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Next Portuguese legislative election

Next Portuguese legislative election: the 18th legislature election, scheduled for September/October 2029 (expected 30 Sep 2029) unless early dissolution, electing 230 Assembly deputies by d'Hondt proportional representation after the 18 May 2025 snap vote.

Next Romanian parliamentary election

The next Romanian parliamentary election, expected in 2028, will choose the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, with early elections possible due to a 2026 government crisis.

Next Romanian parliamentary election

Next Romanian parliamentary election, due 30 November 2028 (possibly early), electing the 331-seat Chamber of Deputies and 134-seat Senate by proportional representation; AUR leads polls at 35-40% amid 2026 government collapse.

Next Saxony state election

Next Saxony state election (Landtagswahl Sachsen), due autumn 2029 for the 9th Saxon Landtag; not yet officially dated. Two-vote system, 120 seats, 5% threshold. 2024 baseline: CDU 31.9%, AfD 30.6%; May 2026 polls show AfD 42% vs CDU 21%.

Next Scottish Parliament election

Next Scottish Parliament election, held 7 May 2026, elects 129 MSPs under the Additional Member System: 73 constituency seats by first-past-the-post plus 56 regional list seats in eight regions allocated by d'Hondt, with two votes per voter.

Next Serbian parliamentary election

Serbia's next parliamentary election, set for 25 October 2026 by Vučić's 9 September decree dissolving the 2023 assembly, elects all 250 National Assembly seats by D'Hondt PR; main contest is SNS versus the Students' List amid ODIHR and EU concerns.

Next Serbian presidential election

Next Serbian presidential election: the vote to succeed Aleksandar Vučić, barred from a third term, due 2027 or earlier after his September 2026 resignation; two-round system, five-year terms, Speaker calls the election.

Next Singaporean general election

Next Singaporean general election: the parliamentary vote following the 3 May 2025 election, due within three months of the 15th Parliament's dissolution under the five-year term, using 97 seats across GRCs and SMCs with compulsory voting.

Next Singaporean general election

Next Singaporean general election, due around 2030 after the 3 May 2025 poll that the PAP won with 87 of 97 seats and 65.57%; covers timing rules, GRC system, compulsory voting, and the GE2025 baseline.

Next Slovenian parliamentary election

The next Slovenian parliamentary election is the regular election to the National Assembly of Slovenia, due in mid-2030. It follows the 2026 election, which led to Janez Janša becoming prime minister.

Next Spanish general election

Spain's next general election is set for 29 November 2026, called early by Pedro Sánchez on 5 October after parliament rejected his housing decrees; voters will elect 350 Congress deputies and the Senate under the LOREG.

Next Syrian presidential election

Next Syrian presidential election: first presidential vote since Bashar al-Assad's December 2024 overthrow, expected by 2030 under a new permanent constitution replacing the 2012 constitution and its 2028 schedule.

Next Taiwanese legislative election

The next Taiwanese legislative election will elect all 113 seats of the Legislative Yuan before January 2028, following a legislature where no party holds a majority.

Next Tasmanian state election

Next Tasmanian state election, also called the next Tasmanian House of Assembly election: all 35 seats across Bass, Braddon, Clark, Franklin and Lyons by Hare-Clark STV, due by 2029, with a Liberal minority government and rising One Nation polling.

Next Thuringian state election

Next Thuringian state election (Landtagswahl in Thüringen), expected autumn 2029, elects the 9th Landtag of 88 seats by personalized proportional representation with a 5% threshold; AfD led 2024 with 32.8% and mid-2026 polls at 40%.

Next Turkish parliamentary election

Next Turkish parliamentary election, due by 31 May 2028 though an early vote is possible under Article 116, will fill 600 Grand National Assembly seats by D'Hondt PR with a 7% threshold, amid the CHP split and the new New Party.

Next Turkish presidential election

Next Turkish presidential election, due by May 2028. Early vote before 14 May 2028 would let Erdoğan seek a third term via Article 116; opposition led by jailed İmamoğlu and a split CHP under court-ordered leadership changes.

Next United Kingdom general election

The next UK general election will elect all 650 Commons members under first-past-the-post, due by August 2029, with the Prime Minister choosing the date; current polling points to a hung Parliament.

Next Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Next Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, due February-March 2027 for 403 Vidhan Sabha seats (202 for majority); BJP seeks a third term under Yogi Adityanath against a prospective SP-Congress INDIA alliance after the BJP's 2024 Lok Sabha setback.

Next Valencian regional election

Next Valencian regional election, expected 23 May 2027, elects the 99-seat Corts Valencianes under Ley 1/1987; first vote since the 2024 DANA floods, with PP-Vox governing and Carlos Mazón replaced by Juanfran Pérez Llorca.

Next Venezuelan presidential election

Next Venezuelan presidential election: first vote after Maduro's 3 January 2026 capture and Delcy Rodríguez's installation as acting president. No date set; US says Venezuela not ready, CNE and court reforms pending, election unlikely before late 2027.

Nigerian transition to democracy (1998–1999)

The Nigerian transition to democracy was the 1998–1999 program under General Abdulsalami Abubakar that restored elected civilian rule after Abacha's death, beginning the Fourth Republic on May 29, 1999.

Nominations in the 2020 Labour Party leadership election

Nominations in the 2020 Labour leadership election: two-stage process (22 MPs, then 33 CLPs or three affiliates). Starmer led with 88 MP and 58% of CLP nominations; Phillips and Thornberry were eliminated.

Nominees in the 2026 Bangsamoro Parliament election

Nominees in the 2026 Bangsamoro Parliament election: candidates on the nominee lists of 13 accredited regional parties and sectoral organizations for the September 14, 2026 first regular BARMM parliamentary election, posted by COMELEC under Resolution No. 11216.

Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government

The Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government (Polish: Bezpartyjny Blok Współpracy z Rządem, BBWR) was an electoral organization backing Józef Piłsudski's Sanation regime in interwar Poland.

Northern Ireland Assembly

The Northern Ireland Assembly (Stormont) is Northern Ireland's devolved legislature, created by the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the Northern Ireland Act 1998. 90 MLAs elected by STV share power in a consociational system with the d'Hondt Executive.

November 1932 German federal election

November 1932 German federal election (Reichstagswahl November 1932), held 6 November 1932 under the Weimar Republic: NSDAP fell to 33.1 percent (11,729,201 votes), DNVP gained, turnout dropped; last broadly free Reichstag election before Hitler's January 1933 appointment.

November 2019 Spanish general election

November 2019 Spanish general election (10N), fourth election in four years: PSOE won 120 of 350 Congress seats, Vox surged to 52, Ciudadanos collapsed to 10, leading to Spain's first PSOE–Unidas Podemos coalition government invested January 2020.

October 1974 United Kingdom general election

The October 1974 UK general election (10 October 1974) gave Harold Wilson's Labour 319 of 635 seats, a majority of three, ending the February hung Parliament; its coalition outcome and Northern Ireland UUUC sweep distinguish it from all other elections.

October 2013 Australian Labor Party leadership election

October 2013 ALP leadership election: Bill Shorten beat Anthony Albanese 52.02% to 47.98% in the first Labor contest weighted 50-50 between caucus and rank-and-file members; Albanese won the member ballot, Shorten the caucus.