List of elections in 2023

The following elections were scheduled to occur in 2023. The National Democratic Institute also maintains a calendar of elections around the world.

2023 United Nations Security Council election
2023 national electoral calendar
2023 local electoral calendar

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Africa

Benin
- 2023 Beninese parliamentary election, 11 January
Chad
- 2023 Chadian constitutional referendum, 17 December
Central African Republic
- 2023 Central African constitutional referendum, 30 July
Democratic Republic of Congo
- 2023 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election, 20-24 December
Djibouti
- 2023 Djiboutian parliamentary election, 23 February
Egypt
- 2023 Egyptian presidential election, 10-12 December
Guinea-Bissau
- 2023 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, 4 June
Gabon
- 2023 Gabonese general election, 26 August
Liberia
- 2023 Liberian general election, 10 October (first round) & 14 November (second round)
Mali
- 2023 Malian constitutional referendum, 18 June
Mauritania
- 2023 Mauritanian parliamentary election, 13 and 27 May
Madagascar
- 2023 Malagasy presidential election, 16 November
Nigeria
- 2023 Nigerian general election, 25 February
Somalia
- 2023 Puntland municipal elections, 25 May
Sierra Leone
- 2023 Sierra Leonean general election, 24 June
Zimbabwe
- 2023 Zimbabwean general election, 23 August

Americas

Argentina
- 2023 Argentine provincial elections
- 2023 Argentine general election, 22 October (first round) & 19 November (second round)
Antigua and Barbuda
- 2023 Antiguan and Barbudan general election, 18 January
Colombia
- 2023 Colombian regional and municipal election, 29 October
Chile
- 2023 Chilean Constitutional Council election, 7 May
- 2023 Chilean constitutional referendum, 17 December
Cuba
- 2023 Cuban parliamentary election, 26 March
Canada
- 2023 Prince Edward Island general election, 3 April
- 2023 Alberta general election, 29 May
- 2023 Manitoba general election, 3 October
- 2023 Northwest Territories general election, 14 November
Ecuador
- 2023 Ecuadorian local elections, 5 February
- 2023 Ecuadorian general election, 20 August (first round) & 15 October (second round)
Guyana
- 2023 Guyanese local elections, 12 June
Guatemala
- 2023 Guatemalan general election, 25 June (first round) & 20 August (second round)
Mexico
- 2023 Mexican gubernatorial elections 4 June
Paraguay
- 2023 Paraguayan general election, 30 April
Trinidad and Tobago
- 2023 Trinidadian local elections, 14 August
United States
- 2023 United States gubernatorial elections
- 2023 United States state legislative elections
Venezuela
- 2023 Venezuelan referendum, 3 December

Asia

Bhutan
- 2023–24 Bhutanese National Assembly election, 30 November (first round)
Cambodia
- 2023 Cambodian general election, 23 July
East Timor
- 2023 East Timorese parliamentary election, 21 May
India
- 2023 elections in India
  - 2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election, 16 February
  - 2023 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election, 27 February
  - 2023 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election, 27 February
  - 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 10 May
  - 2023 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election, 7 November
  - 2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election, 7 November and 17 November
  - 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 17 November
  - 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, 25 November
  - 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 30 November
Iraq
- 2023 Iraqi governorate elections, 18 December
Japan
- 2023 Japanese unified local elections, 9 April
Kazakhstan
- 2023 Kazakh legislative election, 19 March
Thailand
- 2023 Thai general election, 14 May
Malaysia
- 2023 Malaysian state elections, 12 August
Maldives
- 2023 Maldivian presidential election, 9 September (first round) & 30 September (second round)
2023 Emirati parliamentary election, 7 October
North Korea
- 2023 North Korean local elections, 26 November
Oman
- 2023 Omani general election, 29 October
Singapore
- 2023 Singaporean presidential election, 1 September
Turkmenistan
- 2023 Turkmen parliamentary election, 26 March

