List of elections in 2016

Africa

Benin Republic

• 2016 Beninese presidential election 6 March 2016

  Cape Verde

• 2016 Cape Verdean presidential election 2 October 2016

  Chad

• 2016 Chadian presidential election 10 April 2016

  Djibouti

• 2016 Djiboutian presidential election 8 April 2016

  Equatorial Guinea

• 2016 Equatorial Guinean presidential election 24 April 2016

  Gambia

• 2016 Gambian presidential election 1 December 2016

  Gabon

• 2016 Gabonese presidential election 27 August 2016

  Ghana

• 2016 Ghanaian general election 7 December 2016

  Morocco

• 2016 Moroccan general election 7 October 2016

  Niger

• 2016 Nigerien general election 21 February and 20 March 2016

  Nigeria

• 2016 Edo State gubernatorial election 28 September 2016
• Gubernatorial elections for Ondo State, Bayelsa State, Kogi State

  Republic of Congo

• 2016 Republic of the Congo presidential election 20 March 2016

  São Tomé and Príncipe

• 2016 São Tomé and Príncipe presidential election 17 July and 7 August 2016

  Senegal

• 2016 Senegalese constitutional referendum 20 March 2016

  Seychelles

• 2016 Seychellois parliamentary election 8–10 September 2016

  South Africa

• 2016 South African municipal election 3 August 2016

  Somalia

• 2016 Somali parliamentary election 23 October and 10 November 2016
• 2016 Somali presidential election 8 February 2016

  Uganda

• 2016 Ugandan general election 18 February 2016

  Zambia

• 2016 Zambian general election 11 August 2016
• 2016 Zambian constitutional referendum 11 August 2016

  Asia

Japan

• 2016 Japanese House of Councillors election 10 July 2016

  Hong Kong

• 2016 Hong Kong legislative election 4 September 2016

  India

• 2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election 4 and 11 April 2016
• 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election 4 and 11 April 2016
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election 16 May 2016
• 2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election 16 May 2016
• 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election 16 May 2016

  Iran

• 2016 Iranian legislative election 26 February 2016

  Kazakhstan

• 2016 Kazakhstani legislative election 20 March 2016

  Kuwait

• 2016 Kuwaiti general election 26 November 2016

  Mongolia

• 2016 Mongolian legislative election 29 June 2016

  Philippines

• 2016 Philippine general election
• * 2016 Philippine presidential election
• * 2016 Philippine Senate election
• * 2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections
• * 2016 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election
• * 2016 Philippine gubernatorial elections
• 2016 Philippine barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections ''''

  South Korea

• 2016 South Korean legislative election 13 April 2016

  Syria

• 2016 Syrian parliamentary election 13 April 2016

  Republic of China (Taiwan)

• 2016 Republic of China legislative election 16 January 2016
• 2016 Republic of China presidential election 16 January 2016

  Vietnam

• 2016 Vietnamese legislative election 22 May 2016

  Uzbekistan

• 2016 Uzbekistani presidential election 4 December 2016

  Europe

Austria

• 2016 Austrian presidential election 24 April and 22 May 2016

  Bulgaria

• 2016 Bulgarian presidential election 6 and 13 November 2016

  Czech Republic

• 2016 Czech Senate election 7-8 and 14–15 October 2016
• 2016 Czech regional elections 7–8 October 2016

  Croatia

• 2016 Croatian parliamentary election 11 September 2016

  Georgia

• 2016 Georgian parliamentary election 8 October 2016

  Germany

• 2016 Baden-Württemberg state election 13 March 2016
• 2016 Rhineland-Palatinate state election 13 March 2016
• 2016 Saxony-Anhalt state election 13 March 2016
• 2016 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election 4 September 2016
• 2016 Berlin state election 18 September 2016

  Hungary

• 2016 Hungarian migrant quota referendum 2 October 2016

  Iceland

• 2016 Icelandic presidential election 25 June 2016
• 2016 Icelandic parliamentary election 29 October 2016

  Ireland

• 2016 Irish general election 26 February 2016

  Isle of Man

• 2016 Manx general election 22 September 2016

  Italy

• 2016 Italian constitutional referendum 4 December 2016

  Lithuania

• 2016 Lithuanian parliamentary election 9 and 23 October 2016

  Macedonia

• 2016 Macedonian parliamentary election 11 December 2016

  Moldova

• 2016 Moldovan presidential election 30 October 2016

  Montenegro

• 2016 Montenegrin parliamentary election 16 October 2016

  Portugal

• 2016 Portuguese presidential election 24 January 2016
• 2016 Azores regional election 16 October 2016

  Romania

• 2016 Romanian local election 5 June 2016
• 2016 Romanian legislative election 11 December 2016

  Russia

• 2016 Russian legislative election 18 September 2016

  Serbia

• 2016 Serbian parliamentary election 24 April 2016

  Slovakia

• 2016 Slovak parliamentary election 5 March 2016

  Spain

• 2016 Spanish general election 26 June 2016
• 2016 Basque parliamentary election 25 September 2016
• 2016 Galician parliamentary election 25 September 2016

  United Kingdom

• 2016 National Assembly for Wales election 5 May 2016
• 2016 United Kingdom local elections 5 May 2016
• 2016 London mayoral election 5 May 2016
• 2016 London Assembly election 5 May 2016
• 2016 Bristol mayoral election 5 May 2016
• 2016 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections 5 May 2016
• 2016 Scottish Parliament election 5 May 2016
• 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election 5 May 2016
• 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum 23 June 2016

  North America

Canada

• 2016 Manitoba general election 19 April 2016
• 2016 Saskatchewan general election 4 April 2016

  Dominican Republic

• 2016 Dominican Republic general election 15 May 2016

  Haiti

• February 2016 Haitian presidential election 14 February 2016
• November 2016 Haitian presidential election 20 November 2016

  Jamaica

• 2016 Jamaican local elections - November 28, 2016
• 2016 Jamaican general election - February 25, 2016

  Nicaragua

• 2016 Nicaraguan general election 6 November 2016

  United States

• 2016 United States elections:
• * 2016 United States presidential election 8 November 2016
• * 2016 United States Senate elections 8 November 2016
• * 2016 United States House of Representatives elections 8 November 2016
• * 2016 United States gubernatorial elections 8 November 2016

  South America

Brazil

• 2016 Brazilian municipal elections 2 and 30 October 2016

  Chile

• 2016 Chilean municipal election

  Peru

• 2016 Peruvian general election 10 April 2016

  Oceania

Australia

• 2016 Australian Capital Territory election 15 October 2016
• 2016 Australian federal election 2 July 2016
• 2016 Northern Territory general election 27 August 2016

  Kiribati

• 2016 Kiribati presidential election 9 March 2016

  Nauru

• 2016 Nauruan parliamentary election 9 July 2016

  New Zealand

• 2016 New Zealand local elections 8 October 2016

  Samoa

• 2016 Samoan general election 4 March 2016

  Vanuatu

• 2016 Vanuatuan general election 22 January 2016