This electoral calendar 2009 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2009 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referendums are included, although they are not elections. By-elections are not included. January 12 January: Malta, President (by the parliament) 18 January: El Salvador, Parliament 25 January: Bolivia, Constitutional referendum 30 January: Somalia, President (by the parliament) 31 January: Iraq, Governorate Councils February 8 February: Turkmenistan, Parliament ( Round) 8 February: Liechtenstein, Parliament 8 February: Switzerland, Referendum on freedom of movement within the European Union 10 February: Israel, Parliament 12 February: French Polynesia, President (by the parliament) 15 February: Venezuela, Constitutional referendum March 3 March: Federated States of Micronesia, Parliament 8 March: North Korea, Parliament 12 March: Antigua and Barbuda, Parliament 15 March: El Salvador, President 18 March: Azerbaijan, Constitutional referendum 21 March: Slovakia, President ( Round) 22 March: Macedonia, President ( Round) 29 March: Montenegro, Parliament 29 March: Mayotte, Status referendum April 4 April: Slovakia, President ( Round) 5 April: Macedonia, President ( Round) 5 April: Moldova, Parliament 9 April: Algeria, President 9 April: Indonesia, Parliament 16 April: India, Parliament ( Round) 19 April: Haiti, Senate ( Round) (12 of 30 seats) 19 April: Northern Cyprus, Parliament 22 April: South Africa, Parliament 23 April: India, Parliament ( Round) 25 April: Iceland, Parliament 26 April: Andorra, Parliament 26 April: Ecuador, President and Parliament 30 April: India, Parliament ( Round) May 3 May: Panama, President and Parliament 6 May: South Africa, President (by the parliament) 7 May: India, Parliament ( Round) 9 May: Maldives, Parliament 10 May: New Caledonia, Parliament 13 May: India, Parliament ( Round) 16 May: Kuwait, Parliament 17 May: Lithuania, President 17 May: Switzerland, Referendum 17 May: Comoros, Constitutional referendum 19 May: Malawi, President and Parliament 20 May: Cayman Islands, Parliament and constitutional referendum 20 May: Moldova, President ( Round) (indirect) 23 May: Germany, President (indirect) 24 May: Mongolia, President 31 May: South Ossetia, Parliament June 2 June: Greenland, Parliament 3 June: Moldova, President ( Round) (indirect) 4–7 June: European Union, European Parliament 7 June: Denmark, Act of Succession referendum 7 June: Luxembourg, Parliament 7 June: Lebanon, Parliament 12 June: Iran, President 21 June: Haiti, Senate ( Round) (12 of 30 seats) 21–22 June: Italy, Electoral law referendum 28 June: Albania, Parliament 28 June: Argentina, Legislative 28 June: Guinea-Bissau, President ( Round) July 5 July: Bulgaria, Parliament 5 July: Mexico, Legislative 8 July: