Election Calendar

Upcoming - date set

  • Palestine - Legislative (May 22 2021)
    Observations: Cancelled: Pending after last 2005 presidential and 2006 legislative polls
  • Tunisia - Referendum (Jan 15 2022)
    Observations: Open via Internet at the Website portal e-istichara.tn from 15th January to 20th March 2022
  • Libya - Presidential (Jan 24 2022)
    Observations: Postponed: originally foreseen for December 24th 2021 and now expected in 2022
  • Somalia - Legislative (Feb 25 2022)
    Observations: Postponed several times due to mounting inestability until 2022. They are supposed to be the first one person one vote elections in Somalian history
  • Lebanon - Legislative (May 15 2022)
  • Mauritania - Legislative (May 13 2023)
  • Turkey - Legislative (Jun 18 2023)

Upcoming - date to be determined

  • Libya - Legislative
    Approximate date: January 2022
    Observations: Postponed in december 2021. Calendar based on August 2020 ceasefire agreement, later modified
  • Somalia - Presidential
    Approximate date: February 2022
    Observations: Due in February 2021, delayed until October 2021 and then again dismissed
  • Mali - Presidential
    Approximate date: February 2022
    Observations: After two military coup d'état (the most recent in May 2021), the ruling Junta offers a 5-year transition period; Mali is under international sanctions
  • Sudan - Legislative
    Approximate date: July 2023
    Observations: Originally the mixed Transition Council formed in 2019 set an election calendar, but October 21 military coup has prolonged the period
  • Mali - Legislative
    Approximate date: October 2023
    Observations: Congress and Senate; foreseen for October and November 2023