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Election Schedule, February 2019

Country

Election

Forthcoming Election Date

Most Recent Election

Algeria

Parliamentary

                              2022

4 May 2017

Algeria

Presidential

2019

17 April 2014

Bahrain

Parliamentary

-

24 November 2018[1]

Egypt

Parliamentary

2020

17-28 October 2015;

21 November-

2 December 2015

Egypt

Presidential

2022       

26-28 March        2018

Egypt

Shura Council

N/A[2]

29/30 January 2012 &

14/15 February 2012

Iran

Parliamentary

                              2020

26 February 2016[3]

Iran

Presidential

2021

19 May 2017

Iraq

Parliamentary

2022

12 May 2018

Iraq

Presidential

2022

2 October 2018

Iraq

Local

-

20 April 2013

Israel

Parliament/Knesset

           9 April 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

Lebanon

Presidential

2022

31 October 2016

Libya

Parliamentary

   2019

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

 -

[4]

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[5]

Tunisia

Municipal

-

6 May 2018

Turkey

Parliamentary

-

24 June 2018

Turkey

Presidential

-

24 June 2018

Turkey

Local

31 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] Parliamentary Election was held on 24 November 2018 in Bahrain, a second round of election was be conducted in some of the constituencies in December.

[2] The Shura Council has been abolished under the 2014 constitution of Egypt.

[3] On 29 April 2016, a second round of elections were held to fill 69 parliamentary seats for which no clear winner emerged.

[4] The election did not take place and was postponed to 2019.

[5] The election was held on 23 November 2014, since there was no clear winners, a second round took place on 21 December.