Elections 2010
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The elections and referendums listed here took place in 2010 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 2010 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 two adjacent maps should provide an orientation. You are trying to roughly classify the countries of the world in 2010 according to their degree of democracy according to the - in some cases also controversial - criteria of the Freedom House Index.
Africa
America
| country | date | choice | Cycle (years) |
last choice |
Art | comment |
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 Chile
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Jan. 17 | Presidential election | ||||
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Jan. 22 | Parliamentary elections | ||||
 St. Kitts and Nevis
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Jan. 25 | Parliamentary elections | ||||
 Anguilla
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Feb 15 | Parliamentary elections | ||||
 Costa Rica
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Feb 7 | Presidential election | ||||
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Costa Rica
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Feb 7 | Parliamentary elections | ||||
| Bonaire | 26th of March | referendum | on the dissolution of the confederation of states with the Netherlands and incorporation of Bonaire into the Dutch state as a special municipality | |||
 Colombia
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the 14th of March | Parliamentary elections and Senate elections | June 20th presidential runoff election | |||
 Uruguay
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May 9 | Local elections | ||||
 Dominican Republic
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May 16 | Parliamentary elections | parallel senate elections | |||
 Trinidad and Tobago
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May 24th | Parliamentary elections | ||||
 Suriname
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25. May | Parliamentary elections | ||||
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Colombia
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30th May | Presidential election | June 20 runoff election | |||
 Venezuela
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26 Sep | Parliamentary elections | ||||
 Brazil
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Oct. 3 | Presidential election | also elections to the federal parliament, governors and respective state parliaments, October 31, run-off election for president | |||
 United States
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Nov 2 | Mid-term elections | Partial election of the House of Representatives and the Senate | |||
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United States
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Nov 2 | Gubernatorial elections | Election of 37 governors from 50 states | |||
 St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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13 Dec | Parliamentary elections |
Asia
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Afghanistan
- September 18 - direct election of the Wolesi Jirga
Azerbaijan
- November 7th - Parliamentary election in Azerbaijan 2010 - Direct election of the Azerbaijani unicameral parliament
Bahrain
- October 23 parliamentary elections
Nagorno-Karabakh
- May 24th - direct election of the Nagorno-Karabakh unicameral parliament
Myanmar
- November 7th general election
Iraq
- March 7th - Direct election of the Iraqi National Assembly
Japan
- July 11th - Direct election of half of the House of Lords of Japan
- February to December - direct election of the governors of the prefectures of Ishikawa , Kyoto , Shiga , Wakayama , Kagawa , Nagasaki , Ehime , Okinawa , Miyazaki
- December 12th - direct election of the Ibaraki Prefectural Parliament
Jordan
- November 9th general election
Kyrgyzstan
- June 27 - Constitutional referendum on the establishment of a Parliamentary Republic
- October 10th - general election
Northern Cyprus
- April 18th - direct election of the President of North Cyprus
Transnistria
- December 12th general election
Philippines
- May 10 - Elections in the Philippines , u. a. Direct election of the Philippine President , the House of Representatives , half of the Senate , numerous governors, as well as mayors and other municipal offices
Sri Lanka
- January 26 - Direct election of the Sri Lankan President
- April 8th - Sri Lanka general election
Tajikistan
- February 28 - Direct election of the Tajik House of Commons
- March 25 - direct election of the Tajik Senate
Turkey
- September 12th - constitutional referendum in Turkey , u. a. on strengthening equality and the trade unions and restricting the political influence of the Turkish military
Europe
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Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- October 3: presidential and parliamentary elections
