National and federal elections held in 2012
2012 national electoral calendar|
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Countries with national elections or referendums:
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Executive and Legislative
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Executive and Referendum
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This national electoral calendar for 2012 lists the national/federal elections held in 2012 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.
Indirect elections
The following indirect elections of heads of state and the upper houses of bicameral legislatures took place through votes in elected lower houses, unicameral legislatures, or electoral colleges:
- 3 January: Marshall Islands, President
- 11 January and 16 March: Moldova, President
- 19 January, 30 March and 25 June: India, Council of States
- 29 January: Cambodia, Senate
- 2 March: Pakistan, Senate
- 18 March: Germany, President
- 25 March: Hong Kong, Chief Executive
- 1 April: San Marino, Captains Regent
- 2 May: Hungary, President
- 30 May, 4, 8 and 11 June: Albania, President
- 30 June – 30 September: Belarus, Council of the Republic[4]
- 19 July:
- 20 July: Mauritius, President[5]
- 18 September: Dominica, President[6]
- 28 September: Morocco, House of Councillors[7]
- 1 October: San Marino, Captains Regent
- 21–22 November: Slovenia, National Council[8]
- 29 December: Algeria, Council of the Nation[9]