Elections 2011

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The elections and referendums listed here took place in 2011 or were scheduled for the date shown. “ Direct election ”, “ referendum ” or “referendum” means an election by all eligible residents of a country or region. “Indirect election” means an election by state organs such as B. Parliaments or bodies made up of electorates . Far from all of the elections listed here were conducted according to internationally recognized democratic standards. It also includes sham elections in dictatorships without alternative candidates or elections whose results were achieved through massive electoral fraud or without fair, equal access of the competing candidates or parties to the mass media.

country	date	choice	Cycle (years)	last choice	Art	comment
Sudan	Jan. 9	Independence referendum in South Sudan
Central African Republic	Jan. 23	Presidential election	5			Runoff election on March 20th
Central African Republic	Jan. 23	General election		2005
Portugal	Jan. 23	Presidential election	5		Direct dial	1st ballot
Niger	Jan. 31	Presidential election	-			Adopted after the constitutional referendum was adopted in Niger in 2010 . Runoff election on March 12th
Niger	Jan. 31	Parliamentary elections	-			Adopted after the constitutional referendum was adopted in Niger in 2010 .
Cape Verde	Feb 6	General election	5	2006
Switzerland	Feb 13	Nationwide vote on the popular initiative "For protection against armed violence"			Referendum
Switzerland	Feb 13	Elections to the government council of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden	4th	2007	Direct dial
Switzerland	Feb 13	Substitute election for the Council of States of the Canton of Bern			Direct dial	By-election was necessary because Councilor Simonetta Sommaruga in September 2010 in the Federal Council was elected
Germany	Feb 20	State election in Hamburg	4th	2008	Personalized proportional representation	New election due to the failure of the black-green coalition
Chad	Feb 13	Parliamentary elections
Uganda	Feb 18	Parliamentary elections		2006
Uganda	Feb 18	Presidential election		2006		The runoff election on March 9 was canceled
Ireland	Feb 25	General Elections	5	2007	Transferable individual voting	The election was brought forward (the election date would normally have been in July 2012 at the latest).
Benin	Feb 27	Presidential election		2006		Runoff election on March 13th
Netherlands	2nd March	Elections to the provincial parliaments	4th		Proportional representation	566 mandates in the 12 provincial states
Wales	3 March	Decentralization referendum in Wales
Samoa	4th of March	Parliamentary election to the Fono	5		47 indirectly through the Matai clan voting system and 2 through direct voting	The 2 MPs, who are elected by direct election, elect those active voters, Samoan citizens, who are not tied to the Matai clan system
Switzerland	6th March	Runoff election for the Council of States of the Canton of Bern			Direct dial	A runoff election was necessary because in the replacement election on February 13, 2011, no candidate achieved an absolute majority
Estonia	6th March	Parliamentary election to the Riigikogu	4th	2007	Direct dial	Votes can be cast over the Internet
Benin	March 13th	Presidential election		2006		Runoff
Switzerland	March 13th	Local elections in the cantons of Geneva and Vaud ; Election of local councils	4th	2007	Direct dial
Madagascar	March 16	General election	5	2006		The date and modalities of the election should be set in a referendum on November 17, 2010. On the same day, however, the military staged a coup so that the 2011 election date was also in question. No election was held in 2011
Egypt	19th March	Constitutional referendum				As a result of the 2011 revolution in Egypt
Germany	March, 20th	State election in Saxony-Anhalt	5	2006	Personalized proportional representation
Haiti	March, 20th	Runoff election for president
Germany	27th of March	State election in Rhineland-Palatinate	5	2006	Personalized proportional representation
Germany	27th of March	State election in Baden-Württemberg	5	2006	Personalized proportional representation
Germany	27th of March	Local elections in Hesse	5	2006	Personalized proportional representation
Switzerland	27th of March	Elections to the district administrator and government councilor of the canton of Basel-Landschaft	4th	2007	Direct dial
Andorra	3rd of April	General election	4th	2009	Direct dial	The election was brought forward
Kazakhstan	3rd of April	Presidential election	5	2005	Direct dial	The election was brought forward (the regular election date would have been December 2012)
Switzerland	3rd of April	Elections to the Cantonal Council of the Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden	4th	2007	Direct dial
Switzerland	3rd of April	Elections to the Cantonal Council and Government Council of the Canton of Zurich	4th	2007	Direct dial
Nigeria	April 2nd postponed to April 4th	Parliamentary elections	4th	2007		The election was postponed (the election date was initially January 13)
Djibouti	April 8th	Presidential election
Switzerland	10th of April	Elections to the Cantonal Council and Government Council of the Canton of Lucerne	4th	2007	Direct dial
Switzerland	10th of April	Elections to the Grand Council and State Council of the Canton of Ticino	4th	2007	Direct dial
Peru	10th of April	Election of the new President, the Peruvian Congress and the Peruvian MPs in the Andean Parliament .	5	2006	Direct election (presidency), proportional representation (parliaments)	Runoff election on June 5th
Nigeria	April 9th ​​postponed to April 16th	Presidential election	4th	2007		The election was postponed (the election date was initially January 22)
Benin	17th April	Parliamentary elections		2006
Finland	17th April	Parliamentary elections for Eduskunta	4th	2007	Proportional representation
Switzerland	17th April	Local elections in the canton of Geneva ; Election of the executive bodies	4th	2007	Direct dial
Chad	April 25	Presidential election
Japan	April	Uniform regional elections	4th	2007	Directly	13 gubernatorial elections , 44 parliamentary elections, local elections
Canada	2.May	Lower house election		2008	Relative majority vote
Madagascar	May 4th	Presidential election	5	2006		The date and modalities of the election should be set in a referendum on November 17, 2010. On the same day, however, the military staged a coup so that the 2011 election date is also in question.
