Algeria

Elections in Algeria

Algeria elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people. People's National Assembly has 380 members, elected for a five year term in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation...

• Presidential
  Algerian presidential election, 2004
  Presidential elections were held in Algeria on April 8, 2004. The incumbent president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, was re-elected with 85.0 percent of the vote.-Candidates:*Ali Benflis: candidate of the Front for National Liberation...
  
  : 8 April 2004
• People's National Assembly
  Algerian legislative election, 2007
  Legislative elections were held in Algeria on 17 May 2007. 24 political parties and around 100 independent lists with a total of more than 12,000 candidates competed for the 389 seats in the National People's Assembly. While most Algerians voted on May 17th, immigrants from Algeria to other...
  
  : 17 May 2007
• Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation Referendum: 29 September 2005

Angola

Elections in Angola

According to the constitution of 1991, Angola elected on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president was elected by the people for a five-year term , by absolute majority - and if no candidate reached absolute majority, there had to be a second turn, with...

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

Benin

Elections in Benin

Benin elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people. The National Assembly has 83 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation.Benin has a multi-party system, which means that there...

• Presidential
  Beninese presidential election, 2006
  A presidential election was held in the West African state of Benin on March 5, 2006. Long-time president Mathieu Kérékou was barred from running again by a two term limit and an age limit of 70 years for candidates; in July 2005 he signalled that he would not seek to change the constitution, as...
  
  : 5 March and 19 March 2006
• National Assembly
  Beninese parliamentary election, 2007
  A parliamentary election was held in Benin on 31 March 2007, having been delayed from an earlier date of 25 March due to difficulties in organizing it. 26 political parties and alliances took part in the election...
  
  : 31 March 2007

Botswana

Elections in Botswana

Elections in Botswana have been held regularly since independence, and have been consistently judged free and fair by international observers....

• National Assembly: 30 October 2004

Burkina Faso

Elections in Burkina Faso

Elections in Burkina Faso gives information on election and election results in Burkina Faso.Burkina Faso elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people...

• Presidential: 13 November 2005
• National Assembly
  Burkinabe parliamentary election, 2007
  A parliamentary election was held in Burkina Faso on 6 May 2007. The ruling Congress for Democracy and Progress won 73 out of 111 seats....
  
  : 6 May 2007

Burundi

Elections in Burundi

Elections in Burundi gives information on election and election results in Burundi.Burundi elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The National Assembly has 118 members, elected for a five year term by proportional representation with a 2% barrier...

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

Cameroon

Elections in Cameroon

Elections in Cameroon gives information on election and election results in Cameroon.Cameroon elects, on a national level, a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a seven year term by the people; a two-term limit on the office was removed through a...

• Presidential: 11 October 2004
• National Assembly
  Cameroonian parliamentary election, 2007
  A parliamentary election was held in Cameroon on 22 July 2007, with some polls held again on 30 September 2007. 1,274 candidates stood for the 180 seats in the National Assembly, with 41 parties participating...
  
  : 22 July 2007

Cape Verde

Elections in Cape Verde

Elections in Cape Verde gives information on election and election results in Cape Verde. An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office...

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

Central African Republic

Elections in the Central African Republic

Elections in the Central African Republic gives information on election and election results in the Central African Republic.The Central African Republic elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people...

• Presidential
  Central African Republic elections, 2005
  Presidential and parliamentary elections were held in the Central African Republic on March 13, 2005 and May 8, 2005 , marking the end of the transitional process that began with the seizure of power by François Bozizé in a March 2003 coup...
  
  : 13 March and 8 May 2005
• National Assembly
  Central African Republic elections, 2005
  Presidential and parliamentary elections were held in the Central African Republic on March 13, 2005 and May 8, 2005 , marking the end of the transitional process that began with the seizure of power by François Bozizé in a March 2003 coup...
  
  : 13 March and 8 May 2005
• Constitutional Referendum: 5 December 2004

Chad

Elections in Chad

Elections in Chad gives information on election and election results in Chad.Chad elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people...

