Latest electoral news 5 August: In the Sri Lankan legislative election, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa's leftist People's Freedom Alliance has won a large majority of votes and seats, defeating an opposition coalition led by the United National Party's Sajith Premadasa. Rajapaksa, brother of the current President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, will lead a new coalition government. National figures are available.

Elections in July 2020 10 July: In the second round of the Polish presidential election, President Andrzej Duda of the governing right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) has been re-elected with 51% of the vote, defeating the liberal Mayor of Warsaw, Rafal Trzaskowski. National and regional figures are available.



10 July: In the Singapore legislative election, the governing People's Action Party led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has been re-elected with its large majority slightly reduced. Its share of the vote fell to 61%. Constituency-level figures are available.



5 July: In the Croatian legislative election, the conservative Croatian Democratic Community (HDZ) government of Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic has been re-elected with an increased majority. Constituency-level figures are available.



5 July: In the Dominican Republic presidential election, Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona of the leftist Modern Revolutionary Party has been elected with 52% of the vote, defeating Gonzalo Castillo Terrero of the Dominican Liberation Party. Figures are available.



5 July: In the North Macedonian legislative election, both the governing Social Democrats of Prime Minister Oliver Spasovski and the conservative VMRO-DPMNE led by Hristijan Mickoski have lost ground. The balance is again held by parties representing the Albanian minority. Turnout was only 52% as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. District-level figures are available.



2 July: In the Malawi presidential election, which is being re-run after the 2019 election was annulled by the courts, opposition candidate Lazarus Chakwera has had a surprising win over President Peter Mutharika, polling 59% of the vote. It is very unusual for an incumbent African president to be defeated. National figures are available.





Elections in June 2020 30 June: In the Mongolian legislative election, the social-democratic Mongol People's Party led by Uhnaagiin Hurelsuh has has been re-elected with slightly reduced majority, polling 45% of the vote but winning 62 of 76 seats in the legislature. District-level figures are available, plus a map.



28 June: In the first round of the Polish presidential election, President Andrzej Duda of the governing right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) leads with 43% of the vote. He will face a run-off on 12 July against the liberal Mayor of Warsaw, Rafal Trzaskowski, who has the backing of the opposition parties. National ans regional figures are available.



27 June: In the Icelandic presidential election, President Gudni Johannesson, an independent, has been re-elected with 92% of the vote. Figures are available.



22 June: In the Kiribati presidential election, President Taneti Maamau has been re-elected with 59% of the vote.



21 June: in the Serbian legislative election, President Aleksandar Vucic's right-wing Serbian Progressive Party and its allies have won nearly all the seats in the National Assembly after the major opposition parties boycotted the election. The election was judged to be fairly conducted, but in an atmosphere of intimidation by the ruling party and state control of the media. National figures are available.



5 June: In the St Kitts and Nevis legislative election, the coalition government led by Dr Timothy Harris of the People's Labor Party has been re-elected with an increased majority. Constituency-level figures are available, although I cannot vouch for their accuracy.





Elections in May 2020 25 May: In the Suriname legislative election, the National Democratic Party of President (and convicted drug dealer) Desi Bouterse has been defeated by the Progressive Reform Party led by Chandrikapersad Santokhi. National and district-level figures are available.



20 May: In the Burundi presidential election, Evariste Ndayishimiye of the ruling CNDD-FDD party has been elected with 71% of the vote, in succession to Pierre Nkurunziza. The elections were not free or fair. Province-level figures are available.



20 May: In the Burundi legislative election, the ruling CNDD-FDD party has won 73 of 102 seats. While the elections were not free or fair, they were not as blatantly rigged as the presidential election, and the opposition National Congress for Liberty (CNL) won a majority of votes in the capital, Bujumbura. Province-level figures are available.





Elections in April 2020 15 April: in the Republic of Korea legislative election, the Democratic Party of President Mun Jae-in has won a sweeping victory, winning an absolute majority in the National Assembly. National, province and constituency-level figures are available. Constituency maps are also available.





Elections in March 2020 29 March: In the Mali legislative election, President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's Rally for Mali and its allies have retained a majority of seats. Constituency-level figures are available.



22 March: In the Guinea legislative election, President Alpha Conde's Rally of the Guinean People has won 79 of the 114 seats, after the main opposition parties boycotted the election. The conduct of the election was criticised by observers. National and prefecture-level figures are available.



19 March: In the Vanuatu legislative election, 19 different parties have won seats, with none of them winning more than nine seats. Bob Loughman of the Vanua'aku Pati formed a coalition government after the election. Constituency-level figures are available.



2 March: In the Guyana legislative election, the Partnership for National Unity-Alliance for Change party of President David Granger and the opposition People's Progressive Party-Civic have both won 32 seats in the 65-seat National Assembly, with the final seat dependent on a disputed count in one electoral district. After a series of court challenges, a complete recount of the election has been ordered. As of late May, this had not been concluded. No figures are available.



2 March: In the Israeli legislative election, the third election in less than a year, the Likud Party of right-wing Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and allied right-wing parties have gained several seats but are still short of an overall majority. The opposition Blue and White coalition led by Benny Gantz has also failed to win a majority. After prolonged negotiations a "national unity" government has been formed by Netanyahu and Gantz. Figures are available.



1 March: In the Tajikistan legislative election, the People's Democratic Party of President Emomali Rakhmanov is reported to have won all the seats. The elections were neither free nor fair: no serious opposition to President Rakhmanov's regime is tolerated. No figures are available.





Elections in February 2020 29 February: In the Slovak Republic legislative election, the Direction - Social Democrats party of Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini has been defeated by the conservative Ordinary People and Independent Personalities party led by Igor Matovic. After the election Matovic formed a coalition government with several centre-right parties. National figures are available.



23 February: In the second round of the Comoros legislative election, President Azali Assoumani's Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros has finished with 20 of the 24 directly-elected seats. A further nine members are appointed by the three island legislatures. Constituency-level figures are available.



22 February: In the Togo presidential election, President Faure Gnassingbe has been re-elected with 58% of the vote, defeating Agbeyome Kodjo of the Patriotic Movement for Democracy and Development. As always in African elections, the opposition claims there was electoral fraud - in this case correctly. The election was neither free nor fair. Figures are available.



22 February: In the Iran legislative election, hardline supporters of the clerical regime have won most of the seats, according to media reports. The elections were nor free or fair. No figures are available.



9 February: In the Azerbaijan legislative election, President Ilham Aliyev's New Azerbaijan Party and its allies have won most of the seats against only token opposition. The election was boycotted by the major opposition parties, although one opposition member was elected. Constituency-level figures are available.



9 February: In the Cameroun legislative election, President Paul Biya's Democratic Rally of the People of Cameroun has again won most of the seats, after the opposition parties boycotted the election. The election was judged not to be free or fair. No figures are available.



8 February: In the Irish legislative election, the Fine Gael government of Prime Minister Dr Leo Varadkar has been defeated, coming third in a tight three-sided contest. But the opposition Fianna Fail party has also lost seats. Both the traditional parties lost ground to the left-nationalist Sinn Fein and other leftist parties. The result has been a parliamentary deadlock. National and constituency-level figures are available.





Elections in January 2020 26 January: In the Peruvian legislative election, called early by President Martin Vizcarra, the parties led by former President Pedro Kuczynski and his right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori have lost most of their seats in the Congress of the Republic. They have been replaced by a collection of parties broadly supportive of Vizcarra. Department-level figures are available.



19 January: In the first round of the Comoros legislative election, President Azali Assoumani's Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros has polled 60% of the vote and won 16 of the 24 seats. A second round will be held on 23 February. Constituency-level figures are available.



11 January: in the Taiwan presidential election, President Tsai Ing Wen (Cai Yingwen) of the Democratic Progressive Party has been re-elected with 56% of the vote, defeating the Kuomintang's Daniel Han (Han Guoyu). National figures are available.



11 January: in the Taiwan legislative election, the Democratic Progressive Party of President Tsai Ing Wen (Cai Yingwen) has retained its majority in the National Assembly, although the opposition Kuomintang improved its position. National and constituency-level figures are available.



10 January: In the second round of the Croatian presidential election, the Social Democrat candidate Zoran Milanovic has defeated the incumbent right-wing candidate Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, with 52% of the vote. Although the president's functions are largely ceremonial, the result is a setback for the right-wing government of Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic. Figures are available.





Elections in December 2019 22 December: In the first round of the Croatian presidential election, the Social Democrat candidate Zoran Milanovic leads the incumbent right-wing candidate Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic. Both candidates polled less than 30% in a field of 11 candidates. They will contest a run-off on 5 January. Figures are available.



22 December: in the Uzbekistan legislative election, supporters of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev have won all the seats. The elections were neither free nor fair: no serious opposition to the regime is tolerated. No figures are available.



12 December: In the Algerian presidential election, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, officially a non-party candidate but back by the ruling Front for National Liberation, has been elected with 58% of the vote, in elections not regarded as free or fair. As usual in Algeria, the majority of voters did not vote or cast invalid votes. Tebboune was supported by only 20% of registered voters. Figures are available.



12 December: In the British legislative election, called three years early by Prime Minister Boris Johnson after the Parliament elected in 2017 was deadlocked over the Brexit issue, Johnson's Conservatives have won a substantial majority, defeating the Labour Party led by Jeremy Corbyn. The Scottish Nationalists also gained ground. Constituency-level figures and a map are available.



8 December: In the Dominica legislative election, the Dominica Labour Party government of Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, in office since 2004, has been re-elected with an increased majority. Constituency-level figures are available.