United Kingdom	5th of May	Election to the Scottish Parliament , election to the Welsh National Assembly , elected regional assembly in Northern Ireland , in parts of England and Northern Ireland will find local council elections and there throughout the kingdom a referendum on the amendment of the electoral law	4th	2007	different voting procedures
Ecuador	5th of May	Constitutional referendum in Ecuador 2011
Singapore	May 7th	Parliamentary elections in Singapore 2011	5	2006
Albania	8th of May	Local elections	4th	2007
Switzerland	May 15	Local elections in the canton of Vaud ; Election of the executive bodies (possibly necessary runoff elections then on June 5th)	4th	2007	Direct dial
Seychelles	May 19th	Presidential election
Germany	May 22	Citizenship election in Bremen	4th	2007	Proportional representation	together with the local elections in Bremen
Spain	May 22	Regional and local elections	4th	2007	Proportional representation	Regional elections in 13 of 17 autonomous communities; Local elections in around 8,000 municipalities
Portugal	June 5th	early parliamentary elections for the Assembly of the Republic	4th	2009	Proportional representation	early election due to resignation from the government
Turkey	June 12	General election for the Grand National Assembly	4th	2007	Proportional representation
Italy	12./13. June	Referendum with four questions
Morocco	July 1	Constitutional referendum
Austria	3rd of July	Local council election in St. Pölten	5	2006
Thailand	3rd of July	General election
Sao Tome and Principe	17th July	Presidential election	5	2006	Direct dial
Cape Verde	July 2011	Presidential election	5	2006
Liberia	23 Aug	Constitutional referendum	5
Abkhazia	26 Aug	early presidential elections
Singapore	27 Aug	2011 presidential election in Singapore	6th	2005
Germany	4th Sep	State election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	5	2006	Personalized proportional representation	together with the local elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Germany	Sep 11	Local elections in Lower Saxony	5	2006	Direct dial
Germany	Sep 11	Mayoral election in Brandenburg	5		Direct dial
Guatemala	Sep 11	Presidential elections in Guatemala 2011	4th	2007
Japan	Sep 11	Gubernatorial election in Japan 2011 : Iwate
Norway	Sep 12	Local elections in Norway
Denmark	Sep 15	Parliamentary elections in Denmark : Folk election 2011
Latvia	17 Sep	General election	4th	2010		early election after referendum
Germany	Sep 18	House election in Berlin	5	2006	Personalized proportional representation	together with the election of the district council meetings
Zambia	Sep 20	Presidential election	5	2008
Zambia	Sep 20	Parliamentary elections	5	2006
France	25 Sep
Saudi Arabia	October	Local elections
Canada	Oct. 3	General election in Prince Edward Island Province	4th	2007	Direct dial
Canada	Oct 6	General election in the province of Ontario	4th	2007	Direct dial
Cameroon	Oct 9	Presidential election in Cameroon 2011
Luxembourg	Oct 9	Local elections	6th	2005	Proportional or major voting
France	Oct 9	Open presidential primaries for the socialists
Poland	Oct 9	Parliamentary election in Poland 2011	4th	2007	Proportional representation	see article Sejm
Portugal	Oct 9	Regional elections in Madeira 2011	4th	2007	Proportional representation
Liberia	Oct 11	Parliamentary elections and presidential elections
France	Oct 16	Runoff election of the open presidential candidate primaries of the socialists
