Elections 2018

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National elections 2018

The elections listed below took place in 2018 . The list does not claim to be complete.
Some of the elections listed were not conducted according to internationally recognized democratic standards. Some were bogus elections ; there was also election fraud . Often not all competing candidates or parties had equal access to the country's mass media . The freedom of the press is restricted in many countries around the world (see also the ranking of press freedom ).

Events

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country	date	Election 2018	last choice	comment
Czech Republic	12-13 Jan.	Presidential election in the Czech Republic	2013	( s ); January 12th and 13th 2018 handelsblatt.com
Trinidad and Tobago	Jan. 19	Presidential election in Trinidad and Tobago	2013	( en )
Germany	Jan. 21	Mayor election in Lindau
Germany	Jan. 21	Mayor election in Winnenden
Czech Republic	26.-27. Jan.	Runoff election for the presidential election in the Czech Republic	2013	( en )
Finland	Jan. 28	Presidential election in Finland	2012
Austria	Jan. 28	State election in Lower Austria	2013
Cyprus	Jan. 28	Presidential election in Cyprus	2013	( en ) cyprus-mail.com
Costa Rica	Feb 4	General election in Costa Rica	2014	( en )
Costa Rica	Feb 4	Presidential election in Costa Rica	2014	( en )
Ecuador	Feb 4	Constitutional referendum in Ecuador
Guinea	Feb 4	Local elections in Guinea
Cyprus	Feb 4	Runoff election of the presidential election in Cyprus	2013	deutschlandfunk.de
Germany	Feb 4	Mayor election in Böblingen
Nepal	Feb 7	Election to the National Assembly in Nepal		first election of the newly created National Assembly according to the new constitution of 2015
Bangladesh	Feb 7	Presidential election in Bangladesh 2018
Monaco	Feb 11	Parliamentary election in Monaco	2013	( fr , en )
Belarus	Feb 18	Local elections in Belarus
Djibouti	23 Feb	Election to the National Assembly in Djibouti	2013	( fr , en )
Germany	Feb 25	Mayor election in Frankfurt am Main	2012
Austria	Feb 25	State election in Tyrol	2013
Hungary	Feb 25	Mayoral election in Hódmezővásárhely
Sint Maarten	Feb 26	Parliamentary election in Sint Maarten		( en )
Pakistan	3 March	Senate election in Pakistan	2015
El Salvador	4th of March	General election in El Salvador	2015	( fr )
Italy	4th of March	General election in Italy	2013
Italy	4th of March	Regional choice in Lombardy		( fr )
Austria	4th of March	State election in Carinthia	2013
Switzerland	4th of March	Referendum in Switzerland a . a. Federal popular initiative "Yes to the abolition of radio and television fees (abolition of Billag fees)"	List of federal referendums
Serbia	4th of March	Local election in Serbia
Germany	4th of March	Mayor election in Frankfurt an der Oder
Sierra Leone	7th March	Parliamentary and presidential elections in Sierra Leone	2012
Armenia	9th March	Presidential election in Armenia	2013	( en )
Germany	March 11	Runoff election of the mayor election in Frankfurt am Main	2012
Colombia	March 11	General election in Colombia	2014
Cuba	March 11	General election in Cuba	2013	( en )
Grenada	March 13th	General election in Grenada	2013	( en )
United States	March 13th	Extraordinary election to the United States House of Representatives in Pennsylvania	2016	( en )
Russia	March 18th	Presidential election in Russia	2012
Germany	March 18th	Runoff election of the mayor election in Frankfurt an der Oder
Antigua and Barbuda	March 21st	General election in Antigua and Barbuda	2014	early elections