• Presidential
  Chadian presidential election, 2006
  A presidential election took place in Chad on May 3, 2006. A 2005 constitutional referendum made it possible for President Idriss Déby to run for a third term; having come to power in December 1990, he previously won elections in 1996 and 2001...
  
  : 3 May 2006
• National Assembly: 21 April 2002
• Referendum
  Chadian constitutional referendum, 2005
  On 6 June 2005 the Chadian voters were called to pronounce themselves through a referendum on the revision of the Constitution originally approved on 31 March 1996....
  
  : 6 June 2005

Comoros

Elections in Comoros

Elections in Comoros gives information on election and election results in Comoros.Comoros elects on federal level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a four year term by the people. The federal presidency is to take it in turns between the three islands...

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

Côte d'Ivoire

Elections in Côte d'Ivoire

2000 Elections in Côte d'Ivoire gives information on election and election results in Côte d'Ivoire.Côte d'Ivoire elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people...

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

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Multi-party elections in the DR Congo were held in July 2006, the first multi-party elections in the country since 1960.The 1960 elections, held in the wake of independence, saw Patrice Lumumba become prime minister and Joseph Kasavubu president. In 1965 Mobutu Sese Seko seized power and declared...

• Presidential
  Democratic Republic of the Congo general election, 2006
  General elections were held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on July 30, 2006, the first multiparty elections in the country in 41 years. Voters went to the polls to elect both a new President of the Republic and a new National Assembly, the lower-house of the Parliament.The polls were...
  
  : 30 July and 29 October 2006
• National Assembly
  Democratic Republic of the Congo general election, 2006
  General elections were held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on July 30, 2006, the first multiparty elections in the country in 41 years. Voters went to the polls to elect both a new President of the Republic and a new National Assembly, the lower-house of the Parliament.The polls were...
  
  : 30 July 2006
• Constitutional Referendum: 18 December 2005

Djibouti

Elections in Djibouti

Elections in Djibouti gives information on election and election results in Djibouti.Djibouti elects a head of state and a legislature at the national level. Until April 19, 2010, the president was elected for two six-year terms, until a change for the constitution was passed. Since then, there...

• Presidential: 8 April 2005
• National Assembly
  Djiboutian parliamentary election, 2008
  A parliamentary election was held in Djibouti on 8 February 2008. There were 65 candidates running for the 65 seats in the National Assembly, with all of the candidates coming from the ruling coalition, the Union for the Presidential Majority...
  
  : 8 February 2008

Egypt

Elections in Egypt

Egypt elects on national level a head of state – a president – and a bicameral legislature.The President of the Republic is elected for a six-year term by popular vote. This election mechanism has been in place since a May 2005 amendment to the Egyptian Constitution...

• Presidential
  Egyptian presidential election, 2005
  The Egyptian presidential election of 2005, held on September 7, 2005, was the first allegedly contested presidential election in Egypt's history. Hosni Mubarak, the former President of Egypt, won a fifth consecutive six-year term in office, with official results showing he won 88.6% of the vote...
  
  : 7 September 2005
• People's Assembly
  Egyptian parliamentary election, 2005
  The Egyptian parliamentary elections of 2005 was the scheduled three-stage elections in November and December 2005 for determining its lower house membership. The elections formed the Eighth Assembly since the adoption of the 1971 Constitution...
  
  : 7 November-9 December 2005 (three stages)
• Constitutional Referendum
  Egyptian constitutional referendum, 2007
  A constitutional referendum was held in Egypt on 26 March 2007 to confirm the constitutional changes, mostly concerning electoral law, that were passed by parliament on 20 March 2007...
  
  : 26 March 2007

Equatorial Guinea

Elections in Equatorial Guinea

Elections in Equatorial Guinea gives information on election and election results in Equatorial Guinea.Equatorial Guinea elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a seven year term by the people. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema...

• Presidential: 15 December 2002
• House of People's Representatives
  Equatorial Guinean legislative election, 2008
  An early legislative election was held in Equatorial Guinea on 4 May 2008, at the same time as local elections. The 100 seats in parliament, along with 230 local councillor seats, were to be elected....
  