8 December: In the San Marino legislative election, the Christian Democrats have retained their position as the largest party and will lead a renewed coalition government. Figures are available.





Elections in November 2019 30 November: In the second round of the Uruguayan presidential election, the conservative candidate Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou has narrowly defeated the leftist candidate Daniel Martinez, ending 12 years of rule by the leftist Broad Front alliance. Department-level figures are available.



28 November: In the Namibian presidential election, President Hage Geingob of the ruling SWAPO Party has been re-elected with 56% of the vote, defeating Dr Panduleni Itula, a former senior SWAPO member who ran as an independent. This is the worst result obtained by a SWAPO candidate since Namibia became independent. Figures are available. Figures are also available for the legislative election held on the same day, in which SWAPO retained its majority in the National Assembly.



24 November: In the second round of the Romanian presidential election, incumbent President Klaus Iohannis of the National Liberal Party has defeated the Social Democrat Vasilica Dancila with 66% of the vote. National figures are available.



18 November: in the Marshall Islands legislative election, voters have elected a new legislature on a non-party basis. Constituency-level figures are available.



17 November: In the Belarus legislative election, supporters of President Aleksandr Lukashenko have won all the seats in the House of Representatives, reversing the modest progress towards fair elections seen at the last election. There is therefore no point in presenting details results. A national summary is available.



16 November: In the Sri Lankan presidential election, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, brother of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, has defeated Sajith Premadasa, candidate of the conservative United National Party. Although Rajapaksa headed a coalition of leftist parties, he was elected on a platform of Sinhala nationalism. National figures are available.



10 November: in the Spanish legislative election, the second this year, the minority Socialist government of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez Perez-Castejon has retained office after forming a coalition government with the leftist party Podemos. The conservative People's Party slightly improved its position, while the far-right party Vox made further gains. National figures are available.



10 November: In the first round of the Romanian presidential election, incumbent President Klaus Iohannis of the National Liberal Party leads with 38% of the vote. The Social Democrat Vasilica Dancila is second with 22%. They will face a run-off election on 24 November. National figures are available.



7 November: In the Mauritius legislative election, the governing coalition led by Prime Minister Pravid Jugnauth of the Militant Socialist Movement has been elected for a second term. Constituency-level figures are available.





Elections in October 2019 28 October: in the Argentinian presidential election, conservative president Mauricio Macri has been defeated by the Peronist candidate Alberto FernÃ¡ndez. Since FernÃ¡ndez polled 48% of the vote to Macri's 40%, under Argentinian election law no second round will be held. This is the first time an incumbent Argentinian president has been denied re-election. FernÃ¡ndez's vice-presidential running-mate was former president Cristina FernÃ¡ndez de Kirchner. National and province-level figures are available.



28 October: in the Argentinian legislative election, supporters of the new Peronist President Alberto FernÃ¡ndez have retained their majority in the Senate, but will be just short of a majority in the Chamber of Deputies. National figures are available.



27 October: In the first round of the Uruguayan presidential election, the conservative candidate Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou has a narrow lead over Daniel Martinez, who is trying to win a fourth consecutive presidential term for the leftist Broad Front alliance. A run-off will be held on 20 November. Department-level figures are available.



27 October: In the Uruguayan legislative election, supporters of the new conservative President Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou have not won majorities in either chamber and will rely on the support of minor parties. Department-level figures for both chambers are available.



23 October: In the Botswana legislative election, the ruling Botswana Democratic Party of President Mokgweetsi Masisi has been re-elected with a slightly increased majority. The BDP has governed Botswana since independence in 1966. Constituency-level figures are available.



21 October: In the Canadian legislative election, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party has lost its overall majority in the House of Commons, but Trudeau will be able to form a new government with the support of the New Democrats and the Greens. National and province-level figures, and electoral maps, are available.



20 October: In the Bolivian presidential election, President Evo Morales of the Movement for Socialism, seeking an unprecedented fourth term, leads his conservative rival Carlos Mesa, but has polled only 46% of the vote. As a result, amid allegations of vote-rigging, he has been forced to resign. Fresh elections will be held in May. National figures are available.



20 October: in the Swiss legislative election, the four-party governing coalition which has held office since 1959 has lost its overall majority, but will remain in office since Swiss politics work largely by consensus. The winners were the two Greens parties, who now hold 44 of the 200 seats. Within the coalition, the anti-immigration Swiss People's Party was the main loser. A national summary of seats is available. Canton-level figures will follow.



15 October: In the Mozambique presidential election, President Filipe Nyusi of the ruling FRELIMO party has been re-elected with 73% of the vote. Province-level figures are available.



13 October: in the Polish legislative election, the right-wing Law and Justice Party government led by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has been re-elected with itsw majority intact, defeating the centrist Citizens' Platform opposition. The United Left returned to the legislature but mainly at the expense of other minor parties. National and constituency-level figures are available.



13 October: In the second round of the Tunisian presidential election, the independent candidate, Kais Saied, has defeated Nabil Karoui of the Heart of Tunisia party, with 72% of the vote. Tunisia is the only fully functioning democracy in the Arab world. Figures are available.



6 October: in the Kosovo legislative election, the social-democratic League for Self-Determination led by Albin Kurti has emerged as the largest party, but by January 2020 had still been unable to form a coalition government. Figures are available.



6 October: In the Portuguese legislative election, the Socialist Party government of Prime Minister Antonio Luis Santos da Costa has been re-elected with an increased share of votes and seats, though still short of an absolute majority. The government will retain office with the support of the Communists and Left Bloc. Province-level figures and a map are available.

Elections in September 2019 29 September: In the Austrian legislative election, called early after the breakdown of the governing coalition, the conservative People's Party, led by Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, has improved its position, at the expense of its coalition partner the anti-immigration Freedom Party. On the left, the Social Democrats polled their worst result ever, losing ground to the resurgent Greens. National figures are available.



28 September: In the first round of the Afghanistan presidential election, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has been re-elected with 50.6% of the vote, again defeating former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah. The results were not announced until 22 December and as usual in Afghanistan are deeply suspect. Even of the offical figures turnout was only 18%, reflecting widespread scepticism about the electoral process.



17 September: In the Israeli legislative election, the second election this year, the Likud Party of right-wing Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and allied right-wing parties have failed to win an overall majority. The opposition Blue and White coalition has also failed to win a majority. The balance of power is held by the Israel Our Home party. Negotiations to form a new government again failed, and a third election will be held in March 2020. Figures are available.



15 September: In the first round of the Tunisian presidential election, called early following the death of President Beji Caid Essebsi, an independent candidate, Kais Saied, leads with 18% of the vote in a field of 26 candidates. He will face Nabil Karoui of the Heart of Tunisia party, in a run-off on 13 October. Figures are available.



9 September: In the Tuvalu legislative election, a new non-party legislature has been elected. Constituency-level figures are available.





Elections in August 2019 24 August: In the Nauru legislative election, a new non-party legislature has been elected. Constituency-level figures are available.



11 August: in the second round of the Guatemala presidential election, the conservative Alejandro Giammattei of the Vamos party has defeated former First Lady Sandra Torres of the National Unity of Hope, with 58% of the vote. National figures are available.





Elections in July 2019 21 July: In the Japanese House of Councillors (upper house) election, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and its ally the Clean Government Party have retained their majority, against a fragmented opposition. National figures are available.



21 July: In the Ukrainian legislative election, supporters of President Volodymyr Zelensky have won a majority of seats. Voters in Russian-occupied Crimea and Donbass were unable to take part. National and constituency-level figures are available.



7 July: In the Greek legislative election, the conservative New Democracy party led by Kyriakos Mitsotakis has defeated the SIRIZA party of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, ending Greece's five-year experiment with radical leftist government. Although ND won a comfortable majority of seats, in terms of votes the result was quite close, with most of ND's gains coming from minor parties. Constituency-level figures are available.





Elections in June 2019 22 June: In the Mauritania presidential election, former General Mohamed Ould Ghazouani of the ruling Union for the Republic has been elected with 52% of the vote against fragmented opposition. Figures are available.



16 June: in the first round of the Guatemala presidential election, former First Lady Sandra Torres of the social-democratic National Unity of Hope leads with 25% of the vote, followed by the conservative Alejandro Giammattei on 14%. A run-off will be held on 11 August. National figures are available. No figures for the legislative election held on the same day are available.



6 June: in the Danish legislative election, the liberal-conservative coalition led by Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen has been defeated by the "red bloc" coalition led by the Social Democrat Mette Frederiksen. The biggest gains on the left were made by the Radical Left and Socialist People's parties, but the Social Democrats will form a one-party government. The biggest losers were the right-populist Danish People's Party. District-level figures are available.





Elections in May 2019 27 May: In the Madagascar legislative election, the party supporting President Andry Rajoelina has won a majority of seats, despite polling only 34% of the vote. National and constituency-level figures are available.



26 May: In the Belgian legislative election, both the right-wing Flemish nationalists and the leftwing socialists and greens have made gains, at the expense of all the partes of the centre-left and centre-right. This will make the process of forming a new government, always very slow in Belgium, even more difficult. In any case Prime Minister Charles Michel is leaving to become President of the European Council. Constituency-level figures and a map are available.



26 May: In the second round of the Lithuanian presidential election, an independent candidates, Gitanas Nauseda, has defeated another independent, Ingrida Simonyte, with 66% of the vote. National figures are available.



21 May: In the Malawi presidential election, president Peter Mutharika has been re-elected against a divided opposition. National figures are available. (This election was later annulled by the courts and a fresh election held in July 2020.)



