Elections in Africa
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This page lists the most recent (direct) national elections in African countries.
Algeria[edit]
- Presidential: 12 December 2019
- People's National Assembly: 12 June 2021
Angola[edit]
- Presidential: 24 August 2022
- National Assembly: 24 August 2022
Benin[edit]
- Presidential: 11 April 2021
- National Assembly: 8 January 2023
Botswana[edit]
- Presidential: 23 October 2019
- National Assembly: 23 October 2019
Burkina Faso[edit]
- Presidential: 22 November 2020
- National Assembly: 22 November 2020
Burundi[edit]
- Presidential: 20 May 2020
- National Assembly: 20 May 2020
- Constitutional Referendum: 17 May 2018
Cameroon[edit]
- Presidential: 7 October 2018
- National Assembly: 9 February 2020
Cape Verde[edit]
- Presidential: 17 October 2021
- National Assembly: 18 April 2021
Central African Republic[edit]
- Presidential: 27 December 2020
- National Assembly: 27 December 2020 and 14 March 2021
Chad[edit]
- Presidential: 11 April 2021
- National Assembly: 13 February 2011
- Constitutional Referendum: 6 June 2005
Comoros[edit]
- Presidential: 14 January 2024
- Assembly of the Union: 19 January and 23 February 2020
Côte d'Ivoire[edit]
- Presidential 31 October 2020
- National Assembly: 6 March 2021
Democratic Republic of the Congo[edit]
- Presidential: 20 December 2023
- National Assembly: 20 December 2023
Djibouti[edit]
- Presidential: 9 April 2021
- National Assembly: 24 February 2023
Egypt[edit]
- Presidential: 10–12 December 2023
- People's Assembly: 24 October–8 December 2020 (two phases each with two rounds)
- Constitutional Referendum: 20–22 April 2019
Equatorial Guinea[edit]
- Presidential: 20 November 2022
- Senate: 20 November 2022
- Chamber of Deputies: 20 November 2022
Eritrea[edit]
Eritrea, since independence, has repeatedly postponed elections.
Ethiopia[edit]
- Presidential: 25 October 2018
- House of People's Representatives: 21 June and 30 September 2021
Gabon[edit]
- Presidential: 26 August 2023
- National Assembly: 26 August 2023
The Gambia[edit]
- Presidential: 4 December 2021
- National Assembly: 9 April 2022
Ghana[edit]
- Presidential: 7 December 2020
- Parliament: 7 December 2020
Guinea[edit]
- Presidential: 18 October 2020
- National Assembly 22 March 2020
- Constitutional Referendum 22 March 2020
Guinea-Bissau[edit]
- Presidential: 24 November and 29 December 2019
- National People's Assembly: 4 June 2023
Kenya[edit]
- Presidential: 9 August 2022
- National Assembly: 9 August 2022
- Senate: 9 August 2022
- Constitutional Referendum: 4 August 2010
Lesotho[edit]
- National Assembly: 7 October 2022
Liberia[edit]
- Presidential: 10 October and 14 November 2023
- Senate: 10 October 2023
- House of Representatives: 10 October 2023
Libya[edit]
Libya does not hold elections.
Madagascar[edit]
- Presidential: 16 November 2023
- National Assembly: 27 May 2019
- Constitutional Referendum: 17 November 2010
Malawi[edit]
- Presidential: 23 June 2020
- National Assembly: 21 May 2019
Mali[edit]
- Presidential: 29 July and 12 August 2018
- National Assembly: 29 March and 19 April 2020
Mauritania[edit]
- Presidential: 22 June 2019
- National Assembly: 13 and 27 May 2023
Mauritius[edit]
- National Assembly: 7 November 2019
Morocco[edit]
- Chamber of Representatives: 8 September 2021
Mozambique[edit]
- Presidential: 15 October 2019
- Assembly of the Republic: 15 October 2019
Namibia[edit]
- Presidential: 27 November 2019
- National Assembly: 27 November 2019
Niger[edit]
- Presidential: 27 December 2020 and 21 February 2021
- National Assembly: 27 December 2020
Nigeria[edit]
- Presidential: 25 February 2023
- Senate: 25 February 2023
- House of Representatives: 25 February 2023
Republic of the Congo[edit]
- Presidential: 21 March 2021
- National Assembly: 10 and 31 July 2022
Rwanda[edit]
- Presidential: 4 August 2017
- Chamber of Deputies: 3 September 2018
São Tomé and Príncipe[edit]
- Presidential: 18 July and 5 September 2021
- National Assembly: 25 September 2022
Senegal[edit]
- Presidential: 24 March 2024
- National Assembly: 31 July 2022
Seychelles[edit]
- Presidential: 22–24 October 2020
- National Assembly: 22–24 October 2020
Sierra Leone[edit]
- Presidential: 24 June 2023
- Parliament: 24 June 2023
Somalia[edit]
- Senate: 29 July to 13 November 2021
- House of the People: 1 November 2021 to 31 March 2022
South Africa[edit]
- National Assembly: 8 May 2019
South Sudan[edit]
- Presidential: 11–15 April 2010
Sudan[edit]
- Presidential: 13–16 April 2015
- National Assembly: 13–16 April 2015
Swaziland[edit]
- House of Assembly: 29 September 2023
Tanzania[edit]
- Presidential: 28 October 2020
- National Assembly: 28 October 2020
Togo[edit]
- Presidential: 22 February 2020
- National Assembly: 20 December 2018
Tunisia[edit]
- Presidential: 15 September and 13 October 2019
- Assembly of the Representatives of the People: 17 December 2022 and 29 January 2023
Uganda[edit]
- Presidential: 14 January 2021
- Parliament: 14 January 2021
Western Sahara[edit]
- National Council: 8–9 April 2023
Zambia[edit]
- Presidential: 12 August 2021
- National Assembly: 12 August 2021
Zimbabwe[edit]
- Presidential: 23 August 2023
- Senate: 23 August 2023
- National Assembly: 23 August 2023
Summary[edit]
Summary of East Africa Elections | |||||
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Country | Presidential Elections (1999–2019) | Recent Election Year | Next Election | Presidential Votes Cast in Last Election | Registered Voters |
South Sudan | 2 | 2010 | 2021 | 2,813,830 | 4,800,000 |
Uganda | 4 | 2016 | 2021 | 10,329,131 | 15,277,198 |
Kenya | 4 | 2017 | 2022 | 15,593,050 | 19,611,423 |
Tanzania | 3 | 2015 | 2020 | 15,596,110 | 23,161,440 |
Rwanda | 3 | 2017 | 2024 | 6,769,514 | 6,897,076 |
Burundi | 4 | 2020 | 2025 | 2,826,072 | 3,848,119 |
Political Events in African Countries by Region, 1999–2017 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Region | President/Prime Minsister | Parliamentary Elections | Peace Treaties | Total Countries |
Southern Africa | 48 | 33 | 6 | 12 |
Central Africa | 24 | 25 | 6 | 8 |
East Africa | 42 | 35 | 5 | 13 |
West Africa | 55 | 59 | 0 | 15 |
North Africa | 18 | 18 | 2 | 6 |
Total | 187 | 170 | 19 | 54 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "IEBC: Breakdown of Final 19.6 million registered voters in Kenya, 2017". Kenyayote. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission". iebc.or.ke. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "Observing Sudan's 2010 National Elections" (PDF). The Carter Center. April 2010.
- ^ "2021 Uganda's general elections to cost Shs700 billion". dispatch.ug. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "Elections in South Sudan". africanelections.tripod.com. Retrieved 8 November 2019.