Electoral calendar 2009

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Highlighted countries are referred to as " electoral democracies " classified - Freedom House Report 2009

The listed herein elections and referendums were held in 2009 or were scheduled for the specified date.

By no means all of the choices listed here in 2009 according to internationally recognized democratic standards were performed. Also included are sham elections in dictatorships without alternative candidates or elections, whose results have come through massive election fraud or without fair and equal access of competing candidates or parties to the mass media about. The two adjacent cards to give to an orientation. Try a rough classification of the countries in the world in 2009 according to their degree of democracy in accordance with the - in some cases controversial - criteria of the Freedom House index.

Due to the large number of choices that are performed worldwide each year, the list can not claim to be complete. The aim is definitely the list of all elections of at least national importance. The following elections were held in 2008:

Africa

On March 29, 2009, status referendum took place on Mayotte in 2009.
On April 9, 2009, presidential elections were held in Algeria, 2009.
On 22 April 2009 the parliamentary and provincial elections were held in South Africa.
May 17, 2009 constitutional referendum in the Comoros in 2009
On 19 May 2009 found presidential and parliamentary elections in Malawi instead of 2009.
July 18 presidential elections in Mauritania
June 28 and July 26, 2009, presidential election in Guinea- Bissau in 2009
July 12, 2009, presidential election of the Republic of Congo in 2009
On 4 August 2009 the constitutional referendum was held in Niger in 2009.
August 30, 2009 presidential election in Gabon in 2009
On October 16, 2009, parliamentary elections were held in Botswana, 2009.
On 20 October 2009, parliamentary elections were held in Niger, 2009.
25 October presidential election in Tunisia in 2009 and parliamentary elections in Tunisia 2009
On 28 October 2009, the presidential election in Mozambique in 2009, the parliamentary elections in Mozambique in 2009 and the provincial elections were held in Mozambique 2009.
On 27 and 28 November 2009, the parliamentary election was held in Namibia, 2009.
On 27 and 28 November 2009, the presidential election took place in Namibia, 2009.
On November 29, 2009, parliamentary and presidential elections were held in Equatorial Guinea.
On 6 and 20 December 2009, the two rounds of parliamentary elections were held in the Comoros in 2009.
Parliamentary elections were held in Chad
Gubernatorial elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo were held in 2009

America

On January 18, 2009, parliamentary elections were held in El Salvador, 2009.
On March 12 parliamentary elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda.
On March 15, 2009, the presidential election took place in El Salvador, 2009.
On April 19 Senate elections took place in Haiti.
On April 26 In 2009 in Ecuador elections to the National Assembly. The ruling party Alianza País presented 59 of 124 deputies in the National Assembly.
On 3 May 2009 presidential and parliamentary elections were held in Panama.
On 28 June 2009, the primaries were the presidential elections in Uruguay, 2009.
On June 28 In 2009, parliamentary elections in Argentina.
On July 5, 2009, parliamentary elections were held in Mexico.
On November 3, 2009, gubernatorial elections were held in the United States in 2009.
On 25 November, a constitutional referendum in St. Vincent and the Grenadines,
On November 29, 2009, presidential elections were held in Honduras.
On 6 December 2009, the presidential election took place in Bolivia.
On 13 December 2009, the presidential election was held in Chile.

Asia

On 10 February 2009 the parliamentary election took place in Israel, 2009.
On 8 March 2009, parliamentary elections were held in North Korea, 2009.
In March 2009, parliamentary elections were held in the Maldives.
On 9 April 2009 parliamentary elections were held in Indonesia.
From 16 April 2009 to 13 May 2009, the parliamentary elections were held in India, 2009.
On 24 May 2009 the presidential election was held in Mongolia in 2009.
On 7 June 2009 parliamentary elections in Lebanon took place.
On June 12, 2009 presidential election took place in Iran in 2009.
On 8 July 2009, the presidential election took place in Indonesia.
On 23 July 2009, the presidential election took place in Kyrgyzstan, 2009.
On 20 August 2009, the presidential election took place in Afghanistan 2009.
On August 30, 2009, general election was held in 2009 in Japan.

