List of annulled elections
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This is a list of political elections that had their results legally cancelled after they were held.
In addition, there are some elections that remain valid but are effectively overturned by the death of the winning candidate before taking office.
- Brazilian presidential election, 1930Brazilian presidential election, 1930The Brazilian presidential election of 1930 was held on March 1, 1930. Getulio Vargas, supported by the Liberal Alliance was defeated by the Republican Party of São Paulo candidate, Júlio Prestes...
(won by Júlio PrestesJúlio PrestesJúlio Prestes de Albuquerque was a Brazilian politician. Governor of São Paulo state in 1926, he was elected president of Brazil on March 1, 1930, but never took office because the government was overthrown in the Revolution of 1930 that brought Getulio Vargas to power, three weeks before Prestes'...
, followed by Brazilian Revolution of 1930Brazilian Revolution of 1930The Revolution of 1930 was a movement that overthrew President Washington Luís and installed Getúlio Vargas as Provisional President.-See also:*Revolutions of Brazil*History of Brazil...
) - Ecuadorian presidential election, 1931 (won by Neptalí Bonifaz Ascásubi)
- Costa Rican presidential election, 1948 (won by Otilio Ulate BlancoOtilio Ulate BlancoLuis Emilio Rafael Otilio Gonzalez Ulate y Blanco served as President of Costa Rica from 1949 to 1953. His French heritage comes from his mother, Ermida Blanco...
, followed by Costa Rican Civil WarCosta Rican Civil WarThe Costa Rican Civil War was the bloodiest event in 20th century Costa Rican history. It lasted for 44 days , during which approximately 2,000 people are believed to have died...
) - Guatemalan presidential election, 1957 (won by Miguel Ortiz Passarelli)
- Cuban presidential election, 1958Cuban presidential election, 1958General elections were held in Cuba on 1 November 1958. Due to Fidel Castro's threat to jail and execute any candidate who participated in the election, Batista-supported Andrés Rivero Agüero was the sole candidate. However, he was unable to take office due to the Cuban Revolution.-Results:...
(won by Andrés Rivero AgüeroAndrés Rivero AgüeroAndrés Rivero Agüero was the last person to be elected president of Cuba in a multiparty election. He was born to extremely poor parents in San Luis, Oriente Province on 4 February 1905. He taught himself to read when he was 16...
, followed by Cuban RevolutionCuban RevolutionThe Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement against the regime of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista between 1953 and 1959. Batista was finally ousted on 1 January 1959, and was replaced by a revolutionary government led by Castro...
) - Peruvian presidential election, 1962 (won by Víctor Raúl Haya de la TorreVíctor Raúl Haya de la TorreVíctor Raúl Haya de la Torre was a Peruvian political leader who founded the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance political movement.-Life:Haya de la Torre was born in the northern Peruvian city of Trujillo...
) - Sierra Leonean general election, 1967Sierra Leonean general election, 1967General elections were held in Sierra Leone on 17 March 1967. They were won by the opposition All People's Congress, marking the first time that a ruling party had lost an election in sub-Saharan Africa...
(Siaka StevensSiaka StevensSiaka Probyn Stevens was the 3rd prime minister of Sierra Leone from 1967–1971 and the 1st president of Sierra Leone from 1971–1985. Stevens is generally criticised for dictatorial methods of government in which many of his political opponents were executed, as well as for mismanaging...
took the oath of office as Prime Minister but was overthrown the same day) - Dahomean presidential election, 1968
- Dahomeyan presidential election, 1970Dahomeyan presidential election, 1970Presidential elections were held in Dahomey on 28 March 1970. Although they were won by Hubert Maga, disagreements between northern and southern politicians meant that the results were later annulled, and instead a three-member Presidential Council was created to rule the country, rotating the...
- Lesotho parliamentary election, 1970 (won by the Basotho Congress PartyBasotho Congress PartyThe Basutoland Congress Party is a pan-africanist and left-wing political party in Lesotho, led by Ntsukunyane Mphanya.The Basutoland African Congress was founded in 1952 by Ntsu Mokhehle and Potlako Leballo. The party was renamed the Basutoland Congress Party in 1957 and retained this name after...
) - Guatemalan general election, 1982 (won by Ángel Aníbal GuevaraÁngel Aníbal GuevaraÁngel Aníbal Guevara Rodríguez is a Guatemalan soldier and politician. He was born in La Democracia, Escuintla in 1924.Having served as defense minister in the previous administration, Guevara was victorious in the 7 March 1982 presidential election to succeed outgoing President Romeo Lucas, who...
) - Panamanian presidential election, 1989 (won by Guillermo EndaraGuillermo EndaraGuillermo David Endara Galimany was the President of Panama from 1989 to 1994. He ran for office in 2004 and 2009 but lost to the former President Martin Torrijos and to the incumbent President Ricardo Martinelli....
