Counting votes during Jordan’s 2016 elections. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Mohammad Hajeer (CC BY-SA 4.0) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Partly Free Government Type Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy Population 10.8 million UPCOMING ELECTIONS Local Elections August 2021 (due) Parliamentary Elections November… Read More
Voters in Iraq’s 2005 elections show their ink-stained index fingers – proof that they voted. Photo credit: United States Marine Corps/Staff Sgt. Jim Goodwin (public domain) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Not Free Government Type Federal Parliamentary Republic… Read More
Campaign posters in Uganda’s 2011 elections. Photo credit: Flickr/Gabriel White (CC BY-SA 2.0) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Not Free (downgraded from Partly Free in 2019) Government Type Presidential Republic Population 40.9 million UPCOMING ELECTIONS Presidential and Parliamentary… Read More
Voters in Somaliland’s 2012 municipal elections. Photo credit: VOA/Kate Stanworth (public domain) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Partly Free Government Type De facto independent state (technically part of the Federal Parliamentary Republic of Somalia) Population 3.5 million UPCOMING… Read More
Somali members of Parliament line up in the Mogadishu Airport hangar to vote in the indirect presidential election on February 8, 2017. Photo credit: Flickr/Ilyas Ahmed, UN (public domain) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Not Free Government Type Federal… Read More
Voters waiting to cast their ballots in Senegal’s 2019 presidential election. Photo credit: VOA/Seydina Aba Gueye (public domain) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Partly Free (down from Free in 2020) Government Type Semi-Presidential Republic Population 3.1 million UPCOMING… Read More
A voter in during the 2015 elections in Seychelles. Photo credit: Seychelles News Agency/Rassin Vannier (CC-BY) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Partly Free Government Type Presidential Republic Population 95,981 UPCOMING ELECTIONS Presidential and Legislative Elections October 2025 (due)… Read More
Voting during Nigeria’s 2015 elections. Photo credit: Flickr/Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (CC BY-SA 2.0) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Partly Free Government Type Federal Presidential Republic Population 214 million UPCOMING ELECTIONS Edo State Gubernatorial Election September 19, 2020 Ondo State Gubernatorial… Read More
This year will see several sets of elections in Niger. The Agadez Mosque – the tallest adobe structure in the world, built in 1515 – in Agadez, Niger. Photo credit: Flickr/Dan Lundberg (CC BY-SA 2.0) KEY FACTS Freedom… Read More
Jordan Local and Gubernatorial Elections: August 2021 (due)
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Last Updated: May 12, 2021 by 21votes
Counting votes during Jordan’s 2016 elections. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Mohammad Hajeer (CC BY-SA 4.0) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Partly Free Government Type Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy Population 10.8 million UPCOMING ELECTIONS Local Elections August 2021 (due) Parliamentary Elections November… Read More
Iraq Early Parliamentary Elections: October 10, 2021
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Last Updated: January 18, 2022 by 21votes
Voters in Iraq’s 2005 elections show their ink-stained index fingers – proof that they voted. Photo credit: United States Marine Corps/Staff Sgt. Jim Goodwin (public domain) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Not Free Government Type Federal Parliamentary Republic… Read More
Uganda Presidential and Parliamentary Elections: January 14, 2021
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Last Updated: November 14, 2020 by 21votes
Campaign posters in Uganda’s 2011 elections. Photo credit: Flickr/Gabriel White (CC BY-SA 2.0) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Not Free (downgraded from Partly Free in 2019) Government Type Presidential Republic Population 40.9 million UPCOMING ELECTIONS Presidential and Parliamentary… Read More
Somaliland Presidential Election: November 13, 2022
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Last Updated: January 18, 2022 by 21votes
Voters in Somaliland’s 2012 municipal elections. Photo credit: VOA/Kate Stanworth (public domain) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Partly Free Government Type De facto independent state (technically part of the Federal Parliamentary Republic of Somalia) Population 3.5 million UPCOMING… Read More
Somalia, Indirect Legislative Elections: Due, Indirect Presidential Election: By February 25, 2022 (tentative – preceded by indirect legislative elections)
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Last Updated: January 18, 2022 by 21votes
Somali members of Parliament line up in the Mogadishu Airport hangar to vote in the indirect presidential election on February 8, 2017. Photo credit: Flickr/Ilyas Ahmed, UN (public domain) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Not Free Government Type Federal… Read More
Senegal Local Elections: January 23, 2022
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Last Updated: January 17, 2022 by 21votes
Voters waiting to cast their ballots in Senegal’s 2019 presidential election. Photo credit: VOA/Seydina Aba Gueye (public domain) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Partly Free (down from Free in 2020) Government Type Semi-Presidential Republic Population 3.1 million UPCOMING… Read More
Seychelles Presidential and Legislative Elections: October 22-24, 2020
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Last Updated: October 26, 2020 by 21votes
A voter in during the 2015 elections in Seychelles. Photo credit: Seychelles News Agency/Rassin Vannier (CC-BY) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Partly Free Government Type Presidential Republic Population 95,981 UPCOMING ELECTIONS Presidential and Legislative Elections October 2025 (due)… Read More
Nigeria, Edo State Gubernatorial Election: September 19, 2020 and Ondo State Gubernatorial Election: October 10, 2020
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Last Updated: June 25, 2020 by 21votes
Voting during Nigeria’s 2015 elections. Photo credit: Flickr/Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (CC BY-SA 2.0) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Partly Free Government Type Federal Presidential Republic Population 214 million UPCOMING ELECTIONS Edo State Gubernatorial Election September 19, 2020 Ondo State Gubernatorial… Read More
Niger Presidential Runoff: February 21, 2021
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Last Updated: February 23, 2021 by 21votes
This year will see several sets of elections in Niger. The Agadez Mosque – the tallest adobe structure in the world, built in 1515 – in Agadez, Niger. Photo credit: Flickr/Dan Lundberg (CC BY-SA 2.0) KEY FACTS Freedom… Read More
Namibia Local and Regional Elections: November 25, 2020
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Last Updated: November 25, 2020 by 21votes