  : 4 May 2008

Ethiopia

Elections in Ethiopia

At the federal level, Ethiopia elects a legislature. The Federal Parliamentary Assembly has two chambers: the Council of People's Representatives with not more than 550 members as per the constitution but actually nearly 547 members, elected for five-year terms in single-seat constituencies; and...

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

Gabon

Elections in Gabon

Gabon elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a seven year term by the people. The Parliament has two chambers...

• Presidential
  Gabonese presidential election, 2005
  Gabon held a presidential election on 27 November 2005. Incumbent President Omar Bongo Ondimba, in power since 1967 , sought another seven-year term against four other candidates. According to an announcement of results by the country's interior minister, Bongo won the election with 79.2% of the vote...
  
  : 27 December 2005
• National Assembly
  Gabonese legislative election, 2006
  A legislative election was held in Gabon on 17 December 2006 ....
  
  : 17 December 2006

The Gambia

Elections in the Gambia

Elections in Gambia gives information on election and election results in Gambia.Gambia elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people...

• Presidential
  Gambian presidential election, 2006
  The Gambian presidential election, 2006 was held on 22 September 2006. 670,000 Gambians registered to vote, and 59% of registered voters turned out to vote. Many of the 989 polling booths used marbles which were inserted into candidate drums instead of ballot papers due to the high illiteracy rate...
  
  : 22 September 2006
• National Assembly
  Gambian parliamentary election, 2007
  A parliamentary election was held in The Gambia on 25 January 2007. Forty-eight members of the National Assembly were elected, with another five being appointed by the President. 103 candidates had been approved by the Independent Electoral Commission, and only the ruling party, the Alliance for...
  
  : 25 January 2007

Ghana

Elections in Ghana

Elections in Ghana gives information on election and election results in Ghana.Ghana elects on national level a head of state, the president, and a legislature. The president is elected for a four year term by the people...

• Presidential
  Ghanaian presidential election, 2008
  A presidential election was held in Ghana on 7 December 2008, at the same time as a parliamentary election. Since no candidate received more than 50% of the votes, a run-off election was held on 28 December, 2008 between the two candidates who received the most votes, Nana Akufo-Addo and John Atta...
  
  : 7 December 2008
• Parliament: 7 December 2008
• Presidential
  Ghanaian presidential election, 2004
  The Ghanaian presidential election was held in the Republic of Ghana in West Africa on 7 December 2004. Parliamentary elections were held on the same day.There were four candidates:*George Aggudey...
  
  : 7 December 2004
• Parliament
  Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2004
  The Ghanaian parliamentary election was held on 7 December 2004. Presidential elections were held on the same day.-Results:-See also:*List of Ghana Parliament constituencies*MPs elected in the Ghana parliamentary election, 2004-External links:**...
  
  : 7 December 2004

Guinea

Elections in Guinea

Elections in Guinea gives information on election and election results in Guinea.Guinea elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people...

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

Guinea-Bissau

Elections in Guinea-Bissau

Elections in Guinea-Bissau gives information on election and election results in Guinea-Bissau.Guinea-Bissau elects on national level a head of state and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people...

• Presidential
  Guinea-Bissau presidential election, 2005
  Guinea-Bissau held a presidential election on 19 June 2005, and a second round run-off vote was held on 24 July. The election marked the end of a transition to democratic rule after the previously elected government was overthrown in a September 2003 military coup led by General Veríssimo Correia...
  
  : 19 June and 24 July 2005
• People's National Assembly
  Guinea-Bissau legislative election, 2004
  A legislative election was held in Guinea-Bissau on March 28, 2004. The election had been repeatedly postponed due to political and financial chaos in the country, and due to the coup d'état which overthrew President Kumba Ialá in September 2003....
  
  : 28 March 2004

Kenya

Elections in Kenya

Elections in Kenya in recent years have been cause for violence and fragmentation, such as during the presidential elections of 2007. Though a multiparty democracy since 1992 and holding elections since 1962, the country has serious institutional problems which make it hard for elections to be...

