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Africa Elects: Calendar

2025
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros National parliament 12 January
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa Bushbuckridge Ward 24 local by-election 15 January
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa Raymond Mhlaba Ward 4 local by-election 22 January
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa Local by-elections 5 February
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa Local by-elections 12 February
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo National parliament (upper house) 15 February
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo Presidential (indirect) ~February
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Madeira (Portugal) Parliament 23 March
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon National parliament
Presidential (first round)
12 April
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi National parliament 5 June
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia Local ~June
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia National parliament (lower house) ~July
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi National parliament
Presidential (first round)
16 September
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles National parliament
Presidential (first round)
27 September
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau Presidential (first round) 27 September
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia Regional parliament
National parliament (upper house)
Presidential (indirect)
~September
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon Presidential (first round) by 5 October
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cรดte dโ€™Ivoire Presidential (first round) ~October
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt National parliament (lower house)
National parliament (upper house)
~October
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ Tanzania National parliament
Presidential (first round)
~October
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia Local
Regional parliaments
25 November
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia National parliament (upper house (indirect)) ~November
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic National parliament
Presidential (first round)
31 December
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar National parliament (upper house (indirect)) ~December
2026
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda National parliament
Presidential
by 12 January
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic National parliament ~January
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cรดte dโ€™Ivoire National parliament (lower house) 31 March
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Republic of the Congo Presidential (first round) ~March
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin Presidential ~April
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cape Verde National parliament ~April
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti Presidential (first round) ~April
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic National parliament ~April
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ณ Somaliland National parliament ~May
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria National parliament by 12 June
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sรฃo Tomรฉ and Prรญncipe Presidential (first round) ~July
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia National parliament
Presidential (first round)
by 13 August
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia National parliament ~September
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco National parliament ~September
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sรฃo Tomรฉ and Prรญncipe National parliament ~September
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cape Verde Presidential (first round) ~October
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan National parliament (lower house)
National parliament (upper house (indirect))
22 December
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ The Gambia Presidential ~December
2027
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin National parliament 11 January
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria National parliament (lower house)
National parliament (upper house)
Presidential (first round)
27 February
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ The Gambia National parliament ~April
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Ceuta (Spain) Parliament by 23 May
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Melilla (Spain) Parliament by 23 May
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi Presidential ~May
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡จ Canary Islands (Spain) Parliament by 27 June
๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡น Mayotte (France) Parliament ~June
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช Rรฉunion (France) Parliament ~June
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Republic of the Congo National parliament (lower house) ~July
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal National parliament ~July
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya National parliament (lower house)
National parliament (upper house)
Presidential (first round)
10 August
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola National parliament
Presidential
~August
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea National parliament (lower house)
National parliament (upper house)
~November
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia National parliament (lower house) ~December
2028
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti National parliament ~February
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho National parliament (lower house) ~February
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania National parliament ~May
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leone National parliament
Presidential (first round)
~June
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe National parliament (lower house)
National parliament (upper house)
President (first round)
~August
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cรดte dโ€™Ivoire National parliament (upper house) ~September
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini National parliament (lower house) ~September
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini National parliament (upper house (indirect)) ~October
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar Presidential (first round) ~November
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana National parliament
Presidential (first round)
7 December
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Democratic Republic of the Congo National parliament (lower house)
Regional parliaments
Local
Presidential
20 December
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad National parliament (lower house) ~December
2029
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros Presidential (first round) ~January
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal Presidential (first round) ~March
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Democratic Republic of the Congo National parliament (upper house (indirect)) 29 April
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo National parliament (lower house) ~April
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad Presidential (first round) ~May
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar National parliament (lower house) ~May
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa National parliament (lower house)
Eastern Cape regional parliament
Free State regional parliament
Gauteng regional parliament
KwaZulu-Natal regional parliament
Limpopo regional parliament
Mpumalanga regional parliament
North West regional parliament
Northern Cape regional parliament
Western Cape regional parliament
~May
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania Presidential (first round) ~June
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa National parliament (upper house (indirect)) ~June
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa Presidential (indirect) ~June
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda Presidential 15 July
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda National parliament (lower house) 31 July
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Republic of the Congo National parliament (upper house (indirect)) 31 August
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria Presidential (first round) ~September
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda National parliament (upper house (indirect)) ~September
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana National parliament ~October
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana Presidential (indirect) ~October
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia National parliament (lower house)
National parliament (upper house)
Presidential (first round)
~October
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique Presidential (first round)
National parliament
Cabo Delgado regional parliament
Gaza regional parliament
Inhambane regional parliament
Manica regional parliament
Maputo regional parliament
Nampula regional parliament
Niassa regional parliament
Sofala regional parliament
Tete regional parliament
Zambela regional parliament
~October
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia Presidential (first round) ~October
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ณ Somaliland Presidential 13 November
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea Presidential ~November
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritius National parliament
Presidential (indirect)
~November
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia National parliament (lower house)
Presidential (first round)
~November
2030
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia Presidential (indirect) ~October
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt Presidential (first round) ~December


The table below considers national, regional and local elections held on the African continent. We will post updates about these ballots on our social media platforms.

Some countries are considered autocratic by the V-Dem/Regimes of the World classification. Therefore, we display V-Dem scores in all our charts to show whether or not democratic standards are likely to be met during a ballot.

Due to unforeseeable events, elections may be rescheduled.

For previous elections, visit our electoral archive here.