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Sub-region/Country
Type of Election
Date
Pacific Sub-Region
Australia
Parliamentary
Federal State and Territory
Parliamentary
November 2004
May 24, 2007
October 2007
Cook Islands Parliamentary Referendum
Parliamentary
September 7, 2006 September 7, 2004
September 26, 2006
Fiji Parliamentary Parliamentary
Parliamentary
August 2006 May 6, 2006
2010
Kiribati Parliamentary Presidential
Presidential
November 29, 2002 July 4, 2003
July 2007
Marshall Islands Parliamentary Parliamentary
November 17, 2003 November 2007
Micronesia Legislative Parliamentary
March 4, 2003 March 8, 2005
Nauru
Parliamentary
Parliamentary
October 23, 2004
October 2007
New Zealand Parliamentary Parliamentary
Parliamentary
July 2002 September 17, 2005
November 15, 2008
Palau Presidential Presidential
Parliamentary
November 2, 2004 November 2008
November 2008
Papua New Guinea Parliamentary Parliamentary
June 15, 2002 June 30, 2007
Samoa Parliamentary Parliamentary
March 2, 2001 March 31, 2001
Solomon Islands
Parliamentary
Parliamentary
December 5, 2001
April 5, 2006
Tonga Parliamentary Parliamentary
Parliamentary
March 11, 1999 March 17, 2005
2008
Tuvalu Parliamentary Parliamentary
July 25, 2005 August 3, 2006
Vanuatu Presidential Parliamentary
2008 2008
East Asia Sub-Region
Japan
Parliamentary Parliamentary
Parliamentary
July 11, 2004 September 11, 2005
July 2007
North Korea Legislative Parliamentary
July 21, 1998 August 3, 2003
Taiwan
Presidential Parliamentary
Presidential
March 20, 2004 December 2007
2008
South Korea
Presidential
Parliamentary
Presidential
December 19, 2002
April 2004
December 2007
Central Asia Sub-Region
Azerbaijan
Presidential
Parliamentary
Parliamentary
Presidential
October 2003
November 2005
May 2006
October 2008
Kazakhstan Presidential Parliamentary
December 4, 2005 August 18, 2007
Kyrgyzstan
Presidential
Parliamentary (First Round)
Parliamentary (Second Round)
Presidential
October 29, 2000
February 27, 2005
March 13, 2005
July 10, 2005
Mongolia Presidential Parliamentary
Parliamentary
May 22, 2005 July 2004
June 2008
Tajikistan
Parliamentary (First Round) Parliamentary (Second Round)
Presidential
February 27, 2005 March 15, 2007
November 6, 2006
Turkmenistan Parliamentary Presidential
December 19, 2004 February 11, 2007
Uzbekistan
Parliamentary Presidential
December 19, 1999 December 23, 2007
South Asia Sub-Region
Afghanistan Parliamentary Parliamentary
Presidential
September 2005 September 2009
2009
Bangladesh
Parliamentary Parliamentary
October 1, 2001 January 21, 2007
India Presidential Vice Presidential
Parliamentary (Stage 1)
Parliamentary (Stage 2)
Parliamentary (Stage 3)
Presidential
July 2002 August 2002
April 20, 2004
April 26, 2004
May 5, 2004
July 19, 2007
Maldives Presidential Parliamentary
Presidential
October 2003 January 27, 2005
2008
Nepal
Parliamentary
May 2004
Pakistan Parliamentary Parliamentary
October 2002 October 2007
Sri Lanka Presidential Parliamentary
November 17, 2005 October 10, 2006
Bhutan General Elections (Prime Minister/Council of Ministers) 2008 WEST AND SOUTH WEST ASIA SUB- REGION Iran Parliamentary (1st Round) Parliamentary (2nd Round)
Presidential (1st Round)
Presidential (2nd Round)
February 20, 2004 May 7, 2004
June 17, 2005
June 24, 2005
Syria Parliamentary Referendum
April 2, 2004 May 27, 2007
Yemen Parliamentary Presidential
April 27, 2003 September 20, 2006
SOUTH EAST ASIA SUB-REGION
Cambodia Parliamentary Parliamentary
July 27, 2003 July 2008
Hongkong Parliamentary Parliamentary
May 24, 1998 September 10, 2000
Indonesia Presidential (1st Round) Presidential (2nd Round)
July 5, 2004 September 20, 2004
Lao PDR Parliamentary April 30, 2006 Macau Legislative September 25, 2005 Malaysia Parliamentary Parliamentary
November 29, 1999 March 21, 2004
Philippines
Presidential and Parliamentary
Parliamentary
Presidential
May 2004
May 14, 2007
May 2010
Singapore Parliamentary Parliamentary
November 3, 2001 May 6, 2006
Timor Leste Presidential Parliamentary
May 9, 2007 June 30, 2007
Thailand
Parliamentary (upper house)
Parliamentary (lower house)
Referendum
Parliamentary
March 2004
January 2005
September 2007
December 2007
Vietnam Parliamentary Presidential
May 20, 2007 September 2007
MIDDLE EAST SUB-REGION Bahrain Parliamentary Parliamentary
October 2002 November 25, 2006
Iraq Referendum Parliamentary
October 15, 2005 December 15, 2005
Kuwait Parliamentary Parliamentary
July 5, 2003 June 29, 2006
Lebanon Parliamentary (Stage 1) Parliamentary (Stage 2)
Parliamentary (Stage 3)
Parliamentary (Stage 4)
May 29, 2005 June 5, 2005
June 12, 2005
June 19, 2005
Oman Parliamentary Parliamentary
October 4, 2003 October 2007
Qatar Referendum Parliamentary
April 29, 2003 2007
United Arab Emirates Parliamentary (Stage 1) Parliamentary (Stage 2)
Parliamentary (Stage 3)
December 16, 2006 December 18, 2006
December 20, 2006
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