Upcoming elections
Elections decide who stays in power and who goes. Here is when each country we track next votes, and whether its current leader is allowed to stand again.
2026 elections
Coming up: New Zealand (November) · Brazil (October) · Sweden (September)
🇳🇿 Christopher Luxon — Prime Minister of New ZealandEligible to run again
🇧🇷 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — President of BrazilEligible to run again
🇸🇪 Ulf Kristersson — Prime Minister of SwedenEligible to run again
2027 elections
Coming up: Nigeria (January) · France (April) · Argentina (October) · Spain (August)
🇳🇬 Bola Tinubu — President of NigeriaEligible to run again
🇵🇱 Donald Tusk — Prime Minister of PolandEligible to run again
🇫🇷 Emmanuel Macron — President of FranceCannot run again
🇮🇹 Giorgia Meloni — Prime Minister of ItalyEligible to run again
🇦🇷 Javier Milei — President of ArgentinaEligible to run again
🇪🇸 Pedro Sánchez — Prime Minister of SpainEligible to run again
2028 elections
Coming up: Australia (May) · United States (November) · Turkey (May)
🇦🇺 Anthony Albanese — Prime Minister of AustraliaEligible to run again
🇺🇸 Donald Trump — President of United StatesCannot run again
🇹🇷 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — President of TurkeyEligibility unclear
2029 elections
Coming up: United Kingdom (August) · Germany (expected spring) · Norway (September) · Canada (October) · India (April)
🇬🇧 Andy Burnham — Prime Minister of United KingdomEligible to run again
🇿🇦 Cyril Ramaphosa — President of South AfricaCannot run again
🇩🇪 Friedrich Merz — Chancellor of GermanyEligible to run again
🇳🇴 Jonas Gahr Støre — Prime Minister of NorwayEligible to run again
🇨🇦 Mark Carney — Prime Minister of CanadaEligible to run again
🇮🇪 Micheál Martin — Taoiseach of IrelandEligible to run again
🇮🇳 Narendra Modi — Prime Minister of IndiaEligible to run again
🇮🇩 Prabowo Subianto — President of IndonesiaEligible to run again
2030 elections
Coming up: Mexico (June) · Japan (February) · Russia (March)
🇲🇽 Claudia Sheinbaum — President of MexicoCannot run again
🇰🇷 Lee Jae-myung — President of South KoreaCannot run again
🇯🇵 Sanae Takaichi — Prime Minister of JapanEligible to run again
🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin — President of RussiaEligible to run again
No direct election
🇸🇩 Abdel Fattah al-Burhan — President of SudanNo direct election
🇪🇬 Abdel Fattah el-Sisi — President of EgyptNo direct election
🇩🇿 Abdelmadjid Tebboune — President of AlgeriaNo direct election
🇳🇪 Abdourahamane Tiani — President of NigerNo direct election
🇯🇴 Abdullah II of Jordan — Monarch of JordanNo direct election
🇨🇴 Abelardo de la Espriella — President of ColombiaNo direct election
🇬🇲 Adama Barrow — President of The GambiaNo direct election
🇸🇾 Ahmed al-Sharaa — President of SyriaNo direct election
🇨🇮 Alassane Ouattara — President of Ivory CoastNo direct election
🇲🇨 Albert II, Prince of Monaco — Monarch of MonacoNo direct election
🇷🇸 Aleksandar Vučić — President of SerbiaNo direct election
🇧🇾 Alexander Lukashenka — President of BelarusNo direct election
🇨🇬 Anatole Collinet Makosso — Prime Minister of Republic of the CongoNo direct election
🇨🇿 Andrej Babiš — Prime Minister of Czech RepublicNo direct election
🇵🇹 António José Seguro — President of PortugalNo direct election
🇱🇰 Anura Kurankan Dissanayake — President of Sri LankaNo direct election
