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Election Schedule, August 2024

Country

Election

Forthcoming Election Date

Most Recent Election

Algeria

Parliamentary

2026

12 June 2021

Algeria

Presidential

7 September 2024

12 December 2019

Bahrain

Parliamentary

-

12 November & 19 November 2022

Egypt

Parliamentary

2025

24-25 October & 7-8 November 2020

Egypt

Presidential

2030

10-12 December 2023

Iran

Parliamentary

2028

1 March  and 10 May 2024

Iran

Presidential

-

28 June and 5 July 2024

Iraq

Parliamentary

-

10 October 2021

Iraq

Presidential

-

13 October 2022

Iraq

Municipal

2025

18 December 2023

Israel

Parliamentary

October 2026

1 November 2022

Israel

Presidential

2028

2 June 2021

Jordan

Parliamentary

10 September 2024

10 November 2020

Jordan

Municipal

-

15 August 2017

Kuwait

Parliamentary

2027

4 April 2024

Lebanon

Parliamentary

2026

15 May 2022

Lebanon

Presidential

2029

29 September 2022

Libya

Parliamentary & Presidential

-

25 June 2014

Morocco

Parliamentary

2026

8 September 2021

Oman

Consultative Council

-

29 October 2023

Palestine

Parliamentary

2021[1]

25 January 2006

Palestine

Presidential

2021[2]

9 January 2005

Palestine

Municipal

-

December 2021- March 2022 

Qatar

Consultative Council

2025

2 October 2021

Qatar

Municipal

-

23 June 2023

Saudi Arabia

Consultative Council

Nominated

2 December 2016[3]

Saudi Arabia

Municipal

2019[4]

12 December 2015

Syria

Parliamentary

-

15 July 2024

Syria

Presidential

2028

26 May 2021

Tunisia

Parliamentary

-

17 December 2022- 20 January 2023

Tunisia

Presidential

2024

15 September 2019

Tunisia

Municipal

N/A

6 May 2018

Turkey

Parliamentary

2028

14 May 2023

Turkey

Presidential

2028

14 May  and 28 May 2023

Turkey

Municipal

-

31 March 2024

UAE

Federal Council

2027

7 October 2023

Yemen

Parliamentary

N/A

27 April 2003

Yemen

Presidential

N/A

21 February 2012

 

[1] Palestinian Legislative Election was scheduled for 22 May 2021 but on 29 April 2021 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas indefinitely postponed the election.

[2] Palestinian Presidential Election was scheduled for 31 July 2021 but on 29 April 2021, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas indefinitely postponed the election.

[3] The council was reconstituted through a Royal Decree issued on 2 December 2016.

[4] Not held in 2019 and new dates have not been announced.

As part of the policy, the MEI@ND standardizes spellings and date format to make the text uniformly accessible and stylistically consistent. The views expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views/positions of the MEI@ND. Editor, MEI@ND: P R Kumaraswamy