21 May: In the Malawi legislative election, president Peter Mutharika's Democratic Progressive Party has improved its position but is far from a majority. The opposition Malawi Congress Party also gained seats. National and constituency-level figures are available.



19 May: In the Indian legislative election, held over five stages in April and May, the conservative Bharatiya Janata Party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has again won an absolute majority of seats (and with its allies 65% of the seats), while polling only 37% of the vote. With about 613 million people voting, this was the largest democratic election in history. Complete constituency-level figures are available.



18 May: In the Australian legislative election, the Liberal-National Coalition government of Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been re-elected with a slight increase in its small majority, defeating the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Bill Shorten. The result was contrary to the predictions of all the polls that Labor would win. Constituency-level figures, an election pendulum and constituency maps are available. Full Senate results are also available.



13 May: In the Philippines legislative election, supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte have retained control of both houses of the Congress. A national summary of the Senate election, and constituency-level figures for the House of Representatives election, are available.



12 May: In the first round of the Lithuanian presidential election, two independent candidates, Gitanas Nauseda and Ingrida ï¿½imonyte, lead with 31% each. All party candidates polled poorly. A run-off will be held on 26 May. National figures are available.



8 May: In the South African legislative election, the ruling African National Congress has won its fifth successive election with a slightly reduced majority in the National Assembly, ensuring that Cyril Ramaphosa will be re-elected President. National and province-level figures are available.



5 May: In the second round of the North Macedonian presidential election, the Social Democrat Stevo Pendarovski has defeated Gordana Davkova of the conservative VMRO-DPMNE. Figures are available.



5 May: In the Panamanian presidential election, Laurentino Cortizo Cohen of the Democratic Revolutionary Party has been elected with 33% of the vote, defeating Romulo Alberto Roux Moses of the Democratic Change party, who polled 31%. (Panama does not hold run-off elections.) National figures are available.



5 May: In the Panamanian legislative election, the Democratic Revolutionary Party of President Laurentino Cortizo Cohen has won the largest number of seats. National and district-level figures are available.





Elections in April 2019 28 April: In the Benin legislative election, two blocs allied to President Patrice Talon have won all the seats after opposition parties were prevented from running. The elections were not free or fair. Figures are available.



28 April: in the Spanish legislative election, the minority Socialist government of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez Perez-Castejon has improved its position, and will be able to form a new coalition government with minor parties. The conservative People's Party, which lost office in June 2018, lost heavily to the new far-right party Vox. National and regional-level figures are available.



21 April: In the first round of the North Macedonian presidential election, the Social Democrat Stevo Pendarovski leads Gordana Davkova of the conservative VMRO-DPMNE. A run-off will be held on 5 May. Figures are available.



17 April: In the Indonesian presidential election, President Joko Widowo of the Indonesian Democratic Party (Struggle) (PDI-P) has been re-elected with 55% of the vote, again defeating Prabowo Subianto of the Great Indonesia Movement. Province-level figures are available.



17 April: In the Indonesian legislative election, there has been little change in the party strengths. President Joko Widowo's Indonesian Democratic Party (Struggle) (PDI-P) remains the largest party. National figures are available.



14 April: In the Finnish legislative election, the governing centre-right coalition of Prime Minister Juha Sipila has been defeated, with Sipila's Centre Party losing heavily. The Social Democrat leader Antti Rinne was able to form a centre-left government, including the Centre Party and the Greens. National figures are available.



7 April: In the Andorra legislative election, the Democrats for Andorra led by Xavier Espot Zamora have lost their majority but have retained government with the support of minor parties. National figures are available.



6 April: In the Maldives legislative election, the Maldives Democratic Party of President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has won a large majority. Figures are available.



3 April: In the Solomon Islands legislative election, independents candidates have as usual won the majority of seats. Constituency-level figures are available.





Elections in March 2019 31 March: In the second round of the Ukrainian presidential election, Volodymyr Zelensky has defeated President Petro Porochenko with 75% of the vote. Zelensky, a 41-year-old Jewish actor, has never previously held office. National and regional-level figures are available.



19 April: In the Israeli legislative election, the Likud Party of right-wing Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has won the most seats, and right-wing parties have won an overall majority. Since the election, however, Netanyahu has been unable to form a new government, and fresh elections have been called for 17 September. This is the first time an Israeli prime minister has failed to form a government after an election. Figures are available.



31 March: In the first round of the Ukrainian presidential election, Volodymyr Zelensky, an actor, leads with 30% of the vote, well ahead of President Petro Porochenko, in a field of 39 candidates. National and regional-level figures are available.



24 March: In the Comoros presidential election, called early after constitutional changes, President Azali Assoumani of the Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros has been re-elected with 60% of the vote. National figures are available.



24 March: in the Thailand legislative election, the first since 2011, the State Power Party led by Prime Minister Prayut Chanocha, who came to power in a 2014 military coup, is the largest party but has won less than a quarter of the vote. The For Thais Party led by Sudarat Keyuraphan, which has won the last six Thai elections, has won the largest number of seats. Prayut will be able to form a majority with the support of minor parties, and is in any case certain of staying in power since the Prime Minister is now chosen by both houses of the legislature, and the upper house is nominated by the military regime. National and constituency-level figures are available.



16 March: In the second round of the Slovak Republic presidential election, the Progressive Slovakia candidate, Zuzana Caputova, has defeated an independent conservative, Maros Sefcovic, with 58% of the vote. National figures are available.



16 March: In the first round of the Slovak Republic presidential election, the candidate of the centre-left coalition Progressive Slovakia, Zuzana Caputova, leads with 40% of the vote. A runoff will be held on 30 March. National figures are available.



10 March: In the Guinea-Bissa legislative electionu, the ruling PAIGC has won the largest number of seats, but has lost its majority. Figures are available.



5 March: In the Micronesia legislative election, a new legislature has been elected on a non-partisan basis. Constituency-level figures are available.



3 March: In the Estonian legislative election, the liberal Reform Party has emerged as the largest pasrty. But Prime Minister Jiri Ratas of the Centre Party has formed a new centre-right coalition with the Conservatives and the Union Party. National figures are available.





Elections in February 2019 24 February: In the Moldova legislative election, the pro-European coalition led by Prime Minister Pavel Filip, leader of the Democratic Party, has been re-elected with a reduced majority over the pro-Russian opposition. The once-powerful Communist Party lost all its seats. Figures are available.



24 February: In the Senegal presidential election, President Macky Sall of the Alliance of Progressive Forces has been re-elected with 58% of the vote. Figures are available.



23 February: In the Nigerian presidential election, President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress has been re-elected with 56% of the vote, defeating Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party. Turnout was a record low 34%, reflecting popular discontent with Nigeria's corrupt and dysfunctional political system. National and state-level figures are available.



23 February: In the Nigerian legislative election, President Muhammadu Buhari's All Progressives Congress has retained its majorities in both houses of the National Assenbly. Turnout was even lower than in the presidential election. National, state and constituency-level figures are available for the House of Representatives.



3 February: In the El Salvador presidential election, Nayib Armando Bukele Orte of the Grand Alliance for National Unity has been elected with 53% of the vote, defeating both the left-wing FMLN and the right-wing ARENA candidates. Figures are available.





Elections in December 2018 30 December: In the Bangladesh legislative election, the Awami League of Sheikh Hasina Wazed and its allies have again won nearly all the seats (288 out of 300), as a result of a boycott by the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party. The election was marked by widespread electoral fraud and voter intimidation, reflecting the increasingly authoritarian trend of Sheikh Hasina's government. The Electoral Commission has not yet published full results. I am not in any case inclined to produce seat-by-seat results of such a corrupted election. Semi-complete results (top three candidates in each seat) are available at the Daily Star website.



30 December: In the Democratic Republic of Congo presidential election, the first since 2011, the government of outgoing president Joseph Kabila has proclaimed Felix Tshisekedi the winner, despite universal belief and much evidence that the opposition candidate Martin Fayulu won by a wide margin. No official figures have been published, and would in any case be worthless. No figures are available for the legislative election held on the same day.



20 December: In the Togo legislative election, President Faure Gnassingbe's Union for the Republic has won most of the seats after opposition parties again boycotted the elections. No serious opposition to Gnassingbe's regime is allowed. No figures are available.



19 December: In the second round of the Madagascar presidential election, former president Andry Nirina Rajoelina has defeated Marc Ravalomanana, also a former president, with 55.7% of the vote. Figures are available.



9 December: In the Armenian legislative election, called less than two years after the 2017 election following the forced resignation of President Serge Sargsyan, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's My Step alliance has won an absolute majority in the National Assembly. Sargsyan's Republican Party of Armenia has been wiped out. District-level figures are available.





Elections in November 2018 29 November: In Australia, in the Victorian state election, the Labor Party government led by Daniel Andrews has been re-elected with an increased majority. Constituency-level figures are available.



28 November: in the second round of the Georgia presidential election, Salome Zurabishvili of the Georgian Dream ï¿½ Democratic Georgia has defeated Grigol Vashadze of the United National Movement, with 59.5% of the vote. Figures are available.



14 November: In the Fiji Islands legislative election, the FijiFirst party of Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has been re-elected with a reduced majority. The ethnic-Fijian Social Democratic Liberal Party improved its position. Figures are available.



7 November: In the first round of the Madagascar presidential election, Andry Nirina Rajoelina, a former president, leads Marc Ravalomanana, also a former president, by 39% to 35%, in a field of 36 candidates. A run-off will be held on 19 December. Figures are available.



6 November: In the United States of America legislative election, President Donald Trump's Republican Partty has retained control of the Senate, but has lost the House of Representatives to the opposition Democratic Party, which made a net gain of 40 seats. Complete state and district-level figures are available.





