A regularly updated list and interactive map of the upcoming elections in Africa in 2022 and 2023.
Last updated: 9 December 2022
How to use the map
This elections map shows you all the upcoming votes. Move around and click to find out more.
The colour tells you approximately when the election is:
- Red - This month
- Orange - Next month
- Yellow - In two months
- Green - Beyond that
The icon tells you who is up for election:
Upcoming Africa elections: A list
Here are the upcoming elections in list form. The exact dates are liable to change.
December 2022
- 17 December: Tunisia - Legislative
January 2023
- January 2023: Central African Republic - Local
February 2023
- 25 February 2023: Nigeria - President + House of Representatives + Senate
Unconfirmed and beyond
- 2022: Comoros - Island assemblies
- 11 March 2023: Nigeria - State Assemblies + Governors
- March 2023: Mali - Referendum
- April 2023: Benin - National Assembly
- 24 June 2023: Sierra Leone - President + Parliamentary + Local
- June 2023: Mali - Local
- July 2023: Sudan - Presidential + Council of States + National Assembly + State Legislatures + State Governors + Local
- 10 October 2023: Liberia - President + Legislative
- 11 October 2023: Mozambique - Local
- October/November 2023: Mali - House of Representatives + Senate
- December 2023: DR Congo - Presidential + Legislative + Provincial Assemblies
- 2023: Comoros - Island governors
- 2023: Chad - President + National Assembly + Municipal Councils
- 2023: Côte d'Ivoire - Local
- 2023: Djibouti - National Assembly
- 2023: Egypt - Local
- 2023: Eswatini - Senate + House of Assembly + Urban local + Tinkhundla
- 2023: Gabon - Presidential + Legislative + Local
- 2023: Ghana - District + Local + Unit
- 2023: Guinea - Local
- 2023: Guinea-Bissau - People's National Assembly + Senate
- 2023: Libya - President + Parliamentary
- 2023: Madagascar - President
- 2023: Mauritania - National Assembly + Regional + Local
- 2023: South Sudan - President + National Assembly + Local
- 2023: Togo - National Assembly
- 2023: Zimbabwe - President + Senate + House of Assembly + Local
- February 2024: Mali - President
- November 2024: Somaliland - Presidential