Djibouti Presidential Election: April 2021 (due)

Djibouti elections

The Port of Djibouti. Photo credit: Flickr/Ryan Kilpatrick (CC BY-ND 2.0) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Not Free Government Type Presidential Republic Population 3.1 million UPCOMING ELECTIONS Presidential Election April 2021 (due) Local Elections February 2022 (due) Parliamentary… Read More

Cyprus Parliamentary Elections: May 30, 2021

Cyprus elections

The Green Line dividing the northern, Turkish-speaking part of Cyprus from the southern, Greek-speaking part. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Jpatokal (CC BY-SA 3.0) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Free Government Type Presidential Republic Population 1.3 million UPCOMING ELECTIONS Parliamentary Elections… Read More

Bulgaria Parliamentary Elections Take 2: July 11, 2021 and Presidential Election: October/November 2021 (due)

Bulgaria elections

Anti-government protesters calling for – among other things – snap elections in Bulgaria. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Cheep (CC BY-SA 4.0) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Free Government Type Parliamentary Republic Population 7 million UPCOMING ELECTIONS Parliamentary Elections Take 2… Read More

Bosnia and Herzegovina Local Elections Re-Run in Srebrenica and Doboj: February 21, 2021

Bosnia and Herzegovina elections

The iconic Old Bridge in the divided city of Mostar. Following this year’s local elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mostar will hold local elections for the first time since 2008. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Mhare (CC BY-SA 2.5) KEY FACTS Freedom… Read More

Albania Parliamentary Elections: April 25, 2021

Albania elections

Election officials close a polling station during Albania’s 2013 parliamentary elections, as observers look on. Photo credit: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (CC BY-SA 2.0) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Partly Free Government Type Parliamentary Republic Population 3.1 million UPCOMING… Read More

Austria, Vienna State and Municipal Elections: October 11, 2020

Austria elections

A 2008 Social Democratic Party campaign rally in Vienna’s Viktor Adler Market. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Werner Faymann (CC BY-SA 2.0) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Free Government Type Federal Parliamentary Republic Population 8.8 million million UPCOMING ELECTIONS State and… Read More

Egypt Parliamentary Elections: October 24-25, 2020 and Local Elections: 2020 (due)

Egypt elections

A voter in Egypt’s 2012 presidential election shows her inked finger, proof that she voted. Photo credit: VOA/Yuli Weeks (public domain) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Not Free Government Type Presidential Republic Population 104.1 million UPCOMING ELECTIONS Local… Read More

North Macedonia Local Elections: October 2021 (due)

North Macedonia elections

A street in Bitola, North Macedonia. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Duran242 (CC BY-SA 4.0) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Partly Free Government Type Parliamentary Republic Population 2.1 million UPCOMING ELECTIONS Local Elections October 2021 (due) Presidential Election April 2024 (due)… Read More

Pakistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir Elections: June/July 2021 (proposed – date not set yet)

Muzaffarabad, capital of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The city is located in a valley at the confluence of the Neelam and Jhelum rivers. Photo credit: Photo credit: Wikimedia/Obaid747 (CC BY-SA 3.0) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Partly Free… Read More

Kuwait Parliamentary Elections: December 5, 2020

Kuwait elections

Kuwait’s National Assembly building. Photo credit: Wikimedia/xiquinhosilva (CC BY-SA 2.0) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Partly Free Government Type Constitutional Monarchy (Emirate) Population 3 million UPCOMING ELECTIONS Local Elections May 2023 (due) Parliamentary Elections December 2024 (due) PAST… Read More