2008 elections

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"Electoral democracies" 2008 according to the assessment of "Freedom House"

The elections and referendums listed here took place in 2008 or were scheduled for the date shown.

Far from all of the 2008 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 . The map on the right gives a rough impression of the meaningfulness of the listed elections. It shows those countries in blue that are classified as "electoral democracies" by the Freedom House organization . However, Freedom House's assessments are by no means undisputed in all cases.

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. The following elections took place in 2008 :

Africa

Africa divided by political borders

• On February 8, 2008, the parliamentary elections in Djibouti took place in 2008 .
• The 2008 presidential elections in Ghana took place on December 7, 2008 .
• The 2008 parliamentary elections for Western Sahara (non-recognized state) took place on February 19 .
• Mayotte 2008 general election took place on March 9th and 16th .
• The 2008 presidential elections in Zimbabwe took place on March 29th .
• The 2008 local elections in Zimbabwe took place on March 29 and June 27 (2nd round) .
• The 2008 local elections in Ethiopia took place on April 13th and 20th .
• The 2008 local elections in Gabon took place from April 27-30 .
• The 2008 parliamentary elections in Equatorial Guinea took place on May 4th .
• The 2008 local elections in Sierra Leone took place on July 5th .
• On July 15 and 29, 2008, the presidential elections took place in Anjouan (part of the Comoros , election result of an invasion).
• The Senate elections in the Republic of Congo took place on August 5, 2008 .
• On September 5, 2008, Angola held the 2008 parliamentary elections .
• The parliamentary elections in Rwanda took place from September 15 to 18, 2008 .
• The 2008 parliamentary elections in Mauritius took place on September 19, 2008 .
• On September 19, 2008, the parliamentary elections in Swaziland took place in 2008 .
• The parliamentary elections in South Africa 2008 took place on September 25, 2008 .
• On October 8, 2008, the 2008 Maldives parliamentary elections took place.
• On October 30, 2008, the presidential elections took place in Zambia .
• The 2008 presidential elections in Zambia took place on October 30th .
• The parliamentary elections in Guinea-Bissau took place on November 16, 2008 .
• The 2008 local elections in Mozambique took place on November 19 .
• The parliamentary elections in Ghana took place on December 7, 2008 .
• The 2008 presidential elections in Ghana took place on December 7, 2008 .

America

Both parts of the double continent America

• Parliamentary elections in Paraguay 2008 on April 20th
• 2008 presidential elections in the Dominican Republic on May 16
• 2008 Canadian general election on October 14, 2008
• 2008 general election in Puerto Rico
• General election in Barbados 2008
• Regional elections in Venezuela 2008
• Autonomy referendum in Bolivia 2008
• Local elections in Chile in 2008
• Local elections in Brazil in 2008
• 2008 general election in Puerto Rico
• Constitutional referendum in Ecuador in 2008

United States

Main article : Elections in the United States in 2008

On November 4th, 2008 the following took place:

• the presidential election ( Barack Obama was elected)
• the election to the House of Representatives
• the election to the Senate
• the gubernatorial elections
• many elections to parliaments at state and local level, see English Wikipedia

Asia

Asia , divided according to political borders

• 2008 ROC Legislative Yuan Elections January 12th
• Parliamentary elections in Pakistan on February 18
• 2008 general election in Malaysia on March 8th
• 2008 Iranian general election on March 14th
• Presidential election in the Republic of China (Taiwan) 2008 on March 22nd
• Parliamentary elections in Bhutan in 2008 on March 24th
• General election in South Korea 2008 on April 9th
• Election to the Constituent Assembly of Nepal 2008 on April 10th
• Parliamentary elections in Kuwait 2008 on May 17, 2008
• Parliamentary elections in Mongolia in 2008 on June 29, 2008
• Parliamentary elections in Cambodia 2008 on July 27, 2008
• General election in Bangladesh in 2008 on December 29, 2008
• Constitutional referendum in Myanmar in 2008
• Hong Kong General Election 2008
• Presidential election in Lebanon in 2008
• Presidential election in the Maldives in 2008
• Presidential election in Nepal 2008
• Parliamentary elections in South Korea 2008