Elections in October 2018 28 October: In the second round of the Brazilian presidential election, the extreme right-wing candidate Jair Bolsonaro has defeated the Workers Party candidate Fernando Haddad, with 55% of the vote. This ends 16 years of left-wing government in Brazil. National and state-level figures are available.



27 October: in the first round of the Georgia presidential election, Salome Zurabishvili of the Georgian Dream ï¿½ Democratic Georgia leads a field of 24 candidates with 38% of the vote, followed by Grigol Vashadze of the United National Movement. There will be a run-ff on 28 November. Figures are available.



26 October: In the Irish presidential election, the incumbent president Michael D Higgins has been re-elected with 55.8% of the vote on the first count. Figures are available.



20 October: The Afghanistan legislative election took place on this date, but results were not announced until January 2019. Most candidates were independents. Province-level figures are available.



14 October: In the Luxembourg legislative election the centre-left coalition government led by the Democratic Party's Xavier Bettel has been returned with a slightly reduced majority. National and regionl-level figures are available.



7 October: In the first round of the Brazilian presidential election, the extreme right-wing candidate Jair Bolsonaro has polled 46% of the vote, well ahead of the Workers Party candidate Fernando Haddad on 29%. A runoff election will be held on 28 October. National and state-level figures are available.



7 October: In the Bosnia and Herzegovia presidential election, the three ethnic communities, Bosniaks, Croatians and Serbs, have elected members of the collective presidency. The three members of the presidency are ï¿½efik Dï¿½aferovic (Bosniak), ï¿½eljko Komï¿½ic (Croat) and Milorad Dodik (Serb). Figures are available.



7 October: In the Bosnia and Herzegovia legislative election, the centre-left coalition led by Prime Minister Denis Zvizdic of the Bosniak Party of Democratic Action (SDA) has retained its working majority. There was little change in the strengths of the 14 parties represented in the House of Representatives. District-level figures are available.



7 October: In the Brazilian legislative election, state-level figures for the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies are available.



7 October: in the Cameroun presidential election, President Paul Biya, who is 85 and has been in power since 1982, has been re-elected with 71% of the vote. The election was not regarded as free or fair. Figures are available.



7 October: In the Sao Tome and Principe legislative election, the governing Independent Democratic Action party has lost its overall majority but is still the largets party. National figures are available.



6 October: In the Gabon legislative election, President Ali Bongo Ondimba's Democratic Party has won 54% of the vote and nearly all the seats. National figures are available.



6 October: In the Latvian legislative election, seven parties have won seats in the Saeima (Parliament), with no party winning more than 20% of the vote. It is unclear who will form a new government. National figures are available.





Elections in September 2018 23 September: In the Maldives presidential election, the opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has unexpectedly defeated President Abdulla Yaameen Abdul Gayoom, with 58% of the vote. Figures are available.



15 September: in the Bhutan legislative election, the governing People's Democratic Party has been defeated by the Bhutan United Party. National figures are available.



9 September: In the Swedish legislative election, the governing left-wing alliance led by Social Democrat Prime Minister Stefan Lï¿½fven has lost ground, but remains the largest block in the legislature. The anti-immigration Swedish Democrats hold the balance. Neither the government nor the conservative coalition led by Ulf Kristersson have been able to win a confidence vote in the new legislature. National and regional figures are available.



2 September: In the Rwanda legislative election, President Paul Kagame's Rwandan Patriotic Front has won 40 of the 56 directly-elected members, and will also hold most of the 24 indirectly-elected members. Although opposition parties won some seats, the elections were not free or fair - no serious opposition to Kagame's government is allowed. No useable figures seem to be available.



1 September: In the Mauritania legislative election, President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's Union for the Republic has won a majority of seats, though it polled only 19% of the vote in a highly fragmented electorate. No useable figures are available.





Elections in August 2018 12 August: In the second round of the Mali presidential election, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of the Rally for Mali has been elected with 67% of the vote, defeating Soumaila Cisse of the Union for the Republic and Democracy. Figures are available.





Elections in July 2018 30 July: in the Zimbabwe presidential elections, President Emmerson Mnangagwa of the ZANU-PF party has been elected with just over 50% of the vote, defeating Nelson Chamisa of the Movement for Democratic Change. Province-level figures are available.



30 July: in the Zimbabwe legislative elections, the ZANU-PF party has retained its majority in the House of Assembly, defeating the Movement for Democratic Change. Constituency-level figures are available.



29 July: In the first round of the Mali presidential election, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of the Rally for Mali leads with 41% of the vote. Figures are available.



28 July: In the Cambodia legislative election, the governing Cambodian People's Party of Prime Minister Hun Sen has won all the seats after the forcible suppression of the opposition. This marks the end of Cambodian democracy. The elections were not free or fair. A national summary is given.



25 July: in the Pakistan legislative election, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party of Imran Khan has won the largest number of seats, defeating both the PML(N) party of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the Bhutto family's Pakistan Peoples Party. National, Province, Division and constituency-level figures are available.



1 July: In the Mexican presidential election, the leftist candidate Andrï¿½s Manuel Lï¿½pez Obrador has been easily elected with 54% of the vote, defeating candidates of both the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party and the conservative National Action Party. National and state-level figures are available. Figures for the Senate election held on the same day are also available.





Elections in June 2018 24 June: In the Turkish presidential election, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the ruling Justice and Development Party has been re-elected with 52.6% of the vote. The election seems to have been fairly conducted but in conditions of such severe repression that it cannot be considered a free election. National and district-level figures are available.



24 June: In the Turkish legislative election, President Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) has lost its majority in the Great National Assembly. But the AKP's alliance with the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) will ensure Erdogan's continuing dominance. National and district-level figures are available.



17 June: In the second round of the Colombian presidential election, the conservative candidate, Ivï¿½n Duque Mï¿½rquez, has defeated the left-wing candidates Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego, with just over 50% of the vote. Department-level figures for the first and second rounds are available.



3 June: In the Slovenian legislative election, Prime Minister Miro Cerar's party, the Modern Centre, has lost most of its seats. The winners are the anti-immigration Slovenian Democratic Party and a new party led by journalist Marjan ï¿½arec. Figures are available.





Elections in May 2018 25 May: In the first round of the Colombian presidential election, the conservative candidate, Ivï¿½n Duque Mï¿½rquez, leads with 40% of the vote. Two left-wing candidates, Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego and Sergio Fajardo Valderrama, trail with 25% and 24% respectively. A run-off between Duque and Petro will be held on 17 June. National figures are available.



24 May: in the Barbados legislative election, the Barbados Labour Party led by Mia Mottley had had a huge win over the Democratic Labour Party government of Freundel Stuart, winning 72% of the vote and all 30 seats. Mottley becomes the first female Prime Minister of Barbados. Constituency-level figures are available.



20 May: In the Venezuelan presidential election, President Nicolï¿½s Maduro Moros has been re-elected, with 67% of the vote, after the main opposition party boycotted the election. The election was neither free nor fair. National figures are available.



12 May: In the East Timor legislative election, called early after the legislature elected in 2017 was deadlocked, the moderate Alliance for Change and Progress led by Josï¿½ Maria Vasconcelos has won a single-seat majority over the lefist FRETILIN. Figures are available.



12 May: In the Iraqi legislative election, the Forward (Sayirun) party, led by the Shi'a cleric Moqtadr al-Sadr, has emerged as the largest party, although it polled only 14% of the vote in a highly-fragmented electorate. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi will retain office with al-Sadr's support. The election was generally regarded as free and fair. National and Governorate-level figures are available.



9 May: in the Malaysia legislative election, the governing National Front of Prime Minister Najib Razak has been heavily defeated by an opposition coalition led by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who is 92. This is the first time the National Front has been defeated since Malaya became independent in 1957. The victory was achieved despite the gross rigging of the electoral system in favour of the ruling party. Constituency-level figures are available.



6 May: In the Lebanese legislative election, the anti-Western alliance led by Hizbollah has won a majority of votes and seats, defeating the alliance led by Prime Minister Sa'ad al-Hariri. Constituency-level figures are available.





Elections in April 2018 22 April: in the Paraguay presidential election, Mario Abdo Benï¿½tez of the conservative National Republican Association has been elected, with just under 50% of the vote, defeating the liberal Pedro Efraï¿½n Alegre Sasiain. National figures are available.



22 April: in the Paraguay legislative election, the conservative National Republican Association has retained its majorities in both houses of the Congress. Department-level figures are available.



15 April: in the Montenegro presidential election, the long-serving Prime Minister, Milo ï¿½ukanovic of the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro, has been elected President with 54% of the vote. Figures are available.



11 April: In the Azerbaijan presidential election, President Ilham Aliyev has been re-elected with 86% of the vote. The election was not free or fair. Figures are available.



8 April: In the Hungarian legislative election, the conservative government of Prime Minister Victor Orban has been re-elected with its large majority intact. The fascist Jobbik party came second, pushing the Socialists into third place. Figures are available.



1 April: In the second round of the Costa Rica presidential election, Carlos Alvarado Quesada of the leftist Citizen Action has defeated Fabricio Alvarado Muï¿½oz of the right-wing National Restoration, polling 60% of the vote. Figures are avaulable.





Elections in March 2018 26 March: In the Egyptian presidential election, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has been re-elected with 97% of the vote against token opposition. The election was neither free nor fair. Figures are available.



