26/04/2021
POSTPONED ELECTIONS DUE TO COVID-19
Africa
Local by-elections for Metsimotlhabe and Boseja South wards, Botswana (originally scheduled for May 2020)
Legislative elections, Chad (originally scheduled for 13 December 2020) moved to 24 October 2021
Parliamentary election, Ethiopia (originally scheduled for 29 August 2020) moved to 5 June 2021
Partial legislative election, Lékoni-Lékori (Akiéni), Gabon (originally scheduled for 4 and 18 April 2020) moved to 31 January 2021
National Assembly by-election, Niamina West constituency, Gambia (originally scheduled for 16 April 2020) moved to 7 November 2020
County Assembly and National Assembly by-elections, Kenya (originally scheduled for April, June–July 2020) moved to 15 December 2020
Midterm Senatorial elections and national referendum, Liberia (originally scheduled for 13 October 2020) moved to 8 December 2020
Municipal elections, Libya (originally scheduled 18 April 2020) moved to June 2020.
Senatorial by-elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Plateau districts, Nigeria (originally scheduled for March 2020) moved to 5 December 2020
Parliamentary elections, Somalia (originally scheduled for 27 November 2020) and Presidential elections (originally scheduled to take place before 8 February 2021)
All municipal by-elections and voter registration activities in South Africa (originally scheduled for March–May 2020) moved to 11 November 2020
Municipal in elections in Hassi El Ferid, and Jbeniana, Tunisia (originally scheduled for 28–29 March 2020) moved to 5 July 2020
Special interest groups elections, Uganda (originally scheduled for April–May 2020) moved to 11, 13, 17 August 2020
Rural district council by-election, ward 16 of Chiredzi, Zimbabwe (originally scheduled for 4 April 2020); Legislative and council by-elections, Zimbabwe (scheduled for 5 December 2020) suspended and then moved to 2021
Americas
Municipal elections, Cordovan City, Río Cuarto, Argentina (originally scheduled for 29 March 2020) moved to 27 September 2020, and then moved to 29 November 2020.
Local elections, Bahamas (originally scheduled for June 2020)
General elections, Bolivia (originally scheduled for 3 May 2020 and moved to 6 September 2020) and then moved again to18 October 2020; subnational elections in Bolivia (originally scheduled for March 2020)
Municipal elections (originally scheduled for 4 and 25 October 2020) moved to 15 and 29 November 2020; Supplementary election for the position of Senator in Mato Grosso, Brazil (originally scheduled for 26 April 2020) moved to 15 November 2020
By-elections in Victoria and Rossland, Canada (originally scheduled for 4 April 2020) moved to May 2021; referendum in Kamloops, Canada (originally scheduled for 4 April 2020) moved to May 2021; by-elections in Lytton, Canada (originally scheduled for 25 April 2020); municipal elections, New Brunswick, Canada (originally scheduled for 11 May 2020) moved to May 2021 or sooner
Constitutional referendum, Chile (originally planned for 26 April 2020) moved to 25 October 2020, Election of Constitution Commission, Chile (originally scheduled 10-11 April 2021) moved to 15-16 May 2021
Elections for the community action board, Colombia (originally scheduled for 26 April 2020) moved to 25 April 2021
Presidential and legislative elections, Dominican Republic (originally scheduled for 17 May 2020) moved to 5 July 2020
Second round of local elections in seven districts of French Guiana, overseas department and region of France (originally scheduled for 28 June 2020)
Local government elections, Jamaica (originally scheduled for 29 November 2020) moved to 27 February 2021 and moved again to 27 February 2022
Local elections in Coahuila and Hidalgo, Mexico (originally scheduled for 7 June 2020) moved to 18 October 2020
Primary elections in Paraguay (originally scheduled for 12 July 2020) moved to 20 June 2021; Municipal Elections, Paraguay (originally scheduled for 8 November 2020) moved to 10 October 2021
Local municipal elections in Chipao, Ayacucho district, Peru (originally scheduled for 29 March 2020)
Single constituency referendum, Falkland Islands, UK Overseas Territory (originally scheduled for 26 March 2020) moved to 26 September 2020
Local (departmental and municipal) elections, Uruguay (originally scheduled for 10 May 2020) moved to 27 September 2020
Primary elections in Puerto Rico, territory of the United States (originally scheduled for 29 March 2020) moved to 9 August 2020
Primary elections across the USA; several local elections around the country (originally scheduled for March–May 2020) moved to May-August 2020.
Asia-Pacific
Local government elections in New South Wales, Australia (originally scheduled for September 2020) moved to September 2021 and Legislative council elections for the divisions of Rosevears and Huon, Tasmania, Australia (originally scheduled for 2 May 2020) moved to 1 August 2020
Parliamentary By-elections of Bogura-1 and Jashore-6 constituencies, Bangladesh (originally scheduled for 29 March 2020) moved to 14 July 2020. Elections of Chattagram City Cooperation, Bangladesh (originally scheduled for 29 March 2020)
Legislative Council election, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China (originally scheduled for 6 September 2020) moved to 19 December 2021
Referendum, New Caledonia, special collectivity of France (originally scheduled for 6 September 2020) moved to 8 October 2020
Rajya Sabha (indirect) elections, India (originally scheduled for 26 March 2020) moved to 19 June 2020; Gram panchayat elections in Karnataka state and Maharashtra states (originally planned between July and December 2020) moved to 15 January 2020. Rajasthan election of 129 urban local bodies, India (originally scheduled for August 2020) moved to 20 October 2020
Regional (local) elections, Indonesia (originally scheduled 23 September 2020) moved to 9 December 2020
Parliamentary By-elections, Batu Sapi, Malaysia (originally scheduled 5 December 2020), By-elections in Perak and Sabah, Malaysia (originally scheduled for 16 January 2021).