Australia / Oceania

Oceania

• Parliamentary elections in Nauru 2008 on April 26th
• New Zealand General Election in 2008 on November 8, 2008
• General election in Palau 2008 on November 4, 2008
• 2008 presidential election in the Marshall Islands
• General election in Tokelau 2008
• General elections in French Polynesia in 2008
• 2008 French Polynesia presidential elections
• Constitutional referendum on Tuvalu in 2008
• Parliamentary elections in Niue 2008
• Senate elections in Guam 2008
• American Samoa General Election in 2008
• American Samoa gubernatorial election 2008
• Vanuatu General Election 2008

Europe

Europe , delimited from Asia on the Ural river and mountains as well as the ridge of the Caucasus

Germany

• The state elections in Hesse took place on January 27, 2008 .
• The state election in Lower Saxony took place on January 27, 2008 .
• On February 24, 2008, the Hamburg state election took place in 2008 .
• The municipal elections in Bavaria took place on March 2, 2008 .
• The municipal elections in Schleswig-Holstein 2008 took place on May 25, 2008 .
• On June 9th, 2008 the local elections in Saxony took place.
• The state elections in Bavaria took place on September 28, 2008 .
• The municipal elections in Brandenburg took place on September 28, 2008 .
• On July 6, 2008, the 2008 by-election for Bremen's citizenship took place.

Italy

• The 2008 parliamentary elections took place in Italy on April 13 and 14 .
• The 2008 regional and local elections took place in Italy on April 13 and 14 .
• December 14th and 15th the regional elections in Abruzzo took place in 2008 .

Austria

• The municipal council election in Graz took place on January 20th, 2008 .
• The state elections in Lower Austria took place on March 9, 2008 .
• The 2008 state elections in Tyrol took place on June 8th .
• On September 28, 2008 , the Austrian National Council election took place.

Switzerland

• On February 10, 2008, replacement elections for one of the two seats in the Council of States took place in the canton of Glarus .
• On March 16, 2008, elections for the Cantonal Council and the Government Council took place in the canton of St. Gallen .
• On March 16, 2008, elections to the Cantonal Council and the Government Council took place in the canton of Schwyz .
• On April 6, 2008, elections for the district administrator and the government council took place in the canton of Uri .
• On April 6, 2008, elections for the Grand Council and the Government Council took place in the canton of Thurgau .
• On August 31, 2008, elections to the Cantonal Council and the Government Council took place in the canton of Schaffhausen .
• On September 14, 2008, elections for the Grand Council and the Government Council took place in the canton of Basel-Stadt .
• Federal Council election 2008

Rest of Europe

• Presidential elections of the Republic of Cyprus on February 17, 2008 and February 24, 2008, see: Dimitris Christofias
• 2008 Russian presidential elections on March 2nd
• General election in Malta 2008 on March 8th
• 2008 Spanish general elections on March 9th
• Presidential elections in Montenegro 2008 on April 6th
• Parliamentary elections in Serbia 2008 on May 11th
• 2008 parliamentary elections in Macedonia on June 1, 2008
• Parliamentary elections in Slovenia in 2008 on September 21, 2008
• Senate elections on September 21, 2008: 1/3 of the members of the French Senate were newly elected
• Parliamentary election in Belarus in 2008 on September 28, 2008
• 2008 parliamentary elections in Lithuania on October 12, 2008
• Parliamentary elections in Romania in 2008 on November 30, 2008
• Election of Sark's Chief Pleas on December 10, 2008
• Presidential elections in Georgia 2008 on January 5th
• 2008 parliamentary elections in Georgia on May 21, 2008
• 2008 presidential election in Azerbaijan on October 15, 2008

Web links

Commons : Elections in 2008  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results