Local electoral calendar 2013

This local electoral calendar for 2013 lists the subnational elections held in 2013 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states. By-elections and sub-national referenda are also included.

January

• 20 January: Lower Saxony (Germany), State parliament
• 26 January: Singapore, Punggol East by-election
• 27 January: Gifu and Yamagata (Japan), gubernatorial elections^[1][2][3]

February

• 14 February: Tripura (India), Legislative Assembly
• 23 February:
  • Meghalaya (India), Legislative Assembly
  • Nagaland (India), Legislative Assembly
• 24-25 February:
  • Lazio (Italy), Regional council
  • Lombardy (Italy), Regional council
  • Molise (Italy), Regional council
• 28 February: United Kingdom, Eastleigh by-election

March

• 3 March: Bangkok(Thailand), Gubernatorial
• 4 March: Carinthia (Austria), Parliament
• 9 March:
  • Western Australian (Australia), Legislative Assembly
  • Malta, Local councils
• 17 March: Chiba (Japan), gubernatorial election^[4]

April

• 7 April: Akita (Japan), gubernatorial election^[5]
• 9 April: United States, House of Representatives, Illinois 2nd
• 20 April: Iraq, Provincial^[6]
• 20-21 April: Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Italy), Regional
• 28 April Tyrol (Austria), Parliament

May

• 2 May: United Kingdom, Local
• 5 May: Karnataka (India), Legislative Assembly
• 13 May: Philippines, Local
• 14 May: Canada, British Columbia provincial election
• 25-26 May：Italy, Local (1st round)
• 26 May: Aosta Valley (Italy), Regional

June

• 1 June: Latvia, unified local elections^[7][8]
• 8-9 June: Italy, Local (2nd round)
• 14 June: Iran, Local
• 20 June: Scotland (United Kingdom), Scottish Parliament by-election
• 27 June: India, Rajya Sabha (Upper House) from Tamil Nadu (Indirect)
• 28 June: Tuvalu, Nukufetau by-election

July

• 4 July: Gibraltar, Parliamentary by-election
• 14 July: Venezuela, Municipal elections
• 17 July: Saint Helena (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha), Legislative Council
• 24 July: Malaysia, Kuala Besut by-election
• 26 July: Trinidad, Local Government (Councillors)^[9][10]
• Shizuoka and Hyōgo (Japan), gubernatorial elections
• Tokyo (Japan), legislative election

August

• 1 August: Wales (United Kingdom), Welsh Assembly by-election
• 11 August: Argentina, Open primaries for selecting legislative candidates

September

• 8 September: Russia, Local^[11]
  • Moscow (City), Mayor
  • Moscow Oblast, Gubernatorial
• 15 September:
  • Bavaria (Germany), State parliament
  • Macau (China), Legislative^[12]
• 21 September:
  • Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan
  • Sri Lanka, Provincial councils^[13]
• 22 September: Hesse (Germany), State parliament
• 27 September: Aruba, Parliament
• 29 September: Portugal, Local
• Ibaraki (Japan), gubernatorial

October

• 8 October: Canada, Nova Scotia provincial election
• 12 October: New Zealand, Local^[14]
• 20 October: Estonia, Local (et)
• 21 October: Trinidad and Tobago, Local
• 22 October: Israel, Local^[15]
• 24 October: Scotland (United Kingdom), Scottish Parliament by-election
• 27 October: Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (Italy), provincial elections^[16]
• 27-28: Sudan, Abyei status referendum (non-binding)
• 28 October: Philippines
  • Barangay (village)
  • Davao Occidental creation plebiscite

November

• 3 November:
  • Albania Korçë mayoral
  • Kosovo Pristina mayoral,^[17] Mitrovica mayoral, Kosovo local elections, 2013^[18]
• 4 November:
  • Malaysia, Sungai Limau by-election
  • Trinidad and Tobago, St Joseph by-election, 2013
• 5 November: United States elections, 2013, United States gubernatorial elections, 2013
• 9 November: Slovakia, Regional (sk)
• 11 November: India, Chhattisgarh (1st phase)
• 17–18 November, Basilicata (Italy), regional election^[19]
• 19 November:
  • Denmark, local
  • India, Chhattisgarh (2nd phase)
  • United States elections, 2013, Albuquerque abortion referendum, 2013^[20]
• 24 November: Peru, Lima by-election
• 25 November: India, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram
• Miyagi and Hiroshima (Japan), gubernatorial elections

December

• 1 December: India, Rajasthan
• 4 December: India, Delhi
• 8 December: Venezuela, Municipal
• December: Mozambique, Local^[21]

References

1. Gifu electoral commission: Gubernatorial elections
2. Yamagata electoral commission: Candidate registration announcement
3. Federation of prefectural electoral commissions (to-dō-fu-ken senkyo kanri iinkai rengōkai)
4. Incumbent Morita wins 2nd term as Chiba governor Kyodo News. 18 March 2013. Accessed 14 April 2013
5. Akita governor reelected without vote House of Japan. 21 March 2013. Accessed 14 April 2013
6. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/03/201332675318194477.html
7. Date set for next local elections in Latvia
8. CVK - Local Elections 2013
9. http://guardian.co.tt/news/2013-02-17/pnm-hits-road-local-govt-elections
10. http://www.newsday.co.tt/politics/0,173562.html
11. http://www.golos.org/vyborykalendar
12. Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening. Calendar of Elections. International Foundation for Electoral Systems
13. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2013/09/20139215390175800.html
14. "2013 Local Elections FAQs". Elections New Zealand. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
15. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/10/israel-elections-bring-racism-fore-2013102184217401251.html
16. "News : Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol is going to vote on Sunday 27 October" (in Italian). Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol autonomous region. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
17. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/fresh-competition-threatens-mayor-s-hold-on-prishtina
18. http://news.yahoo.com/photos/krstimir-pantic-candidate-mitrovica-mayor-arrives-polling-station-photo-134858044.html
19. "Basilicata regional elections: online instructions for the presentation and admission of candidacies" (in Italian). Ministry of the Interior (Italy). 2 October 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
20. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/11/referendum-us-city-rejects-abortion-ban-201311205219376456.html
21. http://blogs.aljazeera.com/blog/africa/mozambique-story-not-being-told

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