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This national electoral calendar for 2012 lists the national/federal elections held in 2012 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.
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Off-year elections: These are elections during odd-numbered years. Only special elections, if necessary, are held to fill vacant seats in the Senate and House of Representatives, usually either due to incumbents resigning or dying while in office. The years in which elections are held for U.S. state and local offices vary between each jurisdiction.
This electoral calendar lists the national/federal direct elections held in recent and upcoming years in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referendums are included; it should be noted that they are not elections, however.
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Elections were held in the United States on November 6, 2012. Democratic President Barack Obama won reelection to a second term and the Democrats gained seats in both chambers of Congress, retaining control of the Senate even though the Republican Party retained control of the House of Representatives.
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Timeline of the 2012 United States presidential election ← 2008 November 6, 2012 2016 → 2012 U.S. presidential election Timeline General election debates Electors Polling nationwide statewide Parties Democratic Party Candidates Primaries Results Nominee Convention Republican Party Prelude Candidates Debates and forums Primaries National polling Statewide polling Straw polls Results Nominee ...