National and federal elections held in 2016
2016 national electoral calendar|
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Countries with national elections or referendums:
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This national electoral calendar for 2016 lists the national/federal elections held in 2016 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:
- 4 January: Marshall Islands, President
- 27 January: Marshall Islands, President (new election)
- 26 February: Kosovo, President
- 11 March: Myanmar, President
- 14 March and 11 June: India, Council of States
- 1 April: San Marino, Captains Regent
- 2 April: Vietnam, President[68]
- 19 April: Laos, President[69][70]
- 25–26 April: Ireland, Senate
- 10 June and 27 October: Malaysia, Senate[71][72]
- 18 June – 18 September: Belarus, Council of the Republic[73]
- 26 June: Spain, Senate
- 13 July: Nauru, President
- 29–30 August, 24 September and 3 October: Estonia, President
- 1 October: San Marino, Captains Regent
- 23 April 2014 – 31 October 2016: Lebanon, President (13 rounds in 2016)