2005 electoral calendar

This electoral calendar 2005 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2005 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referendums are included, although they are not elections. By-elections are not included.

January

 * 2 January: Croatia, President (1st round)
 * 9 January: Palestine, National Authority, President
 * 12 January: Abkhazia, Rerun of the presidential election
 * 16 January: Croatia, President (2nd round)
 * 22 January: Maldives, Parliament
 * 25 January: Tokelau, Island council
 * 30 January: Iraq, Parliament

February

 * 6 February: Thailand, Parliament
 * 8 February: Denmark, Parliament
 * 20 February: Portugal, Parliament
 * 20 February: Northern Cyprus, Parliament
 * 20 February: Spain, referendum on the European Constitution
 * 21 February: Anguilla, Parliament
 * 27 February: Tajikistan, Parliament (1st round)
 * 27 February: Kyrgyzstan, Parliament (1st round)
 * 28 February: Burundi, referendum on the new constitution

March

 * 6 March: Moldova, Parliament
 * 8 March: Micronesia, Parliament
 * 11 and 13 March: Liechtenstein, Parliament
 * 13 March: Central African Republic, President (1st round)
 * 13 March: Kyrgyzstan, Parliament (2nd round)
 * 17 March: Tonga, Parliament
 * 24 March: Tajikistan, Parliament (2nd round)
 * 31 March: Zimbabwe, Parliament

April

 * 8 April: Djibouti, President
 * 17 April: Northern Cyprus, President
 * 24 April: Andorra, Parliament
 * 24 April: Togo, President
 * 30 April: Niue, Parliament

May

 * 5 May–23 June: United Kingdom, Parliament
 * 5 May: Dominica, Parliament
 * 8 May: Central African Republic, President (2nd round)
 * 11 May: Cayman Islands, Parliament
 * 14 May: Republic of China, National Assembly
 * 15 May: Ethiopia, Parliament
 * 22 May: Mongolia, President
 * 25 May: Egypt, Constitutional referendum
 * 25 May: Suriname, Parliament
 * 29 May: France, referendum on the European Constitution
 * 29 May: Lebanon, Parliament

June

 * 1 June: Netherlands, referendum on the European Constitution
 * 5 June: Switzerland, referendum on Schengen and Dublin treaties, as well as on civil unions for homosexuals
 * 6 June: Chad, referendum on presidential terms
 * 17 June: Iran, President
 * 19 June: Guinea-Bissau, President
 * 5/12/19 June: Lebanon, Parliament
 * 19 June: Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Parliament
 * 24 June: Iran, President (2nd round)
 * 25 June: Bulgaria, Parliament

July

 * 3 July: Albania, Parliament
 * 3 July: Mauritius, Parliament
 * 4 July: Burundi, Parliament
 * 10 July: Kyrgyzstan, President
 * 10 July: Luxembourg, referendum on the European Constitution

August

 * 19 August: Burundi, President
 * 27 August: Singapore, President
 * 30 August: Saint Helena, Parliament

September

 * 7 September: Egypt, President
 * 11 September: Japan, House of Representatives
 * 12 September: Norway, Parliament
 * 17 September: New Zealand, Parliament
 * 18 September: Afghanistan, Parliament
 * 18 September: Germany, Federal Parliament
 * 23 September: Aruba, Parliament
 * 25 September: Poland, Sejm and Senate
 * 25 September: Macau, Parliament
 * 29 September: Somaliland, Parliament

October

 * 9 October: Poland, President (1st round)
 * 11 October: Liberia, President, Senate, and House of Representatives
 * 15 October: Iraq, constitutional referendum
 * 19 October: Jersey, Senators
 * 23 October: Argentina, Congress and senate
 * 23 October: Poland, President (2nd round)
 * 23 October: Brazil, referendum on the prohibition of personal firearms

November

 * 6 November: Azerbaijan, Parliament
 * 8 November: Northern Mariana Islands, Governor, House and Senate
 * 13 November: Burkina Faso, President
 * 15 November: Greenland, Parliament
 * 17 November: Falkland Islands, Legislative Council
 * 17 November: Sri Lanka, President
 * 19/20 November: Egypt, Parliament
 * 1 December: Egypt, Parliament


 * 21 November: Kenya, Referendum on the new Constitution
 * 23 November: Jersey, Deputies
 * 26 November: Zimbabwe, Senate
 * 27 November: Armenia, Referendum on Constitution
 * 27 November: Honduras, President and Congress
 * 27 November: Gabon, President

December

 * 4 December: Venezuela, Parliament
 * 4 December: Kazakhstan, President
 * 7 December: St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Parliament
 * 11 December: Chile, President (1st Round), Parliament
 * 11 December: Transnistria, Parliament
 * 14 December: Tanzania, President and Parliament
 * 15 December: Iraq, Parliament
 * 18 December: Bolivia, President, Parliament
 * 18 December: Democratic Republic of Congo, Referendum on the new Constitution
 * 24 December: Pitcairn, Island council and island magistrate