African Elections
- Comorian parliamentary election — 19 January
- Cameroon National Assembly, Senate & local — 9 February
- Guinea
- National Assembly — 16 February
- Presidential election
- Togolese presidential election — 22 February
- Sudanese general election — February
- Burundi
- Presidential election — 20 May
- Parliamentary election — 7 June
- Ethiopian general election — May
- Ivorian presidential election — 31 October
- Burkina Faso general election — November
- Egyptian parliamentary election — November
- Ghanaian general election — 7 December
- Central African presidential election — 27 December
- Seychellois presidential election — December
- Somali parliamentary election — December
Asian Elections
- Taiwan general election — 11 January
- Elections in India
- Delhi Legislative Assembly election — 8 February
- Bihar Legislative Assembly election — In October or November
- Kolkata Municipal Corporation Election — In April
- South Korean legislative election — 15 April
- Hong Kong legislative election — September
- Indonesian local elections — 23 September
- Sri Lankan parliamentary election — before 1 December
- Jordanian parliamentary election
- Kirghiz parliamentary election
- Mongolian parliamentary election
- Myanmar parliamentary election
- Singaporean parliamentary election
- Tajikistani presidential election
- Tajikistani parliamentary election
European Elections
- Azerbaijani parliamentary election, 9 February
- Slovak parliamentary election, 29 February
- North Macedonian parliamentary election, 12 April
- Serbian parliamentary election 26 April
- United Kingdom local elections 7 May
- Belarusian presidential election 30 August
- Croatian parliamentary election
- France:
- French municipal elections
- French Senate elections
- Georgian parliamentary election
- Greek presidential elections
- Icelandic presidential election
- Lithuanian parliamentary election
- Moldovan presidential election
- Montenegrin parliamentary election
- Polish presidential election
- Romanian parliamentary election
- Spain:
- Basque regional election
- Galician regional election
- Portugal:
- Azorean regional election
North American Elections
- Sint Maarten general election — 9 January
- Dominican Republic general election — 17 May
- Mexican local elections — June
- Trinidad and Tobago general election — September
- Belizean parliamentary election — 1 November
- United States elections
- Democratic Party presidential primaries
- Republican Party presidential primaries
- United States gubernatorial elections — 3 November
- United States House of Representatives elections — 3 November
- United States presidential election — 3 November
- United States Senate elections — 3 November
- Saint Kitts and Nevis parliamentary election
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines parliamentary election
- Canada
- Saskatchewan general election
South American Elections
Peruvian parliamentary election — 26 January
Bolivian presidential election
Brazilian municipal elections
Falkland Islands electoral system referendum — 26 March
Guyanese general election — 2 March
Surinamese general election — May
Venezuelan parliamentary election
Middle East Elections
- Iranian legislative election — 21 February
- Israeli legislative election — 2 March
- Jordanian parliamentary election
- Kuwaiti general election
- Syrian parliamentary election
Oceania Elections
- Chuukese independence referendum — 5 March
- Australia
- Queensland Local Government elections — 28 March
- Tasmanian Legislative Council elections — 2 May
- Northern Territory general election — 22 August
- Australian Capital Territory general election — 17 October
- Queensland state election — 31 October
- New Caledonian independence referendum — 6 September
- Kiribati presidential election
- Niuean parliamentary election
- New Zealand general election
- New Zealand cannabis referendum
- New Zealand euthanasia referendum
- Palauan general election
- Vanuatuan parliamentary election