Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

Elections in the OSCE Area in 2012

(Last updated: 10 October 2012)

Kazakhstan, Early parliamentary, 15 January

Croatia, Referendum on EU accession, 22 January

Finland, Presidential, 22 January and 5 February

Turkmenistan, Presidential, 12 February

Lithuania, Local, 27 February

Russian Federation, Presidential, 4 March

Slovakia, Parliamentary, 10 March

France, Presidential, 22 April & 6 May

Armenia, Parliamentary, 6 May

Greece, Early parliamentary, 6 May

Serbia, Parliamentary and early presidential, 6 May

Serbia, Local, 6 May

Romania, Local, 10 June

France, Parliamentary, 10 & 17 June

Iceland, Presidential, 30 June

Albania, Presidential (indirect), July

Netherlands, Early parliamentary, 12 September

Belarus, Parliamentary, 23 September

Georgia, Parliamentary, 1 October

Bosnia & Herzegovina, Municipal, 7 October

Czech Republic, Regional and for One-third of the Senate, First round: 12-13 October

Lithuania, Parliamentary, 14 October

Montenegro, Early parliamentary, 14 October


Czech Republic, Regional and for One-third of the Senate, Second round: 19-20 October

Ukraine, Parliamentary, 28 October

United States, Presidential/General, 6 November

San Marino, Parliamentary, 11 November

Slovenia, Presidential, 11 November

Kyrgyzstan, Local, 25 November

Romania, Parliamentary, 9 December

This calendar is intended only as a guide to the dates of upcoming elections in the OSCE area. Election dates are tentative and therefore subject to change.