Bolivia	Oct 16	Election of the judges of the Constitutional Court , the Supreme Court , the Environmental Court and the members of the Consejo de la Magistratura		first time	Direct dial
Argentina	23 Oct	Parliamentary elections (Chamber of Deputies and Senate)	4, 6	2009	Proportional representation	Renewal of half of the MPs and a third of the Senators
Argentina	23 Oct	Presidential election	4th	2007	Direct dial	Runoff election (if necessary) on November 20th
Bulgaria	23 Oct	Presidential and local elections	5	2006	Direct dial	Runoff election on October 30th
Switzerland	23 Oct	Parliamentary elections (National Council and Council of States)	4th	2007	Proportional voting (20 cantons) or majority voting (6 cantons)	together with the election of the Council of States (in the cantons of Jura and Neuchâtel as a proportional vote , in all other cantons as a major vote)
Tunisia	23 Oct	Elections to the constituent assembly
Ireland	Oct. 27	Presidential election
Bulgaria	Oct. 30	Runoff of the presidential and local elections	5	2006	Direct dial
Colombia	Oct. 30	Local elections in Colombia 2011
Kyrgyzstan	Oct. 30	Presidential election in Kyrgyzstan 2011
Guatemala	Nov 6	Runoff election of the 2011 presidential election in Guatemala	4th	2007
Nicaragua	Nov 6	Presidential election
Liberia	Nov 8	Runoff election of the presidential election
Switzerland	Nov 13	Elections to the Grand Council and State Council of the Canton of Friborg	5	2006	Direct dial
South Ossetia	Nov 13	Presidential election in South Ossetia 2011
Spain	Nov 20	early parliamentary elections (Congreso de los Diputados)	4th	2008	Proportional representation
Spain	Nov 20	early parliamentary elections (Senado)	4th	2008	Majority vote
Gambia	Nov. 24	Presidential election
Morocco	Nov 25	Parliamentary elections in Morocco 2011		2007
New Zealand	Nov 26	New Zealand general election 2011		2008
Germany	Nov 27	Referendum on Stuttgart 21 in Baden-Württemberg
South Ossetia	Nov 27	Presidential runoff
Egypt	Nov 28	Parliamentary elections
Democratic Republic of Congo	Nov 28	General election	5	2006	Trench selection system
Democratic Republic of Congo	Nov 28	Presidential election	5	2006	Direct dial
Mauritania	November	Parliamentary elections				postponed to 2012
Gabon	December	Parliamentary elections
Croatia	Dec 4	Croatian parliamentary elections 2011	4th	2007
Russia	Dec 4	Parliamentary election in Russia 2011		2007
Slovenia	Dec 4	Elections in Slovenia
Ivory Coast	Dec 11	Parliamentary elections in Ivory Coast		2000/2001
Transnistria	Dec 11	Transnistrian presidential election 2011
Switzerland	14 Dec	Federal Council elections 2011	4th	2007
Guinea	29 Dec	Parliamentary elections				postponed to 2012
Jamaica	29 Dec	Parliamentary elections	5	2007	Direct dial	moved forward from 2012 after premature change of prime minister

Web links

Commons : Elections in 2011  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Francois Misser: choice in the Central African Republic: Geputschter brother of Jesus and rebels . In: die tageszeitung , January 21, 2011. Accessed July 11, 2011. 
2. ↑ Portugal. European Election Database
3. ↑ ^{a b} New constitution democratizes Niger . In: taz , November 4, 2010
4. ^ New elections: Irish Parliament dissolved. In: Spiegel Online . February 1, 2011, accessed September 3, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Election with Wilders - Dutch people vote on provincial parliaments. sueddeutsche.de
6. ↑ Start page ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. More democracy e. V. 
7. ^ Radio New Zealand
8. ^ Riigikogu website : Riigikogu valimised , March 26, 2007, Estonian, last accessed on September 21, 2010
9. ↑ Estonian National Electoral Committee (English)
10. ↑ Madagascar: New agreement, presidential elections May 2011 - Election calendar - Madagascar: new accord de "sortie de crise", présidentielle en mai 2011, calendrier electora… ( Memento of the original of 23 August 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link became automatic used and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
11. ↑ Parties in Madagascar agree on presidential election in May. Radio Africa TV
12. ↑ ^{a b} Trial of Power in Madagascar . In: taz , November 18, 2010
13. ^ Hessian regional returning officer
14. ↑ Hessian State Statistical Office
15. ↑ ^{a b} Nigeria postpones parliamentary and presidential elections again . dw-world.de. April 3, 2011. Accessed on July 11, 2011.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
16. ↑ Infoamazonas accessed December 5, 2010
17. ↑ Finnish Ministry of Justice ( Memento of the original from July 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed October 17, 2010 
18. ↑ Statistics Finland (English)
19. ↑ [1]
20. ↑ Madagascar: parties agree on presidential election in May (report from AFP , August 13, 2010), last accessed on August 27, 2010
21. ↑ Super Election Day for the British
22. ^ Victory for President Rafael Correa
23. ↑ Official results of the 2011 election in Singapore
24. ↑ Quick Search Results. IFES Election Guide
25. ↑ ^{a b} Turkey before the parliamentary elections: A constitution-changing majority for the AKP? (PDF; 388 kB) library.fes.de. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
26. ↑ Mohammed IV wants to open his regime now . In: taz , April 11, 2011
27. ↑ St. Pölten elects a new municipal council on July 3rd . On: noe.orf.at , March 22, 2011
28. ↑ Jochen Buchsteiner: Thaksin's coup. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . June 15, 2011, accessed June 16, 2011 . 
29. ↑ Quick Search Results. IFES Election Guide
30. ↑ Announcement on the presidential elections 2011 in Singapore ( Memento of the original from October 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
31. ^ Election dates in the Federal Republic of Germany
32. ↑ State Returning Officer Lower Saxony
33. ↑ Results according to the State Returning Officer Lower Saxony
34. ↑ wahlen.brandenburg.de
35. ↑ Guatemala before the polls (PDF) Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
36. ↑ fr-online.de
37. ↑ faz.net
38. ↑ dw-world.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
39. ↑ Explosive device in the network of power and money
40. ^ The regional returning officer for Berlin
41. ↑ Results. Regional Returning Officer Berlin
42. ↑ ^{a b} "King Cobra" before victory
43. ↑ Prince Edward Island Provincial Election 2011 ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Election Almanac 
44. ↑ ^{a b} Ontario Provincial Election 2011 . electionalmanac.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 11, 2011. 
45. ↑ Guide to Provincial General Elections. ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Elections PEI 
46. ^ Elections Ontario Home
47. ↑ dw-world.de
48. ↑ Dominic Johnson : This time completely democratic. In: the daily newspaper . October 7, 2011, accessed October 7, 2011 . 
49. ↑ Mode d'emploi systems électoral. ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Elections communales - Le site officiel des elections au Grand-Duché du Luxembourg 
50. ↑ dradio.de
51. ↑ dradio.de faz.net jungewelt.de
52. ↑ Jürgen Vogt: World premiere in Bolivia. Election of judges by the people , published on October 14, 2011 on taz.de.
53. ^ Jürgen Vogt: Election of judges in Bolivia. Majority votes invalid , published on October 14, 2011 on taz.de.
54. ↑ Klaus Loetzer: Tunisia before the elections to the Constituent Assembly . Konrad Adenauer Foundation , September 2, 2011
55. ^ Tunisia: Elections postponed to October 23 . Website of Zenith - Magazine for the Orient , August 8, 2011
56. ↑ Jürgen Vogt: From the guerrilla to the town hall. In: the daily newspaper . November 1, 2011, accessed November 3, 2011 . 
57. ^ Presidential election in Kyrgyzstan after a bloody upheaval .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Stern.de  
58. ^ Presidential election in Kyrgyzstan
59. ^ Unclear majorities after elections in Guatemala
60. ↑ Toni Keppler: Ex-guerillero sticks to power. In: the daily newspaper . March 4, 2011, accessed March 4, 2011 . 
61. ↑ taz.de
62. ↑ taz.de
63. ↑ Declaration results nomination presidential election ( memento of the original from September 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Independent Electoral Commission (Gambia) 
64. ↑ stern.de
65. ↑ tagesschau.de ( Memento from September 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
66. ↑ blog.zeit.de
67. ↑ ^{a b} Quarterly Report III 2010, DR Congo. Hanns Seidel Foundation , p. 3
68. ↑ afri-russ-archiv.blog.de ( Memento of the original from August 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
69. ↑ blog.zeit.de
70. ↑ Quick Search Results. IFES Election Guide
71. ↑ google.com accessed October 26, 2012.
72. ^ Country Profile: Gabon - Elections. IFES Election Guide
73. ↑ kas.de wahlfieber.com
74. ↑ Change of power in Transnistria
75. ↑ modernghana.com accessed on November 26, 2011
76. ↑ english.ruvr.ru
77. ↑ eoj.com.jm ( Memento from January 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved November 26, 2011