21 March: In the Antigua and Barbuda legislative election, the Antigua and Barbuda Labor Party led by Prime Minister Gaston Browne has re-elected with an increased majority. Figures are available



17 March: In Australia, in the South Australian state election, the Liberal Party led by Steven Marshall has defeated the 16-year-old Labor government of Premier Jay Weatherill. Statewide figures for both houses are available.



13 March: In the Grenada legislative election, the New National Party led by Prime Minister Keith Mitchell has again won all 15 seats, defeating the National Democratic Congress led by Nazim Burke. Figures are available.



11 March: In the Colombian legislative election, supporters of outgoing conservative President Juan Manuel Santos have retained their majorities in both chambers of the National Congress. National and Department-level figures are available.



11 March: In the Russian presidential election, President Vladimir Putin has been elected to a fourth term as President, with 67% of the vote. The elections were not free or fair. National figures are available.



7 March: in the first round of the Sierra Leone presidential election, Julius Bio of the Sierra Leone People's Party and Samura Kamara of the All People's Congress both have 43% of the vote. They will contest a run-off on 31 March. Figures are available.



7 March: in the Sierra Leone legislative election, the All People's Congress of outgoing President Ernest Bai Koroma has fallen just short of a majority of seats (with results from five seats still unknown), well ahead of President-elect Julius Bio's Sierra Leone People's Party. Constituency-level figures are available.



4 March: In the El Salvador legislative election, the right-wing ARENA party and its allies have won a majority in the Legislative Assembly, defeating President Salvador Sï¿½nchez Cerï¿½n's left-wing FMNL. Department-level figures are available.



4 March: in the Italian legislative election, the centre-left coalition led by former prime minister Matteo Renzi has suffered a heavy defeat - the worst result for the Italian left since 1945. The populist Five Star Movement has emerged as the largest single party, although it was outpolled by the right-wing coalition of the Northern League and Forza Italia. The Northern League's Matteo Salvini will get the first opportunity to form a government. National and regional-level figures are available.



3 March: In Australia, in the Tasmanian state election, the Liberal government of Premier Will Hodgman has been re-elecyted with a one-seat majority over Labor and the Greens. Statewide figures are available.



18 February: In the Armenian presidential election, Dr Armen Sarkissian has been elected President unopposed by the National Assembly. This follows a constitutional amendment which abolished direct election of the President and provided that the President must be non-partisan.





Elections in February 2018 22 February: In the Djibouti legislative election, President Ismail Omar Guelleh's party has won most of the seats, after the opposition parties boycotted the election. Figures are available.



10 February: in the Monaco legislative election, the governing Horizon Monaco has been heavily defeated by a breakaway party, First Priority Monaco. Figures are available.



4 February: In the first round of the Costa Rica presidential election, Fabricio Alvarado Muï¿½oz of the right-wing National Restoration leads Carlos Alvarado Quesada of the leftist Citizen Action. Both polled less than 30% of the vote. A run-off will be held on 1 April. Figures are available.



4 February: In the Costa Rica legislative election, the leftist Party of National Liberation (PLN) and Citizen Action (AC) have won the largest number of seats, but not a majority. Province-level figures are available.



4 February: in the second round of the Cyprus presidential election, President Nikos Anastasiades of the conservative DISI party has defeated Stavros Malas of the communist AKEL party, with 56% of the vote. Figures are available.





Elections in January 2018 28 January: in the first round of the Cyprus presidential election, President Nikos Anastasiades of the conservative DISI party leads with 35% of the vote, ahead of Stavros Malas of the communist AKEL party. The two will contest a runoff on 4 February. Figures are available.



28 January: In the Finnish presidential election, incumbent President Sauli Niinistï¿½ has been re-elected with 62% of the vote, ahead of the Greens candidate Pekka Haavisto. Figures are available.



26-27 January: In the second round of the Czech Republic presidential election incumbent Prersident Milos Zeman has narrowly defeated conservative challenger Jiri Drahos, with 51.4% of the vote. National figures are available.



12-13 January: In the first round of the Czech Republic presidential election, incumbent Prersident Milos Zeman, running with the support of most of the left, leads with 38% of the vote. He will face conservative challenger Jiri Drahos in the second round. Neither of the traditional major parties, the Social Democrats and the Civic Democrats, contested the election. National figures are available.





Elections in December 2017 26 December: In the second round of the Liberian presidential election, George M Weah of the Coalition For Democratic Change has defeated Vice-Presisdent Joseph Nyuma Boakai of the Unity Party, with 61% of the vote. Figures are available.



17 December: In the second round of the Chilean presidential election, former conservative president Sebastian Piï¿½era Echenique has defeated the left-wing candidate, Alejandro Guillier Alvarez, with 54% of the vote. Figures are available.





Elections in November 2017 26 November: In the Honduras presidential election, President Juan Orlando Hernï¿½ndez Alvarado of the conservative National Party has been narrowly re-elected, polling 42.9% of the vote. The centre-left candidate Salvador Alejandro Nasralla Salum polled 41.4%. Figures are available.



26 November and 7 December: in the Nepal legislative election, the two Maoist Communist parties have won a majority of seats between them, defeating the governing Nepal Congress. Khadga Prasad Oli, leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxistï¿½Leninist), will become Primne Minister. National figures are available.



25 November: In Australia, in the Queensland state election, the Labor government of Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has been re-elected with its slender majority intact. Constituency-level figures are available.



19 November: In the first round of the Chilean presidential election, former conservative president Sebastian Piï¿½era Echenique leads with 36% of the vote against a divided left-wing opposition. He will contest a runoff against a left-wing independent, Alejandro Guillier Alvarez, on 17 December. Figures are available.



19 November: In the Chilean legislative election, parties of the broad centre-left have retained a majority in both houses of the Congress, although the Christian Democracts are no longer in a formal alliance with the left-wing parties. Figures are available.



12 November: in the second round of the Slovenian presidential election, President Borut Pahor, a Social Democratic running an independent, has defeated Marjan ï¿½arec, a media persoanlity running as a non-party candidate. Figures are available.





Elections in October 2017 29 October: in the Argentinian legislative election, President Mauricio Macri's conservative Cambiemos coalition has improved its position against the Peronist Front for Victory in both houses of the Congress, but has not won a clear majority. National figures are available.



28 October: In the Iceland legislative election, called only a year after the last election, the conservative Independence Party of Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson has lost ground while remaining the largest party. The three left-wing parties have gained seats, but also do not have a majority. Negotiations among the eight parties to win seats are continuing. Figures are available.



26 October: in the re-run of the Kenya presidential election, President Uhuru Kenyatta has been declared re-elected with 98% of the vote, with a turnout of 39%, meaning that 38% of registered voters voted for him. Opposition leader Raila Odinga withdrew from the election and urged his supporters not to vote, leaving Kenyatta opposed only by minor-party candidates.



22 October: In the Japanese legislative election, the third in five years, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and its ally the Clean Government Party have again been returned to office with their large majority intact. The opposition was leadersless and fragmented among various minor parties. National and constituency-level figures are available.



22 October: in the first round of the Slovenian presidential election, President Borut Pahor, a Social Democratic running an independent, leads with 47% of the vote. He will contest a runoff against Marjan ï¿½arec, another independent, on 12 November. Figures are available.



20 October: In the Czech Republic legislative election, right-wing and populist parties, led by Dissatisfied Citizens (ANO 2011), have heavily defeated the Social Democrat-led government. A record nine parties have won seats. ANO 2011 leader Andrej Babiï¿½ will form a multi-party coalition government. National figures are available.



15 October: In the Austrian legislative election, the conservative People's Party, led by 31-year-old Sebastian Kurz, has emerged as the largest party, followed by the anti-immigration Freedom Party. The two will probably form a right-wing coalition government, leaving the long-governing Social Democrats (whose vote fell only slightly) in opposition. The Greens lost all their seats. National figures are available.



15 October: In the Kyrgyz Republic presidential election, Sooronbai S Jeenbekov of the Social Democratic Party has been elected with 54.7% of the vote. The transition from President Almazbek Atambayev at the completion of his term will be first democratic transition in any Central Asian state. Figures are available.



10 October: In the first round of the Liberian presidential election, George M Weah of the Coalition For Democratic Change, with 39% of the vote, leads Joseph Nyuma Boakai of the Unity Party, with 29%. The two were to face a run-off on 7 November, but this was postponed to 26 December. Figures are available.





Elections in September 2017 24 September: In the German legislative election, the Christian Democratic Party of the Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has seen sharp decline in its vote, as has its main rival, the Social Democratic Party led by Martin Schulz. Both parties recorded their lowest share of the vote since 1949 (the SPD vote was the lowest since 1890). The winners were the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the liberal Free Democrats (FDP). Since Schulz has ruled out a renewal of the CDU-SDP "grand coalition," Merkel will need to form a coalition with the FDP and the Greens, or else lead a minority government. National figures are available.



23 September: In the New Zealand legislative election, the National Party government of Prime Minister Bill English has fallen four seats short of a majority. The opposition Labour Party has made major gains, mostly at the expense of the Greens. Labour leader Jacinda Adern will form a coalition government with the right-wing NZ First party and the Greens. Updated national figures are available.



23 September : In the Singapore presidential election, Halimah Yacob, nominally an independent but until recently an MP for the governing People's Action Party, has been elected unopposed. She is Singapore's first female President.



11 September: In the Norwegian legislative election, the coalition government led by Conservative Prime Minister Erna Solberg has been re-elected with a reduced majority. District-level figures and a map are available.





Elections in August 2017 8 August: in the Kenya presidential election, President Uhuru Kenyatta has been re-elected with 54% of the vote, defeating former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. The opposition claimed election fraud, and on 1 September the Supreme Court annulled the election. A rerun will be held on 26 October, but without Raila Odinga, who has withdrawn. County-level figures are available. Figures for the legislative election held on the same day are not yet available.



