title: 2012 national electoral calendar
text: # 2012 national electoral calendar
  
  This national electoral calendar for 2012 lists the national/federal elections held in 2012 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.
  
  ## January
  
  * 3–4 January: Egypt, People's Assembly (3rd phase 1st round)
  * 10–11 January: Egypt, People's Assembly (3rd phase 2nd round)
  * 13 January: Kiribati, President
  * 14 January: Taiwan, President and Parliament
  * 15 January: Kazakhstan, Assembly
  * 22 January:
     * Croatia, EU Referendum
     * Finland, President (1st round)
  * 29–30 January: Egypt, Consultative Council (1st phase 1st round)
  
  ## February
  
  * 2 February: Kuwait, Parliament (election nullified)
  * 5 February: Finland, President (2nd round)
  * 5–6 February: Egypt, Consultative Council (1st phase 2nd round)
  * 12 February: Turkmenistan, President
  * 14–15 February: Egypt, Consultative Council (2nd phase 1st round)
  * 18 February: Latvia, Constitutional Referendum
  * 19–21 February: Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Parliament
  * 21 February: Yemen, President
  * 21–22 February: Egypt, Consultative Council (2nd phase 2nd round)
  * 26 February:
     * Senegal, President (1st round)
     * Syria, Constitutional Referendum
  
  ## March
  
  * 2 March: Iran, Parliament (1st round)
  * 4 March: Russia, President
  * 7 March: Belize, House of Representatives
  * 10 March:
     * Abkhazia, Parliament (1st round)
     * Slovakia, Parliament
  * 11 March:
     * El Salvador, Parliament
     * Switzerland, Referendums
  * 17 March: East Timor, President (1st round)
  * 18 March:
     * Guinea-Bissau, President (1st round) (election nullified)
     * Saint Barthélemy, Legislature
     * Saint Martin, Legislature
     * Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Legislature
  * 24 March: Abkhazia, Parliament (2nd round)
  * 25 March:
     * Senegal, President (2nd round)
     * Slovenia, Referendum
     * South Ossetia, President (1st round)
     * Wallis and Futuna, Legislature
  * 29 March: The Gambia, Parliament
  
  ## April
  
  * 8 April: South Ossetia, President (2nd round)
  * 11 April: South Korea, Parliament
  * 16 April: East Timor, President (2nd round)
  * 18 April: Guernsey, Legislature
  * 22 April: France, President (1st round)
  
  ## May
  
  * 3 May: Faroe Islands, Referendum
  * 4 May: Iran, Parliament (2nd round)
  * 6 May:
     * Armenia, Parliament
     * France, President (2nd round)
     * Greece, Parliament
     * Serbia, President (1st round) and Parliament
  * 7 May:
     * Bahamas, House of Assembly
     * Syria, Parliament
  * 10 May: Algeria, National Assembly
  * 20 May:
     * Dominican Republic, President
     * Serbia, President (2nd round)
  * 23–24 May: Egypt, President (1st round)
  * 26 May: Lesotho, National Assembly
  * 31 May: Ireland, Constitutional Referendum
  
  ## June
  
  * 10 June: France, Parliament (1st round)
  * 16–17 June: Egypt, President (2nd round)
  * 17 June:
     * France, Parliament (2nd round)
     * Greece, Parliament
     * Switzerland, Referendums
  * 23 June – 13 July: Papua New Guinea, Parliament
  * 28 June: Mongolia, Parliament
  * 30 June: Iceland, President
  
  ## July
  
  * 1 July:
     * Liechtenstein, Constitutional Referendum
     * Mexico, President, Chamber of Deputies and Senate
     * Senegal, Parliament
  * 7 July:
     * East Timor, Parliament
     * Libya, General National Congress
  * 15 July: Republic of the Congo, National Assembly (1st round)
  * 18 July: Cayman Islands, Referendum
  * 19 July: Nagorno-Karabakh, President
  * 29 July:
     * Republic of the Congo, National Assembly (2nd round)
     * Romania, Impeachment Referendum
  
  ## August
  
  * 19 August: Puerto Rico, Constitutional Referendum
  * 31 August: Angola, Parliament
  
  ## September
  
  * 9 September: Hong Kong, Legislature
  * 12 September: Netherlands, House of Representatives
  * 23 September:
     * Belarus, House of Representatives
     * Pitcairn Islands, Referendum
     * Switzerland, Referendums
  
  ## October
  
  * 1 October: Georgia, Parliament
  * 7 October: Venezuela, President
  * 12–13 October: Czech Republic, Senate (1st round)
  * 14 October:
     * Lithuania, Parliament (1st round) and Referendum
     * Montenegro, Parliament
  * 19 October: Curaçao, Legislature
  * 19–20 October: Czech Republic, Senate (2nd round)
  * 20 October: Iceland, Constitutional Referendum
  * 28 October:
     * Lithuania, Parliament (2nd round)
     * Ukraine, Parliament
  * 30 October: Vanuatu, Parliament
  
  ## November
  
  * 6 November:
     * Palau, President and House of Delegates and Senate
     * United States, President, House of Representatives and Senate
        * American Samoa, Governor (1st round), House of Representatives and Constitutional Referendum
        * Guam, Auditor, Consolidated Commission on Utilities, Education Board, Legislature, Superior Court retention elections and Referendum
        * Northern Mariana Islands, House of Representatives, Senate, Supreme Court retention elections and Constitutional Referendum
        * Puerto Rico, Governor, House of Representatives, Senate and Referendum
        * U.S. Virgin Islands, Board of Education, Board of Elections, Legislature and Referendum
  * 9 November: Turks and Caicos Islands, Legislature
  * 10 November: Ireland, Constitutional Referendum
  * 11 November:
     * San Marino, Parliament
     * Slovenia, President (1st round)
  * 17 November: Sierra Leone, President and Parliament
  * 20 November: American Samoa, Governor (2nd round)
  * 25 November: Switzerland, Referendum
  
  ## December
  
  * 1 December: Kuwait, Parliament
  * 2 December:
     * Burkina Faso, Parliament
     * Slovenia, President (2nd round)
  * 7–8 December: Ghana, President and Parliament
  * 9 December: Romania, Chamber of Deputies and Senate
  * 15 December: Egypt, Constitutional Referendum (1st phase)
  * 16 December: Japan, House of Representatives and Supreme Court retention elections [ja]
  * 17 December: Bermuda, House of Assembly
  * 19 December: South Korea, President
  * 22 December: Egypt, Constitutional Referendum (2nd phase)
  
  ## Indirect elections
  
  The following indirect elections of heads of state and the upper houses of bicameral legislatures took place through votes in elected lower houses, unicameral legislatures, or electoral colleges:
  
  * 3 January: Marshall Islands, President
  * 11 January and 16 March: Moldova, President
  * 19 January, 30 March and 25 June: India, Council of States
  * 29 January: Cambodia, Senate
  * 2 March: Pakistan, Senate
  * 18 March: Germany, President
  * 25 March: Hong Kong, Chief Executive
  * 1 April: San Marino, Captains Regent
  * 2 May: Hungary, President
  * 30 May, 4, 8 and 11 June: Albania, President
  * 30 June – 30 September: Belarus, Council of the Republic
  * 19 July:
     * India, President
     * Samoa, Head of the Government
  * 20 July: Mauritius, President
  * 18 September: Dominica, President
  * 28 September: Morocco, House of Councillors
  * 1 October: San Marino, Captains Regent
  * 21–22 November: Slovenia, National Council
  * 29 December: Algeria, Council of the Nation
  