Africa Elections 2021: All the upcoming votes

February 1, 2021

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A regularly updated list of the upcoming elections in Africa in 2021.

Last updated: 1 February 2021

How to use the map

This Africa 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:

Upcoming Africa elections: A list

Here are the upcoming elections in list form. The exact dates are liable to change.

February 2021

8: Somalia – President + Parliament
21: Niger – Presidential run-off

March 2021

6: Côte d’Ivoire – Parliament
21: Congo-Brazzaville – President
?: Cabo Verde – President + Parliament

April 2021

9: Djibouti – President (run off 23 April)
10: Chad – President
11: Benin – President

Beyond/date unscheduled

May: Somaliland – Parliament
5 June: Ethiopia – Parliament
5 June: The Gambia – Referendum
June: São Tomé and Príncipe – President
12 August: Zambia – President + Parliament
24 October 2021: Chad – Parliament
October: Morocco – Parliament
4 December: The Gambia – President
24 December: Libya – President + Parliament

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1 comment

AKANYIJUKA SAMUEL ROBERT 21 November, 2020 at 21:41

Hello dear friends ladies and gentlemen wherever you’re globally how are you? I’m a Ugandan man and a voter,for me what i want is peaceful,free and fair elections in the upcoming 2021 presidential elections. what i saw from 1980-1985 when president museveni got into power,such regime or situation for me I don’t want it to come back but I’m not the one who decides for the whole country. in those days some of us we suffered a lot what the new generation didn’t face but they keep saying they want it to come back again. free and fair elections worldwide is still hard even USA its president Trump didn’t agree with his defeat. we are waiting for 2021 elections but we don’t know whether there’s peaceful after elections we’re still confused.