Election calendar 2006
Note:
1. All election dates have been confirmed with the relevant authorities or with EISA's field offices except for Chad, Mauritania and São Tomé and Príncipe.
2. Many election dates are provisional (including confirmed ones) and may change. Every effort will be made to keep abreast of these changes and update this page accordingly.
| Country | Election | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Angola | Presidential & National Assembly | postponed 2007/8 |
| Benin | Presidential | 5 Mar 2006 |
| Burkina Faso | Local government | 12 Mar 2006 |
| Cape Verde | Legislative | 22 Jan 2006 |
| Presidential | 12 Feb 2006 | |
| Chad | National Assembly | postponed to 2007 |
| Presidential | May 2006 | |
| Comoros | Island Presidential | Mar 2006 |
| Union Presidential Round 1 | postponed to 16 April 2006 | |
| Union Presidential Round 2 | 14 May 2006 | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Presidential & National Assembly; 2006 | postponed to Oct 2007 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Presidential (1st round) and legislative | postponed to 30 Jul 2006 |
| Presidential (2st round), provincial | 29 Sep 2006 | |
| Djibouti | Regional | 10 Mar 2006 |
| Egypt | Local government | postponed to 2008 |
| Gabon | National Assembly | 17 Dec 2006 |
| The Gambia | Presidential | Oct 2006 |
| Ghana | Local Government | Jun or Jul 2006 |
| Madagascar | Presidential | 3 Dec 2006 |
| Malawi | Local Government | Nov 2006 |
| Mauritania | Constitutional Referendum | 25 Jun 2006 |
| National Assembly & Local | 19 Nov 2006 | |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | National Assembly | Mar 2006 |
| Presidential | Jul 2006 | |
| Seychelles | Presidential | 29-31 July 2006 |
| South Africa | Local | 1 Mar 2006 |
| Uganda | Presidential and Parliamentary | 23 Feb 2006 |
| Local government | 28 Feb - 9 Mar 2006 | |
| Zambia | Presidential & National Assembly | 28 September 2006 |
| Zimbabwe | Rural local government | 2006 |
Sources for unconfirmed dates
Chad
IRIN 2006.
Presidential: May 2006; African Elections Database 2006.
Mauritania
Constitutional Referendum: 24 Jun 2006; African Elections Database 2006, Maximiliano Herrera Human Rights Links Undated, National Democratic Institute 2006.
National Assembly & Local elections: 19 Nov 2006; African Elections Database 2006, National Democratic Institute 2006.
National Assembly: Mar 19, 2006; International Observer 2006.
Local elections: Oct 2006; Maximiliano Herrera Human Rights Links Undated.
São Tomé and Príncipe
National Assembly: Mar 2006; African Elections Database 2006, Asia Pacific Democracy Resource Center Undated, ElectionGuide.org 2006.
Presidential: Jul 2006; African Elections Database 2006, ElectionGuide.org 2006.
References
AFRICAN ELECTIONS DATABASE 2006 "Election Calendar", January 1, [www] http://africanelections.tripod.com/calendar.html [opens new window] (January 2006).
ASIA PACIFIC DEMOCRACY RESOURCE CENTER UNDATED "Annual Tables of Elections", [www] http://www.apdrc.org.tw/apdrc/web/Annual_elections_2006.htm [opens new window] (January 2006).
ELECTIONGUIDE.ORG 2006 "Calendar of Elections", [www] http://www.electionguide.org/calendar.php [opens new window] (January 2006).
IRIN 2006 "CHAD: Parliament votes to prolong its mandate", January 31, [www] http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=51466&SelectRegion=West_Africa& SelectCountry=CHAD
MAXIMILIANO HERRERA HUMAN RIGHTS LINKS UNDATED "Electoral Calendar", [www] http://www.angelfire.com/ma/maxcrc/elections.html [opens new window] (January 2006).
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE 2006 "2006" IN Election & Political Processes: NDI Elections Calendar 2005, [www] http://www.ndi.org/globalp/elections/programselc/calendar_pf.asp [opens new window] (January 2006).