Electoral calendar through 2029
Compiled 2026-11-04 from Wikipedia list and election pages fetched that day (cited by row), which mostly cite official bodies. Wikipedia is a strong secondary source, not an official one. Every date marked unconfirmed must be checked on the national electoral body’s site before a post depends on it. Today’s date is 4 November 2026, so some rows are days old and their results were not retrieved. Related: Croatia votes at about 62 percent in national elections and about 21 percent in European ones.
Croatia first
| When | Election | Status | Source | Likely angle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| By 30 April 2028 (exact day not set) | Parliamentary (Sabor), 151 seats; 140 from ten 14-seat districts, 5% threshold, d’Hondt, open lists; 3 diaspora, 8 minority | Deadline per Wikipedia citing IPU; exact date unconfirmed | Next Croatian parliamentary election, Wikipedia; official body izbori.hr | The page notes four right-wing parties signed a cooperation agreement in Vukovar on 9 Dec 2025 and that SDP and Možemo! announced coalition talks on 19 Sept 2026: a “who is the real alternative” comparison, hitting entrenched power on both sides |
| June 2029, probably 7-10 June window | European Parliament (Croatia’s day within the window unconfirmed) | EU-wide window confirmed; Croatian day unconfirmed | 2029 European Parliament election, Wikipedia; izbori.hr | 2024 Croatian turnout was 21.35%: “why does the vote that sets food rules feel the furthest away” |
| Around May 2029 (unconfirmed) | Local: mayors, county prefects, municipal and city councils | Inferred from the four-year cycle after the 2025 local elections; date unconfirmed | Next Croatian parliamentary election, Wikipedia (says most recent local elections are 2025); izbori.hr | Good-mayor praise and budget transparency: “what your town spent in the last four years” |
| Around December 2029 or January 2030 (unconfirmed) | Presidential | Inferred from five-year term after 2024-25; not verified | Wikipedia page lists the last presidential election as 2024-25; izbori.hr | Role of the president vs government; the 2024 clash between president and PM |
EU and other European countries
| When | Country and type | Status | Source | Likely angle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Nov 2026 | Spain, general election | Listed on Wikipedia, date not cross-checked | Elections in 2026, Wikipedia; Junta Electoral Central | Spanish regional politics and housing; Barcelona superblocks as an urban test |
| Early 2027 (March) | Estonia, parliamentary | Month only, unconfirmed | Elections in 2027, Wikipedia; valimised.ee | Estonia’s e-state: “99% of services online, what do voters think” |
| 17 Mar 2027 | Netherlands, provincial; Senate in May | Listed, date unconfirmed on official site | Elections in 2027, Wikipedia; kiesraad.nl | Dutch coalition politics after Jetten became PM in Feb 2026 |
| 18 Apr 2027 | Finland, parliamentary | Listed, not cross-checked | Elections in 2027, Wikipedia; vaalit.fi | Trust in institutions in the Nordics |
| 18 Apr 2027 (first round), 2 May 2027 (runoff) | France, presidential | Both dates from Wikipedia, check Constitutional Council/Interior Ministry | 2027 French presidential election, Wikipedia; interieur.gouv.fr | Procurement and state capacity; AI Act implementation in the campaign |
| 23 May 2027 | Spain, regional and municipal | Listed, not cross-checked | Elections in 2027, Wikipedia | Good and bad mayors in Spanish cities, Barcelona and Pontevedra comparisons |
| 25 Sep 2027 | Slovakia, parliamentary | Listed, not cross-checked | Elections in 2027, Wikipedia | Media pressure and state capture themes |
| 26 Sep 2027 | Germany, Lower Saxony state election | Listed, not cross-checked | Elections in 2027, Wikipedia | German federalism and slow digitalisation |