Netherlands	March 21st	Local election in the Netherlands	2014
Netherlands	March 21st	Referendum on the Law on Intelligence and Security Services
Turkmenistan	25th March	Parliamentary election in Turkmenistan
Egypt	March 26th-28th March	Presidential election in Egypt	2014	( en )
Sierra Leone	March 31	Runoff election for the presidential election in Sierra Leone	2012	dw.com
Costa Rica	April 1st	Runoff election of the presidential election in Costa Rica	2014	( en )
Hungary	April 8th	Parliamentary election in Hungary	2014
Azerbaijan	11 April	Presidential election in Azerbaijan	2013	( en ) orf.at
Gambia	12. April	Regional elections in Gambia	2013
Germany	April 15th	Local elections in Thuringia	2014	Runoff elections on April 29th
Montenegro	April 15th	Presidential election in Montenegro	2013	(en)
Bhutan	20th of April	Election to the National Council in Bhutan	2013
Germany	April 22	District election in Brandenburg
Austria	April 22	State election in Salzburg	2013
Austria	April 22	Local council and mayor election in Innsbruck	2012
Paraguay	April 22	Parliamentary and presidential elections in Paraguay	2013	( fr )
Cambodia	April 23	Senate election in Cambodia
Greenland	April 24th	Parliamentary election in Greenland	2014
Gabon	April 28	General election in Gabon	2011	( fr )
Germany	April 29	Runoff election of the municipal elections in Thuringia
United Kingdom	May 3rd	Local elections in the UK		( en )
Germany	May 6th	Runoff election for the district council in Brandenburg
Germany	May 6th	second round of the mayoral election in Freiburg
Germany	May 6th	Local elections in Schleswig-Holstein	2013
Austria	May 6th	Runoff election of the mayoral election in Innsbruck	2012
French Polynesia	May 6th	General election in French Polynesia
Lebanon	May 6th	Parliamentary election in Lebanon	2009	( en )
Malaysia	May 9	General election in Malaysia	2013	( en )
Gambia	12th of May	Regional elections in Gambia	2013
Iraq	12th of May	Parliamentary election in Iraq	2014	( en )
East Timor	12th of May	Parliamentary election in East Timor	2017
Philippines	May 14th	Local elections in the Philippines
jersey	May 16	General election in Jersey
Burundi	17th of May	Constitutional referendum in Burundi
Venezuela	May 20th	Presidential election in Venezuela	2013	( en , it )
Barbados	May 24th	General election in Barbados	2013	( en )
Ireland	25. May	Referendum to abolish the abortion ban
Germany	May 27th	District elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Colombia	May 27th	Presidential election in Colombia	2014	( en , it )
Slovenia	3rd of June	Parliamentary election in Slovenia	2014	siol.net
Switzerland	June 10th	Referendum in Switzerland	List of federal referendums
Colombia	17th of June	Runoff election for the presidential election in Colombia	2014	( en , it )
Turkey	June 24th	Parliamentary election in Turkey	2015	orf.at
Turkey	June 24th	Presidential election in Turkey	2014	orf.at
Mexico	July 1	Federal elections in Mexico	2015	( en )
Pakistan	July 25th	Parliamentary election in Pakistan	2013
Cambodia	29th of July	Parliamentary election in Cambodia	2013	( en )
Mali	29th of July	Presidential election in Mali	2013
Zimbabwe	30th July	General election and presidential election in Zimbabwe	2013 en
Mali	Aug 12	Runoff election of the presidential election in Mali	2013
Swaziland	Aug 18	Elections in Swaziland	2013
Mauritania	Sep 1	Parliamentary election in Mauritania		( en )
Russia	Sep 9	Regional elections in Russia
Russia	Sep 9	Mayoral election in Moscow
