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Encyclopedia > Elections in 2005

This is a list of direct, national elections (sometimes called General Elections) that will/did take place around the world in 2005. 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Country Date Electee (elected party) Change or Return* Other information
Croatia 2 January and 16 January Stjepan Mesic Return Croatian presidential election, 2005
Palestine 9 January Mahmoud Abbas Palestinian presidential election, 2005
Maldives 22 January
Iraq 30 January Iraqi National Assembly election, 2005
Thailand 6 February Thai Rak Thai Return Thailand legislative election, 2005
Denmark 8 February Venstre Return Danish parliamentary election, 2005
Portugal 20 February PS Change Portuguese legislative election, 2005
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus 20 February CTP Return
Anguilla 21 February AUF Return
Kyrgyzstan 27 February and 13 March Kyrgyz parliamentary elections, 2005
Moldova 6 March PCRM Return Moldovan parliamentary elections, 2005
Micronesia 8 March
Liechtenstein 11 March and 13 March FBP Return
Central African Republic 13 March and 8 May François Bozizé Central African Republic elections, 2005
Central African Republic 13 March and 8 May Central African Republic parliamentary elections, 2005
Tonga 17 March HRDMT
Zimbabwe 31 March ZANU-PF Return Zimbabwe parliamentary elections, 2005
Djibouti 8 April Ismaïl Omar Guelleh Return
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus 17 April Mehmet Ali Talat
Andorra 24 April PLA Return Andorran parliamentary election, 2005
Togo 24 April Faure Gnassingbé Togolese presidential election, 2005
Dominica 5 May DLP Return
United Kingdom 5 May Labour Return UK general election, 2005
Cayman Islands 11 May PPM
Ethiopia 15 May and 21 August EPRDF Return Ethiopian general elections, 2005
Mongolia 22 May Nambaryn Enkhbayar
Suriname 25 May NF
Lebanon 29 May, 5 June, 12 June, and 19 June Rafik Hariri Martyr List Lebanese general election, 2005
Iran 17 June and 24 June Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Iranian presidential election, 2005
Bulgaria 25 June KzB Change Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2005
Guinea-Bissau 19 June and 24 July João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira Guinea-Bissau presidential election, 2005
Albania 3 July PDS Change Albania general election, 2005
Mauritius 3 July Social Alliance Coalition Change
Burundi 4 July CNDD-FDD Burundi elections, 2005
Kyrgyzstan 10 July Kurmanbek Bakiyev Kyrgyz presidential election, 2005
Egypt 7 September Hosni Mubarak Return Egyptian presidential election, 2005
Japan 11 September LDP Return Japan general election, 2005
Norway 12 September Red-Green Coalition Change Norwegian parliamentary election, 2005
New Zealand 17 September Labour Return New Zealand general election, 2005
Germany 18 September German federal election, 2005
Afghanistan 18 September Afghan parliamentary election, 2005
Poland 25 September PiS-PO Change Polish parliamentary election, 2005
Somaliland 29 September Somaliland parliamentary election, 2005
Poland 9 October Polish presidential election, 2005
Liberia 11 October Liberian elections, 2005
Tanzania 30 October Tanzanian elections, 2005
United States of America 8 November American congressional election, 2005
Chile 11 December Chilean presidential election, 2005
Chile 11 December Chilean parliamentary election, 2005
  • 'Change' indicates the election of an opposition party; 'Return' indicates re-election of a ruling party.

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Kyrgyz parliamentary elections, 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (423 words)
The belief that the election had been rigged by the government led to widespread protests, culminating in a revolution on 24 March in which President Askar Akayev was overthrown and left the country.
The CIS is generally seen as controlled by the Russian Federation, whose President, Vladimir Putin, supports the incumbent authoritarian regimes in all the former Soviet republics in Central Asia.
Later, however, it was agreed not to hold legislative elections in 2005.
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