African election calendar 2009

Updated July 2009

Country Election Date
Algeria President 9 Apr 2009
Angola President (1st round) Late 2009
Botswana National Assembly
Local government
Oct 2009
President (by National Assembly) 2009
Chad National Assembly Late 2009 (postponed from 2006)
Congo, Republic of the President 12 Jul 2009
Comoros Island Assemblies Mar 2009
Assembly of the Union Apr 2009 (two-round system)
Côte d'Ivoire Presidential 29 Nov 2009
Equatorial Guinea President Dec 2009
Gabon Senate (indirect) 18 Jan 2009
President 2009; ad hoc due to death of president
Guinea National Assembly 11 Oct 2009
President 13 Dec 2009
ad hoc election due to death of president
Guinea-Bissau Presidential 28 Jun 2009
ad hoc election due to assassination of president
Madagascar Constitutional referendum Sep 2009
Malawi President (1st round)
National Assembly
19 May 2009
Mali Local Government 20 Apr 2009
Mauritania President 18 Jul 2009
Mauritius Local Government Urban: Oct 2009
Rural: Dec 2009
Morocco Local Government 12 Jun 2009
Mozambique President
Assembly of the Republic
Provincial Assemblies
28 Oct 2009
Namibia President (1st round)
National Assembly
Local Government
Nov 2009
Niger Local Government Aug 2009
Referendum 4 Aug 2009
National Assembly 20 Aug 2009
President 14 Nov 2009
Senegal Local Government 23 Mar 2009 (postponed from 18 May 2008)
Somaliland (autonomous region) President 27 Sep 2009 (repeatedly postponed from 2008)
Local Government 2009 (postponed from 15 Dec 2008)
South Africa National Assembly
Provincial Legislatures
22 April 2009
President (by National Assembly) 6 May 2009
Sudan President (1st round)
National Assembly
Council of States
Southern Sudan President (1st round)
Southern Sudan Assembly
State Legislatures
State Governors
Local Government
postponed to 5-12 Apr 2010 from Jul 2009
Tunisia President
Chamber of Deputies
Oct 2009