Germany
Election of the Federal President
State elections and referendums at the state level
- May 9 - State election in North Rhine-Westphalia
- July 4th - referendum on "Protection of non-smokers" in Bavaria
Local elections
- January 10th - Election of the district administrator in the district
- January 24th - Election of the district administrator of Wittmund
- February 7th - Election of the district administrator of Groß-Gerau
- February 28 - Election of the district administrator in the Uckermark district
- March 7th - Election of the Lord Mayor in Schweinfurt
- the 14th of March
- Election of the Lord Mayor of Frankfurt (Oder)
- Election of the district administrator of Dillingen an der Donau
- April 25th - Election of the Mayor of Freiburg im Breisgau
- May 9th - Repetition of the mayor election in Dortmund
- May 30th - Election of the mayor of Neu-Isenburg
- July 4th - District election in the district
- September 19 - Election of the Lord Mayor of Potsdam
- September 19th - Election of the local mayor of Driedorf
- October 3rd run-off election for the Lord Mayor of Potsdam
- October 31 - Election of the district administrator in the Schaumburg district
- November 14th Großrosseln and Mettlach in Saarland runoff election for mayors
France
- March 14th - regional elections
- March 21st - 2nd round of regional elections
Georgia
- May 30 - local elections
Greece
- February 3rd - indirect election of the President of Greece
- November 7th and 14th regional and local elections
Iceland
- March 6 - Referendum on the so-called Icesave Act , which provided for compensation payments to bank customers in Great Britain and the Netherlands
- November 27th Constituent Assembly
Italy
- March 28th and 29th - regional elections
Kosovo
December 12th general election
Croatia
- January 10th - Croatian President's runoff election (direct election)
Latvia
- October 2nd - direct election of Saeima
Moldova
- November 28th general election
Netherlands
- March 3rd - direct election of the respective municipal council in 394 of the 431 municipalities
- June 9th - direct election of the Second Chamber of the States General
Austria
Election of the Federal President
- April 25th - direct election of the Austrian Federal President
State elections
- May 30th - direct election of the Burgenland Parliament
- September 26th - direct election of the Styrian Landtag
- October 10th - direct election of the Vienna State Parliament
Local elections
- March 14th - City council and mayoral elections in Tyrol
- Municipal council elections in Lower Austria (except for the statutory cities of St. Pölten , Krems an der Donau and Waidhofen an der Ybbs )
- Elections to the respective municipal council and mayor direct elections in Tyrol (except Innsbruck )
- Municipal council and mayoral elections in Vorarlberg
- March 21 - municipal council elections in Styria
- October 10th - City council elections in Vienna
Poland
- June 20th - direct election of the Polish President
- July 4th - President's runoff election
- November 21 - Local elections in Poland
Russia
- October 10 local and regional elections
Sweden
- September 19 - direct election to the Swedish Parliament
Switzerland
- March 7 - Referendum on the question of whether the conversion rate for calculating pensions in the second pillar should be reduced to 6.4 percent by 2016
- March 7th - Referendum on the popular initiative «Against cruelty to animals and for better legal protection of animals (animal welfare advocate initiative)»
- March 7th - Referendum on the constitutional article on human research
- September 26 - Referendum on the amendment of the Unemployment Insurance Act
- November 28th - Referendum on the popular initiative "For the deportation of criminal foreigners (deportation initiative)"
- November 28th - Referendum on the Federal Council's counter-proposal to the deportation initiative
- November 28th - Referendum on the popular initiative “For fair taxes. Stop the abuse in tax competition (tax justice initiative) "
Federal Council elections
- September 22nd - Replacement elections for the successors of the resigning Federal Councilors Moritz Leuenberger ( SP ) and Hans-Rudolf Merz ( FDP ) by the United Federal Assembly
Council of States elections
- January 24th - Runoff election for a seat in the Council of States in the Canton of Solothurn
- March 7th - Replacement election for a seat in the Council of States in the canton of Uri
- April 25th - 2nd ballot for a Council of States seat in Uri
Cantonal elections
- March 7th - Elections for the government council in the cantons
- March 28th - Grand Council election in Bern
- April 25 - Replacement election for two government council seats in Schwyz
- May 2nd - 2nd ballot for two government council seats in Nidwalden
- June 13th
- 2. Ballot of substitute elections for two government council seats in Schwyz
- Cantonal elections in Graubünden
- Election of the district administrator in Glarus
- October 3rd - Cantonal elections in Zug
- October 24th - Cantonal elections in the Jura
