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2026 Alaska elections
2026 Alaska elections: state primary August 18 and general election November 3, 2026, using top-four primaries and ranked-choice voting. Races for governor, U.S. Senate (Sullivan vs Peltola), House, legislature, plus Ballot Measure 2 to repeal the system.
2026 Alaska gubernatorial election
2026 Alaska gubernatorial election, November 3, 2026 open-seat race to succeed term-limited Mike Dunleavy. Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins faces Republicans Bernadette Wilson, Dave Bronson, and Treg Taylor under top-four primary and ranked-choice voting, with a repeal measure on the same ballot.
2026 Alaska House of Representatives election
2026 Alaska House of Representatives election, November 3, 2026: all 40 seats under top-four primary and ranked-choice voting, with a one-vote bipartisan coalition majority, six retirements, and Ballot Measure 2 seeking to repeal the 2020 electoral system.
2026 Alaska Senate election
2026 Alaska Senate election: Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan seeks reelection November 3, 2026 against Democrat Mary Peltola and two other Republicans under Alaska's top-four primary and ranked-choice system; race rated toss-up after Peltola led the primary.
2026 Alberta independence referendum
The 2026 Alberta independence referendum, held October 19, 2026, asked whether Alberta should stay in Canada or begin the legal process toward a binding separation referendum, following Mitch Sylvestre's Stay Free Alberta citizen initiative petition and a court challenge over First Nations consultation.
2026 Alberta referendums
2026 Alberta referendums: ten non-binding questions voted on October 19, 2026, on immigration, social services, voter ID, constitutional reform, and whether Alberta should begin the legal process toward a binding separation referendum; Premier Smith supports staying in Canada.
2026 Algerian parliamentary election
Legislative election held July 2, 2026 for Algeria's 407-seat People's National Assembly (APN). Decree 26-145; turnout 21.24%; FLN won 91 seats, RND 73, opposition parties returned after boycotting 2021.
2026 Antiguan general election
2026 Antiguan general election, 30 April 2026: snap election in which Gaston Browne's ABLP won 15 of 17 House seats for a fourth consecutive term, reducing the UPP to one seat; turnout 62.41%.
2026 Aragonese regional election
2026 Aragonese regional election (Elecciones a las Cortes de Aragón de 2026), a snap election of 8 February 2026 for the 12th Cortes: PP won 26 of 67 seats without a majority, Vox doubled to 14, PSOE fell to 18, CHA rose to 6.
2026 Arbroath and Broughty Ferry by-election
2026 Arbroath and Broughty Ferry by-election, UK Parliament by-election of 18 June 2026 triggered by Stephen Gethins' resignation; won by Lara Bird (SNP) with 9,802 votes, majority 5,278, turnout 31.36%.
2026 Arizona Attorney General election
2026 Arizona Attorney General election: incumbent Democrat Kris Mayes, who won 2022 by 280 votes, faces Republican Senate President Warren Petersen, who beat Rodney Glassman in the July 21, 2026 primary; general election November 3, 2026.
2026 Arizona elections
2026 Arizona elections: July 21 primary (new permanent late-July date) and November 3 general. Governor: Katie Hobbs vs Andy Biggs; ballot includes Prop 144 voter ID/mail-voting amendment and local tax measures.
2026 Arizona gubernatorial election
2026 Arizona gubernatorial election, November 3, 2026: incumbent Democrat Katie Hobbs (24th governor) vs Republican nominee Andy Biggs, Trump ally; first race with lieutenant governor running mates (Sine Kerr, John Giles); polling showed Hobbs leading 5-10 points.
2026 Arizona House of Representatives election
2026 Arizona House of Representatives election: all 60 seats up, November 3, 2026 general after July 21 primary. Republicans held 33–27; forecasts gave Democrats House control in 59% of simulations.
2026 Arizona Senate election
2026 Arizona Senate election: all 30 Arizona State Senate seats, primary July 21, general November 3, 2026. Republicans held 17-13 after 2024; forecasts favored Democrats for control; no U.S. Senate race on the ballot.
