Elections in 2007
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January 19: Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the CongoThe Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
January 21 and 4 February: MauritaniaElections in MauritaniaPrior 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....
January 25: Gambia
February 9: Turks and Caicos IslandsElections in the Turks and Caicos IslandsElections in the Turks and Caicos Islands are carried out at a national level, with the country divided into fifteen constituencies. Each constituency returns one member to the Legislative Council....
February 11: TurkmenistanTurkmenistanTurkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states...
February 25: SenegalElections in SenegalElections 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...
March 4: EstoniaElections in EstoniaEstonia elects a legislature on the national level. The Riigikogu has 101 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation. A head of state - the president - is elected for a five year term by parliament or an electoral college...
March 4 and 18 March: AbkhaziaElections in AbkhaziaAbkhazia elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five term by the people. The People's Assembly has 35 members, elected for a five year term in single seat constituencies....
ParliamentAbkhazian parliamentary election, 2007
Parliamentary elections were held in the unrecognized Republic of Abkhazia on 4 March 2007; a run-off round was held in seventeen constituencies on 18 March 2007. 189 polling stations were organized to elect 35 parliament members. 47.25% of about 130,000 registered voters participated in the first...
March 6: MicronesiaPolitics of the Federated States of MicronesiaThe politics of the Federated States of Micronesia takes place in a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic. The President of the Federated States of Micronesia is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government, while...
March 11 and March 25: MauritaniaElections in MauritaniaPrior 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....
March 18: FinlandElections in FinlandElections in Finland gives information on election and election results in Finland.On national level Finland elects a head of state — the President of the Republic — and a legislature. The president is elected for a six-year term by direct popular vote...
March 31: BeninElections in BeninBenin 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...
April 1: Wallis and FutunaElections in Wallis and FutunaElections in Wallis and Futuna gives information on election and election results in Wallis and Futuna.Wallis and Futuna elects on territorial level a legislature...
April 9 and 9 May: East TimorElections in East TimorEast Timor 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 Parliament has 88 members, 13 elected in single seat constituencies and 75 elected by proportional representation.-Latest...
April 21: NigeriaElections in NigeriaElections in Nigeria are democratic forms of choosing representatives to the Nigerian federal government and the various states in Nigeria.-Background:...
April 22 and May 6: FranceElections in FranceFrance is a representative democracy. Public officials in the legislative and executive branches are either elected by the citizens or appointed by elected officials...
22 April: SyriaElections in SyriaElections in Syria gives information on election and election results in Syria.Syria elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The People's Council has 250 members elected for a four year term in 15 multi-seat constituencies, in which 167 seats are guaranteed...
April 29: MaliElections in MaliElections 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...
May 2: BahamasElections in the BahamasElections in the Bahamas take place in the framework of a parliamentary democracy. Since independence voter turnout has been generally high in national elections, with a low of 87.9% in 1987 and a high of 98.5% in 1997.-Electoral system:...
6 May: Burkina FasoElections in Burkina FasoElections 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...
10–12 May: SeychellesElections in SeychellesThis 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...
May 12: ArmeniaElections in ArmeniaElections in Armenia gives information on election and election results in Armenia.Armenia 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...
May 12: IcelandElections in IcelandElections in Iceland gives information on election and election results in Iceland.Iceland 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...
May 14: PhilippinesElections in the PhilippinesThe Philippines elects on national level a head of state and a legislature. The president is elected for a six-year term by the people. The vice-president is elected at the same time on a separate ballot...
17 May: AlgeriaElections in AlgeriaAlgeria 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...
20 May: VietnamElections in VietnamElections in Vietnam gives information on election and election results in Vietnam.Vietnam elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The National Assembly has 498 members, elected for a five year term. Vietnam is a single-party state...
20 May: European UnionElections in the European UnionElections to the Parliament of the European Union take place every five years by universal adult suffrage. 736 MEPs are elected to the European Parliament which has been directly elected since 1979. No other body is directly elected although the Council of the European Union and European Council is...
24 May: IrelandElections in IrelandThe Republic of Ireland elects on national level a head of state — the president — and a legislature. The president is elected for a seven year term by Irish citizens resident in the state ....
3 June: SenegalElections in SenegalElections 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...
June 10: BelgiumElections in BelgiumElections in Belgium gives information on election and election results in Belgium.Belgium elects its bicameral federal legislature, the Federal Parliament Elections in Belgium gives information on election and election results in Belgium.Belgium elects its bicameral federal legislature, the...
