1999 elections
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The elections and referendums that are not fully listed here took place in 1999 or were scheduled for the date indicated. “ Direct election ”, “referendum” or “referendum” means an election by all eligible residents of a country or region. Far from all of the 1999 elections listed here were conducted in accordance with 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 .
Due to the large number of elections that are held worldwide each year, the list cannot claim to be exhaustive. In any case, the aim is to list all elections of at least national importance:
Africa
- On February 27, 1999, the 1999 Nigerian presidential election took place.
- On July 18, 1999, the constitutional referendum took place in Niger 1999 .
- On November 30, 1999 and December 1, 1999 the presidential elections in Namibia took place in 1999 .
- On December 1st, 1999, the parliamentary elections in Namibia took place.
- The 1999 presidential election in Mozambique took place from December 3, 1999 to December 5, 1999 .
- The 1999 parliamentary elections were held in Mozambique from December 3, 1999 to December 5, 1999 .
- The general election in South Africa took place on June 6, 1999 .
- The 1999 presidential elections in Niger took place on October 17, 1999 and November 24, 1999 .
- The 1999 parliamentary elections in Niger took place on November 24, 1999 .
- The parliamentary elections in Tunisia took place on October 24, 1999 .
- The presidential election in Tunisia 1999 took place on October 24, 1999 .
America
- On April 25, the primaries for the 1999 presidential election in Uruguay took place.
- The 1999 elections in Uruguay took place on October 31 and November 28 .
- The 1999 United States gubernatorial elections were held on October 23 and November 4 .
- The parliamentary elections in Greenland took place on February 16, 1999 .
Asia
- 1999 presidential election in Kazakhstan on January 10, 1999.
- The 1999 parliamentary election in Turkey took place on April 18 .
- Parliamentary election in Israel 1999 on May 17, 1999
- The 1999 independence referendum took place in East Timor from July 16 to August 5 .
- September 5 to October 3: General election in India 1999
- General election in Kazakhstan 1999 on October 10, 1999.
- Presidential election in Sri Lanka on December 21, 1999
Europe
- The 1999 European elections took place from June 10th to 13th .
Germany
- The election of the German Federal President took place on May 23, 1999 .
- The state election in Hesse took place on February 7, 1999 .
- The general election in Bremen took place on June 6th in 1999 .
- The state elections in Brandenburg took place on September 5th in 1999 .
- The state elections in Saarland took place on September 5th in 1999 .
- The state elections in Thuringia took place on September 12th in 1999 .
- The state elections in Saxony took place on September 19, 1999 .
- On October 10, 1999 , the election for the Berlin House of Representatives took place.
Estonia
- The 1999 parliamentary elections in Estonia took place on March 7th .
Finland
- The 1999 parliamentary elections in Finland took place on March 21st .
Iceland
- The general election in Iceland took place on May 8, 1999 .
Austria
- On October 3, 1999 , the Austrian National Council election took place.
- The state elections in Carinthia took place on March 7, 1999 .
- The state elections in Salzburg took place on March 7, 1999 .
- The state elections in Tyrol in 1999 took place on March 7th .
- The state elections in Vorarlberg took place on September 19, 1999 .
Portugal
- The general election in Portugal took place on October 10, 1999 .
Russia
- On December 19, 1999 , the parliamentary elections in Russia took place.
Switzerland
- On March 11, 1999 , the Federal Council's replacement election took place.
- The 1999 Swiss parliamentary elections took place on October 24th .
- The 1999 Federal Council elections took place on December 15 .
Slovakia
- The 1999 presidential election in Slovakia took place on May 15 and 29 .
United Kingdom
- The 1999 general election in Scotland took place on May 6th .
- On May 6, 1999 , the National Assembly election for Wales took place.