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2018 United States elections
2018 United States elections: November 6, 2018 midterms under President Trump. Democrats won the House 235-199, Republicans held the Senate 53-45; turnout hit 49%, the highest midterm rate since 1914, with about 113 million voters.
2018 United States gubernatorial elections
2018 United States gubernatorial elections, held November 6, 2018 in 36 states; Democrats flipped seven Republican governorships for a 27-23 GOP edge, with notable races in Florida (DeSantis-Gillum), Georgia (Kemp-Abrams), and Wisconsin (Walker-Evers).
2018 United States House of Representatives elections
2018 U.S. House elections, the Trump first midterm: Democrats won 235 seats to 199 Republican with one vacant, flipping the chamber; turnout hit 48.1%, about 113 million voters, a century-high for a midterm.
2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California
2018 U.S. House elections in California: June 5 primary and November 6 general for all 53 seats under top-two rules. Democrats flipped seven Republican-held districts, and the 66% Democratic House vote share was the decade's high.
2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New York
2018 U.S. House elections in New York, held November 6, 2018, for all 27 districts. Featured the Ocasio-Cortez primary upset over Joseph Crowley, roughly 10 percent turnout growth over 2014, and $31.6 million in outside spending.
2018 United States Senate election in Arizona
The 2018 Arizona U.S. Senate election: Democrat Kyrsten Sinema defeated Republican Martha McSally, 49.96% to 47.61%, for Jeff Flake's open seat, becoming Arizona's first female and first openly bisexual senator.
2018 United States Senate election in Florida
2018 Florida U.S. Senate election: Republican Governor Rick Scott defeated incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson by 10,033 votes (50.05% to 49.93%) after machine and manual recounts; Nelson conceded November 18, 2018; the race cost $204.8 million.
2018 United States Senate election in Michigan
2018 United States Senate election in Michigan: incumbent Democrat Debbie Stabenow defeated Republican John James 52.26% to 45.76% on November 6, 2018, in the state's most expensive single race.
2018 United States Senate election in Texas
The 2018 Texas U.S. Senate election: incumbent Republican Ted Cruz narrowly defeated Democrat Beto O'Rourke 50.89% to 48.33% on November 6, 2018, in a record-fundraising race O'Rourke lost by 2.6 points.
2018 United States Senate election in West Virginia
2018 West Virginia U.S. Senate election: Democrat Joe Manchin won re-election November 6, 2018, defeating Republican Attorney General Patrick Morrisey 49.57% to 46.26%, with Libertarian Rusty Hollen at 4.17%, in Trump-won West Virginia.
2018 United States Senate elections
2018 United States Senate elections, held November 6, 2018: 35 seats (33 Class I plus Minnesota and Mississippi specials). Republicans expanded their majority to 53-45-2, defeating Democratic incumbents in Indiana, Missouri, and North Dakota amid record midterm turnout.
2018 Venezuelan presidential election
2018 Venezuelan presidential election, held May 20, 2018, reelected Nicolás Maduro with a reported 67.7% against a boycotting opposition; turnout 46%, no international monitors, rejected by US, EU, Lima Group, OAS.
2018 Zimbabwean general election
The 2018 Zimbabwean general election, held 30 July 2018, was the first harmonised vote without Robert Mugabe. Emmerson Mnangagwa (ZANU-PF) beat Nelson Chamisa 50.8% to 44.3%; ZANU-PF took 144 of 210 seats; the Constitutional Court upheld the disputed result.
2019 Alberta general election
The 2019 Alberta general election, held April 16, 2019, saw Jason Kenney's United Conservative Party win a landslide majority of 63 seats, ousting Rachel Notley's NDP.
2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
The 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election was held on April 11, 2019, to form the 15th assembly. The YSRCP won 151 seats, ending the TDP government.