🇲🇾 Anwar Ibrahim — Prime Minister of MalaysiaNo direct election
🇲🇱 Assimi Goïta — President of MaliNo direct election
🇰🇲 Azali Assoumani — President of ComorosNo direct election
🇸🇳 Bassirou Diomaye Faye — President of SenegalNo direct election
🇮🇱 Benjamin Netanyahu — Prime Minister of IsraelNo direct election
🇬🇹 Bernardo Arévalo de León — President of GuatemalaNo direct election
🇵🇭 Bongbong Marcos — President of PhilippinesNo direct election
🇬🇦 Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema — President of GabonNo direct election
🇸🇹 Carlos Vila Nova — President of São Tomé and PríncipeNo direct election
🇹🇻 Charles III — Monarch of TuvaluNo direct election
🇦🇬 Charles III — Monarch of Antigua and BarbudaNo direct election
🇬🇩 Charles III — Monarch of GrenadaNo direct election
🇯🇲 Charles III — Monarch of JamaicaNo direct election
🇵🇬 Charles III — Monarch of Papua New GuineaNo direct election
🇰🇳 Charles III — Monarch of Saint Kitts and NevisNo direct election
🇱🇨 Charles III — Monarch of Saint LuciaNo direct election
🇻🇨 Charles III — Monarch of Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesNo direct election
🇸🇧 Charles III — Monarch of Solomon IslandsNo direct election
🇧🇸 Charles III — Monarch of The BahamasNo direct election
🇦🇹 Christian Stocker — Prime Minister of AustriaNo direct election
🇲🇿 Daniel Chapo — President of MozambiqueNo direct election
🇪🇨 Daniel Noboa — President of EcuadorNo direct election
🇳🇮 Daniel Ortega — President of NicaraguaNo direct election
🇳🇷 David Adeang — President of NauruNo direct election
🇻🇪 Delcy Rodriguez — President of VenezuelaNo direct election
🇸🇲 Denise Bronzetti — Prime Minister of San MarinoNo direct election
🇧🇼 Duma Boko — Prime Minister of BotswanaNo direct election
🇦🇱 Edi Rama — Prime Minister of AlbaniaNo direct election
🇿🇼 Emmerson Mnangagwa — President of ZimbabweNo direct election
🇹🇯 Emomali Rahmon — President of TajikistanNo direct election
🇧🇮 Évariste Ndayishimiye — President of BurundiNo direct election
🇱🇻 Evika Siliņa — Prime Minister of LatviaNo direct election
🇨🇫 Faustin-Archange Touadéra — President of Central African RepublicNo direct election
🇨🇩 Félix Tshisekedi — President of Democratic Republic of the CongoNo direct election
🇨🇻 Francisco Carvalho — Prime Minister of Cape VerdeNo direct election
🇱🇺 Guillaume V, Grand Duke of Luxembourg — Monarch of LuxembourgNo direct election
🇴🇲 Haitham bin Tarik Al Said — Monarch of OmanNo direct election
🇿🇲 Hakainde Hichilema — President of ZambiaNo direct election
🇧🇭 Hamad II of Bahrain — Monarch of BahrainNo direct election
🇱🇮 Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein — Monarch of LiechtensteinNo direct election
🇧🇦 Hasan Muratović — Prime Minister of Bosnia and HerzegovinaNo direct election
🇸🇴 Hassan Sheikh Mohamud — President of SomaliaNo direct election
🇧🇳 Hassanal Bolkiah I of Brunei — Monarch of BruneiNo direct election
🇦🇫 Hibatullah Akhundzada — Monarch of AfghanistanNo direct election
🇲🇭 Hilda Heine — President of Marshall IslandsNo direct election
🇲🇰 Hristijan Mickoski — Prime Minister of North MacedoniaNo direct election
🇧🇫 Ibrahim Traoré — President of Burkina FasoNo direct election
🇦🇿 Ilham Aliyev — President of AzerbaijanNo direct election
🇬🇪 Irakli Kobakhidze — Prime Minister of GeorgiaNo direct election
🇪🇷 Isaias Afwerki — President of EritreaNo direct election
🇩🇯 Ismail Omar Guelleh — President of DjiboutiNo direct election
