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Africa Decides: All the upcoming elections and votes

By Africa Insiders
October 8, 2018
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Keep up to date with all the African elections.

How to use the map: the basics

This African elections map shows you all the upcoming votes. Move around and click to find out more.

The colour tells you approximately when the election is:

  • Red – This month
  • Orange – Next month
  • Yellow – In two months
  • Green – Beyond that

The icon tells you who is up for election:

Want much more in-depth information about the elections?

The map just gives you the basic info. But you can get much more up-to-date and in-depth coverage if you sign up to our Insiders Newsletter:

  • Information about the context and system behind every election.
  • Analysis of the candidates, platforms, parties and significance of the vote, updated each week.
  • The results and outcomes explained.
  • Essential reading around the vote.
  • The latest headlines from around the web.

For a taste of what to expect from our election coverage, check out this free preview from June 2018.

The Insiders Newsletter also includes succinct expert analysis and insights from a range of stories from across Africa each week. It costs as little as $8.33/month and helps fund African Arguments’ unique freely-accessible coverage.

Click here to subscribe

Upcoming African elections: A list

Here are the upcoming elections in list form. The exact dates are liable to change. It includes links to relevant African Arguments articles.

November 2019

  • 7: Mauritius – General
  • 27: Namibia – President and National Assembly

December 2019

  • 12: Algeria – Presidential
  • 28: Guinea – Legislative

January 2020

  • Comoros – Union Assembly

Beyond* [being updated]

  • Togo – President (Apr 2020)
  • Egypt – House of Representatives (Apr-May 2020)
  • Ethiopia – House of People’s Representatives & Regional State Councils (May 2020)
  • Burundi – President (20 May 2020); National Assembly, Local (June 2020)
  • Côte d’Ivoire – President (Oct 2020)
  • Tanzania – President, National Assembly (Oct 2020)
  • Somalia – House of the People (Oct 2020)
  • Seychelles – President (Oct-Dec 2020)
  • Burkina Faso – President, National Assembly (Nov 2020)
  • Ghana – President, National Assembly (7 Dec 2020)
  • Chad – Legislative, Local
  • Somaliland – Legislative
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