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This electoral calendar for the year 2003 lists the national/federal direct elections to be held in 2003 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.

January

• 5 January: Lithuania, President (second round)
• 10 January: Djibouti, Parliament
• 22 January: Netherlands, Parliament
• 28 January: Israel, Parliament

February

• 9 February:
  • Monaco, Parliament
  • Montenegro, President
• 16 February: Cyprus, President
• 19 February: Armenia, President (first round)

March

• 2 March: Estonia, Parliament
• 5 March:
  • Syria, Parliament
  • Belize, Parliament
  • Armenia, President
• 8 March: Elections in Malta, Referendum
• 16 March:
  • Finland, Parliament
  • El Salvador, Parliament
• 30 March: Benin, Parliament

April

• 12 April: Nigeria, Parliament
• 13 April: Malta, Parliament
• 14 April Somaliland, President
• 19 April: Nigeria, President
• 27 April:
  • Yemen, Parliament
  • Argentina, President (Country-wide) and Chamber of Deputies (La Rioja and Santiago del Estero)
  • Paraguay, President

May

• 9 May: Kiribati, Parliament
• 10 May: Iceland, Iceland
• 11 May: Montenegro, President
• 18 May: Belgium, 2003 Belgian federal election
• 25 may: Armenia, Parliament

June

• 1 June: Togo, President
• 13-14 June: Czech Republic, Referendum
• 17 June: Jordan, Parliament

July

• 4 July: Kiribati, President
• 5 July: Kuwait, Parliament
• 27 July: Cambodia, Parliament

August

• 3 August: North Korea, Parliament
• 24 August: Argentina, Chamber of Deputies (Buenos Aires City)
• 25 August: Rwanda, Parliament
• 31 August: Argentina, Chamber of Deputies (Río Negro)

September

• 7 September: Argentina, Chamber of Deputies and Senate (Santa Fe)
• 14 September: Argentina, Chamber of Deputies (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Jujuy and Santa Cruz)
• 19-20 September: Swaziland, Parliament (first round)
• 28 September: Argentina, Chamber of Deputies (Misiones and Neuquén)
• 29 September-2 October: Rwanda, Parliament

October

• 4 October: Oman, Parliament
• 5 October: Argentina, Chamber of Deputies (Córdoba and San Juan) and Senate (Córdoba)
• 15 October: Azerbaijan, President
• 17 October: Maldives, Parliament
• 18-19 October: Swaziland, Parliament (second round)
• 19 October: Argentina, Chamber of Deputies (Formosa)
• 19 October: Åland, Parliament
• 26 October: Argentina, Chamber of Deputies and Senate (Catamarca, La Pampa, Mendoza and Tucumán)

November

• 2 November:
  • Georgia, Parliament
  • Georgia, Referendum
• 7 November: Mauritania, President
• 9 November:
  • Argentina, Chamber of Deputies and Senate (Chubut)
  • Japan, Parliament
  • Guatemala, President (first round)
• 16 November: Argentina, Chamber of Deputies (Salta)
• 17 November: Marshall Islands, Parliament
• 23 November:
  • Argentina, Chamber of Deputies (Corrientes, Entre Ríos, San Luis and Tierra del Fuego) and Senate (Corrientes)
  • Croatia, Parliament
• 28 November: Gibraltar, Parliament

December

• 7 December: Russia, Parliament
• 15 December: Northern Cyprus, Parliament
• 21 December: Guinea, President
• 28 December:
  • Serbia, Parliament
  • Guatemala, President (second round)

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