2003 electoral calendar

National and federal elections held in 2003 November 2025 2002 local electoral calendar 2002 2004 local electoral calendar 2004 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)http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3799599.stm Guide to Lithuania's presidential election 13 June 2004 30 November 2025 BBC News Valdas Adamkus: 77-year-old former president, ousted from office by Rolandas Paksas in the election run-off of 5 January 2003. 10 January: Djibouti, Parliamenthttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2645555.stm President's backers win Djibouti poll 11 January 2003 30 November 2025 BBC News 22 January: Netherlands, ParliamentElections in Europe: A data handbook Nohlen Dieter 2010 978-3-8329-5609-7 1396 Dieter Nohlen Philip Stöver Nomos 28 January: Israel, Parliamenthttps://en.idi.org.il/israeli-elections-and-parties/elections/2003/ About the 2003 Elections 30 November 2025 Israel Democracy Institutehttps://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/29/world/israeli-voters-hand-sharon-strong-victory.html Israeli Voters Hand Sharon Strong Victory Bennet James 29 January 2003 30 November 2025 The New York Times subscription February 9 February: Monaco, ParliamentElections in Europe: A data handbook Nohlen Dieter Nomos Publishing House 2010 978-3-8329-5609-7 1357 Dieter Nohlen Philip Stöverhttps://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/X2H-Xref-ViewHTML.asp?FileID=10494&lang=EN The Principality of Monaco’s application for membership of the Council of Europe 14 April 2004 Manzella Andrea Doc. 10138 European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights Council of Europe 30 November 2025 ...the National Council elected at the 9 February 2003 parliamentary elections Montenegro, President (second round)http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2742427.stm Montenegro poll fails 9 February 2003 30 November 2025 BBC News 16 February: Cyprus, Presidenthttps://www.jstor.org/stable/24590603 Towards Peace in Cyprus: Incentives and Disincentives Tocci Nathalie Summer–Fall 2003 Brown Journal of World Affairs 1 10 JSTOR 24590603 Yet Clerides lost the elections on the first round to DIKO-AKEL backed candidate Tassos Papadopoulous on 16 February 2003. 30 November 2025 1080-0786 206 19 February: Armenia, President (first round)https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/election-watch-48/ Election Watch: Election Results (December 2002-March 2003) July 2003 Journal of Democracy 2 14 181-183 Johns Hopkins University Press 1086-3214 30 November 2025http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2775435.stm Democratic test for Armenia Arnold Chloe 19 February 2003 30 November 2025 BBC Newshttps://odihr.osce.org/sites/default/files/f/documents/8/7/14054.pdf Republic of Armenia Presidential Election 19 February and 5 March 2003 28 April 2003 30 November 2025 Warsaw Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe 1 March 2 March: Estonia, Parliamenthttps://www.robert-schuman.eu/en/monitor/140-general-elections-in-estonia-2nd-march-2003 General elections in Estonia 2nd March 2003 2 March 2003 30 November 2025 Deloy Corinne Robert-Schuman Foundation (France) Robert-Schuman Foundation fr Fondation Robert-Schuman Levy Helen 4 March: Micronesia, Parliament 5 March: Syria, ParliamentThe Statesman's Yearbook Turner Barry 7 February 2017 978-0-230-27134-0 1565 Jumhuriya al-Arabya as-Suriya (Syrian Arab Republic) 10.1057/9780230271340_277 0081-4601 2006 Springer Nature Link https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9780230271340_277 Palgrave Macmillan Elections were held on 5 March 2003. The ruling National Progressive Front (led by the Ba’ath Party) won 167 of 250 seats and non-partisan candidates the remaining. Turn-out was 63%. Belize, Parliament Armenia, President 8 March: Malta, ReferendumElections in Europe: A data handbook Nohlen Dieter 2010 978-3-8329-5609-7 1302 Dieter Nohlen Stöver Philip Nomoshttps://www.rte.ie/news/2003/0308/36010-malta/ Malta is now voting on EU membership 8 March 2003 30 November 2025 RTÉ News 16 March: Finland, ParliamentElections in Europe: A data handbook Nohlen Dieter Nomos 2010 978-3-8329-5609-7 606 Dieter Nohlen Stöver Philiphttps://www.scup.com/doi/10.18261/ISSN1504-291X-2004-02-08 Dangerous Curves in Finnish Politics: A Sweet Victory and a Sour Honeymoon Pesonen Pertti 24 September 2004 Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning no Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning 2 45 10.18261/ISSN1504-291X-2004-02-08 273 Scandinavian University Press subscription El Salvador, Parliamenthttps://docs.un.org/en/A/58/PV.55 United Nations General Assembly Fifty-eighth session 4 November 2003 30 November 2025 United Nations 20 On 16 March 2003, municipal and legislative elections were held in El Salvador... 