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Elections in Africa

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This page lists the most recent (direct) national elections in African countries.

Contents

Algeria

  • Presidential: 17 April 2014
  • People's National Assembly: 10 May 2012
  • Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation Referendum: 29 September 2005

    • Angola

  • Presidential: 29–30 September 1992
  • National Assembly: 29–30 September 1992

    • Benin

  • Presidential: 5 and 19 March 2006
  • National Assembly: 31 March 2007

    • Botswana

  • National Assembly: 30 October 2004

    • Burkina Faso

  • Presidential: 29 November 2015
  • National Assembly: 6 May 2007

    • Burundi

  • National Assembly: 4 July 2005
  • Constitutional Referendum: 28 February 2005

    • Cameroon

  • Presidential: 11 October 2004
  • National Assembly: 22 July 2007

    • Cape Verde

  • Presidential: 12 February 2006
  • National Assembly: 22 January 2006

    • Central African Republic

  • Presidential: 13 March and 8 May 2005
  • National Assembly: 13 March and 8 May 2005
  • Constitutional Referendum: 5 December 2004

    • Chad

  • Presidential: 3 May 2006
  • National Assembly: 21 April 2002
  • Referendum: 6 June 2005

    • Comoros

  • Presidential: 16 April and 14 May 2006
  • Assembly of the Union: 18 and 25 April 2004

    • Côte d'Ivoire

  • Presidential: 22 October 2000
  • National Assembly: 10 December 2000

    • Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Presidential: 30 July and 29 October 2006
  • National Assembly: 30 July 2006
  • Constitutional Referendum: 18 December 2005

    • Djibouti

  • Presidential: 8 April 2005
  • National Assembly: 8 February 2008

    • Egypt

  • Presidential: 7 September 2005
  • People's Assembly: 7 November-9 December 2005 (three stages)
  • Constitutional Referendum: 26 March 2007

    • Equatorial Guinea

  • Presidential: 15 December 2002
  • House of People's Representatives: 4 May 2008

    • Eritrea

    Eritrea, since independence, has repeatedly postponed elections.

    Ethiopia

  • House of People's Representatives: 15 May and 21 August 2005

    • Gabon

  • Presidential: 27 December 2005
  • National Assembly: 17 December 2006

    • The Gambia

  • Presidential: 22 September 2006
  • National Assembly: 25 January 2007

    • Ghana

  • Presidential: 7 December 2016
  • Parliamentary: 7 December 2016
  • Presidential: 7 December 2012
  • Parliamentary: 7 December 2012
  • Presidential: 7 December 2008
  • Parliament: 7 December 2008
  • Presidential: 7 December 2004
  • Parliament: 7 December 2004

    • Guinea

  • Presidential: 21 December 2003
  • National Assembly: 30 June 2002

    • Guinea-Bissau

  • Presidential: 19 June and 24 July 2005
  • People's National Assembly: 28 March 2004

    • Kenya

  • Presidential: 8 August 2017
  • Presidential: 4 March 2013
  • Presidential: 27 December 2007
  • National Assembly: 27 December 2007
  • Constitutional Referendum: 21 November 2005

    • Lesotho

  • National Assembly: 17 February 2002

    • Liberia

  • Presidential: 11 October and 8 November 2005
  • Senate: 11 October 2005
  • House of Representatives: 11 October 2005

    • Libya

    Libya does not hold elections, it is a dictatorship

    Madagascar

  • Presidential: 3 December 2006
  • National Assembly: 23 September 2007
  • Constitutional Referendum: 4 April 2007

    • Malawi

  • Presidential: 20 May 2004
  • National Assembly: 20 May 2004

    • Mali

  • Presidential: 29 April 2007
  • National Assembly: 1 and 22 July 2007

    • Mauritania

  • Presidential: 11 and 25 March 2007
  • National Assembly: 19 November and 3 December 2006

    • Mauritius

  • National Assembly: 3 July 2005

    • Morocco

  • Chamber of Representatives: 7 September 2007

    • Mozambique

  • Presidential: 1–2 December 2004
  • Assembly of the Republic: 1–2 December 2004

    • Namibia

  • Presidential: 15–16 November 2004
  • National Assembly: 15–16 November 2004

    • Niger

  • Presidential: 16 November and 4 December 2004
  • National Assembly: 4 December 2004

    • Nigeria

  • Presidential: 21 April 2007
  • Senate: 21 April 2007
  • House of Representatives: 21 April 2007

    • Republic of Congo

  • Presidential: 10 March 2002
  • National Assembly: 24 June and 5 August 2007

    • Rwanda

  • Presidential: 25 August 2003
  • Chamber of Deputies: 29–30 December 2003

    • São Tomé and Príncipe

  • Presidential: 30 July 2006
  • National Assembly: 26 March 2006

    • Senegal

  • Presidential: 25 February 2007
  • National Assembly: 3 June 2007

    • Seychelles

  • Presidential: 28–30 July 2006
  • National Assembly: 10–12 May 2007

    • Sierra Leone

  • Presidential: 11 August and 8 September 2007
  • House of Representatives: 11 August 2007

    • Somalia

  • Presidential: 8 February 2017

    • South Africa

  • National Assembly: 14 April 2004

    • Sudan

  • Presidential: 13–22 December 2005
  • National Assembly: 13–22 December 2005

    • Swaziland

  • House of Assembly: 18 October 2003

    • Tanzania

  • Presidential: 31 October 2010
  • National Assembly: 31 October 2010

    • Togo

  • Presidential: 24 April 2005
  • National Assembly: 14 October 2007

    • Tunisia

  • Presidential: 24 October 2004
  • Chamber of Deputies: 24 October 2004

    • Uganda

  • Presidential: 23 February 2006
  • Parliament: 23 February 2006
  • Multiparty Referendum: 28 July 2005

    • Western Sahara

  • National Council: 17–19 February 2008

    • Zambia

  • Presidential: 30 October 2008
  • Presidential: 28 September 2006
  • National Assembly: 28 September 2006

    • Zimbabwe

  • Presidential: 29 March 2008
  • Senate: 29 March 2008
  • House of Assembly: 29 March 2008

    • References

    Elections in Africa Wikipedia
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