Electoral Calendar 2010 - 2012 Electoral Calendar 2009
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2010

Country

Date of Election

Type of Election

North America
United States  November Legislative
Central America
Costa Rica February 7 Presidential & Legislative
Nicaragua March 7 Regional
Caribbean
Haiti February 28 Legislative
  November  Presidential
St. Kitts & Nevis January 25 Parliamentary
Dominican Republic May 16 Legislative & Municipal
Surinam May 25 Legislative
Dominica July 2010 Parliamentary
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines December Parliamentary

(*) January - March 2010

South America
Chile January 17 Presidential runoff
Colombia March 14 Legislative
May 2010 Presidential
Bolivia April 4  Regional
Uruguay May9. 2010  Municipal
Paraguay November 7 Municipal
Brazil October 3, 2010 Presidential & Legislative
Venezuela December, 2010 Legislative
2011
Central America
Guatemala September 2011 Presidential & Legislative
Nicaragua November 2011 Presidential & Legislative
Caribbean
Guyana August 2011 Parliamentary
Haiti July 2011 Presidential
Saint Lucia December 2011 Parliamentary
South America
Peru April 2011 Presidential & Legislative
Argentina August Primaries
October Presidential & Legislative
2012
North America
Mexico  July 2012 Presidential & Legislative
Caribbean
Bahamas May 2012  Parliamentary
Jamaica October 2012  Parliamentary
Trinidad & Tobago October 2012  Parliamentary
South America
Venezuela December 2012 Presidential

*On July 5, 2009, the Organization of American States (OAS) invoked Article 21 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, suspending Honduras from active participation in the hemispheric body. The unanimous decision was adopted as a result of the June 28 coup d’état that expelled President José Manuel Zelaya from office. Diplomatic initiatives are ongoing to foster the restoration of democracy to Honduras.