2002 electoral calendar

This national electoral calendar for the year 2002 lists the national/federal direct elections to be held in 2002 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.

January

 * January 17 – The Gambia, parliamentary

February

 * February 24 – Laos, parliamentary

March

 * March 3 – São Tomé and Príncipe, legislative
 * March 7 – Tonga, legislative
 * March 9–11 Zimbabwe, presidential
 * March 10
 * Republic of the Congo, presidential
 * Colombia, parliamentary
 * March 17
 * Comoros, presidential (first round)
 * Portugal, legislative
 * March 21 – Niue, legislative

April

 * April 7 – Hungary, presidential
 * April 14
 * Comoros, presidential (second round)
 * East Timor, presidential
 * April 21 – Chad, parliamentary
 * April 28 – Mali, presidential (first round)

May

 * May 2
 * Bahamas, legislative
 * legislative
 * May 5
 * In the second round of the French presidential election, Jacques Chirac is reelected.
 * Burkina Faso, parliamentary
 * May 12 – Mali, presidential (run-off)
 * May 14 – Sierra Leone, parliamentary and presidential
 * May 15 – Dutch general election, 2002: The CDA has become the largest party and the right-wing LPF became the third largest. This was the beginning of Balkenende I cabinet which collapsed 84 days later.
 * May 16 – Dominican Republic, parliamentary
 * May 17 – Ireland, legislative
 * May 25 – Lesotho, legislative
 * May 26
 * Colombia, presidential
 * Republic of the Congo, parliamentary
 * May 30 – Algeria, parliamentary

June

 * June 14–15 – Czech Republic, parliamentary
 * June 24 – Albania, presidential
 * June 30
 * Bolivia, presidential (run-off)
 * Cameroon, parliamentary
 * Guinea, parliamentary

July

 * July 14 – Mali, parliamentary
 * July 15 – India, presidential
 * July 25 – Tuvalu, parliamentary
 * July 27 – The New Zealand Labour Party, is re-elected.

September
September 15 – North Macedonia, parliamentary September 27 – Morocco, legislative

October

 * October 5
 * Bosnia and Herzegovina, legislative and presidential
 * October 6 – Brazil, presidential and legislative
 * October 7 – Trinidad and Tobago, legislative election
 * Latvia, parliamentary
 * October 10 – Pakistan, general election
 * October 16
 * Iraq, referendum
 * Jamaica, legislative
 * October 20
 * Ecuador, legislative and presidential
 * Montenegro, parliamentary
 * October 24 – Bahrain, legislative
 * October 27
 * Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is elected President of Brazil.
 * Togo, parliamentary

November

 * November 5 – United States: House of Representatives and Senate elections

December

 * December 6 – Seychelles, parliamentary
 * December 8 – Serbia, presidential
 * December 12 – Hans Enoksen is elected prime minister of Greenland.
 * December 15
 * Equatorial Guinea, presidential
 * Madagascar, parliamentary
 * December 19 – South Korea, presidential
 * December 22
 * Lithuania, presidential (first round)
 * Montenegro, presidential
 * December 27 – Kenya, presidential, and legislative