2019 Argentine general election
2019 Argentine general election (27 October 2019): Alberto Fernández of Frente de Todos beat incumbent Mauricio Macri 48.1%–40.4%, winning outright after an unpredicted 16-point PASO primary upset; Peronists returned to power with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner as vice president.
2019 Auckland mayoral election
The 2019 Auckland mayoral election (12 October 2019) re-elected independent incumbent Phil Goff with 180,146 final votes over John Tamihere (80,903) under STV, with 35.26% turnout of 1,065,383 electors.
2019 Australian federal election
2019 Australian federal election (18 May 2019): Morrison's Liberal-National Coalition unexpectedly re-elected over Shorten's Labor, 51.5-48.5% two-party preferred, despite all polls predicting a Labor win; key issues were economy, health, climate.
2019 Austrian legislative election
2019 Austrian legislative election (Nationalratswahl), snap election of 29 September 2019 after the Ibiza affair; ÖVP won 37.5% and 71 of 183 seats, then formed Austria's first ÖVP-Green coalition in January 2020.
2019 Belfast City Council election
2019 Belfast City Council election, held 2 May 2019, elected 60 councillors by STV across 10 district electoral areas. Sinn Féin stayed largest with 18 seats, DUP 15, Alliance 10; UUP lost five of seven seats while Greens and Alliance gained.
2019 Belgian federal election
The 2019 Belgian federal election (26 May 2019) elected the 150-seat House of Representatives alongside regional and European elections. N-VA stayed largest with 25 seats, Vlaams Belang surged to 18, and the De Croo seven-party Vivaldi government formed only after 494 days.
2019 Bougainvillean independence referendum
The 2019 Bougainvillean independence referendum: non-binding vote, 23 November to 7 December 2019, in which 97.71% of 181,067 counted ballots chose independence from Papua New Guinea over greater autonomy; result tabled in PNG Parliament August 2026.
2019 Canadian federal election
43rd Canadian federal election, held October 21, 2019: Trudeau's Liberals won a minority government with 157 of 338 seats and 33.1% of the vote, the lowest for any governing party, amid climate-focused campaigns.
2019 Chicago mayoral election
The 2019 Chicago mayoral election: a nonpartisan February 26 race with 14 candidates replacing Rahm Emanuel, followed by an April 2 runoff in which Lori Lightfoot defeated Toni Preckwinkle 73.7% to 26.3%, becoming Chicago's first Black woman and first openly gay mayor.
2019 Conservative Party leadership election
2019 Conservative Party leadership election: contest triggered by Theresa May's resignation; 13 candidates under new 17/33-vote MP cut-offs; Boris Johnson beat Jeremy Hunt and became UK Prime Minister in July 2019.
2019 Cuban constitutional referendum
The 2019 Cuban constitutional referendum was a national vote on February 24, 2019, in which Cuban voters approved a new constitution replacing the 1976 charter, effective April 2019.
2019 Danish general election
2019 Danish general election (Folketingsvalget 2019), held 5 June 2019: red bloc won 96 of 179 Folketing seats, Social Democrats took 25.9% and 48 seats, Danish People's Party collapsed to 8.7%, and Mette Frederiksen formed a one-party minority government on 27 June 2019.
2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum
The 2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum (April 19–22, 2019) approved amendments to Egypt's 2014 constitution with 88.83% of valid votes, extending President al-Sisi's term to 2024, allowing a third term, expanding military and presidential powers, and adding a Senate.
2019 elections in India
India's 2019 general election (17th Lok Sabha): seven phases, 11 April–19 May 2019; 67.40% record turnout; 8,054 candidates, 673 parties; BJP won 303 seats, NDA over 350; Congress 52.
2019 European Parliament election
The 2019 European Parliament election (23-26 May 2019, 28 member states, 751 seats) broke the EPP-S&D majority, raised turnout to 50.6%, saw the Brexit Party top the UK vote, and ended the Spitzenkandidaten process with Ursula von der Leyen's appointment.