List of the most recent elections by country
This article is a list of most recent general elections by country. Those listed include presidential elections and those held for legislatures, lower and upper house elections.
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| Country | President | Parliament | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower House | Upper House | ||
 Abkhazia |
2025 | 2022 | |
 Afghanistan |
Autocracy[1][2][3] (2016; installed 2021) |
Appointed[4] | |
 Åland |
Indirectly-elected | 2023 | |
 Albania |
Indirectly-elected (2022) | 2025 | |
 Algeria |
2024 | 2021 | Appointed/indirectly-elected (2025) |
 American Samoa |
2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
 Andorra |
Monarchy | 2023 | |
 Angola |
Indirectly-elected | 2022 | |
 Anguilla |
Monarchy | 2025 | |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
Monarchy | 2023 | Appointed |
 Argentina |
2023 | 2023 | 2023 |
 Armenia |
Indirectly-elected (2022) | 2021 | |
 Aruba |
Monarchy | 2024 | |
.svg.png){kind=small} Australia |
Monarchy | 2025 | 2025 |
 Austria |
2022 | 2024 | Indirectly-elected |
 Azerbaijan |
2024 | 2024 | |
 Bahamas |
Monarchy | 2021 | Appointed |
 Bahrain |
Monarchy | 2022 | Appointed |
 Bangladesh |
Indirectly-elected (2023) | 2026 | |
 Barbados |
Indirectly-elected | 2026 | Appointed |
 Belarus |
2025 | 2024 | Appointed/indirectly-elected |
.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
Monarchy | 2024 | Appointed/indirectly-elected |
 Belize |
Monarchy | 2025 | Appointed |
 Benin |
2021 | 2026 | |
 Bermuda |
Monarchy | 2025 | Appointed |
 Bhutan |
Monarchy | 2023-24 | 2023 |
 Bolivia |
2025 | 2025 | 2025 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2022 | 2022 | Indirectly-elected |
 Botswana |
Indirectly-elected | 2024 | Appointed/indirectly-elected |
 Brazil |
2022 | 2022 | 2022 |
 British Virgin Islands |
Monarchy | 2023 | |
 Brunei |
Monarchy | Appointed | |
 Bulgaria |
2024 | 2024 | |
 Burkina Faso |
2020 | 2020 | |
 Burundi |
2020 | 2025 | Indirectly-elected |
 Cambodia |
Monarchy | 2023 | Appointed/indirectly-elected |
 Cameroon |
2025 | 2020 | Indirectly-elected |
.svg.png){kind=small} Canada |
Monarchy | 2025 | Appointed |
 Cape Verde |
2021 | 2021 | |
 Cayman Islands |
Monarchy | 2025 | |
 Central African Republic |
2025 | 2025 | |
 Chad |
2024 | 2024 | |
 Chile |
2025 | 2025 | 2025 |
 People's Republic of China |
Indirectly-elected (2023) | Indirectly-elected (2022-2023) | |
 Republic of China |
2024 | 2024 | |
 Colombia |
2022 | 2026 | 2026 |
 Comoros |
2024 | 2025 | |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo |
2023 | 2023 | Indirectly-elected |
 Republic of the Congo |
2026 | 2022 | Indirectly-elected |
 Cook Islands |
Monarchy | 2022 | |
 Costa Rica |
2026 | 2026 | |
 Croatia |
2024–2025 | 2024 | |
 Cuba |
Indirectly-elected (2023) | 2023 | |
 Cyprus |
2023 | 2021 | |
 Czech Republic |
2023 | 2025 | 2024 |
 Denmark |
Monarchy | 2026 | |
 Djibouti |
2021 | 2023 | |
 Dominica |
Indirectly-elected | 2022 | |
 Dominican Republic |
2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
 East Timor |
2022 | 2023 | |
 Ecuador |
2025 | 2025 | |
 Egypt |
2023 | 2025 | 2025 |
 El Salvador |
2024 | 2024 | |
 Equatorial Guinea |
2022 | 2022 | |
 Eritrea |
None | None | |
 Estonia |
Indirectly-elected (2021) | 2023 | |
 Eswatini |
Monarchy | 2023 | Appointed/indirectly-elected |
 Ethiopia |
Indirectly-elected | 2021 | Indirectly-elected |
 Falkland Islands |
Monarchy | 2025 | |
 Fiji |
Indirectly-elected | 2022 | |
 Finland |
2024 | 2023 | |
 France |
2022 | 2024 | Indirectly-elected (2023) |
 Gabon |
2025 | 2025 | Indirectly-elected |
 Gambia |
2021 | 2022 | |
