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1 Algeria  





2 Angola  





3 Benin  





4 Botswana  





5 Burkina Faso  





6 Burundi  





7 Cameroon  





8 Cape Verde  





9 Central African Republic  





10 Chad  





11 Comoros  





12 Côte d'Ivoire  





13 Democratic Republic of the Congo  





14 Djibouti  





15 Egypt  





16 Equatorial Guinea  





17 Eritrea  





18 Ethiopia  





19 Gabon  





20 The Gambia  





21 Ghana  





22 Guinea  





23 Guinea-Bissau  





24 Kenya  





25 Lesotho  





26 Liberia  





27 Libya  





28 Madagascar  





29 Malawi  





30 Mali  





31 Mauritania  





32 Mauritius  





33 Morocco  





34 Mozambique  





35 Namibia  





36 Niger  





37 Nigeria  





38 Republic of the Congo  





39 Rwanda  





40 São Tomé and Príncipe  





41 Senegal  





42 Seychelles  





43 Sierra Leone  





44 Somalia  





45 South Africa  





46 South Sudan  





47 Sudan  





48 Swaziland  





49 Tanzania  





50 Togo  





51 Tunisia  





52 Uganda  





53 Western Sahara  





54 Zambia  





55 Zimbabwe  





56 Summary  





57 See also  





58 References  





59 External links  














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This page lists the most recent (direct) national electionsinAfrican countries.

Algeria[edit]

Angola[edit]

Benin[edit]

Botswana[edit]

Burkina Faso[edit]

  • National Assembly: 22 November 2020
  • Burundi[edit]

  • National Assembly: 20 May 2020
  • Constitutional Referendum: 17 May 2018
  • Cameroon[edit]

  • National Assembly: 9 February 2020
  • Cape Verde[edit]

  • National Assembly: 18 April 2021
  • Central African Republic[edit]

  • National Assembly: 27 December 2020 and 14 March 2021
  • Chad[edit]

  • National Assembly: 13 February 2011
  • Constitutional Referendum: 6 June 2005
  • Comoros[edit]

  • Assembly of the Union: 19 January and 23 February 2020
  • Côte d'Ivoire[edit]

  • National Assembly: 6 March 2021
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo[edit]

  • National Assembly: 20 December 2023
  • Djibouti[edit]

  • National Assembly: 24 February 2023
  • Egypt[edit]

  • People's Assembly: 24 October–8 December 2020 (two phases each with two rounds)
  • Constitutional Referendum: 20–22 April 2019
  • Equatorial Guinea[edit]

  • Senate: 20 November 2022
  • Chamber of Deputies: 20 November 2022
  • Eritrea[edit]

    Eritrea, since independence, has repeatedly postponed elections.

    Ethiopia[edit]

  • House of People's Representatives: 21 June and 30 September 2021
  • Gabon[edit]

  • National Assembly: 26 August 2023
  • The Gambia[edit]

  • National Assembly: 9 April 2022
  • Ghana[edit]

  • Parliament: 7 December 2020
  • Guinea[edit]

  • National Assembly 22 March 2020
  • Constitutional Referendum 22 March 2020
  • Guinea-Bissau[edit]

    Kenya[edit]

  • National Assembly: 9 August 2022
  • Senate: 9 August 2022
  • Constitutional Referendum: 4 August 2010
  • Lesotho[edit]

    Liberia[edit]

    Libya[edit]

    Libya does not hold elections.

    Madagascar[edit]

    Malawi[edit]

  • National Assembly: 21 May 2019
  • Mali[edit]

  • National Assembly: 29 March and 19 April 2020
  • Mauritania[edit]

  • National Assembly: 13 and 27 May 2023
  • Mauritius[edit]

    Morocco[edit]

    Mozambique[edit]

    Namibia[edit]

  • National Assembly: 27 November 2019
  • Niger[edit]

  • National Assembly: 27 December 2020
  • Nigeria[edit]

  • Senate: 25 February 2023
  • House of Representatives: 25 February 2023
  • Republic of the Congo[edit]

  • National Assembly: 10 and 31 July 2022
  • Rwanda[edit]

    São Tomé and Príncipe[edit]

    Senegal[edit]

  • National Assembly: 31 July 2022
  • Seychelles[edit]

  • National Assembly: 22–24 October 2020
  • Sierra Leone[edit]

  • Parliament: 24 June 2023
  • Somalia[edit]

    • Senate: 29 July to 13 November 2021
  • House of the People: 1 November 2021 to 31 March 2022
  • South Africa[edit]

    South Sudan[edit]

    Sudan[edit]

  • National Assembly: 13–16 April 2015
  • Swaziland[edit]

    Tanzania[edit]

  • National Assembly: 28 October 2020
  • Togo[edit]

  • National Assembly: 20 December 2018
  • Tunisia[edit]

  • Assembly of the Representatives of the People: 17 December 2022 and 29 January 2023
  • Uganda[edit]

  • Parliament: 14 January 2021
  • Western Sahara[edit]

    Zambia[edit]

  • National Assembly: 12 August 2021
  • Zimbabwe[edit]

  • Senate: 23 August 2023
  • National Assembly: 23 August 2023
  • Summary[edit]

    Summary of East Africa Elections
    Country Presidential Elections (1999–2019) Recent Election Year Next Election Presidential Votes Cast in Last Election Registered Voters
    South Sudan 2 2010 2021 2,813,830 4,800,000
    Uganda 4 2016 2021 10,329,131 15,277,198
    Kenya 4 2017 2022 15,593,050 19,611,423
    Tanzania 3 2015 2020 15,596,110 23,161,440
    Rwanda 3 2017 2024 6,769,514 6,897,076
    Burundi 4 2020 2025 2,826,072 3,848,119
    Political Events in African Countries by Region, 1999–2017
    Region President/Prime Minsister Parliamentary Elections Peace Treaties Total Countries
    Southern Africa 48 33 6 12
    Central Africa 24 25 6 8
    East Africa 42 35 5 13
    West Africa 55 59 0 15
    North Africa 18 18 2 6
    Total 187 170 19 54

    [1][2][3][4][5]

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "IEBC: Breakdown of Final 19.6 million registered voters in Kenya, 2017". Kenyayote. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  • ^ "Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission". iebc.or.ke. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  • ^ "Observing Sudan's 2010 National Elections" (PDF). The Carter Center. April 2010.
  • ^ "2021 Uganda's general elections to cost Shs700 billion". dispatch.ug. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  • ^ "Elections in South Sudan". africanelections.tripod.com. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  • External links[edit]


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