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Election calendar and linked election pages for contests tracked in 2022.
Parliamentary election held on 24 September 2022. Determined the composition of parliament that subsequently re-elected Lionel Aingimea as president, before a no-confidence vote led to the brief presidency of Russ Kun and then the election of David Adeang in October 2023.
The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party held October 2022. Xi Jinping secured an unprecedented third term as General Secretary and stacked the Politburo Standing Committee with loyalists.
Bosnian general election held October 2022. Nationalist parties retained their dominance across both entities in a vote that underlined the country's deep ethnic political divisions.
Brazilian presidential election held October 2022. Lula narrowly defeated Bolsonaro in the runoff.
Colombian presidential election held May–June 2022. Gustavo Petro became Colombia's first left-wing president, defeating businessman Rodolfo Hernandez in the runoff.
Costa Rican presidential election held February–April 2022. Independent economist Rodrigo Chaves won the runoff by a large margin over former president José María Figueres.
Danish parliamentary election held November 2022. Mette Frederiksen's Social Democrats remained the largest party, forming a rare broad centrist coalition across left and right.
Fijian general election held December 2022. Sitiveni Rabuka's People's Alliance defeated long-serving Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama in a result that ended 16 years of his dominance.
French presidential election held April 2022. Macron defeated Le Pen in the second round.
Hungarian parliamentary election held April 2022. Viktor Orbán's Fidesz won a two-thirds supermajority, defeating a united opposition coalition led by Peter Marki-Zay.
Israeli Knesset election held November 2022 — the fifth in three years. Netanyahu returned to power with a right-wing coalition including ultranationalist parties.
Italian general election held September 2022. The centre-right coalition won and Giorgia Meloni became prime minister.
Kazakhstani snap presidential election held November 2022 following constitutional reforms. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev won re-election with 81% after Nursultan Nazarbayev formally ceded the chairmanship.
Kenyan presidential election held August 2022. William Ruto narrowly defeated Raila Odinga, who challenged the result unsuccessfully at the Supreme Court.
Latvian Saeima election held October 2022. The New Unity party led by Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš retained its leading position, continuing the pro-NATO, pro-EU coalition.
Lebanese parliamentary election held May 2022. Hezbollah and its allies lost their parliamentary majority for the first time in years, as independent reformist groups made gains post-Beirut blast.
Malaysian general election held November 2022. Anwar Ibrahim's Pakatan Harapan won the most seats in a hung parliament; he formed a unity government as prime minister.
Maltese general election held March 2022. Prime Minister Robert Abela's Labour Party won a record-breaking third consecutive majority with 55% of the vote.
Nepalese parliamentary election held November 2022. The Nepali Congress won the most seats in a fragmented result that required lengthy coalition negotiations to form a government.
Papua New Guinean general election held July 2022. James Marape of the Pangu Party secured a second term after a complex multi-party coalition negotiation.
Philippine presidential election held May 2022. Ferdinand Marcos Jr won by a landslide, with Sara Duterte elected as vice president on a separate ticket.
Portuguese parliamentary election held January 2022. The Socialists under Antonio Costa won an unexpected absolute majority, ending years of minority government.
Slovenian parliamentary election held April 2022. Robert Golob's newly formed Freedom Movement won a landslide over incumbent PM Janez Janša's SDS in a record turnout.
South Korean presidential election held March 2022. Yoon Suk-yeol of the conservative PPP narrowly defeated Lee Jae-myung by less than one percentage point.
Swedish general election held September 2022. Ulf Kristersson later formed a right-of-centre government.
East Timorese presidential election held March 2022. Former president José Ramos-Horta won the second round against incumbent Francisco Guterres, gaining 62% of the vote.
