This page was first published on 18 March and is updated on a regular basis based on International IDEA's research. Examples of elections and referendums that proceeded in February include parliamentary elections, Iran 21 February ; local by-elections in Taiwan 22 February ; presidential election, Togo 22 February ; general elections, Slovakia 29 February Examples of elections and referendums that proceeded in May include: local elections in Benin 17 May ; Presidential elections in Burundi 20 May ; Biennial Election to the Maharashtra Legislative Councils by the members of Legislative Assembly unopposed , India 21 May ; local government election, Cross River State, Nigeria 30 May ; general elections, Niue 30 May ; general elections in Suriname 25 May Examples of elections and referendums that proceeded in June include: primary elections in 8 states and Washington D.
Examples of elections and referendums that proceeded in December include: Parliamentary elections, Kuwait 5 December , Parliamentary elections, Romania 6 December , Parliamentary elections, Venezuela 6 December Examples of elections and referendums that proceeded in February include: Parliamentary elections, Lichtenstein 7 February , Presidential and Parliament elections, Ecuador 7 February , Catalonia regional elections, Spain 14 February , General elections, Turks and Caicos Islands , British Overseas Territory 19 February , Laos Parliament elections, 21 February , Presidential elections, second round, Niger 21 February , Parliamentary elections, El Salvador 28 February Examples of elections and referendums that proceeded in August include: Referendum, Mexico 1 August , Presidential elections, Zambia 12 August , Yokohama mayoral elections, Japan 22 August , Northern Territory local government elections, Australia 27 August Note: election postponements during the Covid pandemic 22 October Source: Voter Turnout Database.
Creator and lead editor: Erik Asplund. Important media used this website page as a reference for opinion articles, news and reports. Election Observation Missions EOMs have become an established part of the international electoral scene. The Speaker of the House of Representatives publishes a notice of the vacancy in the New Zealand Gazette the official government newspaper. During a by-election, voting places open across the electorate. Only people enrolled in the electorate can vote for their preferred candidate.
When the voting period ends, votes are counted and the final results are published. The candidate with the most votes becomes the elected member of Parliament for that electorate. For example, a by-election might be won by a candidate who represents a different party from that of the MP who has left. A by-election does not affect the number of list seats each party is entitled to — list seats are not recalculated after a by-election.
Skip to main content Skip to navigation within this section. Between and , states decided their own voting dates. In , then-Historian of the Senate Don Ritchie told NPR that strategy resulted in chaos, a "crazy quilt of elections" held all across the country at different times to pick the electors—the white, male property owners who would cast their votes for president on the first Wednesday of December.
In , a law was passed mandating that state elections be held within a day period before that day, so most elections took place in November. The glacial pace of presidential elections wasn't a huge issue in the late 18th and early 19th centuries—communication was slow, so results took weeks to announce anyway—but with the advent of the railroad and telegraph, Congress decided it was time to standardize a date.
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