| 17, 24 or 31 Oct, 1, 7 or 11 Nov 2027; deadline 11 Nov 2027 | Poland, parliamentary | Deadline and possible dates per Wikipedia; actual date not set. Recall referenda removed city presidents in Zabrze, Krakow and Czestochowa | Next Polish parliamentary election, Wikipedia; pkw.gov.pl | Polish recall referenda as civic engagement; Poland’s growth story |
| By 22 Dec 2027 | Italy, general election (early vote speculated for spring or summer 2027) | Legal latest date; early date speculation only | Next Italian general election, Wikipedia | Regional gaps; Putnam’s Italy (see Putnam found Italian regional governments worked best where citizens already had civic habits) |
| 2027, date not given | Greece, Slovenia (presidential), Latvia (presidential), Montenegro, Austria (state elections) | Listed without dates, unconfirmed | Elections in 2027, Wikipedia | Slovenia: neighbours’ view of institutions; Montenegro: EU enlargement test |
| 24 Oct 2027 | Switzerland, federal | Listed, not cross-checked | Elections in 2027, Wikipedia; bk.admin.ch | Direct democracy as the high-participation example |
| 2028 | Not retrieved: the 2028 elections list returned 404 | Unconfirmed | none | Check Cyprus, Lithuania, Romania and others on their own electoral sites |
| 7 Nov 2028 | United States, presidential | Date from Wikipedia; inauguration 20 Jan 2029 | 2028 US presidential election, Wikipedia | DOGE and AI in government as the campaign backdrop (see DOGE promised 2 trillion in cuts and the checkable claims fell far short) |
| On or before 25 Mar 2029 (Sundays 28 Jan, 4-25 Feb or 4-25 Mar listed) | Germany, federal | Window per Wikipedia; exact date will be set later | Next German federal election, Wikipedia | German state capacity and the “can’t build” debate |
| 7-10 Jun 2029 | European Parliament, all 720 seats | Date per Wikipedia (Council can move it a year ahead) | 2029 European Parliament election, Wikipedia | LinkedIn: AI Act and procurement; the 2024 Commission got the least support on record (370 votes, 51%) |
| By 15 Aug 2029 | United Kingdom, general election (dissolution 9 Jul 2029 unless earlier) | Legal latest date | Next UK general election, Wikipedia | UK leadership turmoil: Starmer resigned 22 Jun 2026, Burnham took over in July (Wikipedia 2026 page) |
Recent or very near events (check results)
| When | What | Status | Source | Angle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Nov 2026 (yesterday) | US midterms | Held; results not retrieved | Elections in 2026, Wikipedia | DOGE aftermath if relevant |
| 1 Nov 2026 | Bulgaria, presidential runoff | Listed; result not retrieved | Elections in 2026, Wikipedia | Check before posting; the same list says Radev’s party won in April |
| 7 Nov 2026 | New Zealand, general | Listed | Elections in 2026, Wikipedia | Low priority |
| 28 Nov 2026 | Australia (Victoria) state; Taiwan local | Listed | Elections in 2026, Wikipedia | Taiwan: digital democracy tie-in (Audrey Tang) |
| 22 Dec 2026 | South Sudan, first election since independence | Listed | 2026 in politics, Wikipedia | State-building failure story |
| 2027, India | State assemblies in Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand | Listed with no dates | Elections in 2027, Wikipedia | Scale of voting infrastructure |
Already-happened 2026 events relevant to case notes
Hungary (12 Apr 2026, Orbán lost): Orban lost after 16 years when a new party won a supermajority. Serbia (Vucic resigned 27 Sept; Student List beat his coalition 25 Oct): Serbia’s president resigned in September 2026 and the student list beat his coalition in October. Both sourced only from the 2026 politics page. Iceland voted in August 2026 against resuming EU accession talks (52.8% no, per the 2029 EP page).
Not verified in this pass
Dates for Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark (a March 2026 vote with no majority), Ireland, Lithuania, Romania, Sweden (September 2026 vote, left bloc majority per Wikipedia), Cyprus, Portugal and others after 2026; Brazil next in 2030; Turkey, Japan, South Korea, Canada federal. Use each country’s electoral commission.