2023 African election calendar

Updated March 2023

Country Election Date
Benin National Assembly Held 8 Jan 2023
Cameroon Senate Held 13 Mar 2023
Central African Republic Local Due 16 July 2023
Comoros Island Governors Due 2023
Côte d'Ivoire Local Due late 2023
Democratic Republic of Congo President, National Assembly, Provincial Assemblies, local/ commune councils Due 20 Dec 2023
Djibouti National Assembly Held 24 Feb 2023
Egypt Local Due 2023
Gabon President Due Aug 2023
House of Representatives & Senate Due Oct 2023
The Gambia Local Due May 2023
Ghana District, Local & Unit Due Dec 2023
Guinea Local Due 2023
Guinea-Bissau People's National Assembly & Senate Due 4 June 2023
Liberia President, House of Representatives & Senate Due 10 Oct 2023
Libya Presidential & Parliamentary Due 10 Oct 2023
Local Due 2023
Madagascar President & Local 1st Rnd: Due 9 Nov 2023
2nd Rnd 20 Dec 2023
Mali Local Due June 2023
Mauritania Sep National Assembly, Regional & local Due Sep 2023
Mozambique Local Due 11 Oct 2023
Nigeria President, House of Representatives & Senate Held 25 Feb 2023
State Assemblies & Governors Held 18 Mar 2023
Rwanda Chamber of Deputies Due Sep 2023
Sierra Leone Paramount Chief Member of Parliament Due 20 May 2023
President, Parliament & Local Due 22 Jun 2023
Somaliland (autonomous) Presidential Due mid 2023
South Sudan President, National Assembly, local Due 2023
Sudan Presidential, Coucil of States, National Assembly, State Legislatures, State Governors, local Due Jul 2023
Swaziland Senate, House of Assembly, Urban local, Tinkhundla Due Sep 2023
Togo Legislative & Regional Due 31 December 2023
Tunisia House of Assembly Held 29 Jan 2023 (runoff)
Local Due 2023
Zimbabwe President, Senate, House of Assembly & local Due July/ August 2023