African election calendar 2012
Updated January 2012
| Country | Election | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Algeria | People's National Assembly & local | 12 May 2012 |
| Angola | Presidential & National Assembly | Aug or Sep 2012 |
| Burkina Faso | National Assembly | May 2012 |
| Cameroon | National Assembly & communes | Jun or Jul 2012 |
| Cape Verde | Local | May 2012 |
| Chad | Local | 22 Jan 2012 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | Provincial Assemblies | 25 Feb 2012 |
| Senate (indirect) | 13 Jun 2012 | |
| Egypt | People's Assembly | 28 Nov 2011 - 11 Jan 2012 |
| Shura Council | 29 Jan - 11 Mar 2012 | |
| Presidential | Jun 2012 | |
| Local | Apr 2012? | |
| Gambia | National Assembly & local | 29 Mar 2012 |
| Ghana | Presidential 1st rnd | 7 Dec 2012 |
| National Assembly & Presidential 2nd rnd | 28 Dec 2012 | |
| Guinea | National Assembly | 2012 (postponed from 29 Dec 2011) |
| Guinea-Bissau | Presidential (ad hoc, death of encumbent) | 18 March 2012 |
| People's National Assembly | 2012 | |
| Kenya | Presidential, National Assembly & local | postponed to Mar 2013 by High Court order from 14 Aug 2012 |
| Lesotho | National Assembly | Feb or May 2012 |
| Libya | Constituent Assembly | before June 2012 |
| Madagascar | National Assembly | late 2012 (postponed from 13 Apr 2011) |
| Presidential | late 2012 (postponed from 1 Jul 2011) | |
| Mali | Presidential | 1st rnd: 29 Apr 2012 2nd rnd: 13 May 2012 |
| National Assembly | 1st rnd: 1 Jul 2012 2nd rnd: 22 Jul 2012 |
|
| Mauritania | Senate (1/3 members) | before 31 Mar 2012 (Postponed from 24 Apr 2011) |
| National Assembly, regional & local | before 31 Mar 2012 (Postponed from 16 Oct 2011) | |
| Mauritius | Rodrigues Regional Assembly | 5 Feb 2012 |
| Republic of the Congo | National Assembly | Jun 2012 |
| Senegal | Presidential | 26 Feb 2012 |
| National Assembly | 17 Jun 2012 | |
| Sierra Leone | Presidential, House of Representatives & local | 17 Nov 2012 |
| Seychelles | National Assembly | May 2012 |
| Togo | National Assembly | Oct 2012 |
| Zimbabwe | Presidential, National Assembly, Senate & local | 2012 (postponed from 2011) |