🇲🇪 Jakov Milatović — President of MontenegroNo direct election
🇹🇬 Jean-Lucien Savi de Tové — President of TogoNo direct election
🇸🇷 Jennifer Geerlings-Simons — President of SurinameNo direct election
🇧🇹 Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck — Monarch of BhutanNo direct election
🇦🇴 João Lourenço — President of AngolaNo direct election
🇬🇭 John Mahama — President of GhanaNo direct election
🇧🇿 Johnny Briceño — Prime Minister of BelizeNo direct election
🇨🇱 José Antonio Kast — President of ChileNo direct election
🇹🇱 José Ramos-Horta — President of Timor-LesteNo direct election
🇵🇦 José Raúl Mulino — President of PanamaNo direct election
🇱🇷 Joseph Boakai — President of LiberiaNo direct election
🇸🇱 Julius Maada Bio — President of Sierra LeoneNo direct election
🇹🇹 Kamla Persad-Bissessar — Prime Minister of Trinidad and TobagoNo direct election
🇵🇪 Keiko Fujimori — President of PeruNo direct election
🇰🇵 Kim Jong-un — President of North KoreaNo direct election
🇪🇪 Kristen Michal — Prime Minister of EstoniaNo direct election
🇮🇸 Kristrún Mjöll Frostadóttir — Prime Minister of IcelandNo direct election
🇬🇷 Kyriakos Mitsotakis — Prime Minister of GreeceNo direct election
🇹🇼 Lai Ching-te — President of TaiwanNo direct election
🇨🇷 Laura Fernández Delgado — President of Costa RicaNo direct election
🇸🇬 Lawrence Wong — Prime Minister of SingaporeNo direct election
🇱🇸 Letsie III of Lesotho — Monarch of LesothoNo direct election
🇩🇴 Luis Abinader — President of Dominican RepublicNo direct election
🇹🇩 Mahamat Déby — President of ChadNo direct election
🇬🇳 Mamady Doumbouya — President of GuineaNo direct election
🇬🇼 Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo — President of Guinea-BissauNo direct election
🇬🇾 Mark Phillips — Prime Minister of GuyanaNo direct election
🏳️ Mette Frederiksen — Prime Minister of Kingdom of DenmarkNo direct election
🇧🇧 Mia Mottley — Prime Minister of BarbadosNo direct election
🇲🇬 Michael Randrianirina — President of MadagascarNo direct election
🇨🇺 Miguel Díaz-Canel — President of CubaNo direct election
🇱🇹 Mindaugas Sinkevičius — Prime Minister of LithuaniaNo direct election
🇰🇼 Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah — Monarch of KuwaitNo direct election
🇱🇾 Mohamed al-Menfi — President of LibyaNo direct election
🇲🇻 Mohamed Muizzu — President of MaldivesNo direct election
🇲🇷 Mohamed Ould Ghazouani — President of MauritaniaNo direct election
🇦🇪 Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan — Monarch of United Arab EmiratesNo direct election
🇲🇦 Mohammed VI of Morocco — Monarch of MoroccoNo direct election
🇮🇷 Mojtaba Khamenei — President of IranNo direct election
🇸🇿 Mswati III — Monarch of EswatiniNo direct election
🇲🇲 Myint Swe — President of MyanmarNo direct election
🇭🇳 Nasry Asfura — President of HondurasNo direct election
🇸🇮 Nataša Pirc Musar — President of SloveniaNo direct election
🇱🇧 Nawaf Salam — Prime Minister of LebanonNo direct election
🇸🇻 Nayib buke — President of El SalvadorNo direct election
🇳🇦 Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah — President of NamibiaNo direct election
🇨🇾 Nicos Christodoulides — President of CyprusNo direct election
🇷🇴 Nicușor Dan — President of RomaniaNo direct election
🇻🇺 Nikenike Vurobaravu — President of VanuatuNo direct election
🇦🇲 Nikol Pashinyan — Prime Minister of ArmeniaNo direct election