Uzbekistan
- 2023 Uzbek presidential election, 9 July

Europe

Albania
- 2023 Albanian local elections, 14 May
Andorra
- 2023 Andorran parliamentary election, 2 April
- 2023 Andorran local elections, 17 December
Armenia
- 2023 Yerevan City Council election, 17 September
Austria
- 2023 Lower Austrian state election, 29 January
- 2023 Carinthian state election, 5 March
- 2023 Salzburg state election, 23 April
Bulgaria
- 2023 Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2 April
- 2023 Bulgarian local elections, 29 October
Cyprus
- 2023 Cypriot presidential election, 5 February (first round) & 12 February (second round)
Czech Republic
- 2023 Czech presidential election, 13-14 January (first round) & 27-28 January (second round)
Estonia
- 2023 Estonian parliamentary election, 5 March
Finland
- 2023 Finnish parliamentary election, 2 April
- 2023 Ålandic legislative election, 15 October
France
- 2023 French Senate election, 24 September
Germany
- 2023 Berlin repeat state election, 12 February
- 2023 Bremen state election, 14 May
- 2023 Bavarian state election, 8 October
- 2023 Hessian state election, 8 October
Greece
- May 2023 Greek legislative election, 21 May
- June 2023 Greek legislative election, 25 June
- 2023 Greek local elections, 8 October (first round) & 15 October (second round)
Italy
- 2023 Italian local elections, 2-3 April & 17-18 April (Friuli-Venezia Giulia) / 14-15 May (first round) / 21 May (first round in Aosta Valley and Trentino-Alto Adige) / 28-29 May (second round and first round in Sardinia and Sicily) / 11-12 June (second round in Sardinia and Sicily)
- 2023 Italian regional elections
  - 2023 Lazio regional election, 12-13 February
  - 2023 Lombard regional election, 12-13 February
  - 2023 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election, 2-3 April
  - 2023 Molise regional election, 25-26 June
  - 2023 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections, 22 October
Lithuania
- 2023 Lithuanian municipal elections, 5 March
Luxembourg
- 2023 Luxembourg general election, 8 October
Moldova
- 2023 Gagauz gubernatorial election, 30 April (first round) & 14 May (second round)
- 2023 Moldovan local elections, 5 November
Montenegro
- 2023 Montenegrin presidential election, 19 March (first round) & 2 April (second round)
- 2023 Montenegrin parliamentary election, 11 June
Netherlands
- 2023 Dutch island council elections, 15 March
- 2023 Dutch provincial elections, 15 March
- 2023 Dutch Senate election, 30 May
- 2023 Dutch general election, 22 November
Norway
- 2023 Norwegian local elections, 11 September
Poland
- 2023 Polish parliamentary election, 15 October
Portugal
- 2023 Madeiran regional election, 24 September
Russia
- 2023 Russian regional elections, 10 September
Serbia
- 2023 Serbian parliamentary election, 17 December
- 2023 Belgrade City Assembly election, 17 December
- 2023 Serbian local elections, 17 December
- 2023 Vojvodina provincial election, 17 December
Slovakia
- 2023 Slovak parliamentary election, 30 September
Spain
- 2023 Spanish local elections, 28 May
- 2023 Spanish regional elections, 28 May
  - 2023 Aragonese regional election, 28 May
  - 2023 Asturian regional election, 28 May
  - 2023 Balearic regional election, 28 May
  - 2023 Canarian regional election, 28 May
  - 2023 Cantabrian regional election, 28 May
  - 2023 Castilian-Manchegan regional election, 28 May
  - 2023 Extremaduran regional election, 28 May
  - 2023 Madrilenian regional election, 28 May
  - 2023 Murcian regional election, 28 May
  - 2023 Navarrese regional election, 28 May
  - 2023 Riojan regional election, 28 May
  - 2023 Valencian regional election, 28 May
  - 2023 Ceuta Assembly election, 28 May
  - 2023 Melilla Assembly election, 28 May
- 2023 Spanish general election, 23 July
Switzerland
- 2023 Zürich cantonal elections, 12 February
- 2023 Swiss federal election, 22 October
Turkey
- 2023 Turkish presidential election, 14 May (first round) & 28 May (second round)
- 2023 Turkish parliamentary election, 14 May
United Kingdom
- 2023 United Kingdom electoral calendar

Oceania

Australia
- 2023 New South Wales state election, 25 March
French Polynesia
- 2023 French Polynesian legislative election, 16 April (first round) & 30 April (second round)
New Zealand
- 2023 New Zealand general election, 14 October
Marshall Islands
- 2023 Marshallese general election, 20 November