• Presidential
  Kenyan presidential election, 2007
  A presidential election was held as part of the Kenyan general election on December 27, 2007; parliamentary elections were held on the same date. Incumbent President Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner and sworn in on December 30, despite opposition leader Raila Odinga's claims of victory...
  
  : 27 December 2007
• National Assembly
  Kenyan parliamentary election, 2007
  Parliamentary elections in Kenya were held as part of the Kenyan general election on December 27, 2007; presidential elections were held on the same date....
  
  : 27 December 2007
• Constitutional Referendum
  Kenyan constitutional referendum, 2005
  The 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum was held on 21 November 2005. The proposed new constitution was voted down by a 58% majority of Kenya's voters...
  
  : 21 November 2005

Lesotho

Elections in Lesotho

Lesotho elects a legislature on national level. The Parliament has two chambers: the National Assembly with 120 members, elected for a five-year term, 80 in single-seat constituencies and 40 by proportional representation; and the Senate, with 33 nominated members.Lesotho is a one party dominant...

• National Assembly: 17 February 2002

Liberia

Elections in Liberia

Liberia elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a six-year term by the people. The Legislature has two chambers. The House of Representatives has 64 members, elected for a six-year term. The Senate has 30 members...

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

Madagascar

Elections in Madagascar

Elections in Madagascar gives information on election and election results in Madagascar.Madagascar elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people. The Parliament has two chambers...

• Presidential
  Malagasy presidential election, 2006
  Presidential elections were held in Madagascar on 3 December 2006. President Marc Ravalomanana, in office since he prevailed in a dispute over election results in 2002, ran for re-election...
  
  : 3 December 2006
• National Assembly
  Malagasy parliamentary election, 2007
  A parliamentary election was held in Madagascar on 23 September 2007, with the vote to be repeated in two constituencies on 14 November 2007. 637 candidates contested the election, in which the 127 seats in the National Assembly were at stake....
  
  : 23 September 2007
• Constitutional Referendum
  Malagasy constitutional referendum, 2007
  A constitutional referendum was held in Madagascar on 4 April 2007. The proposed changes, which voters were asked to approve or reject as a whole, included:*expansion of presidential powers in cases of emergency...
  
  : 4 April 2007

Malawi

Elections in Malawi

Malawi elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president and the vice-president are elected on one ballot for a five year term by the people...

• Presidential
  Malawi general election, 2004
  General elections was held in Malawi on 20 May 2004 to elect a President and the National Assembly. The election had originally been scheduled for 18 May but was postponed for two days in response to opposition complaints of irregularities in the voter roll. By 22 May no results had been announced,...
  
  : 20 May 2004
• National Assembly
  Malawi general election, 2004
  General elections was held in Malawi on 20 May 2004 to elect a President and the National Assembly. The election had originally been scheduled for 18 May but was postponed for two days in response to opposition complaints of irregularities in the voter roll. By 22 May no results had been announced,...
  
  : 20 May 2004

Mali

Elections in Mali

Elections in Mali gives information on election and election results in Mali.Mali elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people...

• Presidential
  Malian presidential election, 2007
  A presidential election was held in Mali on 29 April 2007. President Amadou Toumani Touré ran for re-election against seven other candidates and won in the first round with about 71% of the vote, according to final results.-Pre-campaign:...
  
  : 29 April 2007
• National Assembly
  Malian parliamentary election, 2007
  A parliamentary election was held in Mali on 1 July 2007 and 22 July. In the first round, there were about 1,400 candidates for 147 seats in the National Assembly....
  
  : 1 July and 22 July 2007

Mauritania

Elections in Mauritania

Prior to the coup d'état of August 2005, Mauritania was a one party dominant state with the Democratic and Social Republican Party in power. Opposition parties were allowed, but widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power....

• Presidential
  Mauritanian presidential election, 2007
  A Mauritanian presidential election occurred on 11 March 2007. Since no candidate received a majority of the votes, a second round was held on 25 March between the top two candidates, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi and Ahmed Ould Daddah...
  