Europe

Germany

On January 18, 2009, state election was held in Hesse in 2009.
On 23 May 2009, the election of the President of Germany in 2009 took place.
On 7 June 2009 the European elections took place in Germany 2009.
On 7 June 2009 the local elections in Baden- Württemberg took place in 2009.
On 7 June 2009 the local elections in Mecklenburg- Vorpommern were held in 2009.
On 7 June 2009 the local elections in Rhineland- Palatinate took place in 2009.
On June 7, 2009, local elections were held in Saarland in 2009.
On June 7, 2009, local elections were held in Saxony in 2009.
On 7 June 2009 the local elections in Saxony -Anhalt were held in 2009.
On June 7, 2009, local elections were held in Thuringia in 2009.
On 7 June 2009, the regional election took place in the Stuttgart region.
On August 30, 2009, municipal elections in North Rhine -Westphalia took place in 2009.
On August 30, 2009, state election was held in the Saarland.
On August 30, 2009, state election was held in Saxony.
On August 30, 2009, state election was held in Thuringia.
On 27 September 2009 the federal election was held in 2009.
On 27 September 2009, the regional election took place in Brandenburg in 2009.
On 27 September 2009, the regional election took place in Schleswig -Holstein, 2009.

Austria

On 1 March 2009, the regional election took place in Carinthia in 2009.
On 1 March 2009, the regional election was held in Salzburg in 2009.
On March 1, 2009, the municipal council and mayoral elections took place in Carinthia in 2009.
On 1 March 2009, the community representative and mayoral elections were held in Salzburg in 2009.
On 7 June 2009 the European elections took place in Austria, 2009.
On 20 September 2009, the regional election was held in Vorarlberg 2009.
On 27 September 2009, the regional election was held in Upper Austria in 2009.
On 27 September 2009 the local council elections were held in Upper Austria in 2009.

Switzerland

On February 8, 2009 dieEidgenössische vote on the continuation of the movement of persons and their extension to Romania and Bulgaria took place.
On March 1, 2009 found in the canton of Valais elections held for the Grand Council and the State Council.
8 March 2009 found in the Canton of Solothurn cantonal elections held for the and of the Government Council.
On March 8 In 2009, in Canton Aargau elections held for the Grand Council and the Government Council.
On 17 May 2009, the referendum on the continuation and development of the membership of the Schengen Agreement took place.
On 17 May 2009, the referendum was on the counter-proposal to the retracted popular initiative " Yes to complementary medicine" instead of
On 16 September 2009, the Federal election in 2009 was held in Berne; it was necessary because the previous Federal Councillor Pascal Couchepin had resigned from his post.
On 27 September 2009 a referendum on the temporary increase in value added tax rates to finance the disability took place
On 27 September 2009 the referendum on the non-imposition of the general popular initiative took place
On November 29, 2009, the referendum on the Swiss popular initiative " against the construction of minarets " instead.
On November 29, 2009, the referendum on the Swiss popular initiative " for a ban on exports of war material " instead of
On November 29, 2009, the referendum on the creation of a special finance in the air transport tasks took place.
On November 29, In 2009, in the canton Solothurn by-elections held for one of two seats in the Senate.

Liechtenstein

On 8 February 2009, the state election was held in Liechtenstein, 2009.

Rest of Europe

On 17 March 2009, the presidential election took place in Lithuania 2009.
On 21 March 2009, the presidential election took place in Slovakia 2009.
On April 26, 2009, parliamentary elections were held in Andorra.
From 4 June 2009 to 7 June 2009, the European elections took place in 2009. On 4 June 2009 the European elections took place in the Netherlands, 2009.
On 4 June 2009 the European elections took place in the United Kingdom 2009.
On 5 June 2009 the European elections took place in Ireland 2009.
On 5 June 2009 the European elections took place in the Czech Republic 2009.
On 6 June 2009, the European elections took place in Malta 2009.
On 6 June 2009, the European elections took place in Slovakia 2009.
On 6 June 2009, the European elections took place in Cyprus, 2009.
On 6 June 2009 and 7 June 2009 European elections took place in France 2009.
On 6 June 2009 and 7 June 2009 European elections took place in Italy, 2009.
On 7 June 2009 the European elections took place in Belgium, 2009.
On 7 June 2009 the European elections took place in Bulgaria, 2009.
On 7 June 2009 the European elections took place in Denmark 2009.
On 7 June 2009 the European elections took place in Estonia 2009.
On 7 June 2009 the European elections took place in Finland 2009.
On 7 June 2009 the European elections took place in Greece, 2009.
On 7 June 2009 the European elections took place in Lithuania 2009.
On 7 June 2009 the European elections took place in Luxembourg, 2009.
On 7 June 2009 the European elections took place in Poland, 2009.
On 7 June 2009 the European elections took place in Portugal 2009.
On 7 June 2009 the European elections took place in Romania, 2009.
On 7 June 2009 the European elections took place in Sweden 2009.
On 7 June 2009 the European elections took place in Slovenia 2009.
On 7 June 2009 the European elections took place in Spain, 2009.
On 7 June 2009 the European elections took place in Hungary 2009.

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