30 March: Benin, Parliament April 12 April: Nigeria, Parliamenthttps://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/212733/Nigeria-general-elections_12-&-19-April-03-May-20016_EU-EOM-report.pdf Nigeria: European Union Election Observation Mission - Final Report 2, 5 European Union 2003 30 November 2025 13 April: Malta, ParliamentElections in Europe: A data handbook Nohlen Dieter Nomos Publishing House 2010 978-3-8329-5609-7 1302 Dieter Nohlen Stöver PhilipCulture, Institutions and Campaign Effects: Explaining the Outcome of Malta's EU Accession Referendum Cini Michelle 25 Jan 2007 West European Politics 4 27 Taylor & Francis 10.1080/0140238042000249911 2004 30 November 2025 599 The election was called the day after the referendum result was announced. It took place on 12April 2003. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0140238042000249911?needAccess=true subscription 14 April Somaliland, Presidenthttps://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/report/43061/somalia-voting-underway-somalilands-presidential-poll Voting underway in Somaliland's presidential poll 14 April 2003 30 November 2025 The New Humanitarianhttps://www.arabnews.com/node/230721 In Somaliland Voters Go to the Polls Today Duhul Salad F. 14 April 2003 30 November 2025 Arab News 19 April: Nigeria, President 27 April: Yemen, Parliamenthttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2979401.stm Polls close in Yemen 27 April 2003 30 November 2025 BBC News Argentina, President (Country-wide) and Chamber of Deputies (La Rioja and Santiago del Estero)https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/election-watch-47/ Election Watch: Election Results (March-June 2003) July 2003 Journal of Democracy 3 14 181-183 Johns Hopkins University Press 1086-3214 30 November 2025 Paraguay, PresidentElections in the Americas: A data handbook Nohlen Dieter 2005 978-0-19-928358-3 425 Dieter Nohlen 2 May 9 May: Kiribati, Parliament 10 May: Iceland, ParliamentElections in Europe: A data handbook Nohlen Dieter Nomos 2010 978-3-8329-5609-7 962 Dieter Nohlen Stöver Philip 11 May: Montenegro, President 18 May: Belgium, Federal Parliamenthttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/may/17/thefarright.politics Far right poised for big Belgian poll gains Osborn Andrew 17 May 2003 30 November 2025 The Guardian The Belgian anti-immigration party Vlaams Blok is forecast to achieve its best result in 25 years in the general election tomorrow...The general election in Belgium, May 2003 Swyngedouw Marc Electoral Studies 23 10.1016/S0261-3794(03)00104-5 The general election in Belgium, 18 May 2003, to elect members of the Chamber of Representatives and the directly elected seats in the Senate... September 2004 3 18 May 2004 0261-3794 21 May: Barbados, House of AssemblyElections in the Americas: A data handbook Nohlen Dieter 2005 978-0-19-928357-6 90 Dieter Nohlen 1 25 May: Armenia, Parliament June 1 June: Togo, PresidentTogo: An election tainted by escalating violence 6 June 2003 Amnesty International https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/afr570052003en.pdf 30 November 2025 The presidential election that took place in Togo on 1 June 2003... 2 7-8 June: Poland, Referendumhttp://www.euractiv.com/en/enlargement/poland-czech-republic-confirm-referendum-dates/article-116598 Poland and Czech Republic confirm referendum dates 29 April 2003 https://web.archive.org/web/20110609182737/http://www.euractiv.com/en/enlargement/poland-czech-republic-confirm-referendum-dates/article-116598 9 June 2011 30 November 2025 dead EuractivElections in Europe: A data handbook Nohlen Dieter Nomos 2010 978-3-8329-5609-7 1491 Dieter Nohlen Stöver Philip 13-14 June: Czech Republic, Referendumhttps://www.sudd.ch/event.php?lang=en&id=cz012003 Tschechien, 14. Juni 2003 : Beitritt zur Europäischen Union 20 June 2010 30 November 2025 Database and Search Engine for Direct Democracy cs Czech Republic, 14 June 2003: Accession to the European Union 17 June: Jordan, ParliamentThe Transition Towards Revolution and Reform: The Arab Spring Realised? Alianak Sonia L. 30 July 2014 Edinburgh University Press 9781474406079 Reforming the Jordanian monarchy https://academic.oup.com/edinburgh-scholarship-online/book/19001/chapter-abstract/177374198?redirectedFrom=fulltext 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748692712.003.0005 30 November 2025 Like his father, King Abdullah II encouraged participation, around four years after his accession to the throne, in his first parliamentary elections, to be held on 17 June 2003. 141 Oxford Academic July 4 July: Kiribati, Presidenthttps://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/144496/new-kiribati-president-to-be-chosen-today New Kiribati president to be chosen today 4 July 2003 30 November 2025 Radio New Zealand 5 July: Kuwait, Parliamenthttps://www.arabnews.com/node/233889 Candidates Hold Last Rallies on Eve of Voting in Kuwait Balali Mehrdad 5 July 2003 30 November 2025 Arab News 6 July: Mexico, Parliament (Chamber of Deputies) 27 July: Cambodia, Parliamenthttps://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/election-watch-15/ Election Watch: Election Results (June-September 2003) October 2003 Journal of Democracy 4 14 181-182 Johns Hopkins University Press 1086-3214 30 November 2025 August 3 August: North Korea, Parliamenthttp://www1.korea-np.co.jp/pk/195th_issue/2003081602.htm DPRK Holds Election of Local and National Assemblies https://web.archive.org/web/20120510012133/http://www1.korea-np.co.jp/pk/195th_issue/2003081602.htm 10 May 2012 30 