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2022
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Miyazaki City mayor 23 January
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Yamaguchi governor 6 February
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Gifu City mayor 6 February
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India Uttar Pradesh regional parliament 10,14,20,23,27 February
3 & 7 March
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India Goa regional parliament 14 February
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India Uttarkhand regional parliament 14 February
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India Chennai local parliament 19 February
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India Punjab regional parliament 20 February
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Nagasaki governor 20 February
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India Manipur regional parliament 27 February & 3 March
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India National parliament by-election 3 March
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India Maharashtra local March
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Korea, Republic of Presidential 9 March
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Korea, Republic of Jongno (Seoul) national parliament by-election
Seocho A (Seoul) national parliament by-election
Jung-Nam (Daegu) national parliament by-election
Anseong (Gyeonggi-do) national parliament by-election
Cheongju Sangdang (Chungcheongbuk-do) national parliament by-election
9 March
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia Johor regional parliament 12 March
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Ishikawa governor 13 March
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ Timor-Leste Presidential 19 March
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Hong Kong Chief Executive (“Presidential”) 27 March
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon National parliament 27 March
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Tottori City mayor 27 March
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Kyoto governor 10 April
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan National by-elections 24 April
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Phillippines Presidential 9 May
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Phillippines National parliament (upper house) 9 May
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Phillippines National parliament (lower house) 9 May
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal Local Elections 13 May
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Niigata governor 29 May
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Korea, Republic of Regional parliaments and governors 1 June
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Shiga governor 10 July
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan National parliament (upper house) 10 July
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Nagano governor 7 August
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Wakayama City mayor 21 August
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Kagawa governor 28 August
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Okinawa governor 11 September
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Ginowan (Okinawa) mayor 11 September
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan National by-elections (if scheduled) 23 October
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Niigata City mayor 23 October
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Naha mayor 23 October
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia National parliament 19 November
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal National parliament 20 November
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain National parliament ~ November
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Fukushima governor ~ November
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Matsuyama mayor ~ November
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Ehime governor ~ November
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia Padang Serai national parliament by-election 9 December
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Kumamoto City mayor ~ December
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Fukuoka City mayor ~ December
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Wakayama governor ~ December
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Saga governor 18 December

 

2024
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan National parliament (second round) 9 January

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh*

National parliament

7 January

๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Otsu mayor 21 January
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal National parliament (upper house) 25 January

๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan

Maebashi mayor
Kyoto City mayor

National parliament

4 February

8 February

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia Presidential
National parliament
14 February
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran* National parliament 1 March
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต North Korea* National parliament 11 March
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Kumamoto prefectural executive (governor) 24 March
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Tokushima City mayor 7 April
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South Korea National parliament 10 April
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India National parliament

19 April-1 June

๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan National parliament by-elections 28 April
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Okinawa prefectural parliament 16 June
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia National parliament 28 June
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Tokyo prefectural executive (governor)
Kagoshima prefectural executive (governor)
7 July
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka President 21 September
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญThailand Provincial executive (Chumphon, Pathum Thani (Repeat)) 22 September
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พMalaysia Johor regional parliament by-election (Mahkota) 28 September
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India Regional parliament (Haryana) 5 October
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญThailand Provincial executive (Yasothon, Ranong, Uthai Thani) 6 October
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Kurdistan-Iraq Regional parliament 20 October
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan National parliament (lower house)
Okayama prefectural executive (governor)
Toyama prefectural executive (governor)
27 October
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUzbekistan National parliament (lower house) 27 October
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญThailand Provincial executive (Khon Kaen) 3 November
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐSri Lanka National parliament 14 November
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Hyogo prefectural executive (governor)
Utsunomiya mayor
Tochigi prefectural executive (governor)
17 November
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndia Regional parliament (Maharashtra)
Regional parliament (Jharkhand)
20 November
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Kagoshima City mayor 24 November
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia Provincial parliaments
Regional parliaments
Local
27 November

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Note: Afghanistan, Brunei, China, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates do not hold national parliament or Presidential elections.