RODAPORTAL · WORLD POLITICS
Elections & Leaders
Understand who leads each country—and how they came to power.
Explore national election results and current leaders around the world. Find presidents, prime ministers and heads of state, compare parliamentary seats won by political parties, and check when the next elections are expected. Choose a country to see its leadership portraits, election charts and links to official sources.
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Election calendar · 2026
Browse national elections, referendums and parliamentary selections by date. Confirmed announcements and tentative projections are labelled separately.
Calendar announcements checked 7 Nov 2026; parliamentary projections come from the November 2026 directory snapshot. This covers the records currently sourced here, not every local election or by-election worldwide. Dates can change; follow each source for the latest announcement.
13 entries · Upcoming and today, including tentative windows · Year updates automatically
November 2026
Cabo VerdePresidential election
Scheduled
SpainCongress of Deputies & Senate
Scheduled
SwitzerlandNational referendum
Scheduled
December 2026
The GambiaPresidential election
Scheduled
Guinea-BissauTransitional National Council
IPU source projection; not a confirmed polling-day announcement.
Tentative / projected- Northern Cyprus
Assembly of the Republic
Listed separately in the source calendar; not a separate sovereign-state profile in this directory.
Scheduled 
FijiNational referendum
Tentative / projected
South SudanPresidency & both parliamentary chambers
The source marks the date unconfirmed.
Tentative / projected- to 6 Feb 2027Fiji
Parliament
An unconfirmed election window spanning two calendar years.
Tentative / projected 
GrenadaSenate
IPU source projection; not a confirmed polling-day announcement.
Tentative / projected
LibyaHouse of Representatives
IPU source projection; not a confirmed polling-day announcement.
Tentative / projected
MadagascarSenate
IPU source projection; not a confirmed polling-day announcement.
Tentative / projected
SomaliaPresidency & House of the People
The source uses a year-end tentative date; this is not a confirmed polling day.
Tentative / projected
IFES worldwide election calendar ↗ · Years change automatically; new announcements still require source updates.
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