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This national electoral calendar for 2020 lists the national/federal elections held in 2020 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.
United Kingdom general elections (elections for the House of Commons) have occurred in the United Kingdom since the first in 1802.The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom, so that Parliament is not included in the table below.
Turnout in UK general elections fell from 77% in 1992, and 71% in 1997, to a historic low of 59% in 2001. It has, however, increased, to 61% in 2005, 65% in 2010, 66% in 2015 and 69% in 2017. [156] Turnout has fallen since, to 67% in 2019 and to 59% in 2024. In other elections, turnout trends have been more varied.
This is a list of the next general elections around the world in sovereign states. The general elections listed are for the government of each jurisdiction. These elections determine the prime minister and makeup of the legislature in a parliamentary democracy, or the president and then the legislature in a system where separate votes are taken for different tiers of government.
2020 Sint Eustatius general election 21 October 2020 [3] 2020 Canadian electoral calendar. 2020 Nunatsiavut presidential election 6 October 2020; 2020 New Brunswick general election 14 September 2020; 2020 British Columbia general election 24 October 2020; 2020 Saskatchewan general election 26 October 2020; 2020 Vincentian general election 5 ...
This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom since 2010, with the names of the incumbent and victor and their respective parties. Where seats changed political party at the election, the result is highlighted: blue for a Conservative gain, red for a Labour gain, orange for a Liberal Democrat gain, purple for a UKIP gain and other colours for any other gains.
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Elections are held on Election Day, which is conventionally a Thursday. Under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, all five types of elections are held after fixed periods, though early elections to the UK parliament occurred in both 2017 and 2019. [1] [2] After winning the 2019 election, the Conservative Party committed to repealing the FTPA. [3]