November 2025 dead Choson Sinbo 2003http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2085_03.htm Democratic People's Republic of Korea Choe Go In Min Hoe Ui (Supreme People's Assembly) - elections held in 2003 30 November 2025 Inter-Parliamentary Union 2008 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) Estonia, Referendumhttp://www.vvk.ee/varasemad/?v=rh03 Rahvahääletus 30 November 2025 National Electoral Commission (Estonia) National Electoral Commission et Vabariigi Valimiskomisjon et Referendum 2003 19-20 September: Swaziland, Parliament (first round) 28 September: Argentina, Chamber of Deputies (Misiones and Neuquén) 29 September-2 October: Rwanda, Parliamenthttps://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/election-watch-14/ Election Watch: Election Results (September-December 2003) January 2003 Journal of Democracy 1 15 179-181 Johns Hopkins University Press 1086-3214 30 November 2025 October 4 October: Oman, Parliamenthttps://www.arabnews.com/node/238300 Women Pin High Hopes on Oman Council Election 4 October 2003 30 November 2025 Arab News Agence France-Pressehttps://mondediplo.com/2004/03/09oman Oman slowly opens up 9 March 2004 30 November 2025 Le Monde diplomatique The Omani people elected the sultanate’s consultative assembly (majlis al shura) on 4 October 2003. 5 October: Argentina, Chamber of Deputies (Córdoba and San Juan) and Senate (Córdoba) 15 October: Azerbaijan, President 17 October: Maldives, Presidenthttps://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2004_2009/documents/fd/200/200605/2006052_maldivesen.pdf Note on The Maldives Nuttin Xavier 24 May 2006 30 November 2025 Vuylsteke Virginie Schulz Stefan EU Directorate-General for External Policies The President is elected for a five-year term. Presidential elections were last held on 17 October 2003. 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, Presidenthttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3247897.stm Mauritania poll 'marred by fraud' 7 November 2003 30 November 2025 BBC Newshttps://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-5-2003-3842_EN.html Attacks on democracy in Mauritania 12 April 2003 30 November 2025 European Parliament Pannella Marco E-3842/03 Turco Maurizio Cappato Marco Dell'Alba Gianfranco Della Vedova Benedetto Dupuis Olivier On 7 November 2003, presidential elections were held in Mauritania. 9 November: Argentina, Chamber of Deputies and Senate (Chubut) Japan, Parliamenthttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0261379404000496 The House of Representatives' election in Japan, November 2003 Schaap Ross D. 22 October 2004 Electoral Studies 1 24 10.1016/j.electstud.2004.07.006 March 2005 30 November 2025 On 9 November 2003 Japan held the 43rd election for its House of Representatives (HR). subscription Guatemala, President (first round) 16 November: Argentina, Chamber of Deputies (Salta) Serbia, President 17 November: Marshall Islands, Parliament 23 November: Argentina, Chamber of Deputies (Corrientes, Entre Ríos, San Luis and Tierra del Fuego) and Senate (Corrientes) Croatia, Parliamenthttps://www.irishtimes.com/news/voting-underway-in-croatian-general-election-1.961813 Voting underway in Croatian general election 23 November 2003 30 November 2025 The Irish Times 27 November: Grenada, Parliament Gibraltar, Parliamenthttps://www.parliament.gi/uploads/docs/election-results/general_election_results_27_november_2003.pdf General Election: Election to the House of Assembly - Thursday 27th November 2003 - Result of Poll 30 November 2025 2003 Parliament of Gibraltarhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3245908.stm Caruana wins Gibraltar third term 28 November 2003 30 November 2025 BBC News Mr Caruana's Social Democratic Party won 51% of the vote in Thursday's general election, 12% more than its main rival, the Socialist Labour Party. December 7 December: Russia, ParliamentElections in Europe: A data handbook Nohlen Dieter Nomos 2010 978-3-8329-5609-7 1642 Dieter Nohlen Stöver Philiphttp://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2263_03.htm Russian Federation Parliamentary Chamber: Gossoudarstvennaya Duma - Elections held in 2003 30 November 2025 Inter-Parliamentary Union 2003https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/election-watch-13/ Election Watch: Election Results (December 2003-March 2004) April 2004 Journal of Democracy 2 15 177-179 Johns Hopkins University Press 1086-3214 30 November 2025 15 December: Northern Cyprus, Parliamenthttps://www.robert-schuman.eu/en/monitor/673-the-general-elections-in-republic-of-northern-cyprus-14th-december-2003 The general elections in Republic of northern Cyprus * 14th december 2003 14 December 2003 30 November 2025 Robert-Schuman Foundation (France) Robert-Schuman Foundation fr Fondation Robert-Schuman Soguk Handan Levy Helen 21 December: Guinea, Presidenthttps://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/report/46842/guinea-presidential-elections-set-21-december Presidential elections set for 21 December 22 October 2003 30 November 2025 The New Humanitarian 28 December: Serbia, Parliament Guatemala, President (second round) References Category:Political timelines of the 2000s by year