🇮🇶 Nizar Amidi — President of IraqNo direct election
🇰🇭 Norodom Sihamoni — Monarch of CambodiaNo direct election
🇹🇭 Paetongtarn Shinawatra — Prime Minister of ThailandNo direct election
🇸🇨 Patrick Herminie — President of SeychellesNo direct election
🇨🇲 Paul Biya — President of CameroonNo direct election
🇷🇼 Paul Kagame — President of RwandaNo direct election
🇭🇺 Péter Magyar — Prime Minister of HungaryNo direct election
🇲🇼 Peter Mutharika — President of MalawiNo direct election
🇫🇮 Petteri Orpo — Prime Minister of FinlandNo direct election
🇧🇪 Philippe of Belgium — Monarch of BelgiumNo direct election
🇲🇺 Pravind Jugnauth — Prime Minister of MauritiusNo direct election
🇰🇿 Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev — President of KazakhstanNo direct election
🇳🇵 Ram Chandra Poudel — President of NepalNo direct election
🇾🇪 Rashad al-Alimi — President of YemenNo direct election
🇲🇹 Robert Abela — Prime Minister of MaltaNo direct election
🇸🇰 Robert Fico — Prime Minister of SlovakiaNo direct election
🇧🇴 Rodrigo Paz — Prime Minister of BoliviaNo direct election
🇧🇯 Romuald Wadagni — President of BeninNo direct election
🇧🇬 Rumen Radev — Prime Minister of BulgariaNo direct election
🇸🇦 Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud — Monarch of Saudi ArabiaNo direct election
🇸🇸 Salva Kiir Mayardit — President of South SudanNo direct election
🇹🇿 Samia Suluhu Hassan — President of TanzaniaNo direct election
🇵🇾 Santiago Peña Palacios — President of ParaguayNo direct election
🇹🇳 Sarra Zaafrani — Prime Minister of TunisiaNo direct election
🇹🇲 Serdar Berdimuhamedow — President of TurkmenistanNo direct election
🇺🇿 Shavkat Mirziyoyev — President of UzbekistanNo direct election
🇵🇰 Shehbaz Sharif — Prime Minister of PakistanNo direct election
🇰🇬 Sooronbay Jeenbekov — Prime Minister of KyrgyzstanNo direct election
🇵🇼 Surangel Whipps Jr. — President of PalauNo direct election
🇨🇭 Swiss Federal Council — President of SwitzerlandNo direct election
🇩🇲 Sylvanie Burton — President of DominicaNo direct election
🇶🇦 Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani — Monarch of QatarNo direct election
🇰🇮 Taneti Maamau — President of KiribatiNo direct election
🇧🇩 Tarique Rahman — Prime Minister of BangladeshNo direct election
🇪🇹 Taye Atske Selassie — President of EthiopiaNo direct election
🇬🇶 Teodoro Obiang — President of Equatorial GuineaNo direct election
🇱🇦 Thongloun Sisoulith — President of LaosNo direct election
🇻🇳 Tô Lâm — President of VietnamNo direct election
🇭🇹 Transitional Presidential Council — President of HaitiNo direct election
🇹🇴 Tupou VI of Tonga — Monarch of TongaNo direct election
🇲🇳 Uchral Nyam-Osor — Prime Minister of MongoliaNo direct election
🇼🇸 Va'aletoa Sualauvi II — Monarch of SamoaNo direct election
🇲🇩 Vasile Tofan — Prime Minister of MoldovaNo direct election
🇺🇦 Volodymyr Zelenskyy — President of UkraineNo direct election
🇫🇲 Wesley Simina — President of Federated States of MicronesiaNo direct election
🇫🇯 Wiliame Katonivere — President of FijiNo direct election
🇰🇪 William Ruto — President of KenyaNo direct election
🇦🇩 Xavier Espot Zamora — Prime Minister of AndorraNo direct election
🇨🇳 Xi Jinping — President of ChinaNo direct election
🇺🇾 Yamandú Orsi — President of UruguayNo direct election
🇺🇬 Yoweri Museveni — President of UgandaNo direct election
🇭🇷 Zoran Milanović — President of CroatiaNo direct election