  : 11 and 25 March 2007
• National Assembly
  Mauritanian parliamentary election, 2006
  Parliamentary and municipal elections in Mauritania occurred on 19 November and 3 December 2006. At least 28 political parties competed to comprise the lower house of parliament, the National Assembly; Islamist parties were banned, but many Islamists ran as independent candidates...
  
  : 19 November and 3 December 2006

Morocco

Elections in Morocco

Elections in Morocco are held on a national level for the legislature. Parliament has two chambers. The Assembly of Representatives of Morocco has 325 members elected for a five year term, 295 elected in multi-seat constituencies and 30 in national lists consisting only of women...

• Chamber of Representatives
  Moroccan parliamentary election, 2007
  Parliamentary elections were held in Morocco on 7 September 2007, the second of King Mohammed VI's reign. Voter turnout was estimated to be 37%, the lowest in Moroccan political history. There were 33 different parties and 13 independent candidates competing for 325 assembly seats...
  
  : 7 September 2007

Mozambique

Elections in Mozambique

Elections in Mozambique gives information on election and election results in Mozambique.Mozambique elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people...

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

Namibia

Elections in Namibia

Elections in Namibia gives information on election and election results in Namibia.Namibia elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people. Parliament has two chambers...

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

Niger

Elections in Niger

Every five years, elections in Niger occur on national level for the head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people...

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

Nigeria

Elections in Nigeria

Elections in Nigeria are democratic forms of choosing representatives to the Nigerian federal government and the various states in Nigeria.-Background:...

• Presidential
  Nigerian general election, 2007
  The Nigerian general elections of 2007 were held on 14 April and 21 April 2007. Governorship and state assembly elections were held on 14 April, while the presidential and national assembly elections were held a week later on 21 April. Umaru Yar'Adua won the highly controversial election for the...
  
  : 21 April 2007
• Senate
  Nigerian general election, 2007
  The Nigerian general elections of 2007 were held on 14 April and 21 April 2007. Governorship and state assembly elections were held on 14 April, while the presidential and national assembly elections were held a week later on 21 April. Umaru Yar'Adua won the highly controversial election for the...
  
  : 21 April 2007
• House of Representatives
  Nigerian general election, 2007
  The Nigerian general elections of 2007 were held on 14 April and 21 April 2007. Governorship and state assembly elections were held on 14 April, while the presidential and national assembly elections were held a week later on 21 April. Umaru Yar'Adua won the highly controversial election for the...
  
  : 21 April 2007

Republic of Congo

• Presidential: 10 March 2002
• National Assembly
  Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, 2007
  A parliamentary election was held in the Republic of the Congo on 24 June 2007, with a second round initially planned for 22 July 2007, but then postponed to 5 August 2007. According to the National Commission of the Organization of the Elections , 1,807 candidates stood in the first round for 137...
  
  : 24 June and 5 August 2007

Rwanda

Elections in Rwanda

The major recurring elections in Rwanda on a national level are the election of the President of Rwanda, which recurs after seven years, and the election of the Parliament of Rwanda ....

• Presidential
  Rwandan presidential election, 2003
  A presidential election was held in Rwanda on 25 August 2003. Paul Kagame easily won the election against a weak opposition.-Source:*...
  
  : 25 August 2003
• Chamber of Deputies: 29–30 December 2003

São Tomé and Príncipe

Elections in São Tomé and Príncipe

Elections in São Tomé and Príncipe gives information on election and election results in São Tomé and Príncipe.São Tomé and Príncipe elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people...

• Presidential
  São Tomé and Príncipe presidential election, 2006
  São Tomé and Príncipe held its fourth presidential election since the introduction of multi-party politics in 1990 on 30 July 2006. Incumbent Fradique de Menezes, first elected in 2001, won more than 60 per cent of the votes, while his main challenger, Patrice Trovoada got just over 38 per cent of...
  
  : 30 July 2006
• National Assembly
  São Tomé and Príncipe legislative election, 2006
  São Tomé and Príncipe held its fifth National Assembly election since the introduction of multi-party politics in 1990 on 26 March 2006.-Parties and Coalitions:Eight political parties and two coalitions contested the election....
  