4 August: In the Rwanda presidential election, President Paul Kagame has been re-elected with 98% of the vote, against token opposition. National figures are available.





Elections in July 2017 31 July: In the Republic of Congo legislative election, President Denis Sassou N'Guesso's Congolese Labour Party (PCdT) has won nearly all the seats. The election was neither free nor fair. No serious opposition to Sassou N'Guesso's regime is permitted. No figures are available.



30 July: In the Senegal legislative election, the United in Hope party of President Macky Sall has suffered some loss of votes, but has retained its majority of seats. Figures are available.



22 July: In the East Timor legislative election, the lefist FRETILIN, led by Mari Alkatiri, has regained its position as the largest party, ahead of Xanana Gusmï¿½o's CNRT, but both have lost seats to minor parties. Figures are available.



6 July: In the second round of the Mongolian presidential election, Khaltmaagiin Battulga of the Democratic Party has been elected with 58% of the vote. Province-level figures are available.



24 June to 8 July: In the Papua New Guinea legislative election, most results from the 111 constituencies have been declared. Although Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's party, the People's National Congress, won only 27 seats (down from 54), it appears that O'Neill will secure the support of enough members to stay in office. Partial results are available. (As of 20 August the PNG Election Commission website is offline).





Elections in June 2017 25 June: In the Albanian legislative election, Prime Minister Edi Rama's Socialist Party has been re-elected with an increased majority. National figures are available.



11 and 18 June: In the French legislative election, President Emmanuel Macron's new centrist party, The Republic on the March, with its allies, has won an absolute majority in the National Assembly. The Socialist Party, which won a large majority in 2012, was nearly wiped out, while the Republicans (Gaullist right) also lost heavily. The extreme left and the extreme right National Front made only minor gains. National and some constituency-level figures, plus maps, are available.



8 June: In the British legislative election, called three years early by Prime Minister Theresa May, the Conservatives have unexpectedly lost their majority, but will be able to form a minority government with the support of the Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party. The Labour Party led by Jeremy Corbyn has gained seats, while the Scottish Nationalists have lost ground. Constituency-level figures are available.



3 June: In the Lesotho legislative election, Tom Thabane's All Basutho Congress has returned to government with a comfortable majoity, defeating Pakalitha Mosisili's coalition government of the Democratic Congress and the Lesotho Congress for Democracy. Constituency-level figures are available.



3 June: in the Malta legislative election, the Maltese Labour Party of Prime Minister Dr Joseph Muscat has been re-elected with a slightly reduced majority. National figures are available.





Elections in May 2017 31 May: In the Bahamas legislative election, the Free National Movement, led by Dr Hubert Minniss, has returned to power after one term, easily defeating the Progressive Liberal Party government of Prime Minister Perry Christie. Constituency-level figures are available.



19 May: In the Iranian presidential election, President Hassan Rohani, regarded as a moderate among the ruling Islamic clergy, has been re-elected with 57% of the vote. National figures are available.



9 May: in the Republic of Korea presidential election, called early following the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye, Mun Jae-in of the liberal Together Democratic Party has been elected with 41% of the vote, against a divided opposition. National and province-level figures are available.



7 May: In the second round of the French presidential election, Emmanuel Macron, a pro-European centrist, has defeated the National Front's Marine Le Pen, polling 66% of the vote. National and regional figures, plus maps, are available.



4 May: In the Algerian legislative election, the ruling National Liberation Front has again lost seats, polling only 20% of the vote. As always in Algeria, a large majority of voters did not vote or cast invalid votes. Figures are available.





Elections in April 2017 23 April: In the first round of the French presidential election, both the ruling Socialists and the main conservative opposition party, the Republicans, have been eliminated. The second round on 7 May will be contested between Emmanuel Macron, a pro-European centrist leading a newly-created party, and the National Front's Marine Le Pen. No candidate managed 25% of the vote. National figures are available.



6 April: In the Gambia legislative election, President Adama Barrow's United Democratic Party has won a majority of seats. Constituency-level figures are available.



2 April: In the Armenian legislative election, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia has been returned to office, winning an absolute majority in the National Assembly. Figures are available.



2 April: In the second round of the Ecuadorian presidential election, the left-wing candidate Lenï¿½n Moreno Garcï¿½s has defeated the right-wing candidate Guillermo Lasso Mendoza, polling 51% of the vote. National and province-level figures and maps are available.



2 April: in the Serbian presidential election, Aleksandar Vucic of the right-wing Progressive Party has been elected in the first round with 55% of the vote. Both the liberal Democratic Party and the extreme-right Radical Party polled poorly. Figures are available.





Elections in March 2017 26 March: In the Bulgarian legislative election, called early after the defeat of the government party's candidate in the November 2016 presidential election, the right-wing Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) remains the largest party, and Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will be able to form a new coalition government. The opposition Socialist Party greatly improved its vote. National and district-level figures are available.



20 March: In the East Timor presidential election, Francisco Guterres (Lu Olo) of the left-wing FRETILIN party has been elected with 57% of the vote in the first round. Figures are available.



15 March: In the Netherlands legislative election, Prime Minister Mark Rutte's governing People's Party (VVD) has retained its position as the largest party, but its coalition partner, the Labour Pary (PvdA), has been almost wiped out. The anti-immigrant Freedom Party (PVV) has made gains, but not as large as expected. Rutte will form a new coalition government with the Christian Democrats and liberal Democrats 66 parties. District-level figures, lists of elected members and maps are available.



11 March: In Australia, in the Western Australia state election, the Liberal-National coalition government led by Premier Colin Barnett has been heavily defeated by the Labor Party led by Mark McGowan. Constituency-level figures are available.



7 March: In the Micronesia legislative election, a new legislature has been elected on a non-partisan basis. I have not been able to locate figures for this election.





Elections in February 2017 19 February: In the first round of the Ecuadorian presidential election, the left-wing candidate Lenï¿½n Moreno Garcï¿½s leads with 39% of the vote. He will contest a runoff on 2 April against the right-wing candidate Guillermo Lasso Mendoza. National and province-level figures are available.



19 February: In the Ecuadorian legislative election, the left-wing Alliance for a Proud and Sovereign Fatherland (PAiS) has retained a narrow majority in the National Assembly despite substantial losses to the opposition CREO party. National and province-level figures are available.



12 February: In the Turkmenistan presidential election, President Gurbanguly Berdimukhamedov has been "re-elected" with a reported 97% of the vote. No opposition to Berdimukhamedov's regime is permitted. No figures are available.



5 February: In the Liechtenstein legislative election, the governing coalition of the Progressive Citizens' Party (FBPL) and the Fatherland Union (VU) led by Adrian Hasler of the FBPL has been returned with the loss of only one seat. District-level figures are available.





Elections in December 2016 18 December: In the Cote d'Ivoire legislative election, President Alassane Ouattara's Rally of Houphouï¿½tists (RHDP) has won 49% of the vote and a comfortable majority of seats against a scattered opposition. National, rehional and constituency-level figures are available.



11 December: In the Macedonian legislative election, called early to resolve the crisis which led to the resignation of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, the conservative VMRO-DPMNE party, now led by Emil Dimitriev, has sustained heavy losses but remains the largest party. The Social Democrats, led by Zoran Zaev, have made major gains but have not won a majority. The balance is held by parties representing the Albanian minority. Negotiations for the formation of a new government are continuing. District-level figures are available.



11 December: In the Romanian legislative election, the Social Democratic Party of Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu has won a plurality of votes and seats in both chambers, and will be able to retain government with the support of minor parties. National figures are available.



7 December: In the Ghana presidential election, Nana A D Akufo-Addo of the opposition New Patriotic Party has defeated President John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress. This is the first tim an incumbent President of Ghana has been defeated, and the second time in December that an incumbent African president has been defeated: hitherto a rare event. Figures are available.



7 December: In the Ghana legislative election, President-elect Nana A D Akufo-Addo's New Patriotic Party won a majority, defeating outgoing President John Dramani Mahama's National Democratic Congress. Constituency-level figures are available.



6 December: In the re-run of the second round of the Austrian presidential election, the Greens candidate Dr Alexander Van der Bellen has defeated Karl Hofer, candidate of the extreme right Freedom Party. Regional-level figures are available.



4 December: in the Uzbekistan presidential election, held following the death of long-time dictator Islam Karimov, has chosen successor Shavkat Mirziyoyev been elected with 88% of the vote against token opposition. The elections were neither free nor fair: no serious opposition to the regime is tolerated. National figures are available.



1 December: In the Gambia presidential election, Long-time authoritarian President Yahyah Jammeh has been unexpectedly defeated by opposition candidate Adama Barrow. Jammeh initially conceded defeat but subsequently refused to stand down, precipitating a political crisis. Figures are available.





Elections in November 2016 26 November: In the Kuwait legislative election, the sixth in ten years, a new legislature has been elected on a non-party basis. Constituency-level figures are available.



20 November: In the Haitian presidential election, postponed from 2015 after disorders, Jovenel Moï¿½se of the Haitian Bald Head Party (PHTK) has defeated Jude Cï¿½lestin of the Alternative League for Haitian Progress and Emancipation. Turnout was less than 20%. Figures are available.



20 November: In the Haitian legislative election, one-third of the Senate has been elected. Second-round contests for both the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, postponed after the 2015 elections, have also been conducted. Figures are available.



20 November: In the San Marino legislative election, the "Adresso.sm" coalition has wan a majority of seats. Figures are available.



