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This electoral calendar 2006 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2006 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.

See elections in 2006 for an overview of the 2006 results.

January

• 15 January: Chile, President (2nd round)
• 15 January: Finland, President (1st round)
• 22 January: Cape Verde, Parliament
• 22 January: Portugal, President
• 23 January: Canada, Parliament
• 25 January: Palestinian National Authority, Parliament
• 29 January: Finland, President (2nd round)

February

• February 5: Costa Rica, President and Parliament
• February 7: Haiti, President (1st round)
• February 11: Tokelau, referendum on self-determination
• February 12: Cape Verde, President
• February 23: Uganda, President and Parliament

March

• 5 March: Benin, President
• 12 March: El Salvador, Legislature
• 12 March: Colombia, Legislature
• 19 March: Belarus, President
• 26 March: São Tomé and Príncipe, Parliament
• 26 March: Ukraine, Parliament
• 28 March: Israel, Parliament
• 31 March: Samoa, Parliament

April

• 2 April: Thailand, Parliament
• 5 April: Solomon Islands, Parliament
• 9 April: Peru, President and Parliament
• 9–10 April: Italy, Parliament
• 9 April: Hungary, Parliament (1st round)
• 19 April: Thailand, Senate
• 21 April: Haiti, Parliament (2nd round)
• 23 April: Hungary, Parliament (2nd round)
• 30 April: Laos, Parliament

May

• 3 May: Chad, President
• 6 May: Singapore, Parliament
• 6–13 May: Fiji, Parliament
• 14 May: Comoros, President
• 16 May: Dominican Republic, Legislature
• 21 May: Montenegro, Referendum on independence
• 21 May: Cyprus, Legislature
• 28 May: Colombia, President
• 31 May: Montserrat, Legislature

June

• 2–3 June: Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies
• 4 June: Peru, President (2nd round)
• 4 June: San Marino, Parliament
• 14 June: Switzerland, Federal Council (indirect)
• 17 June: Slovakia, Parliament
• 25 June: Mauritania, referendum on the new constitution
• 29 June: Kuwait, Parliament

July

• 2 July: Bolivia, Constituent Assembly
• 2 July: Mexico, President and Congress
• 5 July: Macedonia, Parliament
• 28–30 July : Seychelles, President
• 30 July: Democratic Republic of the Congo, President and Legislature
• 30 July: São Tomé and Príncipe, President

August

• 3 August: Tuvalu, Parliament
• 28 August: Guyana, President and Parliament

September

• 10 September: Montenegro, Parliament
• 17 September: Sweden, Parliament
• 17 September: Transnistria, referendum on closer ties with Russia
• 20 September: Yemen, President
• 22 September: The Gambia, President
• 26 September: Cook Islands, Parliament
• 28 September: Zambia, President and Parliament

October

• 1 October: Austria, Legislature
• 1 October: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Presidency and Parliament
• 1 October: Brazil, President (1st round)
• 7 October: Latvia, Parliament
• 15 October: Ecuador, President and Parliament
• 22 October: Bulgaria, President (1st round)
• 22 October: Panama, Panama Canal expansion referendum.
• 28–29 October: Serbia, referendum on the new constitution.
• 29 October: Brazil, President (2nd round)
• 29 October: Democratic Republic of the Congo, President (2nd round)
• 29 October: Bulgaria, President (2nd round)

November

• 5 November: Nicaragua, President and Parliament
• 6 November: Tajikistan, President
• 7 November: United States, House of Representatives and Senate (one third: Class 1 senators)
• 19 November: Mauritania, Parliament (1st round)
• 22 November: The Netherlands, Tweede Kamer
• 23 November: Isle of Man, House of Keys
• 25 November: Bahrain, Parliament (1st round)
• 26 November: Ecuador, President (2nd round)
• 30 November: Gibraltar, Referendum on the new constitution

December

• 2 December: Bahrain, Parliament (2nd round)
• 3 December: Venezuela, President
• 3 December: Madagascar, President
• 3 December: Mauritania, Parliament (2nd round)
• 10 December: Nagorno-Karabakh, constitutional referendum
• 10 December: Transnistria, President
• 11 December: Saint Lucia, Parliament
• 15 December: Iran, Assembly of Experts
• 16/18 December: United Arab Emirates, Parliament
• 20 December: United Arab Emirates, Parliament
• 17 December: Gabon, Parliament

See also

• Elections in 2006