The Cycle of Elections

Electoral Studies 26 (2007) 838e839 www.elsevier.com/locate/electstud

National Elections The Cycle of Elections Cycle of national elections as of 02/10/07 Country

Election type

Term

Most recently covered in ES

Most recent popular election

Country

Election type

Term

Most recently covered in ES

Most recent popular election

Afghanistan Albania Algeria

House House House President House President House House President House President House House President House House President House President House Presidium House House President House President House House President House House President House President House President

5 4 5 5 4 4 3 4 6 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 2 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 7 5 4 5 4 6 4 4

(07:1) (07:1) e (01:1) (03:2) (96:1) (05:3) (04:2) (92:4) (07:3) e (03:3) (06:1) (03:1) (04:3) e (07:1) (07:1) (07:1) (04:2) (04:2) (95:3) (04:2) (04:2) (06:3) (03:2) (05:1) (97:4) e (07:3) (03:4) (03:4) (07:2) (07:2) (03:4) (03:4)

18-Sep-05 3-Jul-05 17-May-07 8-Apr-04 23-Oct-05 27-Apr-03 9-Oct-04 1-Oct-06 25-Apr-04 6-Nov-05 15-Oct-03 21-Jan-07 17-Oct-04 19-Mar-06 10-Jun-07 31-Mar-07 5-Mar-06 18-Dec-05 18-Dec-05 1-Oct-06 1-Oct-06 30-Oct-04 1-Oct-06 1-Oct-06 25-Jun-05 22-Nov-06 27-Jul-03 22-Jun-07 11-Oct-04 23-Jan-06 21-Apr-02 3-May-06 11-Dec-05 11-Dec-05 12-Mar-06 28-May-06

Congo, D.R.

House President House President House President House House House President House President House Parliament House President House President House President House President House House President House House President House President House House President House House President

5 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 6 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5

(07:4) (07:4) (07:3) (07:3) (96:2) (06:1) (03:4) (06:2) (03:4) (05:1) (07:4) (07:4) (04:4) (05:3) (07:4) (02:3) (98:4) (96:1) (97:4) (03:2) (05:2) (05:2) (07:1) (02:3) (02:3) (06:2) (05:1) (05:1) (07:2) (07:2) (03:4) (01:2) (96:4) (06:2) (05:2) (05:4)

30-Jul-06 30-Jul-06 5-Feb-06 5-Feb-06 23-Nov-03 21-Dec-04 2-Jun-06 8-Feb-05 16-May-06 16-May-04 15-Oct-06 15-Oct-06 4-Mar-07 10-Jun-04 18-Mar-07 15-Jan-06 10-Jun-07 22-Apr-07 25-Jan-07 22-Sep-06 28-Mar-04 4-Jan-04 18-Sep-05 7-Dec-04 7-Dec-04 16-Sep-07 9-Sep-07 9-Sep-07 27-Nov-05 27-Nov-05 9-Apr-06 12-May-07 26-Jun-04 20-Apr-04 5-Apr-04 5-Jul-04

Argentina Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Benin Bolivia Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Cambodia Cameroon Canada Chad Chile Colombia

Costa Rica Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Estonia EU Finland France Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia

The table reports competitive multiparty elections held in countries with a population of one million or more. (Figures in parentheses indicate year and issue number of Electoral Studies in which results from a country were last reported.)

doi:10.1016/j.electstud.2007.10.001

The Cycle of Elections / Electoral Studies 26 (2007) 838e839 Iran Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lesotho Lithuania Luxembourg Malawi Malaysia Mexico Moldova Mongolia Morocco Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Norway Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania

House President House President House House House House President House President House House House President House House President House House President House House President House House House House President House President House House House President House President House President House President House President House President

4 4 5 7 4 5 4 4 7 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 3 6 4 4 4 5 4 3 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 3 6 4 5 4 5 4 4

(02:3) (02:3) (04:1) (98:4) (07:3) (02:4) (06:3) (05:4) (01:2) (07:2) (07:2) (04:4) (04:3) (05:4) (05:4) (94:4) (00:4) (00:4) (05:2) (07:4) (07:4) e (05:4) e e (07:4) (06:4) (07:4) (07:4) (06:1) (06:1) (07:1) (98:1) (05:3) (05:3) (07:4) (07:4) (02:4) e (07:1) (07:1) (07:2) (07:2) (06:2) (06:2)

20-Feb-04 17-Jun-05 24-May-07 30-Oct-97 28-Mar-06 9-Apr-06 11-Sep-05 18-Aug-07 4-Dec-05 10-Jul-05 10-Jul-05 7-Oct-06 17-Feb-02 10-Oct-04 13-Jun-04 13-Jun-04 18-May-04 18-May-04 21-Mar-04 2-Jul-06 2-Jul-06 6-Mar-05 27-Jun-04 22-May-05 7-Sep-07 22-Nov-06 17-Sep-05 5-Nov-06 5-Nov-06 13-Nov-04 13-Nov-04 12-Sep-05 10-Oct-02 2-May-04 2-May-04 9-Apr-06 9-Apr-06 14-May-07 10-May-04 25-Sep-05 9-Oct-05 20-Feb-05 22-Jan-06 28-Nov-04 28-Nov-04

Russia Rwanda Serbia & Montenegro Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tanzania Thailand Togo Turkey Ukraine UK USA Uruguay Venezuela Zambia Zimbabwe

House President House President House President House President House House President House President House House President House House President House House House President House President House House President House House President House House President House President House President House President House President

839 4 4 5 7 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 5 5 4 5 4 6 6 4 4 3 6 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6

(05:3) (05:3) (06:3) (06:3) (02:3) (02:3) (96:4) (96:4) (07:3) (07:3) (05:2) (06:4) (04:1) (05:2) (05:3) (04:4) (05:1) (07:1) (07:1) (07:4) (05:1) (06:4) (96:4) (07:2) (07:2) (06:1) e (06:3) (04:4) (07:2) (06:1) (06:4) (05:4) (05:4) (06:1) (06:1) e (95:1) (03:2) (03:2) (02:3) (03:3)

7-Dec-03 14-Mar-04 30-Sep-03 25-Aug-03 21-Jan-07 13-Jun-04 11-Aug-07 11-Aug-07 6-May-06 17-Jun-06 3-Apr-04 3-Oct-04 10-Nov-02 14-Apr-04 15-Apr-04 20-Dec-02 14-Mar-04 2-Apr-04 17-Nov-05 17-Sep-06 19-Oct-03 11-Dec-04 20-Mar-04 14-Dec-05 14-Dec-05 2-Apr-06 27-Oct-02 25-Apr-06 22-Jul-07 30-Sep-07 31-Oct-04 5-May-05 7-Nov-06 2-Nov-04 31-Oct-04 31-Oct-04 4-Dec-05 3-Dec-06 27-Dec-01 27-Dec-01 31-Mar-05 9-Mar-00

NB: where an election comprises several rounds of voting, whether originally intended or not, the date given is the first on which voting took place.