African election calendar 2010

Updated August 2010


Country Election Date
Burkina Faso President (1st round) 21 Nov 2010
Burundi Communal 24 May 2010 (postponed from 21 May 2010)
President 28 Jun 2010
National Assembly 23 Jul 2010
Senate (indirect) 28 Jul 2010
Central African Republic Presidential & National Assembly postponed to 23 Jan 2011 from 25 Apr, 16 May and 24 Oct 2010
Chad National Assembly 28 Nov 2010 (postponed from 2009 and 2006)
Local 12 Dec 2010
Comoros Presidential 7 Nov 2010
Local Dec 2010/Jan 2011
Côte d'Ivoire President 31 Oct 2010 (postponed from 29 Nov 2009)
Egypt Shura Council (half of members) 1-8 Jun 2010
People's Assembly Nov 2010
Ethiopia House of People's Representatives
Regional State Councils
23 May 2010
Equatorial Guinea President Dec 2010
Ghana District Assembly 26 Oct 2010
Guinea President 1st round 27 Jun, 2nd round 19 Sep 2010
National Assembly & Local Late 2010?
Guinea-Bissau President (1st round) moved forward to 28 Jun 2009 from Jun 2010, due to assassination of president
Kenya Constitutional referendum 4 Aug 2010
Lesotho Local Government postponed, no date set from Apr 2010
Madagascar Referendum (new Constitution) postponed to 17 Nov 2010 from 12 Aug 2010
National Assembly postponed to 13 Apr 2011 from 30 Sep 2010
President postponed 1 Jul 2011 from 26 Nov 2010
Malawi Local 23 Nov 2010 (postponed since 2000)
Mauritius National Assembly 5 May 2010
Local Government Oct 2010
Namibia Regional Councils Nov 2010
National Council (indirect) 2010
Local before 1 Dec 2010
Niger Referendum 24 Oct 2010
President (1st round) 26 Dec 2010
Rwanda President (1st round) 9 Aug 2010
São Tomé and Príncipe National Assembly 1 Aug 2010
Somaliland (autonomous region) President 26 Jun 2010 (postponed repeately from 31 Aug 2008)
House of Representatives Sep 2010
Local Government late 2010?
Sudan President (1st round)
National Assembly
Council of States
Southern Sudan President (1st round)
Southern Sudan Assembly
State Legislatures
State Governors
Local Government
11-19 Apr 2010 (postponed from Jul 2009)
Togo President 4 Mar 2010 (postponed from 28 Feb 2010)
Tunisia Local Government 9 May 2010
United Republic of Tanzania Zanzibar constitutional amendment referendum 31 Jul 2010
Union President
National Assembly
Zanzibar President
Zanzibar House of Representatives
Local Government
31 Oct 2010