2014: Year Of Elections

ELECTIONS AROUND THE WORLD A tentative calendar of election events in 51 countries in 2014: More than 44 percent of the world's population will have the chance to vote in a referendum, a presidential election or a legislative election this year. Nov 9 ROMANIA O Nov 4 GUAM O Nov 4 AMERICAN SAMOA Nov 9 CATALONIA O Nov 4 UNITED STATES O O COLOMBIA March 9 ONORTH KOREA March 9 O SLOVAKIA March 15 JANUARY 0• GUINEA-BISSAU March 16 O MALDIVES March 22 DECEMBER BOTSWANA O Oct 5 BRAZIL O0 Oct 26 URUGUAY O O MACEDONIA O AFGHANISTAN April 5 INDONESIA April 9 Oct 15 MOZAMBIQUE KEY O PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION LEGISLATIVE ELECTION Oct 5 BOSNIA Oct 5 BOLIVIA IRAQ April 30 Oct 4 LATVIA O FUI O O REFERENDUM O APPROXIMATE DATE O ALGERIA O HUNGARY O SOUTH AFRICA Sept 18 SCOTLAND O Sept 14 SWEDEN LITHUANIA May 11 O DOMINICAN REPUBLIC May 16 NEW CALEDONIA May 4 OO PANAMA May 4 AUGUST JUNE JULY A map of all countries holding elections in 2014: By Lisa Mahapatra for International Business Times Sources: Electionista.com, International Foundation for Electoral Systems, National Democratic Institute O COSTA RICA Feb 2 • THAILAND Feb 2 SWITZERLAND Feb 9 KOSOVO NEW ZEALAND 8. EL SALVADOR Feb 2 TUNISIA O EGYPT Jan 14 O BANGLADESH Jan 5 FEBRUARY NAMIBIA MOLDOVA MARCH LEBANON Nov 25 TONGA O APRI NOVEMBER MAY O MALAWI May 20 EUROPEAN UNION May 22 BELGIUM May 25 INDIA May 25 OČTOBER O GEORGIA SEPTEMBER O INDONESIA July 9 TURKEY O