The table below considers national parliament, and presidential elections in Asian states and territories, including national parliament by-elections. It includes regional elections and some local elections where these are held on a national basis or involve a capital city. “National parliament” in bicameral systems refers to the lower house unless specified otherwise.
The tilde (~) indicates that the election will occur in or around that month and no election date has been set yet. If only a month is mentioned, the election will take place in the month, but no date has been set yet. Elections in states marked with asterisks (*) are not considered free or fair. National parliament and presidential elections, as well as regional elections in any federation and in unitary states with more than 40 million inhabitants, are covered live on our social media. Local elections are also covered in some cases, typically in capitals of first-level administrative divisions and in cities with a population larger than one million.
| 2026 | ||
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | Kinabatangan regional parliament | 24 January |
| 🇧🇹 Bhutan | Local | ~January |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | National parliament (lower house) | 8 February |
| 🇹🇭Thailand | National parliament | 8 February |
| 🇧🇩 Bangladesh* | National parliament (lower house) National parliament (upper house) Referendum |
12 February |
| 🇱🇦 Laos* | National parliament | 22 February |
| 🇳🇵 Nepal | National parliament | 5 March |
| 🇻🇳 Vietnam* | National parliament | 15 March |
| 🇮🇶 Iraq | Presidential (indirect) | 11 April |
| 🇰🇷 South Korea | Local | 3 June |
| 🇹🇭Thailand | Bangkok regional president and parliament | 6 July |
| 🇮🇱 Israel | National parliament | 27 October |
| 🇧🇭 Bahrain* | National parliament Local |
~November |
| 2027 | ||
| 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | Presidential | ~January |
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | Malacca regional parliament | by February |
| 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR (China)* | Regional president (indirect) | 28 March |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | Prefectural/municipal (various, simultaneous) | ~April |
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | Sarawak regional parliament | by April |
| 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | Presidential | ~April |
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | Johor regional parliament | by June |
| 🇰🇭 Cambodia* | Local | ~June |
| 🇲🇳 Mongolia | Presidential | ~June |
| 🇮🇳 India | Presidential (indirect) | ~July |
| 🇴🇲 Oman | National parliament | ~October |
| 🇹🇯 Tajikistan* | Presidential | ~October |
| 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates* | National parliament | ~October |
| 🇳🇵 Nepal | National parliament (lower house) | by November |
| 🇨🇳 China* | National parliament (indirect) | ~December |
| 2028 | ||
| 🇹🇼 Taiwan | National parliament Presidential |
~January |
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | National parliament Pahang regional parliament Perak regional parliament Perils regional parliament |
by 17 February |
| 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | Presidential (indirect) | ~February |
| 🇨🇳 China* | Presidential (indirect) | ~March |
| 🇮🇷 Iran* | National parliament | ~March |
| 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan* | National parliament | ~March |
| 🇳🇵 Nepal | Presidential (indirect) | ~March |
| 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan* | National parliament | ~March |
| 🇰🇼 Kuwait | National parliament | ~April |
| 🇰🇷 South Korea | National parliament | ~April |
| 🇵🇭Philippines | Presidential | 13 May |
| 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | National parliament | ~May |
| 🇮🇷 Iran* | Presidential | ~June |
| 🇮🇱 Israel | Presidential (indirect) | ~June |
| 🇲🇳 Mongolia | National parliament | ~June |
| 🇰🇭 Cambodia* | National parliament | ~July |
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | Negeri Sembilan regional parliament Terengganu regional parliament |
by September |
| 🇯🇴 Jordan | National parliament | ~September |
| 🇲🇻 Maldives | Presidential | ~September |
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | Penang regional parliament | by October |
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | Kedah regional parliament Kelantan regional parliament Selangor regional parliament |
by November |
| 2029 | ||
| 🇧🇹 Bhutan | National parliament (first round) | ~January |
| 🇮🇩 Indonesia | Presidential National parliament |
~February |
| 🇵🇰 Pakistan | Presidential (indirect) | ~March |
| 🇲🇻 Maldives | National parliament | ~April |
| 🇮🇳 India | National parliament | ~May |
| 🇵🇰 Pakistan | National parliament | ~May |
| 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | President | by 23 August |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | Presidential | ~September |
| 🇲🇴 Macau SAR (China)* | Regional president (indirect) | ~October |
| 🇺🇿Uzbekistan* | National parliament (lower house) | ~October |
| 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan* | Presidential | ~November |
| 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan* | Presidential | ~November |
| 2030 | ||
| 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | National parliament | by 21 February |
| 🇺🇿Uzbekistan* | Presidential | ~July |
Notes: Afghanistan and Brunei do not hold any elections.
National: The executive in Cambodia, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates is not elected. National parliament elections in China* are not direct. The national parliament in Saudi Arabia and Qatar is not elected.
Regional:
Local: Local (mayoral + parliament) election dates in Bangladesh and India vary by subnational entity.
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