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Election Schedule, September 2019

Country

Election

Forthcoming Election Date

Most Recent Election

Algeria

Parliamentary

2022

4 May 2017

Algeria

Presidential

2019[i]

17 April 2014

Bahrain

Parliamentary

2022

24 November & 1 December 2018

Egypt

Parliamentary

2020

17-28 October 2015&

21 November-

2 December 2015

Egypt

Presidential

2022

26-28 March 2018

Iran

Parliamentary

2020

26 February & 29 April 2016

Iran

Presidential

2021

19 May 2017

Iraq

Parliamentary

2022

12 May 2018

Iraq

Presidential

2022

2 October 2018

Iraq

Municipal

N/A

20 April 2013

Israel

Parliamentary

17 September 2019          

9 April 2019[ii]

Israel

Presidential

2021

10 June 2014

Jordan

Parliamentary

2020

20 September 2016

Jordan

Municipal

2020

15 August 2017

Kuwait

Parliamentary

2020

26 November 2016

Lebanon

Parliamentary

2022

6 May 2018

Lebanon

Presidential

2022

31 October 2016

Libya

Parliamentary & Presidential

2019[iii]

25 June 2014

Morocco

Parliamentary

2021

7 October 2016

Oman

Consultative Council

October 2019

25 October 2015

Palestine

Parliamentary

N/A

25 January 2006

Palestine

Presidential

N/A

9 January 2005

Palestine

Municipal

N/A

13 May 2017

Qatar

Consultative Council

Nominated

17 June 2016[iv]

Qatar

Municipal

2023

16 April 2019

Saudi Arabia

Consultative Council

Nominated

2 December 2016[v]

Saudi Arabia

Municipal

2019[vi]

12 December 2015

Syria

Parliamentary

2020

 13 April 2016

Syria

Presidential

2021

3 June 2014

Tunisia

Parliamentary

6 October 2019

26 October 2014

Tunisia

Presidential

15 September 2019

23 November & 21 December 2014

Tunisia

Municipal

N/A

6 May 2018

Turkey

Parliamentary

18 June 2023

24 June 2018

Turkey

Presidential

2023

24 June 2018

Turkey

Municipal

N/A

31 March 2019

UAE

Federal Council

October 2019

3 October 2015[vii]

Yemen

Parliamentary

N/A

27 April 2003

Yemen

Presidential

N/A

21 February 2012
 

[i] Election was scheduled for April 18, 2019 but was delayed due to protests against long-time incumbent President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who was eventually forced to resign on April 2.

[ii] Fresh elections were called as none of the party or coalition could form government after a hung parliament.

[iii] Election were initially scheduled for December 2018 and were later scheduled for early 2019 but have been indefinitely deferred due to the ongoing civil war.   

[iv]Term of the current council was renewed by an Emiri Decree on 17 June 2016[iv] and it ended on 30 June 2019

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

[vi] New dates have not been announced.

[vii]Partially elected

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