2002 electoral calendar

This national electoral calendar for the year 2002 lists the national/federal direct elections to be held in 2002 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.

January

January 17 – The Gambia, parliamentary

February

February 24 – Laos, parliamentary

March

March 3 – São Tomé and Príncipe, legislative
March 7 – Tonga, legislative
March 9–11 Zimbabwe, presidential
March 10
- Republic of the Congo, presidential
- Colombia, parliamentary
March 17
- Comoros, presidential (first round)
- Portugal, legislative
March 21 – Niue, legislative

April

April 7 – Hungary, presidential
April 14
- Comoros, presidential (second round)
- East Timor, presidential
April 21 – Chad, parliamentary
April 28 – Mali, presidential (first round)

May

May 2
- Bahamas, legislative
- legislative
May 5
- In the second round of the French presidential election, Jacques Chirac is reelected.
- Burkina Faso, parliamentary
May 12 – Mali, presidential (run-off)
May 14 – Sierra Leone, parliamentary and presidential
May 15 – Dutch general election, 2002: The CDA has become the largest party and the right-wing LPF became the third largest. This was the beginning of Balkenende I cabinet which collapsed 84 days later.
May 16 – Dominican Republic, parliamentary
May 17 – Ireland, legislative
May 25 – Lesotho, legislative
May 26
- Colombia, presidential
- Republic of the Congo, parliamentary
May 30 – Algeria, parliamentary

June

June 14–15 – Czech Republic, parliamentary
June 24 – Albania, presidential
June 30

July

July 14 – Mali, parliamentary
July 15 – India, presidential
July 25 – Tuvalu, parliamentary
July 27 – The New Zealand Labour Party, is re-elected.

September

September 15 – North Macedonia, parliamentary September 27 – Morocco, legislative

October

October 5
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, legislative and presidential
October 6 – Brazil, presidential and legislative
October 7 – Trinidad and Tobago, legislative election
- Latvia, parliamentary
October 10 – Pakistan, general election
October 16
- Iraq, referendum
- Jamaica, legislative
October 20
- Ecuador, legislative and presidential
- Montenegro, parliamentary
October 24 – Bahrain, legislative
October 27
- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is elected President of Brazil.
- Togo, parliamentary

November

November 5 – United States: House of Representatives and Senate elections

December

December 6 – Seychelles, parliamentary
December 8 – Serbia, presidential
December 12 – Hans Enoksen is elected prime minister of Greenland.
December 15
- Equatorial Guinea, presidential
- Madagascar, parliamentary
December 19 – South Korea, presidential
December 22
- Lithuania, presidential (first round)
- Montenegro, presidential
December 27 – Kenya, presidential, and legislative

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