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Africa

Posted: September 15, 2026 by 21votes Leave a Comment

September 14, 2026

The central mosque in Banjul, capital city of The Gambia. Photo credit: Wikimedia/tjabeljan (CC BY 2.0)

Upcoming Africa Elections

South Africa Local Elections: November 4, 2026

S’thembile Cele, Bloomberg (September 8, 2026): South African Poll shows ANC leading in Johannesburg before vote

Gambia Presidential Election: December 5, 2026

Pap Saine and Malick Njie, Reuters (September 11, 2026): Gambia bans protests without permits after unrest over power cuts

South Sudan General Elections: December 22, 2026 (further delays likely)

Guyo Chepe Turi and Said Abdullahi, ISS (September 15, 2026): Credible elections are no longer possible in South Sudan – what next?

Fabrizio Floris, Afrique XXI (September 11, 2026): In South Sudan, the drums of war return

Kenya General Elections: August 10, 2027

Oliver-Twist Amani, Mail and Guardian (September 11, 2026): Ruto’s election gamble turns toxic in Kenya

Human Rights Watch (September 11, 2026): Kenya: Organized Gang Attacks in Lead-Up to Elections

Past Africa Elections

Ethiopia General Elections: June 1, 2026

Antonio Cascais, DW (September 9, 2026): How Ethiopia’s constitutional reform gives PM more power

Americas

Posted: March 7, 2025 by 21votes Leave a Comment

A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in the Americas, usually posted on Saturdays and occasionally updated throughout the week.

Farmland in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Sveta Fedarava (CC0 1.0)

Upcoming Americas Elections

Belize General Elections: March 12, 2025

Zolla Palma, Breaking Belize News (February 24, 2025): Decision 2025 countdown; 90 candidates apply to contest General Elections

Antigua and Barbuda, Barbuda Council Elections: March 26, 2025

Antigua Observer (February 25, 2025): Barbuda Council Elections date announced

Ecuador Presidential Runoff: April 13, 2025 (following first round on February 9)

BN Americas (February 27, 2025): Ecuador’s economy in wait-and-see mode ahead of April runoff

Canada General Elections: By October 20, 2025 (earlier elections possible)

Jesus Mesa, Newsweek (February 26, 2025): Canada Election Shock as Liberals Pull Ahead: Poll

Jessica Murphy and Nadine Yousif, BBC (February 24, 2025): Who might replace Trudeau as Liberal Party leader?

Argentina Legislative Elections: October 26, 2025

Reuters (February 27, 2025): Argentina meme coin scandal dents Milei’s hunt for election allies

Past Americas Elections

Canada, Provincial Elections in Ontario: February 27, 2025

Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters (February 28, 2025): Progressive Conservative party wins Ontario election, CBC reports

Jim Morris, AP (February 27, 2025): Doug Ford reelected as Ontario’s premier with mandate to fight Trump tariffs

Anguilla (British Overseas Territory) Legislative Elections: February 26, 2025

Loop (February 27, 2025): Cora Richardson-Hodge elected as first female Premiere of Anguilla

Bermuda (British Overseas Territory) House of Assembly Elections: February 18, 2025

Turks and Caicos Sun (February 25, 2025): Ruling Progressive Labour Party Re-Elected In Bermuda

Uruguay Presidential Runoff: November 24, 2024

AP (March 1, 2025): Uruguay’s new leftist president takes office, facing a financial balancing act

Arturo C. Porzecanski, Americas Quarterly (February 25, 2025): Uruguay: Orsi’s Main Challenge

Regional Analysis

Jorgelina do Rosario, Vinícius Andrade and Carolina Wilson, Bloomberg (February 24, 2025): Early Election Trade Is Brewing for Latin America Investors

Asia

Posted: March 4, 2025 by 21votes Leave a Comment

February 28, 2025

A weekly review of key news and analysis of elections in Asia and the Indo-Pacific, usually posted on Fridays and occasionally updated throughout the week.

Highrises in the Sengkang area of Singapore. Photoc credit: Wikimedia/Sengkang (copyright for free use)

Upcoming Asia/Pacific Elections

Australia Federal Parliamentary Elections: By May 17, 2025 (earlier date possible)

Bang Xiao, ABC News (February 27, 2025): China favours Labor over the Coalition in the next election. Here’s how we know

Singapore Parliamentary Elections: By November 23, 2025

Philip J. Heijmans, Bloomberg (February 28, 2025): Singapore PM Defends Election Year Handouts After Criticism

Bangladesh General Elections: TBD

Al Jazeera (February 28, 2025): Bangladesh students who deposed PM Hasina form party to fight elections

United News of Bangladesh (February 24, 2025): Local govt elections in Bangladesh unlikely before June: CEC

Eurasia

Posted: February 28, 2025 by 21votes Leave a Comment

February 27, 2025

A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in Eurasia, usually posted on Thursdays and occasionally updated throughout the week.

Statute of the 9th/10th century poet Rudaki in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Eritasardakan77 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Upcoming Eurasia Elections

Tajikistan Legislative Elections: March 2, 2025 (lower house) and March 28, 2025 (upper house)

The Economist (February 27, 2025): The election in Tajikistan is unlikely to be democratic

RFE/RL (February 23, 2025 – podcast): Tajikistan’s Descent Into Despotism

Ukraine Presidential and Legislative Elections: Postponed indefinitely due to war (originally due in 2024)

ABC News (February 25, 2025): Ukraine parliament affirms no elections during wartime in rebuff to Trump

Past Eurasia Elections

Uzbekistan Parliamentary and Local Elections: October 27, 2024

Under Islam Karimov, who ruled Uzbekistan from independence until his death in 2016, Uzbekistan was a brutal dictatorship. His successor, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has branded himself as a reformer. However, Freedom House notes: “While reforms adopted since President Shavkat Mirziyoyev took office in 2016 have led to improvements on some issues, Uzbekistan remains an authoritarian state with few signs of democratization. No opposition parties operate legally.”

OSCE (February 26, 2025): Uzbekistan: Parliamentary Elections, 27 October 2024 – Final Report