Country |
Election |
Forthcoming Election Date |
Most Recent Election |
Algeria |
Parliamentary |
2022 |
4 May 2017 |
Algeria |
Presidential |
2019 |
17 April 2014 |
Bahrain |
Parliamentary |
2018 |
22 November 2014; 29 November 2014 |
Egypt |
Parliamentary |
2020 |
17-28 October 2015; 21 November- 2 December 2015 |
Egypt |
Presidential |
26-28 March 2018 |
26-28 May 2014 |
Egypt |
Shura Council |
N/A[1] |
29/30 January 2012 & 14/15 February 2012 |
Iran |
Parliamentary |
2020 |
26 February 2016[2] |
Iran |
Presidential |
2021 |
19 May 2017 |
Iraq |
Parliamentary |
12 May 2018 |
30 April 2014 |
Iraq |
Presidential |
2018 |
24 July 2014 |
Iraq |
Local |
- |
20 April 2013 |
Israel |
Parliament/Knesset |
November 2019 |
17 March 2015 |
Israel |
Presidential |
2021 |
10 June 2014 |
Jordan |
Parliamentary |
2020 |
20 September 2016 |
Jordan |
Local |
2020 |
15 August 2017 |
Kuwait |
Parliamentary |
- |
26 November 2016 |
Lebanon |
Parliamentary |
6 May 2018 |
7 June 2009 |
Lebanon |
Presidential |
2022 |
31 October 2016 |
Libya |
Parliamentary |
2018 |
25 June 2014 |
Morocco |
Parliamentary |
- |
7 October 2016 |
Oman |
Shura Council |
- |
25 October 2015 |
Palestine |
Parliamentary |
N/A |
25 January 2006 |
Palestine |
Presidential |
N/A |
9 January 2005 |
Palestine |
Local Elections |
- |
13 May 2017 |
Qatar |
Parliamentary |
- |
|
Qatar |
Central Municipal Council |
- |
13 May 2015 |
Saudi Arabia |
Municipal Elections |
- |
12 December 2015 |
Syria |
Parliamentary |
2020 |
13 April 2016 |
Syria |
Presidential |
2021 |
3 June 2014 |
Tunisia |
Parliamentary |
- |
26 October 2014 |
Tunisia |
Presidential |
2019 |
21 December 2014[4] |
Tunisia |
Municipal |
2018 |
- |
Turkey |
Parliamentary |
November 2019 |
1 November 2015 |
Turkey |
Presidential |
November 2019 |
10 August 2014 |
Turkey |
Local |
March 2019 |
30 March 2014 |
UAE |
Parliamentary |
- |
3 October 2015 |
Yemen |
Parliamentary |
- |
27 April 2003 |
Yemen |
Presidential |
- |
21 February 2012 |
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
[1] The Shura Council has been abolished by the 2014 constitution of Egypt.
[2] On 29 April 2016, a second round of elections were held to fill 69 parliamentary seats for which no clear winner emerged.
[3] The general election never took place. It is postponed till 2019.
[4] The election was held on 23 November 2014, since there was no candidate with majority during the first round of voting, a second round took place on 21 December 2014.
Minakshi Sardar has received her Ph. D. from the Centre for West Asian Studies, School of International Studies, JNU, New Delhi. Her doctoral thesis was on the Process of Normalization of Israel-Vatican Relations, 1948-1993. She did her M Phil from the same centre on Israel’s Responses to Hostage Taking. Her area of interest focuses Middle East politics, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Christianity, security issues, and conflict resolutions. She has presented at several conferences and seminars on the region. She has been preparing China Watch (since August 2015), Election Watch (since July 2017) for MEI. She is an Editorial Assistant of the Journal of Indo-Judaic Studies since 2020. She can be reached at mini.8star@gmail.com
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