, followed by United States invasion of PanamaUnited States invasion of PanamaThe United States Invasion of Panama, code-named Operation Just Cause, was the invasion of Panama by the United States in December 1989. It occurred during the administration of U.S. President George H. W...
) - Burmese general election, 1990Burmese general election, 1990General elections were held in Burma on 27 May 1990, the first multi-party elections since 1960, after which the country had been ruled by a military dictatorship...
(won by the National League for DemocracyNational League for DemocracyThe National League for Democracy is a Burmese political party founded on 27 September 1988. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi serves as its General Secretary. The party won a substantial parliamentary majority in the 1990 Burmese general election. However, the ruling military junta...
) - Algerian legislative election, 1991 (won by the Islamic Salvation FrontIslamic Salvation FrontThe Islamic Salvation Front is an outlawed Islamist political party in Algeria.-Goals:...
, followed by Algerian Civil WarAlgerian Civil WarThe Algerian Civil War was an armed conflict between the Algerian government and various Islamist rebel groups which began in 1991. It is estimated to have cost between 150,000 and 200,000 lives, in a population of about 25,010,000 in 1990 and 31,193,917 in 2000.More than 70 journalists were...
) - Nigerian presidential election, 1993Nigerian presidential election, 1993Presidential elections were held in Nigeria on 12 June 1993, the first since the 1983 military coup. The result was a victory for Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola of the Social Democratic Party, who defeated Bashir Tofa of the National Republican Convention...
(won by Moshood Kashimawo Olawale AbiolaMoshood Kashimawo Olawale AbiolaMoshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola , often referred to as M. K. O. Abiola, was a popular Nigerian Yoruba businessman, publisher, politician and aristocrat of the Egba clan...
) - Malian parliamentary election, 1997
- Georgian legislative election, 2003 (followed by Rose RevolutionRose RevolutionThe "Revolution of Roses" was a change of power in Georgia in November 2003, which took place after having widespread protests over the disputed parliamentary elections...
) - Papua New Guinea vice-regal election, September 2003 (parliamentary vote won by Sir Albert Kipalan)
- Papua New Guinea vice-regal election, December 2003 (parliamentary vote won by Sir Pato Kakaraya)
- the original second round results of the Ukrainian presidential election, 2004Ukrainian presidential election, 2004The Ukrainian presidential election, 2004 was held on October 31, November 21 and December 26, 2004. The election was the fourth presidential election to take place in Ukraine following independence from the Soviet Union...
(won by Viktor YanukovychViktor YanukovychViktor Fedorovych Yanukovych is a Ukrainian politician who has been the President of Ukraine since February 2010.Yanukovych served as the Governor of Donetsk Oblast from 1997 to 2002...
, followed by Orange RevolutionOrange RevolutionThe Orange Revolution was a series of protests and political events that took place in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005, in the immediate aftermath of the run-off vote of the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election which was claimed to be marred by massive corruption, voter...
) - Kyrgyz parliamentary election, 2005 (followed by Tulip RevolutionTulip RevolutionThe Tulip Revolution or First Kyrgyz Revolution refers to the overthrow of President Askar Akayev and his government in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan after the parliamentary elections of February 27 and of March 13, 2005...
) - Thai legislative election, April 2006 (followed by 2006 Thai coup d'état)
In addition, there are some elections that remain valid but are effectively overturned by the death of the winning candidate before taking office.
- Brazilian presidential election, 1918Brazilian presidential election, 1918The Brazilian presidential election of 1918 was held on March 1, 1918. The president was elected by popular vote.-Results:Rodrigues Alves never took office since he died of the Spanish flu in 1919...
(won by Francisco de Paula Rodrigues AlvesFrancisco de Paula Rodrigues AlvesFrancisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, PC was a Brazilian politician who first served as governor of the State of São Paulo in 1887, and as Treasury minister in the 1890s. Rodrigues Alves was elected president of Brazil in 1902 and served until 1906....
) - Mexican presidential election, 1928 (won by Álvaro ObregónÁlvaro ObregónGeneral Álvaro Obregón Salido was the President of Mexico from 1920 to 1924. He was assassinated in 1928, shortly after winning election to another presidential term....
, assassinated) - South African presidential election, 1967 (won by Theophilus Dönges)
- Lebanese presidential election, 1982 (won by Bashir Gemayel, assassinated)
- Brazilian presidential election, 1985Brazilian presidential election, 1985The 1985 Brazilian presidential election was the last to be held indirectly through an electoral college, represented by the members of the National Congress . Two groups were disputing the succession of President João Figueiredo: the Democratic Alliance and the Democratic Social Party...
(won by Tancredo NevesTancredo NevesTancredo de Almeida Neves, SFO more commonly Tancredo Neves was a Brazilian politician. He was born in São João del Rey, in the state of Minas Gerais, of mostly Portuguese, but also Austrian descent and graduated in law. The Neves family name comes from an Azorean great great grandfather...
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