Elections in 2005

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This is a list of direct, national elections (sometimes called General Elections) that will/did take place around the world in 2005.

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 legislative elections, 2005
Liberia	11 October and 8 November			Liberian presidential elections, 2005
Argentina	23 October		Argentinian congress, 2005
United States of America	08 November			USA Gubernatorial & Mayoral Race and Initiatives, 2005
Burkina Faso	13 November			Burkina Faso presidential election, 2005
Zimbabwe	26 November			Zimbabwe senate election, 2005
Gabon	27 November			Gabonese presidential election, 2005
Chile	11 December			Chilean presidential election, 2005
Chile	11 December			Chilean parliamentary election, 2005
Tanzania	14 December			Tanzanian presidential elections, 2005
Tanzania	14 December			Tanzanian parliamentary elections, 2005

• 'Change' indicates the election of an opposition party; 'Return' indicates re-election of a ruling party.