 Georgia |
Indirectly-elected (2024) | 2024 | |
 Germany |
Indirectly-elected (2022) | 2025 | Indirectly-elected |
 Ghana |
2024 | 2024 | |
 Gibraltar |
Monarchy | 2023 | |
 Greece |
Indirectly-elected | 2023 | |
 Grenada |
Monarchy | 2022 | Appointed |
 Guatemala |
2023 | 2023 | |
 Guernsey |
Monarchy | 2025 | |
 Guinea |
2025 | 2020 | |
 Guinea-Bissau |
2025 | 2025 | |
 Guyana |
Indirectly-elected | 2025 | |
 Haiti |
2016–17 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Honduras |
2025 | 2025 | |
 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
Indirectly-elected (2022) | 2021 | |
 Hungary |
Indirectly-elected (2024) | 2022 | |
 Iceland |
2024 | 2024 | |
 India |
Indirectly-elected (2022) | 2024 | Appointed/indirectly-elected (2025) |
 Indonesia |
2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
 Iran |
2024 | 2024 | |
 Iraq |
Indirectly-elected (2022) | 2025 | |
 Republic of Ireland |
2025 | 2024 | Appointed/indirectly-elected |
 Israel |
Indirectly-elected | 2022 | |
 Italy |
Indirectly-elected (2022) | 2022 | 2022 |
 Ivory Coast |
2025 | 2025 | Appointed/indirectly-elected (2023) |
 Jamaica |
Monarchy | 2025 | Appointed |
 Japan |
Monarchy | 2026 | 2025 |
 Jersey |
Monarchy | 2022 | |
 Jordan |
Monarchy | 2024 | Appointed |
 Kazakhstan |
2022 | 2023 | Appointed/indirectly-elected (2023) |
 Kenya |
2022 | 2022 | 2022 |
 Kiribati |
2024 | 2024 | |
 North Korea |
Indirectly-elected | 2026 | |
 South Korea |
2025 | 2024 | |
 Republic of Kosovo |
Indirectly-elected | Dec 2025 | |
 Kuwait |
Monarchy | 2024 | |
 Kyrgyzstan |
2021 | 2025 | |
 Laos |
Indirectly-elected | 2026 | |
 Latvia |
Indirectly-elected | 2022 | |
 Lebanon |
Indirectly-elected | 2022 | |
 Lesotho |
Monarchy | 2022 | Appointed |
 Liberia |
2023 | 2023 | 2023 |
 Libya |
Provisional | 2014 | |
 Liechtenstein |
Monarchy | 2025 | |
 Lithuania |
2024 | 2024 | |
 Luxembourg |
Monarchy | 2023 | |
 Macao Special Administrative Region |
Indirectly-elected (2024) | 2025 | |
 Madagascar |
2023 | 2024 | Appointed/indirectly-elected |
 Malawi |
2020 | 2020 | |
 Malaysia |
Monarchy | 2022 | Appointed/indirectly-elected |
 Maldives |
2023 | 2024 | |
 Mali |
2018 | 2020 | |
 Malta |
Indirectly-elected (2024) | 2022 | |
 Isle of Man |
Monarchy | 2021 | |
 Marshall Islands |
Indirectly-elected | 2023 | |
 Mauritania |
2024 | 2023 | |
 Mauritius |
Indirectly-elected | 2024 | |
 Mexico |
2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
 Micronesia |
Indirectly-elected | 2025 | |
 Moldova |
2024 | 2021 | |
 Monaco |
Monarchy | 2023 | |
 Mongolia |
2021 | 2024 | |
 Montserrat |
Monarchy | 2024 | |
 Montenegro |
2023 | 2023 | |
 Morocco |
Monarchy | 2021 | Indirectly-elected |
 Mozambique |
2024 | 2024 | |
 Myanmar |
Indirectly-elected | 2025-26 | 2025-26 |
 Namibia |
2024 | 2024 | Indirectly-elected |
 Nauru |
Indirectly-elected (2023) | 2022 | |
 Nepal |
Indirectly-elected (2023) | 2026 | Indirectly-elected (2024) |
 Netherlands |
Monarchy | 2025 | Indirectly-elected (2023) |
 New Zealand |
Monarchy | 2023 | |
 Nicaragua |
2021 | 2021 | |
 Niger |
2020–21 | 2020–21 | |
 Nigeria |
2023 | 2023 | 2023 |
 Niue |
Monarchy | 2023 | |
 Northern Cyprus |
2025 | 2022 | |
 North Macedonia |
2024 | 2024 | |
 Norway |
Monarchy | 2025 | |
 Oman |
Monarchy | 2023 | Appointed |
 Pakistan |
Indirectly-elected (2024) | 2024 | Indirectly-elected (2024) |
 Palau |
2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
 Palestine |
2005 | 2006 | |
 Panama |
2024 | 2024 | |
 Papua New Guinea |
Monarchy | 2022 | |
 Paraguay |
2023 | 2023 | 2023 |
 Peru |
2021 | 2021 | |
 Philippines |
2022 | 2025 | 2025 |
 Pitcairn Islands |
Monarchy | 2023 | |
 Poland |
