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Election calendar and linked election pages for contests tracked in 2019.
Parliamentary election held on 24 August 2019. Resulted in Lionel Aingimea being elected president by the new parliament, replacing Baron Waqa.
Argentine presidential election held October 2019. Alberto Fernandez and running mate Cristina Kirchner defeated incumbent Mauricio Macri.
Austrian parliamentary election held September 2019 after the Ibiza scandal brought down the ÖVP–FPÖ government. Sebastian Kurz led ÖVP to a first-place finish.
Belgian federal election held May 2019. The Flemish nationalist N-VA and far-right Vlaams Belang made major gains, leading to a 493-day government formation process.
Greek parliamentary election held July 2019. Kyriakos Mitsotakis and New Democracy won an outright majority, defeating Alexis Tsipras and Syriza.
Indonesian presidential election held April 2019. Joko Widodo won re-election over challenger Prabowo Subianto in the world's largest single-day election.
Israeli Knesset election held April 2019. Netanyahu's Likud tied with Blue and White but no coalition could be formed, triggering a second election.
Nigerian presidential election held February 2019. Muhammadu Buhari won re-election over Atiku Abubakar in a fiercely contested race marred by violence.
Philippine midterm election held May 2019. Allies of President Rodrigo Duterte swept the Senate races, giving him near-total control of both chambers of Congress.
Polish parliamentary election held October 2019. The ruling Law and Justice party won a majority but faced record turnout driven by opposition mobilisation.
Thai general election held March 2019, the first since the 2014 military coup. The pro-military Palang Pracharath party used a controversial constitution to retain power.
Tunisian presidential election held September 2019 after President Essebsi's death in office. Kais Saied, a constitutional law professor and political outsider, won in a landslide.
UK general election held December 2019. Boris Johnson won a large Conservative majority to break the Brexit deadlock.
Ukrainian presidential election held March–April 2019. TV comedian Volodymyr Zelensky won 73% of the vote in a historic landslide over incumbent Petro Poroshenko.