13 November: In the second round of the Bulgarian presidential election, former Air Force commander Rumen Radev, running as an independent backed by the Bulgarian Socialist Party, has defeated the candidate of the governing GERB party, Tsetska Tsacheva Dangovska, with 59% of the vote. Figures are available.



13 November: In the second round of the Moldova presidential election, the Socialist Party candidate, Igor Dodon, backed by the Communist Party, has defeated the liberal candidate Maia Sandu by 52.1% to 47.9%. Figures are available.



8 November: In the United States of America presidential election, the Republican nominee, real estate promoter Donald J Trump of New York, has defeated the Democratic nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary R Clinton of New York. Clinton polled 48.2% of the vote to Trump's 46.1%, but because of the US's archaic and undemocratic election system, Trump won 306 votes in the Electoral College to Clinton's 232. Trump is the first person to be elected President without ever having held public office or served in the military. State-level figures and a map are available.



8 November: In the United States of America legislative election, the Republican Partty has retained control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives with slightly reduced majorities. Complete state and district-level figures are available.



6 November: In the first round of the Bulgarian presidential election, former Air Force commander Rumen Radev, running as an independent backed by the Bulgarian Socialist Party, leads the candidate of the governing GERB party, Tsetska Tsacheva Dangovska, by 25% to 22%. A second round will be held on 13 November. Figures are available.



6 November: In the Nicaragua presidential election, President Daniel Ortega of the Sandinist National Liberation Front has been re-elected with 72% of the vote against token opposition. No genuine opposition candidates were allowed to run, and the elections were not free or fair. Figures are available. Legislative elections were held on the same day and were also won by the FSNL, but no useable figures are available.



1 November: In the Palau presidential election, President Tommy E Remengesau Jr has been re-elected in a non-partisan contest. Figures are available. Figures for the legislative elections held on the same day are also available.

Elections in October 2016 30 October: In the first round of the Moldova presidential election, the Socialist Party candidate, Igor Dodon, leads the liberal candidate Maia Sandu by 44.0% to 38.7%. Dodon is backed by the Communist Party and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Figures are available.



29 October: In the Iceland legislative election, the conservative Independence Party of Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson and its ally the Progressive Party have lost their majority, but the three left-wing parties have not won a majority. The balance of pwer is held by the new Reform Party. Figures are available.



16 October: In the Montenegro legislative election, the governing centre-left coalition led by Prime Minister Milo ï¿½ukanovic has retained office with the support of minor parties. After the election Duï¿½ko Markovic succeded ï¿½ukanovic as Prime Minister. Figures are available.



9 and 23 October: In the Lithuanian legislative election, the Social Democrat government of Algirdas Butkevicius has been heavily defeated. A new conservative coalition government led by Saulius Skvernelis of the Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union will take office. National and constituency-level figures are available.



8 October: In the Georgia legislative election, Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili's Georgia Dream party been re-elected with an increased majority, despite a fall in its vote. Support for the opposition United National Movement also fell. National and constituency-level figures are available.



7 October: in the Moroccan legislative election, the Islamist party, Justice and Development, led by Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane, has improved its position but still lacks an overall majority. Benkirane will form a new coalition government. National figures are available.



2 October: In the Cape Verde presidential election, President Jorge Carlos Fonseca of the opposition Movement for Democracy has been re-elected with 74% of the vote, after the opposition PAIGC did not contest the election. Figures are available.





Elections in September 2016 20 September: in the Jordanian legislative election, most elected candidates as always are nominal independents and supporters of the King's government. Full constituency-level figures and a map showing the constituencies are available. This is the first time I have been able to present full figures for a Jordanian election. The election was judged free and fair, but no serious opposition to the King's government is allowed, and the media is controlled by government supporters.



18 September: In the Russian legislative election, United Russia, the party of President Vladimir Putin, has won an increased majority in the State Duma, recouping the losses it suffered in 2011. Both the extreme-right Liberal Democrats and the Communists lost ground. No genuinely democratic parties won seats. The elections were generally regarded as not free or fair. National figures are available.



11 September: In the Belarus legislative election, supporters of President Aleksandr Lukashenko, running as non-partisans, have won all but two of the seats in the House of Representatives. No serious opposition to Lukashenko's regime is permitted, and the elections were not free or fair. National, regional and constituency- level figures are available, plus constituency maps. This is the first time I have been able to present full figures for an election in Belarus.



11 September: In the Croatian legislative election, called early after the collapse of the centre-left coalition government of Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic, the conservative Croatian Democratic Community (HDZ), led by Andrej Plenkovic, will be able to form a government despite a decline in its vote. Constituency-level figures are available.



8-10 September: In the Seychelles legislative election, President James Michel's Party of the People has been defeated for the first time since Seychelles became a democracy in 1993. A new opposition alliance, the Seychelles Democratic Union, has won 19 of the 33 seats. National and constituency-level figures are available.



4 September: In the Hong Kong SAR legislative election, pro-Beijing parties have retained their majority. Both the pro-Beijing and pro-democracy camps have become more fragmented among several parties. Constituency-level figures are available.





Elections in August 2016 27 August: In the Gabon presidential election, President Ali Bongo Ondimba has been narrowly re-elected, with 49% of the vote against Jean Ping's 48%. National figures are available.



11 August: In the Zambian presidential election, President Edgar Lungu of the ruling Patriotic Front has defeated Hakainde Hichilema of the opposition UPND. National and provincial figures are available.



11 August: In the Zambian legislative election, President Edgar Lungu's Patriotic Front has won a narrow overall majority in the National Assembly. National figures are available.





Elections in July 2016 17 July: In the Sao Tome and Principe presidential election, President Manuel Pinto da Costa has been defeated by Evaristo do Espirito Santo Carvalho, candidate of the Independent Democratic Action party (ADI). Figures are available.



10 July: In the Japanese House of Councillors (upper house) election, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and its ally the Clean Government Party have won an increased majority. The main opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan, made gains at the expense of minor parties. National figures are available.



9 July: In the Nauru legislative election, a new non-party legislature has been re-elected. Constituency-level figures are available.



2 July: In the Australian legislative election, the Liberal-National Coalition government of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been re-elected with a very small majority after surviving a sharp swing to the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Bill Shorten. The new government will not have a majority in the Senate. Constituency-level figures for the House of Representatives and state-level figures for the Senate, plus maps, are available.





Elections in June 2016 30 June: In the Mongolia legislative election, the social-democratic Mongol People's Party led by Miyeegombyn Enkhbold has defeated the Democratic Party government of Prime Minister Chimediin Saikhanbileg, polling 45% of the vote but winning 65 of 76 seats in the legislature. Constituency-level figures and maps (both for the first time) are available.



26 June: in the Spanish legislative election, which followed the parties' failure to form a government following the December 2015 election, the People's Party led by Mariano Rajoy has improved its position, but is still far from a majority, while the Socialist opposition has lost ground. The balance of power is still held by two populist parties, Podemos and Citizens, as well as regionalist parties. The formation of a new government will depend on further coalition negotiations among the parties. National, Autonomous Community and constituency-level figures are available.



25 June: In the Iceland presidential election, Gudni Johannesson, an independent candidate, has been elected with 38.5% of the vote. Figures are available.



5 June: The Macedonian legislative election scheduled for this date has been postponed until later in the year following a political crisis arising from a corruption scandal involving both President Gjorgje Ivanov and former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski.



5 June: In the second round of the Peruvian presidential election, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, a technocrat, has very narrowly defeated the right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori, polling 50.1% of the vote. Figures are available.



5 June: In the St Lucia legislative election, the conservative United Workers Party led by former Prime Minister Stephenson King has returned to office, defeating Prime Minister Kenny Anthony's St Lucia Labour Party. Constituency-level figures are available.





Elections in May 2016 22 May: In the second round of the Austrian presidential election, the Greens candidate Dr Alexander Van der Bellen has very narrowly defeated Karl Hofer, candidate of the extreme right Freedom Party. Regional-level figures are available.



22 May: In the Cyprus legislative election, the conservative Democratic Alliance (DISI) of President Nikos Anastasiades has lost ground, but the main opposition party, the left-wing AKEL, has lost even more. Minor parties - populist, Green and extreme right - have gained seats at the expense of the major parties. District-level figures are available.



15 May: In the Dominican Republic presidential election, President Danilo Medina Sï¿½nchez of the Dominican Liberation Party has been re-elected with 62% of the vote, defeating Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona of the Modern Revolutionary Party. Figures are available.



9 May: In the Philippines presidential election, Rodrigo Roa Duterte of the PDP-Laban party has been elected with 38.6% of the vote, defeating the Liberal candidate, Manuel Araneta Roxas II, who had the support of outgoing President Aquino. The Liberal candidate for Vice-President, Maria Leonor Robredo, was elected. Unofficial national figures are available.



9 May: In the Philippines legislative election, a national summary of voting for the Senate is available.





Elections in April 2016 24 April: In the first round of the Austrian presidential election, Karl Hofer, candidate of the extreme right Freedom Party, leads with the 35% of the vote, followed by the Greens candidate Dr Alexander Van der Bellen. The candidates of the governing coalition parties, the Social Democrats and the People's Party, polled 22% between them. Hofer and Van der Bellen will contest a run-off on 22 May. Regional-level figures are available.



24 April: In the Equatorial Guinea presidential election, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema has been re-elected with an officially reported 94% of the vote. Equatorial Guinea is a dictatorship and no serious opposition to his candidacy was permitted. Figures are available.