Sweden	Sep 9	Election to the Swedish parliament	2014
Bhutan	Sep 15	First round of elections to the National Assembly in Bhutan	2013
Syria	16 Sep	Local elections in Syria
Swaziland	21 Sep	Second round of elections in Swaziland	2013
Nigeria	22 Sep	Parliamentary election in Nigeria
Germany	23 Sep	Runoff election for the mayor election in Meißen
Germany	23 Sep	Mayor election in Potsdam	2010
Maldives	23 Sep	Presidential election in the Maldives		( en )
Switzerland	23 Sep	Referendum in Switzerland	List of federal referendums
Macedonia	Sep 30	Referendum in Macedonia
Finland	August	Provincial elections in Finland	-
Latvia	Oct 6	Parliamentary election in Latvia	2014
Romania	6-7 Oct	Constitutional referendum in Romania		( en )
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Oct 7	Parliamentary election in Bosnia and Herzegovina	2014	( en )
Brazil	Oct 7	General election , presidential election and gubernatorial election in Brazil	2014	( en )
Peru	Oct 7	Regional and local elections in Peru
Cameroon	Oct 7	Presidential election in Cameroon	2011	( en )
Sao Tome and Principe	Oct 7	Parliamentary election in Sao Tome and Principe
Austria	1-8 Oct	three referendums in Austria
Belgium	Oct 14	Local elections in Belgium
Germany	Oct 14	State election in Bavaria	2013	Wahlrecht.de
Luxembourg	Oct 14	Chamber election in Luxembourg	2013
Bhutan	Oct 18	Second round of elections to the National Assembly	2013
Afghanistan	20./27. Oct	General election in Afghanistan	2010	( en )
Italy	Oct 21	State election in South Tyrol	2013
Italy	Oct 21	State election in Trentino	2013
Poland	Oct 21	Municipal elections in Poland	2014
Ireland	Oct 26	Presidential election in Ireland	2011	( en )
Ireland	Oct 28	Referendum on the 37th Amendment to the Constitution
Brazil	Oct 28	Second round of parliamentary and presidential elections in Brazil	2014	( en )
Germany	Oct 28	State election in Hesse	2013
Germany	Oct 28	Referendums in Hesse	2011
Georgia	Oct 28	Presidential election in Georgia	2013	( en )
Israel	Oct. 30	Local elections in Israel
New Caledonia	Nov 4	Independence referendum in New Caledonia
Poland	Nov 4	Runoff election in the local government elections in Poland	2014
United States	Nov 6	Elections in the United States
Madagascar	Nov 7	Presidential election in Madagascar	2013	( en ) Runoff election on December 19th
Slovakia	Nov 10	Local elections in Slovakia
Ukraine	Nov 11	Election in Eastern Ukraine
Israel	Nov 13	Runoff election of the mayoral election in Jerusalem
Fiji	Nov 14	General election in Fiji	2014
Bahrain	Nov. 24	General election in Bahrain
Taiwan	Nov. 24	Local elections and referendum		( s ); ( s ); ( s );
Switzerland	Nov 25	Referendum in Switzerland	List of federal referendums
United States	Nov 27	Mississippi Extraordinary Senate runoff ballot	2014	( en )
Georgia	Nov 28	Runoff election of the presidential election in Georgia	2013	( en )
Spain	Dec 2	Parliamentary election in Andalusia	2015
Switzerland	Dec 5	Federal Council election	2017
Armenia	9 Dec	Parliamentary election in Armenia
Peru	9 Dec	Constitutional referendum in Peru		( en )
Libya	Dec 10	Parliamentary election and presidential election in Libya	2014	( en ) euronews.com
Madagascar	19 Dec	Runoff election of the presidential election in Madagascar	2013	( en )
Togo	Dec 20	Parliamentary election in Togo		( en )
Bangladesh	Dec 30	General election in Bangladesh	2014	( en )
Democratic Republic of Congo	Dec 30	Presidential , parliamentary and regional elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