Local elections
- March 7th - Election to the respective municipal councils in Zurich , Winterthur and other Zurich cities
Slovakia
- June 12th - direct election of the Slovak National Council
Slovenia
Parts of the bay of Piran , the Slovenian Riviera and Istria ; The Dragonja can be seen in blue , the St. Odoric Canal in cyan and the border declared by Slovenia in yellow
- June 6th - Referendum on a border conflict with Croatia
Spain
- November 28th regional elections in Catalonia
Czech Republic
- May 28th and 29th - direct election of the Czech House of Representatives
- October 15th - 16th Senate election + Mayor election Prague
- October 22-23 Senate runoff election
Hungary
- April 11th and 25th - direct election of the Hungarian unicameral parliament
- October 3rd municipal elections
Ukraine
- January 17th - direct election of the Ukrainian President
- February 7th - runoff election for the Ukrainian President
- October 31 - local elections
United Kingdom
- May 6th - Direct election to the House of Commons
- May 6 - Local elections in the boroughs of London and partial (re-election of only part of the electorate) in other councils in England
Belarus
- December 19 - direct election of the Belarusian President
Oceania
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American Samoa
- November 2, 2010 Constitutional Referendum in American Samoa
Australia
- March 20 - Direct election of the House of Commons and indirect election of half the members of the House of Lords in the state of South Australia
- August 21 - General Election in Australia
- Elections to the parliaments of the Australian states:
- March 20 - South Australia
- March 20 - Tasmania
- November 27 - Victoria (plus indirect election of the House of Lords)
Cook Islands
- November 17th 2010 Cook Islands General Election and referendum to reduce Cook Islands MPs
Guam
- November 2 - 2010 Guam gubernatorial election
- November 2 - Parliamentary elections in Guam 2010 (election to the Liheslaturan Guåhan or English Legislature of Guam )
Nauru
- February 27 - constitutional referendum Nauru 2010 , u. a. to President instead of the previous indirect election by the case, the direct election of the Nauruan Nauruan unicameral be implemented
- April 24th - Direct election with a simple, non-transferable vote of the Nauruan unicameral parliament
- November 1st - Presidential elections in Nauru 2010
New Zealand
- October 9 - New Zealand local elections 2010
Solomon Islands
- August 4th - 2010 general election in the Solomon Islands for the Solomon Islands National Parliament
Tonga
- November 25th general election
Web links
Commons : Elections in 2010 - collection of images, videos and audio files
- 2010 elections in member countries of the OECD (English)
- ElectionGuide Digest . International Foundation for Electoral Systems (English)
- Martin Fehndrich (provider): The next state and local elections in Germany . Wahlrecht.de, overview of the state and local elections in Germany in the period 2010–2014
- mariolechner.wordpress.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ freedomhouse.org (PDF)
- ↑ Governing party wins parliamentary elections in Burundi . ( Memento from September 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) dw -world.de, July 27, 2010
- ↑ english.people.com.cn
- ↑ af.reuters.com
- ^ New elections, new alliances in Iraq . DW -World.de; Retrieved June 15, 2010
- ↑ Hardened fronts . tagesspiegel .de; August 11, 2010
- ↑ saarbruecker-zeitung.de ( memento of the original from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ The new election ghost is chased away. In: sueddeutsche .de. November 8, 2010, accessed May 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Local elections - Papandreou's ruling party sees itself confirmed. In: Focus Online. Retrieved May 5, 2019 .
- ↑ das-polen-magazin.de
- ↑ swissinfo.ch
- ↑ derstandard.at
- ↑ de.reuters.com
- ↑ Massive no to lower the conversion rate . NZZ Online; Retrieved June 15, 2010
- ↑ "A victory for all of Europe" . ( Memento from September 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Website of the Kleine Zeitung , June 7, 2010
- ↑ Catalonia regional election. Zeit Online , November 2010
- ↑ Local elections 2010. In: Ukraine-Nachrichten. Retrieved May 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Deutschlandfunk - Die Nachrichten - Reading. Retrieved on May 5, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Ukraine before the local elections. Retrieved May 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Ukraine: Constitutional amendment at any cost? Retrieved May 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Andreas Stein: Ukrainian opposition warns of election fraud in local elections and wants to implement changes to the electoral law. In: Ukraine News. Retrieved May 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Nauru to hold constitutional referendum ( Memento of the original of July 7, 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. Australia Network.Retrieved June 15, 2010.
