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Chronology of National Elections in Sub-Saharan Africa
(1 January 2010-Present)
 
 

2010

4 March: Togo - Presidential
11-15 April: Sudan: Presidential & National Assembly
5 May: Mauritius - National Assembly
26 June: Somaliland - Presidential
27 June/7 November: Guinea - Presidential
28 June: Burundi - Presidential
23 July: Burundi - National Assembly
1 August: São Tomé and Príncipe - National Assembly
4 August: Kenya - Constitutional Referendum
9 August: Rwanda - Presidential
31 October/28 November: Côte d'Ivoire - Presidential
31 October: Niger - Constitutional Referendum
31 October: Tanzania - Presidential & National Assembly
7 November/26 December: Comoros - Presidential
17 November: Madagascar - Constitutional Referendum
 

2011

9-15 January: Southern Sudan - Independence Referendum
23 January: Central African Republic  - Presidential & National Assembly
31 January: Niger - National Assembly
31 January/12 March: Niger - Presidential
6 February: Cape Verde - National Assembly
13 February: Chad - National Assembly
18 February: Uganda - Presidential & Parliamentary
13 March: Benin - Presidential
8 April: Djibouti - Presidential
9 April/26 April: Nigeria - National Assembly
16 April: Nigeria - Presidential
25 April: Chad - Presidential
30 April: Benin - National Assembly
19-21 May: Seychelles - Presidential
17 July/7 August: São Tomé and Príncipe - Presidential
7 August/21 August: Cape Verde - Presidential
23 August: Liberia - Referendum
20 September: Zambia - Presidential & National Assembly
29 September-1 October: Seychelles - National Assembly
9 October: Cameroon - Presidential
11 October: Liberia - Senate & House of Representatives
11 October/8 November: Liberia - Presidential
13 November: Equatorial Guinea - Referendum
24 November: The Gambia - Presidential
28 November: Congo-Kinshasa - Presidential & National Assembly
11 December: Côte d'Ivoire - National Assembly
17 December: Gabon - National Assembly
 

2012

26 February/25 March: Senegal - Presidential
18 March/22 April: Guinea-Bissau - Presidential
29 March: The Gambia - National Assembly
26 May: Lesotho - National Assembly
1 July: Senegal - National Assembly
15 July/5 August: Congo-Brazzaville - National Assembly
31 August: Angola - National Assembly
10 September: Somalia - Presidential [Indirect]