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Election Schedule, March 2020

Country

Election

Forthcoming Election Date

Most Recent Election

Algeria

Parliamentary

2022

4 May 2017

Algeria

Presidential

2024

12 December 2019

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

2024

21 February 2020

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

2 March 2020

17 September 2019          

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

2020[1]

25 June 2014

Morocco

Parliamentary

2021

7 October 2016

Oman

Consultative Council

-

27 October 2019

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[2]

Qatar

Municipal

2023

16 April 2019

Saudi Arabia

Consultative Council

Nominated

2 December 2016[3]

Saudi Arabia

Municipal

2019[4]

12 December 2015

Syria

Parliamentary

2020

 13 April 2016

Syria

Presidential

2021

3 June 2014

Tunisia

Parliamentary

2024

6 October 2019

Tunisia

Presidential

2024

15 September 2019

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

-

5 October 2019

Yemen

Parliamentary

N/A

27 April 2003

Yemen

Presidential

N/A

21 February 2012

 

[1] 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.     

[2] Term of the current council was renewed by an Emiri Decree on 17 June 2016[2] and it ended on 30 June 2019

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

[4] 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