See also

• List of important election dates and terms in Germany
• List of likely election dates in Germany
• List of future election dates in Austria
• Elections in the United States 2018

Web links

Commons : Elections in 2018  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• electionguide.org
• Maximiliano Herrera elections
• ndi.org/electionscalendar
• aceproject.org
• electionworld.org
• mapsofworld
• 2018 African election calendar
• Caribbean Elections
• Election dates for Germany
• Swiss voting dates without content
• 2018 African election calendar
• Africa's Most Challenging Elections in 2018

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ sueddeutsche.de. Süddeutsche Zeitung , January 21, 2018, accessed on August 21, 2020 . 
3. ^ Gabriel González: Showdown in Ecuador . Deutsche Welle , February 3, 2018
4. ↑ Ecuadorians against Eternal Presidents ( Memento of the original from February 6, 2018 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. 
5. ^ Guinea Local
6. ↑ Kathrin Haasis: stuttgarter-zeitung.de Stuttgarter Zeitung, February 4, 2018
7. ^ Hamid elected president for second term. The Daily Star, February 7, 2018, accessed January 12, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Belarus Local
9. ^ Pakistan Senatorial
10. ↑ Referendum of March 4, 2018
11. ↑ Referendum in Switzerland Blank voting dates
12. ↑ Serbia Local
13. ↑ Local elections in Belgrade, Bor and Arandjelovac called - election day on March 4th
14. ↑ Serbia: Elections in Belgrade will take place on March 4th!
15. ↑ Local election in Belgrade (only one week online - Interstate Broadcasting Treaty )
16. ^ Colombia Parliamentary
17. ↑ Claudia Seiring: tagesspiegel.de Der Tagesspiegel, May 4, 2018
18. ^ Antigua and Barbuda House of Representatives, Elections In 2014. Inter-Parliamentary Union, accessed September 15, 2018 . 
19. ↑ Turkmenistan New Parliament elected.
20. ↑ How the zealot became a favorite , see also Fabricio Alvarado Muño
21. ↑ Marriage for All makes the choice
22. ↑ Voters in Costa Rica decide on future president in a runoff election
23. ↑ Costa Rica elects a new president
24. ↑ Local elections 2018 in Thuringia: Where do you vote? Who is running? , Thuringian General , March 2, 2018
25. ↑ Declaration of the Results of the National Council Elections 2018 for the Third Parliament of Bhutan - Election Commission of Bhutan. Retrieved September 14, 2018 (American English). 
26. ↑ Jens Blankennagel: election in Brandenburg AfD wants first district administrator in Germany . In: Berliner Zeitung , April 16, 2018
27. ↑ District election in Brandenburg Six districts elect a new district administrator , Nordkurier , April 16, 2018
28. ↑ How does the district election work in Brandenburg? , Märkische Oderzeitung , April 16, 2018
29. ↑ IPU PARLINE database: Cambodia (Senate), General information. Inter-Parliamentary Union, accessed September 27, 2018 . 
30. ↑ Local elections in Thuringia Voters called for a runoff election in districts and municipalities
31. ^ Democraticdashboard.com
32. ↑ More power to the regions - decentralization processes in England , Erik Albrecht, Deutschlandfunk - " Background " from May 2, 2018
33. ↑ Daniel Zylbersztajn: Great Britain before the local elections - Come to change . taz , May 2, 2018
34. ↑ Newcastle: 96-year-old Florence Kirkby runs in the local elections - you're never too old for politics
35. ↑ festages-weltweit.com
36. ↑ Live blog to read the runoff election in four districts, CDU wins twice
37. ↑ Two CDU district administrators directly elected, AfD in the runoff election, black eye for SPD
38. ^ District elections in Brandenburg If the loser wins
39. ↑ CDU wins two district elections
40. ↑ Valerie Höhne: Mayor election in Freiburg - The Sun King wavers . Spiegel Online , May 1, 2018
41. ↑ Local elections 2018: On May 6th to the ballot box
42. ↑ This is how the local elections work in Schleswig-Holstein
43. ↑ Quiz: Can You Local Election? shz.de
44. ↑ festages-weltweit.com
45. ↑ Lebanon Cabinet agrees to May elections, refers to vote law to Parliament , The Daily Star June 14, 2017
46. ↑ Malaysia: Parliamentary elections on May 9th, 2018, election day declared as a public holiday ( memento of the original from April 22nd, 2018 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. 
47. ↑ Foundation Parliamentary Election Campaign In Malaysia there is corruption
48. ↑ Parliamentary elections with a cinematic history
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53. ↑ lemonde.fr
54. ↑ afrique.latribune.fr
55. ↑ fr.africanews.com
56. ↑ rfi.fr
57. ↑ April 26, 2018 Election campaign in Venezuela with diametrical economic recipes
58. ↑ April 25, 2018 Evo Morales: US President Trump urged intervention in Venezuela
59. ↑ Venezuela Controversial election on April 22nd