2026 Arizona State Treasurer election
2026 Arizona State Treasurer election, held November 3, 2026: Republican Elijah Norton, Democrat Nick Mansour, and Arizona Independent Party candidate Michael Zepeda; open seat after two-term Republican Kimberly Yee was termed out; Democrats last won the office in 1964.
2026 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election
2026 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election, November 3, 2026: Republican Kimberly Yee, termed-out state treasurer who beat incumbent Tom Horne in the July 21 primary, faces Democrat Teresa Leyba Ruiz, former Glendale Community College president, for the open four-year education chief post.
2026 Azad Kashmiri general election
The 2026 Azad Kashmiri general election, held July 27 to August 10, 2026 in three phases for AJK's 45-seat Legislative Assembly, was won by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz amid JAAC protests and boycott over 12 refugee seats; Iftikhar Gillani became prime minister.
2026 Bahamian general election
The 2026 Bahamian general election, held 12 May 2026, was a snap election for all 41 House of Assembly seats. Philip Davis's PLP won 33 seats to the FNM's 8, the first back-to-back win since 1997.
2026 Bangladeshi general election
The 2026 Bangladeshi general election (Jatiya Sangsad, 12 February 2026): BNP under Tarique Rahman won 210 of 300 seats, Jamaat-e-Islami second, Awami League banned, turnout 59.44%, July Charter referendum approved.
2026 Bangladeshi presidential election
The 2026 Bangladeshi presidential election, held 20 August 2026, elected BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir president with 255 votes to 88 for Jamaat's Oli Ahmed, the first contested presidential vote since October 1991, after Mohammed Shahabuddin's July 2026 resignation.
2026 Bavarian local elections
2026 Bavarian local elections (Kommunalwahlen), held 8 March 2026 with runoffs 22 March: elected about 39,500 municipal mandate holders; turnout 63.0%; CSU 32.3% of votes, AfD gained 451 council seats; no 5% threshold.
2026 Beaches—East York federal by-election
Federal by-election in Beaches—East York, Toronto (riding 35007), held August 31, 2026 after Nate Erskine-Smith's resignation; Liberal Tanveer Shahnawaz won 55.8% over NDP's Shannon Devine amid 40.39% turnout.
2026 Beninese presidential election
Benin presidential election held 12 April 2026; Romuald Wadagni (UPR–Republican Bloc) won 94.27% against Paul Hounkpè after opposition exclusions, a failed December 2025 coup, and constitutional reforms extending terms to seven years.
2026 Birmingham City Council election
Whole-council election held 7 May 2026 for all 101 Birmingham City Council seats across 69 wards; also called Birmingham local elections 2026. Reform UK became largest party with 23 seats, Labour fell from 65 to 17, no overall control, and a Lib Dem-Green-Independent minority coalition took over.
2026 Bosnian general election
The 2026 Bosnian general election, held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 4 October 2026, elected the three-member Presidency, the state House of Representatives, and entity legislatures.
2026 Brampton municipal election
2026 Brampton municipal election: Brampton, Ontario local election on October 26, 2026 for mayor, city and regional councillors, and school trustees; incumbent Patrick Brown seeks a third term against ten certified mayoral candidates.
2026 British Columbia municipal elections
2026 British Columbia general local elections: province-wide municipal, regional district, school board, parks board, community commission, and Islands Trust elections on October 17, 2026, run by each local government with Elections BC administering campaign financing, one week before a snap provincial election.
2026 Bulgarian parliamentary election
Bulgarian early parliamentary election held 19 April 2026, the eighth since 2021. Radev's new Progressive Bulgaria won 44.59% and 131 of 240 seats; he became prime minister on 8 May 2026.
2026 Calgary-Shaw provincial by-election
2026 Calgary-Shaw provincial by-election: Alberta provincial by-election in Electoral District 23 held September 14, 2026; NDP's Kyle Campbell defeated the UCP's Mike Derry 46.6% to 43.0%, flipping a UCP stronghold amid the Alberta independence referendum campaign; turnout 35.0%.