2020 | 2023 | 2023 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Portugal |
2026 | 2025 | |
 Qatar |
Monarchy | 2021 | |
 Romania |
2025 | 2024 | 2024 |
 Russia |
2024 | 2021 | Indirectly-elected |
 Rwanda |
2024 | 2024 | Appointed/indirectly-elected |
 Sahrawi Republic |
Indirectly-elected (2023) | 2023 | |
 Saint Helena |
Monarchy | 2025 | |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Monarchy | 2022 | |
 Saint Lucia |
Monarchy | 2025 | Appointed |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Monarchy | 2020 | |
 Samoa |
Indirectly-elected (2022) | 2025 | |
 San Marino |
Indirectly-elected | 2024 | |
 São Tomé and Príncipe |
2021 | 2022 | |
 Saudi Arabia |
Monarchy | Appointed | |
 Senegal |
2024 | 2024 | Appointed/indirectly-elected |
 Serbia |
2022 | 2023 | |
 Seychelles |
2025 | 2025 | |
 Sierra Leone |
2023 | 2023 | |
 Singapore |
2023 | 2025 | |
 Slovakia |
2024 | 2023 | |
 Slovenia |
2022 | 2026 | |
 Solomon Islands |
Monarchy | 2024 | |
 Somalia |
Indirectly-elected (2022) | Indirectly-elected (2021–2022) | |
 Somaliland |
2024 | 2021 | Appointed |
 South Africa |
Indirectly-elected | 2024 | Indirectly-elected |
 South Ossetia |
2022 | 2024 | |
 South Sudan |
2010 | 2010 | Appointed/indirectly-elected |
 Spain |
Monarchy | 2023 | 2023 |
 Sri Lanka |
2024 | 2024 | |
 Sudan |
Provisional | Provisional | |
 Suriname |
Indirectly-elected | 2025 | |
 Sweden |
Monarchy | 2022 | |
.svg.png){kind=small} Switzerland |
Indirectly-elected | 2023 | 2023 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Syria |
2021 | 2024 | |
 Tajikistan |
2020 | 2025 | Appointed/indirectly-elected |
 Tanzania |
2025 | 2025 | |
 Thailand |
Monarchy | 2026 | Indirectly-elected (2024) |
.svg.png){kind=small} Togo |
2025 | 2024 | |
 Tonga |
Monarchy | 2025 | |
.svg.png){kind=spacer} Transnistria |
2021 | 2025 | |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
Indirectly-elected | 2025 | Appointed |
 Tunisia |
2024 | 2022–2023 | |
 Turkey |
2023 | 2023 | |
 Turkmenistan |
2022 | 2023 | |
 Turks and Caicos Islands |
Monarchy | 2025 | |
 Tuvalu |
Monarchy | 2024 | |
 Uganda |
2026 | 2026 | |
 Ukraine |
2019 | 2019 | |
 United Arab Emirates |
Monarchy | 2023 | |
.svg.png){kind=small} United Kingdom |
Monarchy | 2024 | Appointed |
 United States |
2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
 Uruguay |
2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
 Uzbekistan |
2023 | 2024 | Appointed/indirectly-elected |
 Vanuatu |
Indirectly-elected (2025) | 2025 | |
.svg.png){kind=small} Vatican City |
Elective monarchy (2025) |
Appointed | |
 Venezuela |
2024 | 2025 | |
 Vietnam |
Indirectly-elected | 2026 | |
 Yemen |
2012 | 2003 | |
 Zambia |
2021 | 2021 | |
 Zimbabwe |
2023 | 2023 | 2023 |
See also
- List of next general elections
References
- ^ "Taliban sources – Afghan Taliban appoint Mansour as leader". Reuters. Peshawar, Pakistan. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
The shura held outside Quetta unanimously elected Mullah Mansour as the new emir of the Taliban
- ^ Ramachandran, Sudha (10 September 2021). "What Role Will the Taliban's 'Supreme Leader' Play in the New Government?". The Diplomat. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
At the time of his appointment as Taliban chief by the Rahbari Shura (leadership council)
- ^ Jones, Seth G. (December 2020). "Afghanistan's Future Emirate? The Taliban and the Struggle for Afghanistan". CTC Sentinel. 13 (11). Combating Terrorism Center. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
an autocratic political system that eschews democracy
- ^ Sayed, Abdul (8 September 2021). "Analysis: How Are the Taliban Organized?". Voice of America. Retrieved 7 July 2022.