Local council and Women’s Development Committee (WDC) elections, Maldives (originally scheduled for 4 April 2020) moved to 3 April 2021
General election, New Zealand (originally scheduled for 19 September 2020) moved to 17 October 2020
Parliamentary elections, Kiribati (originally scheduled for 7 April 2020) moved to 14 April 2020
Local elections, Kyrgyzstan (originally scheduled for 12 April 2020) moved to 11 April 2021
By-elections, Pakistan (originally scheduled for March 2020); Gilgit-balitstan assembly elections, Pakistan (originally scheduled for 2 July 2020) moved to 18 August 2020 but postponed (no confirmed new date)
Palawan Plebiscite, the Philippines (originally scheduled for 11 May 2020) moved to 13 March 2021
Government General Elections, Autonomous Bougainville Papua New Guinea (originally scheduled for June 2020) moved to 12 August - 1 September 2020
By-elections for Central Honiara and North East Guadalcanal Constituencies, Solomon Islands (originally scheduled for June 2020) moved to 18 November 2020
Parliamentary elections, Sri Lanka (originally scheduled for 25 April 2020) moved to 5 August 2020
Special election for Yona mayor, Guam, territory of the United States (originally scheduled for 28 March 2020) moved to 30 May 2020
Europe
Referendum on changes to the Constitutional Court, Armenia (originally scheduled for 5 April 2020) moved to summer 2021
Local elections in Vorarlberg and Styria, Austria (originally scheduled for 15 March 2020 and 22 March 2020) moved (Styria) to 28 June 2020
Local elections, Bosnia and Herzegovina (originally scheduled for 4 October 2020) moved to 15 November 2020
Local elections in the Isle of Man, self-governing British Crown Dependency (originally scheduled for 23 April 2020) proposed for 22 July 2021
General election, Guernsey, self-governing British Crown Dependency (originally planned for June 2020) moved to 7 October 2020
Turkish Cypriot leadership election in Cyprus (originally planned for 26 April 2020) moved to 11 October 2020
Senate by-elections, Teplice Czech Republic (originally scheduled for 27–28 March and 3–4 April 2020) moved to 5-6 June and 13 June 2020
Municipal Elections, Finland (originally scheduled for 18 April 2021) moved to 13 June 2021
Second round of local elections in France (originally scheduled for 22 March 2020) moved to 28 June 2020
Election of French overseas advisers and consular delegates (originally scheduled for 16-17 May 2020)
Local elections in Hessen and Saxony, Germany (originally scheduled for April–October 2020) moved (Hessen) to 14 March 2021
National referendum, Italy (originally scheduled for 29 March 2020) moved to 20/21 September 2020, in addition to numerous regional and local elections moved to 20/21 September 2020. Mayoral elections in Rome, Milan, Turin and Naples, Italy (originally scheduled for 15 April – 15 June 2021) moved 15 September and 15 October 2021.
Extraordinary election for Mayor of the city of Podujeva, Kosovo (originally scheduled for 15 March 2020) moved to 29 November 2020
Local snap elections for city council in Riga, Latvia (originally scheduled for 25 April 2020) moved to 29 August 2020
Local elections village Nucareni, district Telenesti and village Tirnova, district Donduseni, Moldova (originally scheduled for 17 May 2020) moved to 6 September 2020
Local elections in Tivat, Montenegro (originally scheduled for 5 April 2020) moved to 30 August 2020
Parliamentary elections in North Macedonia (originally scheduled for 12 April 2020) moved to 15 July 2020
Presidential elections, Poland (originally scheduled for 10 May 2020) moved to 28 June 2020 and 12 July 2020
Local elections in Romania (originally scheduled for June 2020) moved to 27 September 2020
Constitutional nation-wide referendum in Russia (originally scheduled for 22 April 2020) moved to 1 July 2020. The Central Election Commission of Russia took the decision (3 April 2020) to postpone all elections initially scheduled in the period 5 April–23 June, covering about 94 electoral processes at local and regional levels
General elections in Serbia (originally scheduled for 26 April 2020) moved to 21 June 2020
Elections for local self-governing bodies, Slovakia (originally scheduled 4 April 2020) moved to 3 October 2020
Regional elections in Euskadi/Basque and Galicia, Spain (originally scheduled for 5 April 2020) moved to 12 July 2020
Local referendum, Malung-Sälen, Sweden (originally scheduled for 17 May 2020) moved to 27 September 2020
Federal vote, Switzerland (originally scheduled for 17 May 2020) moved to 27 September 2020 and several local (municipal) elections in the cantons of Neuchâtel, Ticino, and Luzern (originally scheduled for April–June 2020)
Local elections in 118 English councils, the London Assembly and for seven English regional mayors as well as police and crime commissioners in England, UK (originally scheduled for the first week of May 2020) moved to May 2021; elections of police and crime commissioners in Wales, UK (originally scheduled for the first week of May 2020) moved to May 2021; local government by-elections in Kincorth/Nigg/Cove and Craigentinny/Duddingston, Scotland, UK (originally scheduled for 14 and 21 May 2020) moved to 5 November 2020 (Kincort/Nigg/Cove) and moved (Craigentinny/Duddinston) to 12 November 2020
Referendum on abortion, Gibraltar, UK Overseas Territory (originally scheduled for 19 March 2020)
Middle East
Second round of parliamentary elections, Iran (originally scheduled for 17 April 2020) moved to 11 September 2020
Municipal council elections, Oman (originally scheduled for 2020)
Parliamentary elections, Syria (originally scheduled for 13 April 2020) moved to 19 July 2020