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.
| 2024 | ||
| 🇧🇹 Bhutan | National parliament (second round) | 9 January |
|
National parliament |
7 January |
|
| 🇯🇵 Japan | Otsu mayor | 21 January |
| 🇳🇵 Nepal | National parliament (upper house) | 25 January |
|
Maebashi mayor National parliament |
4 February 8 February |
|
| 🇮🇩 Indonesia | Presidential National parliament |
14 February |
| 🇮🇷 Iran* | National parliament | 1 March |
| 🇰🇵 North Korea* | National parliament | 11 March |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | Kumamoto prefectural executive (governor) | 24 March |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | Tokushima City mayor | 7 April |
| 🇰🇷 South Korea | National parliament | 10 April |
| 🇮🇳 India | National parliament |
April |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | National parliament by-elections | 28 April |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | Okinawa prefectural parliament | 16 June |
| 🇲🇳 Mongolia | National parliament | 28 June |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | Tokyo prefectural executive (governor) Kagoshima prefectural executive (governor) |
7 July |
| 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | President | 21 September |
| 🇹🇭Thailand | Provincial executive (Chumphon, Pathum Thani (Repeat)) | 22 September |
| 🇲🇾Malaysia | Johor regional parliament by-election (Mahkota) | 28 September |
| 🇮🇳 India | Regional parliament (Haryana) | 5 October |
| 🇹🇭Thailand | Provincial executive (Yasothon, Ranong, Uthai Thani) | 6 October |
| 🇮🇶 Kurdistan-Iraq | Regional parliament | 20 October |
| 🇯🇵Japan | National Parliament (lower house) | 27 October |
| 🇺🇿Uzbekistan | National Parliament (lower house) | 27 October |
| 🇹🇭Thailand | Provincial executive (Khon Kaen) | 3 November |
| 🇱🇰Sri Lanka | National Parliament | 14 November |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | Hyogo prefectural executive (governor) | 17 November |
| 🇮🇳India | Regional Parliament (Jharkhand) | 13 & 20 November |
| 🇮🇳India | Regional Parliament (Maharashtra) | 20 November |
| 🇮🇩 Indonesia | Provincial parliaments Regional parliaments Local |
27 November |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | Toyama prefectural executive (governor) | November |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | Okayama prefectural executive (governor) | November |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | Utsunomiya mayor | November |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | Tochigi prefectural executive (governor) | December |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | Kagoshima City mayor | December |
| 🇹🇭Thailand | Local | ~December |
| 2025 | ||
| 🇵🇭Philippines | National parliament (Lower House, Upper House) Provincial executives Regional parliament (Bangsamoro) |
12 May |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | National parliament (upper house) | ~July |
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | Sabah regional parliament | by December |
| 2026 | ||
| 🇧🇹 Bhutan | Local | ~January |
| 🇹🇭Thailand | Bangkok local presidential (gubernational) and parliament | ~May |
| 🇰🇷 South Korea | Local | ~June |
| 🇧🇭 Bahrain* | National parliament Local parliaments |
~December |
| 2027 | ||
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | Malacca regional parliament | by January |
| 🇰🇷 South Korea | Presidential | 10 April |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | Prefectural/municipal (various, simultaneous) | ~April |
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | Sarawak regional parliament | by April |
| 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | Presidential | ~April |
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | Johor regional parliament | by May |
| 🇹🇭Thailand | National parliament | ~May |
| 🇰🇭 Cambodia* | Local | ~June |
| 🇮🇳 India | Presidential | ~July |
| 2028 | ||
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | National parliament Pahang regional parliament Perak regional parliament Perils regional parliament |
by January |
| 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | Presidential (indirect) | ~February |
| 🇨🇳 China* | Presidential (indirect) | ~March |
| 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | National parliament | ~May |
| 🇰🇭 Cambodia* | National parliament | ~July |
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | Kedah regional parliament Kelantan regional parliament Negeri Sembilan regional parliament Penang regional parliament Selangor regional parliament Terengganu regional parliament |
by April |
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 is not elected.
Regional:
Local: Local (mayoral + parliament) election dates in Bangladesh vary by subnational entity.
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