - 23 August: Angola, Parliament (1st phase)
- 26 August: Angola, Parliament (2nd phase)
September
[edit]- 11 September: Norway, Parliament[29]
- 12 September – 7 November: Australia, Referendum
- 17 September: Macau, Legislature
- 22 September: Aruba, Legislature
- 23 September: New Zealand, Parliament
- 24 September:
October
[edit]- 10 October: Liberia, President (1st round) and House of Representatives[31]
- 15 October:
- 20–21 October: Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies
- 22 October:
- 26 October: Kenya, President (re-vote)[36]
- 28 October: Iceland, Parliament[37]
November
[edit]- 8 November: Pitcairn Islands, Deputy Mayor and Legislature[38]
- 9 November: Falkland Islands, Legislature[39]
- 12 November:
- 13 November: Somaliland, President[42]
- 16 November: Tonga, Parliament[43]
- 19 November: Chile, President (1st round), Chamber of Deputies and Senate[44]
- 26 November:
December
[edit]- 3 December: Bolivia, Plurinational Constitutional Court, Supreme Court of Justice, Agro-environmental Court and Judiciary Council
- 7 December: Nepal, House of Representatives (2nd phase)[46]
- 17 December: Chile, President (2nd round)[47]
- 26 December: Liberia, President (2nd round)
Indirect elections
[edit]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:
- 8 February: Somalia, President
- 12 February: Germany, President
- 13 March: Hungary, President
- 26 March: Hong Kong, Chief Executive
- 1 April: San Marino, Captains Regent
- 19, 20, 27 and 28 April: Albania, President
- 21 April, 14 May, 11 July, 15 August, 9 and 29 November: Malaysia, Senate[48][49][50][51][52][53]
- 28 June: Kazakhstan, Senate
- 3–6 July: Vanuatu, President[54][55]
- 5 July: Samoa, Head of State
- 17 July: India, President
- 19 July: Artsakh, President
- 21 July and 8 August: India, Council of States
- 31 July: Republic of the Congo, Senate[56]
- 24 September: France, Senate
- 1 October: San Marino, Captains Regent
- 22–23 November: Slovenia, National Council[57]
See also
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