  : 26 March 2006

Senegal

Elections in Senegal

Elections in Senegal gives information on election and election results in Senegal.Senegal elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people . The National Assembly has 150 members, elected for a five year...

• Presidential
  Senegalese presidential election, 2007
  A presidential election was held in Senegal on 25 February 2007. The incumbent president, Abdoulaye Wade, who was first elected in 2000, won the election in the first round with almost 56% of the vote.-Date of the election:...
  
  : 25 February 2007
• National Assembly
  Senegalese parliamentary election, 2007
  Parliamentary elections were held in Senegal on 3 June 2007. They had originally been planned to be held together with the presidential election on 25 February 2007, but were postponed. 14 parties or coalitions participated in the election, in which the composition of the National Assembly, with...
  
  : 3 June 2007

Seychelles

Elections in Seychelles

This article gives information on election and election results in Seychelles. Seychelles elects on national level a head of state — the president — and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people...

• Presidential: 28–30 July 2006
• National Assembly
  Seychellois parliamentary election, 2007
  A parliamentary election was held in Seychelles from 10 May until 12 May 2007. The result was a landslide victory for the ruling Seychelles People's Progressive Front, which held all 23 of its seats in the 34 seat National Assembly.-Results:...
  
  : 10–12 May 2007

Sierra Leone

Elections in Sierra Leone

Elections in Sierra Leone gives information on election and election results in Sierra Leone.Sierra Leone elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people...

• Presidential
  Sierra Leonean general election, 2007
  Presidential and parliamentary elections were held in Sierra Leone on 11 August 2007. Seven candidates competed in the first round of the presidential election; no candidate received the necessary 55% of the vote to win in the first round, and a second round was held between the top two candidates,...
  
  : 11 August and 8 September 2007
• House of Representatives
  Sierra Leonean general election, 2007
  Presidential and parliamentary elections were held in Sierra Leone on 11 August 2007. Seven candidates competed in the first round of the presidential election; no candidate received the necessary 55% of the vote to win in the first round, and a second round was held between the top two candidates,...
  
  : 11 August 2007

Somalia

Elections in Somalia

The Somalian state only has loose governmental structures with "no effective central government" since 1991. Political parties organized based strictly or primarily on political beliefs don't play much of a role; instead, there is a strong sense of ethnic identity and clan-based organization...

• Presidential
  Somaliland presidential election, 2003
  Presidential elections in Somaliland, a de facto state that is claimed in whole by Somalia, were held on 14 April 2003. Results show that president Dahir Riyale Kahin won by the slightest of margins were released on April 19...
  
  : 14 April 2003
• House of Representatives
  Somaliland parliamentary election, 2005
  Somaliland held elections to an 82-member House of Representatives on 29 September 2005. It was the first multiparty parliamentary election conducted in the secessionist Republic of Somaliland since 1991, when the Somali Civil War began.-Political parties:...
  
  : 29 September 2005

South Africa

Elections in South Africa

Elections in South Africa take place on national, provincial, and local levels. South Africa is a multi-party democracy with the African National Congress in power with a significant majority since 1994...

• National Assembly
  South African general election, 2004
  Legislative elections were held in South Africa on Wednesday, 14 April 2004. The African National Congress of President Thabo Mbeki, which came to power after the end of the apartheid system in 1994, was re-elected with an increased majority....
  
  : 14 April 2004

Sudan

Elections in Sudan

Elections in Sudan gives information on election and election results in Sudan.Sudan elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. In the most recent election of 2010, there were two presidential elections, one for the Presidency of the Republic of Sudan and one for...

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

Tanzania

Elections in Tanzania

Elections in Tanzania gives information on election and election results in Tanzania.Tanzania elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people...

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

Togo

Elections in Togo

Elections in Togo gives information on election and election results in Togo.Togo elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people...

