2026 in politics

The following political events are scheduled to occur in 2026.

• January 15 – The 2026 Ugandan general election is scheduled tob be held.
• January 18 or 25 - The 2026 Portuguese presidential election is scheduled to be held.
• February 5 – The New START Treaty is scheduled to expire.^[1]
• March 5 – The 2026 Nepalese general election is scheduled to be held.
• March 8 – The 2026 Colombian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
• March 15 – The 2026 Vietnamese legislative election is scheduled to be held.
• April - The 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
• April 12 – The 2026 Beninese presidential election is scheduled to be held.
• April 12 – The 2026 Peruvian general election is scheduled to be held.
• May 31 – The 2026 Colombian presidential election is scheduled to be held.
• June 7 - The 2026 Armenian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
• July 4 – United States Semiquincentennial (250th anniversary)
• August – The next South African municipal elections are scheduled to be held, alternatively by November 2026.
• August 13 – The 2026 Zambian general election is scheduled to be held.
• August 30 - The 2026 Estonian presidential election is scheduled to be held.
• September 13 – The 2026 Swedish general election is scheduled to be held.
• September 20 - The 2026 Russian legislative election is scheduled to be held.
• October 3 - The 2026 Latvian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
• October 4 – The 2026 Brazilian general election is scheduled to be held.
• October 4 - The 2026 Bosnian general election is scheduled to be held.
• October 27 – If not triggered earlier, the 2026 Israeli legislative election will be held no later than this date.
• November 3 – The United States midterm elections are scheduled to be held.
• December 19 – If not triggered earlier, the 2026 New Zealand general election will be held no later than this date.
• December 22 – The 2026 South Sudanese general election is scheduled to be held, the first since the country's independence in 2011.^[2]

• February
  • The 2026 Bangladeshi general election is scheduled to be held.^[3]
  • If not triggered earlier, the 2026 Laotian parliamentary election will be held no later than this date.
• April
  • The 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
  • If not triggered earlier, the 2026 Djiboutian presidential election will be held no later than this date.
• May – The 2026 Lebanese general election is scheduled to be held.
• June
  • The 2026 Ethiopian general election is scheduled to be held.
  • If not triggered earlier, the 2026 Algerian parliamentary election will be held no later than this date.
• July – If not triggered earlier, the 2026 São Toméan presidential election will be held no later than this date.
• September
  • The 2026 Moroccan general election is scheduled to be held.
  • The 2026 São Toméan parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.

• The 2026 Bulgarian presidential election is scheduled to be held.
• The 2026 Slovenian parliamentary electionis scheduled to be held.
• The 2026 Danish general election is scheduled to be held.
• The 2026 Gambian presidential election is scheduled to be held.
• The 2026 Republic of the Congo presidential election is scheduled to be held.
• The 2026 Cape Verdean parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.

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