This electoral calendar lists the national/federal direct elections in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referenda are included; it should be noted that they are not elections, however. By-elections are not included. The elections held in 2004 can be found at the Electoral calendar 2004

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Past elections

January

• January 2 2005: Croatia, President 1st round
• January 9 2005: Palestinian National Authority, Ra'is (Chairman / President)
• January 9 2005: Abkhazia, Rerun of the presidential election
• January 16 2005: Croatia, President 2nd round
• January 22 2005: Maldives, Parliament
• January 30 2005: Iraq, Parliament
• January 2005: Tokelau, Island council

February

• February 6 2005: Thailand, Parliament
• February 8 2005: Denmark, Parliament
• February 20 2005: Portugal: Parliament
• February 20 2005: Northern Cyprus: Parliament
• February 20 2005: Spain, referendum on the European Constitution
• February 21 2005: Anguilla, Parliament
• February 27 2005: Tajikistan, Parliament 1st round
• February 27 2005: Kyrgyzstan, Parliament
• February 28 2005: Burundi, referendum on the new constitution

March

• March 6 2005: Moldova, Parliament
• March 8 2005: Micronesia, Parliament
• March 11 and March 13 2005: Liechtenstein, Parliament
• March 13 2005: Central African Republic, President 1st round
• March 13 2005: Kyrgyzstan, Parliament 2nd round
• March 17 2005: Tonga, Parliament
• March 24 2005: Tajikistan, Parliament 2nd round
• March 27 2005: Transnistria, Parliament
• March 31 2005: Zimbabwe, Parliament

April

• April 8 2005: Curaçao and Sint Eustatius/Netherlands Antilles, referendum on island's relationship to the Netherlands Antilles and the Kingdom of the Netherlands
• April 8 2005: Djibouti, President
• April 17 2005: Northern Cyprus, President

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• April 22 2005: Burundi, President, House and Senate
• April 24 2005: Andorra, Parliament
• April 24 2005: Togo, President
• April 30 2005: Niue, Parliament
• April 2005: Nepal, Parliament
• April or may 2005: Somaliland, Parliament

May

• May 3 2005: Ohio: Special elections for local questions
• May 5 2005: United Kingdom general election
• May 5 2005: Dominica, Parliament
• May 8 2005: Central African Republic, President 2nd round
• May 15 2005: Ethiopia, Parliament
• May 17 2005: Cayman Islands, Parliament
• May 22 2005: Mongolia, President
• May 22 2005: North Rhine-Westphalia, State Parliament
• May 25 2005: Suriname, Parliament
• May 29 2005: France, [1] referendum on the European Constitution
• May 2005: Christmas Island , Parliament
• May 2005: Cocos Island , Parliament
• May 2005: Lebanon, Parliament
• May 2005: New Caledonia, Parliament

June

• June 1 2005: Netherlands, referendum on the European Constitution
• June 5 2005: Switzerland, referendum on Schengen
• June 6 2005: Chad, referendum on presidential terms
• June 17 2005: Iran, President
• June 19 2005: Guinea-Bissau, President
• June 25 2005: Bulgaria, Parliament
• June 2005: Albania, Parliament
• June 2005: Nagorno Karabakh, Parliament
• June 2005: Saint Helena, Parliament

July

• July 10 2005: Luxembourg, referendum on the European Constitution
• July 17 2005: Palestinian National Authority, Parliament
• July 2005: Armenia, referendum on amending the constitution

August

• August 2005: Singapore, President

September

• September 12 2005: Norway, Parliament
• September 18 2005: Afghanistan, Parliament
• September 27 2005: Denmark, referendum on the European Constitution
• September 2005: Aruba, Parliament
• September 2005: Macau, Parliament
• September 2005: Mauritius, Parliament
• September 2005: Oman, Consultative Assembly
• September 2005: Poland, Sejm and Senate

October

• October 14 2005: Liberia, President and Parliament
• October 23 2005: Argentina, Congress
• October 30 2005: Kyrgyzstan, President
• October 30 2005: Tanzania, President and Parliament
• October 2005: Egypt, President
• October 2005: Iraq, referendum on the new constitution
• October 2005: Jersey, Senators
• October 2005: Kenya, referendum on the new constitution
• October 2005: Kosovo, President
• October 2005: Poland, President
• October 2005: Poland, referendum on the European Constitution

November

• November 8, 2005: United States: State and local races
• November 8 2005: Northern Mariana Islands, Governor, House and Senate
• November 13 or November 20 2005: Haiti, Presidential, House and Senate
• November 27 2005: Honduras, President and Congress
• November 2005: Azerbaijan, Parliament
• November 2005: Burkina Faso, President
• November 2005: Democratic Republic of Congo, President and Parliament
• November 2005: Egypt, Parliament
• November 2005: Falkland Islands, Parliament
• November 2005: Jersey, Elections of the deputies

December

• December 11 2005: Chile, President, House and Senate
• December 11 or December 18 2005: Haiti, President 2nd round
• December 24 2005: Pitcairn, Island council and island magistrate
• December 2005: Côte d'Ivoire, Parliament
• December 2005: Gabon, President
• December 2005: Solomon Islands, Parliament
• December 2005: Sri Lanka, President
• December 2005: Sudan, President
• December 2005: Transnistria, President
• December 2005: Venezuela, Parliament

Month unavailable

• Eritrea, Parliament
• Iraq, President
• Ireland, referendum on the European Constitution
• New Zealand, Parliament (cannot be after September 24),
• Qatar, Parliament
• Sudan, Parliament
• Canada, House of Commons, Liberal minority governement may fall as early as May.

2006

February

• February 5 2006: Costa Rica, President and parliament

May

• May 16 2006: Dominican Republic, Parliament

July

• July 2: Mexico, President, house and senate

September

• September 24: Sweden, Parliament

October

• October 2006:Brazil, President and parliament

November

• November 7 2006: United States, Congressional and state

2007

June

• June 24: Bolivia, President and parliament