The 2024 African Elections Calendar provides a detailed list of all upcoming elections in Africa, including key dates and election types, offering a comprehensive guide to the continent’s electoral landscape.
Our African elections calendar is focused on national elections, but a separate calendar will be provided for tracking regional and by-elections across the continent.
There are 19 national elections on the African continent in 2024, made up of 13 direct presidential elections, 3 in-direct presidential elections, and 5 local municipal elections.
Country | Election Type | Date |
Comoros | President | 14 January 2024 |
Senegal | President | 24 March 2024 |
Chad | President | 6 May 2024 |
Togo | Parliament + Local | 29 April 2024 |
Madagascar | Parliament | 29 May 2024 |
South Africa | Parliament + Indirect President + Regional | 29 May 2024 |
Mauritania | President | 29 June 2024 |
Rwanda | President + Parliament | 15 July 2024 |
Algeria | President | 7 September 2024 |
Tunisia | President | 6 October 2024 |
Mozambique | President + Parliament + Local | 9 October 2024 |
Botswana | Parliament + Local + Indirect President | 29 October 2024 |
Somaliland | President | 13 November 2024 |
Namibia | President + Parliament | 27 November 2024 |
Guinea Bissau | President | 24 November 2024 |
Mauritius | General (Parliament + Indirect President) | 30 November 2024 |
Ghana | President + Parliament | 7 December 2024 |
South Sudan | President + Parliament + Local | 22 December 2024 |
Chad | Parliament + Local | 29 December 2024 |