• Presidential
  Togolese presidential election, 2005
  A presidential election was held in Togo on April 24, 2005, following the death in office of long-time president Gnassingbé Eyadéma. The main candidates were Eyadéma's son, Faure Gnassingbé, and opposition leader Emmanuel Bob-Akitani. The election and the period preceding it were marked by...
  
  : 24 April 2005
• National Assembly
  Togolese parliamentary election, 2007
  A parliamentary election was held in Togo on October 14, 2007 for the 81 seats in the National Assembly. There were over 2,000 candidates, with 32 parties and 41 lists of independent candidates competing. The ruling Rally of the Togolese People was victorious, winning a majority of 50 seats...
  
  : 14 October 2007

Tunisia

Elections in Tunisia

Prior to the 2011 Tunisian revolution, Elections in Tunisia were held every five to six years, and elected both the president and members of both legislative branches to the national government of the Republic of Tunisia...

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

Uganda

Elections in Uganda

Uganda provides national elections for a president and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term. The National Assembly has 292 members. 214 members are elected without party labels directly in single seat constituencies, while 78 members are elected from so-called special...

• Presidential
  Ugandan general election, 2006
  The Ugandan general election of 2006 took place on February 23, 2006. This was the first multiparty election since Yoweri Museveni, the current president, took over power in 1986. Six candidates contested for the Presidential office, and at least 33 parties were expected to enter the Parliamentary...
  
  : 23 February 2006
• Parliament
  Ugandan general election, 2006
  The Ugandan general election of 2006 took place on February 23, 2006. This was the first multiparty election since Yoweri Museveni, the current president, took over power in 1986. Six candidates contested for the Presidential office, and at least 33 parties were expected to enter the Parliamentary...
  
  : 23 February 2006
• Multiparty Referendum
  Uganda multiparty referendum, 2005
  Ugandans voted to restore a multi-party political system in a constitutional referendum held on 28 July 2005. Political parties were barred from competing in elections for nearly 20 years in order to curb sectarian tensions. President Yoweri Museveni instituted the non-party "Movement" system of...
  
  : 28 July 2005

Western Sahara

Elections in Western Sahara

Elections in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic gives information on election and election results in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic claims the Western Sahara, a territory largely administered by Morocco since Spain abandoned it in 1975...

• National Council
  Sahrawi legislative election, 2008
  The most recent election for the Sahrawi National Council took place between 17 February and 19 February 2008. More than 126 candidates competed for the 53 seats of the Sahrawi National Council, which is the unicameral legislature of the partially recognized Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. The...
  
  : 17–19 February 2008

Zambia

Elections in Zambia

Zambia elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people...

• Presidential
  Zambian presidential election, 2008
  A presidential election was held in Zambia on 30 October 2008 following the death of the incumbent President Levy Mwanawasa on 19 August 2008; the election had to be called within 90 days of the date of death...
  
  : 30 October 2008
• Presidential: 28 September 2006
• National Assembly: 28 September 2006

Zimbabwe

Elections in Zimbabwe

The Zimbabwe government consists of an elected head of state, the president, and a legislature. The presidential term lasts for 6 years. Parliament is bicameral, consisting of the House of Assembly and Senate. The House of assembly has 210 members 200 elected for five-year terms by single-member...

• Presidential
  Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008
  The Republic of Zimbabwe held a presidential election along with a parliamentary election on 29 March 2008. The three major candidates were incumbent President Robert Mugabe of the Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front , Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change , and...
  
  : 29 March 2008
• Senate
  Zimbabwean parliamentary election, 2008
  A parliamentary election was held in Zimbabwe on March 29, 2008 to elect members to both the House of Assembly and the Senate of the Zimbabwean parliament...
  
  : 29 March 2008
• House of Assembly
  Zimbabwean parliamentary election, 2008
  A parliamentary election was held in Zimbabwe on March 29, 2008 to elect members to both the House of Assembly and the Senate of the Zimbabwean parliament...
  
  : 29 March 2008

See also

• Africa
  Africa
  Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
  
  
• Elections
• Electoral calendar
• List of national legislatures

External links

• Webdossier on elections in Africa