24 March: in the Serbian legislative election, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic's right-wing but pro-European Serbian Progressive Party and its allies have been re-elected with a reduced majority. The opposition remains fragmented among eleven other parties of left and right. Figures are available.



13 April: in the Republic of Korea legislative election, the conservative New World Party of President Park Geun-hye has lost its majority in the National Assembly to the three centre-left parties, the Together Democratic Party, the People's Party and the Justice Party. Province-level figures are available.



10 April: In the Chad presidential election, President Idriss Deby has been re-elected to fifth term with a reported 61.6% of the vote, after opposition parties boycotted the election. The election was neither free nor fair. No figures are available.



10 April: In the second round of the Comoros presidential election, Azali Assoumani of the Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros has been elected in a three-way contest with 41% of the vote. National figures are available.



10 April: In the first round of the Peruvian presidential election, the right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori leads with 40%, ahead of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, a technocrat. The candidate of the left came third. Fujimori and Kuczynski will contest a run-off election on 5 June. Figures are available.



10 April: In the Peruvian legislative election, the right-wing Popular Force party led by Keiko Fujimori has won a majority in the Congress of the Republic. Department-level figures are available.



8 April: In the Djibouti presidential election, President Ismail Omar Guelleh has been re-elected with 87% of the vote after opposition parties boycotted the election. The election was neither free nor fair. Figures are available.





Elections in March 2016 30 March: In the Republic of Congo presidential election, President Denis Sassou N'Guesso has been re-elected with 60% of the vote. The election was neither free nor fair. No serious opposition to Sassou N'Guesso's regime is permitted. Figures are available.



20 March: In the second round of the Benin presidential election, independent businessman Patrice A G Talon has defeated Prime Minister Lionel A L Zinsou-Derlin with 65% of the vote. Figures are available.



20 March: In the Cape Verde legislative election, the Movement for Democracy (MpD) of President Jorge Carlos Fonseca has gained control of the Legislative Assembly, defeating the leftist African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde. Figures are available.



20 March: In the second round of the Niger presidential election, President Mahamadou Issoufou of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism hs won with over 90% of the vote, after the opposition candidate Hama Amadou boycotted the election. Figures are available.



10 March: In the Slovak Republic legislative election, the Direction - Social Democrats party of Prime Minister Robert Fico has lost its majority, but is still the largest party. After the election Fico formed a coalition government with three centrist parties. National figures are available.



9 March: In the Kiribati presidential election, Taneti Maamau has been elected with 60% of the vote.



6 March: In the first round of the Benin presidential election, contested by 33 candidates, Prime Minister Lionel A L Zinsou-Derlin, of the Forces for an Emerging Benin, and Patrice A G Talon, an independent businessman, are the leading candidates, although both polled less than 30%. They will contest a run-off on 20 March. Figures are available.



4 March: In the Samoa legislative election, the governing Human Rights Protection Party of Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi has been returned with an increased majority. Constituency-level figures are available.





Elections in February 2016 26 February: In the Irish legislative election, the Fine Gael-Labour coalition government led by Prime Minister Enda Kenny has lost its majority, with Labour losing most of its seats. But the opposition Fianna Fail party has made only modest gains, with many seats going to Sinn Fein and other leftist parties, and to independents. The result has been a minority Fine Gael government, with Fianna Fail guaranteeing support only on confidence and supply. Constituency-level figures are available.



25 February: In the Jamaica legislative election, the Jamaica Labour Party led by former Prime Minister Andrew Holness has defeated Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller's People's National Party government after one term. Constituency-level figures are available.



21 February: In the first round of the Niger presidential election, President Mahamadou Issoufou of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism leads with 48.4% of the vote. He will face a run-off in March against Hama Amadou of the Nigerien Democratic Movement for an African Federation. The two will contest a run-off on 20 March. Figures are available.



21 February: In the Niger legislative election, President Mahamadou Issoufou's Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism has won the largest number of seats. Figures are available.



18 February: In the Uganda presidential election, President Yoweri Museveni of the National Resistance Movement has been re-elected with 60.6% of the vote. The elections were not free or fair. No serious opposition to President Museveni's government is allowed. Figures are available. No figures are available for the legislative election held on the same day.





Elections in January 2016 31 January: In the second round of the Central African Republic presidential election, Faustin Touadï¿½ra of the Union for Central African Renewal has been elected with 62.7% of the vote, defeating Anicet Dologuï¿½lï¿½. No useable figures are available for the legislative election held on the same day.



24 January: In the Portuguese presidential election, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa of the conservative Social Democratic Party has been elected with 52% of the vote. The Socialist Patrty did not contest the election, leaving Rebelo de Sousa opposed only by candidates of the far left and independents. Figures are available.



22 January: In the Vanuatu legislative election, 17 different parties have won seats, with none of them winning more than six seats. Charlot Salwai of the Reunification of Movement for Change formed a coalition government after the election. Constituency-level figures are available.



16 January: in the Taiwan presidential election, Tsai Ing Wen (Cai Yingwen) of the Democratic Progressive Party has been elected as Taiwan's first woman president, polling 56% of the vote against the Kuomintang's Eric Chu (Zhu Lilun). County-level figures are available.



16 January: in the Taiwan legislative election, President-elect Tsai Ing Wen's Democratic Progressive Party has won a comfortable majority in the Legislative Assembly. Constituency-level figures and maps are available.



6 January: In the Kiribati legislative election, a new National Assembly has been elected on a non-party basis. Constituency-level figures are available.





Elections in December 2015 30 December: In the first round of the Central African Republic presidential election, an independent, Anicet Dologuï¿½lï¿½, leads with 24%. He will contest a run-off against Faustin Touadï¿½ra of the Union for Central African Renewal on 31 January. Figures are available. The legislative elections held at the same time have been annulled and will be re-run on 31 January.



27 December: The second round of the Haiti presidential election has been postponed to an unspecified date due to threats of violence from one of the candidates, Jude Cï¿½lestin.



20 December: in the Spanish legislative election, the People's Party led by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has suffered a heavy defeat, but the Socialist opposition has also lost ground. The balance of power is held by two populist parties, Podemos and Citizens, as well as regionalist parties. The formation of a new government will depend on coalition negotiations among the parties. National figures are available.



18 December: In the second round of the Seychelles presidential election, President James Michel of the People's Party has very narrowly defeated opposition leader Wavel Ramkalawan. National figures are available.



9 December: In the St Vincent and the Grenadines legislative election, the governing United Labour Party has been re-elected with its one-seat majority unchanged. National figures are available.



6 December: In the Venezuela legislative election, the opposition Coalition for Democratic Unity (MUD) has won a sweeping victory over President Maduro's United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), ending 17 years of socialist control of the National Assembly. Circumscription-level figures and maps are available.



5 December: In the first round of the Seychelles presidential election, President James Michel of the People's Party leads opposition leader Wavel Ramkalawan with 47% of the vote. A second round will be hel on 18 December. National figures are available.





Elections in November 2015 October-November: In the Egyptian legislative election, no voting figures are available. The election was neither free nor fair and turnout was reportedly very low.



29 November: In the Burkina Faso presidential election, held following the deposition of the long-ruling President Blaise Compaorï¿½, Roch Kaborï¿½ of the People's Movement for Progress has been elected with 53% of the vote. Remarkably for an African election, the defeated candidate Zï¿½phirin Diabrï¿½ accepted the result. Figures are available.



29 November: In the Burkina Faso legislative election, President-elect Roch Kaborï¿½'s People's Movement for Progress has won the largest number seats, though not an overall majority. Figures are available.



22 November: in the second round of the Argentinian presidential election, the conservative Mauricio Macri has narrowly defeated Daniel Scioli, the Peronist candidate supported by outgoing President Cristina Kirchner. Macri is the first non-Peronist to win a presidential election in Argentina since 1999. National figures are available. Details of the Senate election held on 25 October are also available.



16 November: in the Marshall Islands legislative election, voters have elected a new legislature on a non-party basis. Constituency-level figures are available.



8 November: In the Burmese legislative election, the National League for Democracy led by Aung San Suu Kyi has won an overhwhelming victory, sweeping away the military regime's front-party, the Union Solidarity and Development Party. This is the same result as the last free election in 1990, which the regime refused to accept. The election was generally regarded as free and fair. National, regional and constituency-level figures for the lower house are available. Maps for both houses of the legislature are also available.



8 November: In the Croatian legislative election, the centre-left government Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic has lost its majority in the legislature, but the conservative Croatian Democratic Community (HDZ), led by Tomislav Karamarko, has not won a majority. The balance is held by six minor parties, the largest being Boï¿½o Petrov's Bridge of Independent Lists. Constituency-level figures are available.



3 November: in the Belize legislative election, Prime Minister Dean Barrow's United Democratic Party has been returned with an increased majority. Constituency-level figures and a map are available.



1 November: In the Azerbaijan legislative election, President Ilham Aliyev's New Azerbaijan Party and its allies have won most of the seats against only token opposition. The election was boycotted by the opposition parties, and was not free or fair. Constituency-level figures are available.



1 November: In the Turkish legislative election, held less than five months after the previous election produced a deadlock, the Justice and Development Party of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has regained its majority, at the expense of the two minor parties. Constituency-level figures and maps are available.





Elections in October 2015 25 October: in the first round of the Argentinian presidential election, Daniel Scioli, the Peronist candidate supported by outgoing President Cristina Kirchner, leads with 37%, ahead of the conservative Mauricio Macri with 34%. The second round on 22 November will be decided by the 21% who supported dissident Peronist Sergio Massa. National figures are available.



25 October: In the first round of the Cote d'Ivoire presidential electi