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This electoral calendar 2005 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2005 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referendums are included, although they are not elections. By-elections are not included.

• 2 January: Croatia, President (1st round)
• 9 January: Palestine, National Authority, President
• 12 January: Abkhazia, Rerun of the presidential election
• 16 January: Croatia, President (2nd round)
• 22 January: Maldives, Parliament
• 25 January: Tokelau, Island council
• 30 January: Iraq, Parliament

• 6 February: Thailand, Parliament
• 8 February: Denmark, Parliament
• 20 February: Portugal, Parliament
• 20 February: Northern Cyprus, Parliament
• 20 February: Spain, referendum on the European Constitution
• 21 February: Anguilla, Parliament
• 27 February: Tajikistan, Parliament (1st round)
• 27 February: Kyrgyzstan, Parliament (1st round)
• 28 February: Burundi, referendum on the new constitution

• 6 March: Moldova, Parliament
• 8 March: Micronesia, Parliament
• 11 and 13 March: Liechtenstein, Parliament
• 13 March: Central African Republic, President (1st round)
• 13 March: Kyrgyzstan, Parliament (2nd round)
• 17 March: Tonga, Parliament
• 24 March: Tajikistan, Parliament (2nd round)
• 31 March: Zimbabwe, Parliament

• 8 April: Djibouti, President
• 17 April: Northern Cyprus, President
• 24 April: Andorra, Parliament
• 24 April: Togo, President
• 30 April: Niue, Parliament

• 5 May–23 June: United Kingdom, Parliament
• 5 May: Dominica, Parliament
• 8 May: Central African Republic, President (2nd round)
• 11 May: Cayman Islands, Parliament
• 14 May: Republic of China, National Assembly
• 15 May: Ethiopia, Parliament
• 22 May: Mongolia, President
• 25 May: Egypt, Constitutional referendum
• 25 May: Suriname, Parliament
• 29 May: France, referendum on the European Constitution
• 29 May: Lebanon, Parliament

• 1 June: Netherlands, referendum on the European Constitution
• 5 June: Switzerland, referendum on Schengen and Dublin treaties, as well as on civil unions for homosexuals
• 6 June: Chad, referendum on presidential terms
• 17 June: Iran, President
• 19 June: Guinea-Bissau, President
• 5/12/19 June: Lebanon, Parliament
• 19 June: Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Parliament
• 24 June: Iran, President (2nd round)
• 25 June: Bulgaria, Parliament

• 3 July: Albania, Parliament
• 3 July: Mauritius, Parliament
• 4 July: Burundi, Parliament
• 10 July: Kyrgyzstan, President
• 10 July: Luxembourg, referendum on the European Constitution

• 19 August: Burundi, President
• 27 August: Singapore, President
• 30 August: Saint Helena, Parliament

• 7 September: Egypt, President
• 11 September: Japan, House of Representatives
• 12 September: Norway, Parliament
• 17 September: New Zealand, Parliament
• 18 September: Afghanistan, Parliament
• 18 September: Germany, Federal Parliament
• 23 September: Aruba, Parliament
• 25 September: Poland, Sejm and Senate
• 25 September: Macau, Parliament
• 29 September: Somaliland, Parliament

• 9 October: Poland, President (1st round)
• 11 October: Liberia, President, Senate, and House of Representatives
• 15 October: Iraq, constitutional referendum
• 19 October: Jersey, Senators
• 23 October: Argentina, Congress and senate
• 23 October: Poland, President (2nd round)
• 23 October: Brazil, referendum on the prohibition of personal firearms

• 6 November: Azerbaijan, Parliament
• 8 November: Northern Mariana Islands, Governor, House and Senate
• 13 November: Burkina Faso, President
• 15 November: Greenland, Parliament
• 17 November: Falkland Islands, Legislative Council
• 17 November: Sri Lanka, President
• 19/20 November: Egypt, Parliament
• 1 December: Egypt, Parliament

• 21 November: Kenya, Referendum on the new Constitution
• 23 November: Jersey, Deputies
• 26 November: Zimbabwe, Senate
• 27 November: Armenia, Referendum on Constitution
• 27 November: Honduras, President and Congress
• 27 November: Gabon, President

• 4 December: Venezuela, Parliament
• 4 December: Kazakhstan, President
• 7 December: St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Parliament
• 11 December: Chile, President (1st Round), Parliament
• 11 December: Transnistria, Parliament
• 14 December: Tanzania, President and Parliament
• 15 December: Iraq, Parliament
• 18 December: Bolivia, President, Parliament
• 18 December: Democratic Republic of Congo, Referendum on the new Constitution
• 24 December: Pitcairn, Island council and island magistrate

• Elections in 2005

• IFES Election Guide