Election calendar and linked election pages for contests tracked in 2018.
Russian presidential election held March 2018. Putin won re-election with 77% of the vote. His strongest challenger, Navalny, was barred from running.
Brazilian presidential election October 2018. Jair Bolsonaro (PSL, later PL) won the runoff with 55% against PT's Fernando Haddad.
Egyptian presidential election held March 2018. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi won 97% of the vote in a ballot widely criticised as uncompetitive by international observers.
Pakistani general election held July 2018. Imran Khan's PTI won the most seats, and Khan formed a coalition government as prime minister.
Turkish Grand National Assembly election held June 2018 alongside the presidential vote. Erdoğan's AKP won the most seats but required coalition support from the nationalist MHP.
Turkish presidential election held June 2018. Recep Tayyip Erdogan won re-election in the first round under the new executive presidential system.
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