60. ↑ Presidential election in Venezuela to be brought forward
61. ↑ Presidential election in Venezuela to be brought forward
62. ^ Voting in April presidential election in Venezuela brought forward
63. ↑ Presidential election in Venezuela to be brought forward
64. ↑ Presidential election in Venezuela should be brought forward
65. ↑ Maduro is preparing his re-election . NZZ , February 2, 2018
66. ↑ On May 25, Ireland announces a referendum on abortion , Kleine Zeitung , March 28, 2018
67. ↑ Dublin Ireland holds referendum on abortion . Zeit Online , September 26, 2017
68. ^ New district administrators: One winner, three runoff elections , Tagesschau May 28, 2018
69. ^ District elections : Debate about low participation Stefan Ludmann, NDR 1 Radio MV , Tagesschau May 28, 2018
70. ↑ Referendum of June 10, 2018
71. ↑ Referendum in Switzerland Blank voting dates
72. ↑ Mexico General
73. ↑ ( en )
74. ^ SZ dossier election in Pakistan
75. ^ FAZ topic Pakistan
76. ↑ Before election in Pakistan Former judge is new interim head of government in Pakistan May 28, 2018
77. ↑ Jens Borchers: Mali before the presidential election Only migrants ensure development . Deutschlandfunk Kultur 23.07.2018, Deutschlandfunk 24.7.2018
78. ^ Mali Presidential
79. ↑ ( en )
80. ^ Everything you need to know about Mali 2018 presidential election
81. ↑ Mali election officials end strike, easing fears for July 29 elections
82. ^ Three predictions about Mali's 2018 presidential election
83. ↑ Big turnout of voters forecast for Zimbabwe election. timeslive.com.za, June 11, 2018, accessed June 17, 2018 . 
84. ↑ Jens Borchers: Mali before the presidential election Only migrants ensure development . Deutschlandfunk Kultur 23.07.2018, Deutschlandfunk 24.7.2018
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87. ^ Everything you need to know about Mali 2018 presidential election
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89. ^ Three predictions about Mali's 2018 presidential election
90. ^ Before the elections in Mauritania The political awakening of the slave children
91. ^ Opposition eliminated Before parliamentary elections in Mauritania: anti-slavery activist imprisoned
92. ↑ Russia: Opposition politician Navalny arrested . Zeit Online , August 25, 2018
93. ↑ Demonstrations, elections, opposition Russia, Kremlin critic Navalny arrested in Moscow , n-tv , 25 August 2018
94. ↑ The election campaign begins in Russia . russland.news, August 11, 2018
95. ↑ spiegel.de September 10, 2018
96. ^ Syria Voting in War
97. ^ Nigeria Gubernatorial
98. ^ Frank Richter Former civil rights activist in the election in Meißen, Saxony
99. ↑ A small political miracle in Saxony
100. ↑ After the election is before the election What's next in Meißen?
101. ↑ Referendum on September 23, 2018
102. ↑ Referendum in Switzerland Blank voting dates
103. ↑ Victoria Eglau: Latin America The tolerance for corruption is disappearing Deutschlandfunk , February 19, 2018
104. ↑ Brazil General
105. ↑ Sebastian Grundberger, Jasmin Wölbl: The ballot box in turbulent times (PDF), accessed on October 17, 2018.
106. ↑ Cameroon has presidential elections in early October . orf.at, July 10, 2018; accessed on July 10, 2018.
107. ↑ Information about the Belgian local elections belgieninfo.net
108. ↑ Local elections in Belgium - breakdown in Brussels October 14, 2018
109. ↑ Mood test for the Belgian government in local elections In Belgium, the municipal councils in the 589 municipalities in the country are elected on Sunday. Der Stern , October 14, 2018
110. ↑ News1 (AFP - Journal) Election mood test for Belgian government in local elections
111. ^ Afghanistan Delays Election in Province as Key Security Leader Is Buried
112. ↑ Afghanistan wants to catch up with the 2015 parliamentary elections in October
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122. ↑ fes.de
123. ↑ The French archipelago of New Caledonia votes on November 4th on their independence. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, March 20, 2018, accessed on April 13, 2018 . 
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142. ↑ Taiwan, Asia's democracy tiger with Swiss genes November 22, 2018
143. ↑ Before regional elections - mood test for government critical of China in Taiwan , Deutschlandfunk Audio November 23, 2018 (1/2 year online)
144. ↑ admin.ch
145. ^ Karl Dietrich Mäurer: Switzerland referendums on the Kuhhorn policy. Deutschlandfunk November 22, 2018
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149. ↑ dw.com
150. ↑ caucasuswatch.de
151. ↑ aargauerzeitung.ch
152. ↑ zeit.de
153. ↑ zeit.de
154. ↑ derstandard.at
155. ↑ dw.com
156. ↑ n-tv.de
157. ^ Presidential elections in Congo postponed three days before the vote
158. ↑ L'élection présidentielle en RD Congo se tiendra finalement le 23 December 2018