Electoral Calendar 2026

11 January

• Benin, parliamentary election — list PR in small magnitude districts

15 January

• Uganda, presidential and legislative election — presidential via classic two-round systems and legislative via first-preference plurality (FPP) in single-member districts

18 January

• Portugal, presidential election (first round) — classic two-round system (top2 runoff voting)

1 February

• Costa Rica, presidential and legislative election — presidential via modified two-round system and legislative via regional closed-list PR

8 February

• Japan, parliamentary election (lower house) — parallel voting: 289 members via first-preference plurality (FPP) in single-member districts, 176 members by regional party-list proportional representation

• Portugal, presidential election (second round) — classic two-round system (top2 runoff voting)

• Thailand, parliamentary election (lower house) — parallel voting: 400 members via first-preference plurality (FPP) in single-member districts, 100 members by party list proportional representation

11 February

• Barbados, parliamentary election (lower house) — first-preference plurality (FPP) in single-member districts

12 February

• Bangladesh, parliamentary election and constitutional referendum — first-preference plurality (FPP) in single-member districts

5 March

• Nepal, parliamentary election (lower house) — parallel voting: 165 members via first-preference plurality (FPP) in single-member districts, 110 members by party list proportional representation

8 March

• Colombia, legislative election — regional party-list PR

• Switzerland, national referendums

22 March

• Slovenia, parliamentary election — de facto national party-list PR

• Italy, constitutional referendum

23 March

• Italy, constitutional referendum

24 March

• Denmark, parliamentary election — de facto national party-list PR

26 March

• Faroe-Islands (Denmark), parliamentary election — party-list PR

4 April

• Maldives, constitutional referendum

12 April

• Hungary, parliamentary election — mixed non-proportional representation ("mixed-member majoritarian") 

• Peru, presidential (first round) and legislative election — presidential via classic two-round system, house of representatives via regional open-list PR, senate via parallel voting

• Benin, presidential election (first round) — classic two-round system (top2 runoff voting)

19 April

• Bulgaria, parliamentary election — regional open-list proportional representation

30 April

• Antigua and Barbuda, parliamentary election — first-preference plurality (FPP) in single-member districts

12 May

• Bahamas, parliamentary election — first-preference plurality (FPP) in single-member districts

17 May

• Cape Verde, parliamentary election — regional closed-list proportional representation

24 May

• Cyprus, parliamentary election — regional open-list proportional representation

30 May

• Malta, parliamentary election — single transferable vote plus two-party top-up

31 May

• Colombia, presidential election (first round) — classic two-round system (top2 runoff voting)

7 June

• Armenia, parliamentary election — closed-list PR modified by majority and minority jackpot

• Kosovo, parliamentary election — 

• Peru, presidential election (second round) — classic two-round system (top2 runoff voting)

14 June

• Switzerland, national referendums

4 July

• Slovakia, national referendums

19 July

• São Tomé and Príncipe, presidential election (first round) — classic two-round system (top2 runoff voting)

13 August

• Zambia, presidential (first round) and legislative election — presidential via classic two-round system, legislative via

13 September

• Sweden, parliamentary election — regional national party-list PR with leveling seats

23 September

• Morocco, parliamentary election (lower house) — 

3 October

• Latvia, parliamentary election — regional open list proportional representation

4 October

• Bosnia and Herzegovina, presidential and legislative election —

• Brazil, presidential (first round) and legislative election —

9-10 October

• Czech Republic, upper-house election — one third of the senate renewed, elected via classic two-round system (top2 runoff voting)

25 October

• Brazil, presidential (second round) — lassic two-round system (top2 runoff voting)

• Bulgaria, presidential election (first round) — classic two-round system (top2 runoff voting)

• Serbia, parliamentary election  — national closed list proportional representation

27 October

• Israel, parliamentary election  — national closed list proportional representation

3 November

• United States, legislative election (midterm) —

5 November

• Grenada, parliamentary election (lower house) — first-preference plurality (FPP) in single-member districts

7 November

• New Zealand, parliamentary election — mixed-member proportional representation

8 November

• Bulgaria, presidential election (second round) — classic two-round system (top2 runoff voting)

15 November

• Cabo Verde, presidential election (first round) — classic two-round system (top2 runoff voting)

29 November

• Spain, parliamentary election  — lower house via regional closed list proportional representation, upper house via regional limited voting

• Switzerland, referendums

• Fiji, constitutional referendum

This is the version of 12.10.2026 of the 2026 Electoral Calendar on Electoral Knowledgebase.

Recommendations for further information:

• Electoral calendar of Europe Elects

• Parties and Elections in Europe (parties-and-elections.eu) 

• National electoral calendar on English Wikipedia

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