June 10 and June 17: FranceElections in FranceFrance is a representative democracy. Public officials in the legislative and executive branches are either elected by the citizens or appointed by elected officials...
11 June: EgyptElections in EgyptEgypt 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...
Shura CouncilEgyptian Shura Council election, 2007
Elections for the Shura Council, the upper house of the Egyptian parliament, was held in Egypt on 11 June 2007 and 18 June 2007. From a total of 264 seats 88 are up for election every three years, another 44 are appointed by the president....
12 June: U.S. Virgin IslandsElections in the United States Virgin IslandsElections in the U.S. Virgin Islands are held to elect senators to the Legislature of the U.S. Virgin Islands, the governor and lieutenant governor of the territory, and a delegate to the United States House of Representatives....
Constitutional ConventionUnited States Virgin Islands Constitutional Convention election, 2007
The 2007 United States Virgin Islands Constitutional Convention election was an election to the Fifth Constitutional Convention of the U.S. Virgin Islands in the United States Virgin Islands on 12 June 2007...
June 24: Republic of the CongoElections in the Republic of the CongoThe Republic of Congo elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected by the people. The Parliament has two chambers. The National Assembly has 153 members, for a five year term in single-seat constituencies...
June 30: East TimorElections in East TimorEast Timor 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 Parliament has 88 members, 13 elected in single seat constituencies and 75 elected by proportional representation.-Latest...
June 30-July 10: Papua New GuineaElections in Papua New GuineaElections in Papua New Guinea gives information on election and election results in Papua New Guinea.Papua New Guinea elects on national level a legislature...
July 1 and July 22: MaliElections in MaliElections 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...
July 1: Saint Barthelemy
July 1 and July 8: Saint Martin
July 19: Nagorno-Karabakh
July 22: CameroonElections in CameroonElections 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...
July 22: TurkeyElections in TurkeyTurkey elects on the national level a legislature. The Grand National Assembly of Turkey has 550 members, elected for a four year term by a system based on proportional representation...
July 29: JapanElections in JapanThe Japanese political system has three types of elections: general elections to the House of Representatives held every four years , elections to the House of Councillors held every three years to choose one-half of its members, and local elections held every four years for offices in prefectures,...
August 11: Sierra LeoneElections in Sierra LeoneElections 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...
August: KazakhstanElections in KazakhstanElections in Kazakhstan are held on a national level to elect a President and the Parliament, which is divided into two bodies, the Majilis and the Senate . Local elections for maslikhats are held every five years...
August 20: British Virgin IslandsElections in the British Virgin IslandsElections in the British Virgin Islands gives information on election and election results in the British Virgin Islands.The British Virgin Islands elects on territorial level a unicameral legislature...
August 22 and August 30: KiribatiElections in KiribatiKiribati 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. The House of Assembly has 42 members, 40 elected for a four year term in single-seat and multi-seat constituencies, 1 delegate from Banaba Island and...
August 25: NauruElections in NauruElections in Nauru gives information on election and election results in Nauru.Nauru elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. Parliament has 18 members, elected for a three year term in multi-seat constituencies...
September 3: JamaicaElections in JamaicaElections in Jamaica provides information on elections and election results in Jamaica.The Parliament of Jamaica has two chambers:* The House of Representatives has 60 members, elected for a five year term in single-seat constituencies....
September 7: MoroccoElections in MoroccoElections 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...
September 9: GuatemalaElections in GuatemalaElections in Guatemala include, on the national level, a head of state – the president – and a unicameral legislature.Guatemala's president and vice-president are elected on one ballot for a four year term by the people...
September 9 and November 7: GuatemalaElections in GuatemalaElections in Guatemala include, on the national level, a head of state – the president – and a unicameral legislature.Guatemala's president and vice-president are elected on one ballot for a four year term by the people...
16 September: GreeceElections in GreeceElections in Greece gives information on election and election results in Greece.-Election of the legislature:The Greek Parliament has 300 members, elected for a four-year term by a system of 'reinforced' proportional representation in 56 constituencies, 48 of which are multi-seat and 8 single-seat...
September 23: MadagascarElections in MadagascarElections 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...
September 30: EcuadorElections in EcuadorElections in Ecuador gives information on election and election results in Ecuador.Ecuador elects on national level a head of state, , and a legislature. The President of the Republic and his vice-president are elected on one ballot for a four-year term by the people...
Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly election, 2007Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly election, 2007
On 30 September 2007 an election for a Constituent Assembly was held in Ecuador following the referendum on this issue successfully held on 15 April 2007...