title: 2006 electoral calendar
text: # 2006 electoral calendar
  
  This electoral calendar 2006 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2006 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referendums are included, although they are not elections. By-elections are not included.
  
  See elections in 2006 for an overview of the 2006 results.
  
  ## January
  
  * 15 January: Chile, President (2nd round)
  * 15 January: Finland, President (1st round)
  * 22 January: Cape Verde, Parliament
  * 22 January: Portugal, President
  * 23 January: Canada, Parliament
  * 25 January: Palestinian National Authority, Parliament
  * 29 January: Finland, President (2nd round)
  
  ## February
  
  * February 5: Costa Rica, President and Parliament
  * February 7: Haiti, President (1st round)
  * February 11: Tokelau, referendum on self-determination
  * February 12: Cape Verde, President
  * February 23: Uganda, President and Parliament
  
  ## March
  
  * 5 March: Benin, President
  * 12 March: El Salvador, Legislature
  * 12 March: Colombia, Legislature
  * 19 March: Belarus, President
  * 26 March: São Tomé and Príncipe, Parliament
  * 26 March: Ukraine, Parliament
  * 28 March: Israel, Parliament
  * 31 March: Samoa, Parliament
  
  ## April
  
  * 2 April: Thailand, Parliament
  * 5 April: Solomon Islands, Parliament
  * 9 April: Peru, President and Parliament
  * 9–10 April: Italy, Parliament
  * 9 April: Hungary, Parliament (1st round)
  * 19 April: Thailand, Senate
  * 21 April: Haiti, Parliament (2nd round)
  * 23 April: Hungary, Parliament (2nd round)
  * 30 April: Laos, Parliament
  
  ## May
  
  * 3 May: Chad, President
  * 6 May: Singapore, Parliament
  * 6–13 May: Fiji, Parliament
  * 14 May: Comoros, President
  * 16 May: Dominican Republic, Legislature
  * 21 May: Montenegro, Referendum on independence
  * 21 May: Cyprus, Legislature
  * 28 May: Colombia, President
  * 31 May: Montserrat, Legislature
  
  ## June
  
  * 2–3 June: Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies
  * 4 June: Peru, President (2nd round)
  * 4 June: San Marino, Parliament
  * 14 June: Switzerland, Federal Council (indirect)
  * 17 June: Slovakia, Parliament
  * 25 June: Mauritania, referendum on the new constitution
  * 29 June: Kuwait, Parliament
  
  ## July
  
  * 2 July: Bolivia, Constituent Assembly
  * 2 July: Mexico, President and Congress
  * 5 July: Macedonia, Parliament
  * 28–30 July : Seychelles, President
  * 30 July: Democratic Republic of the Congo, President and Legislature
  * 30 July: São Tomé and Príncipe, President
  
  ## August
  
  * 3 August: Tuvalu, Parliament
  * 28 August: Guyana, President and Parliament
  
  ## September
  
  * 10 September: Montenegro, Parliament
  * 17 September: Sweden, Parliament
  * 17 September: Transnistria, referendum on closer ties with Russia
  * 20 September: Yemen, President
  * 22 September: The Gambia, President
  * 26 September: Cook Islands, Parliament
  * 28 September: Zambia, President and Parliament
  
  ## October
  
  * 1 October: Austria, Legislature
  * 1 October: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Presidency and Parliament
  * 1 October: Brazil, President (1st round)
  * 7 October: Latvia, Parliament
  * 15 October: Ecuador, President and Parliament
  * 22 October: Bulgaria, President (1st round)
  * 22 October: Panama, Panama Canal expansion referendum.
  * 28–29 October: Serbia, referendum on the new constitution.
  * 29 October: Brazil, President (2nd round)
  * 29 October: Democratic Republic of the Congo, President (2nd round)
  * 29 October: Bulgaria, President (2nd round)
  
  ## November
  
  * 5 November: Nicaragua, President and Parliament
  * 6 November: Tajikistan, President
  * 7 November: United States, House of Representatives and Senate (one third: Class 1 senators)
  * 19 November: Mauritania, Parliament (1st round)
  * 22 November: The Netherlands, Tweede Kamer
  * 23 November: Isle of Man, House of Keys
  * 25 November: Bahrain, Parliament (1st round)
  * 26 November: Ecuador, President (2nd round)
  * 30 November: Gibraltar, Referendum on the new constitution
  
  ## December
  
  * 2 December: Bahrain, Parliament (2nd round)
  * 3 December: Venezuela, President
  * 3 December: Madagascar, President
  * 3 December: Mauritania, Parliament (2nd round)
  * 10 December: Nagorno-Karabakh, constitutional referendum
  * 10 December: Transnistria, President
  * 11 December: Saint Lucia, Parliament
  * 15 December: Iran, Assembly of Experts
  * 16/18 December: United Arab Emirates, Parliament
  * 20 December: United Arab Emirates, Parliament
  * 17 December: Gabon, Parliament
  