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{{Short description|Day when elections are held}}
[[File:Election day.svg|thumb|400px|Election day by weekday{{update inline|date=October 2022}}
{{legend|#ff0000|Monday}}
{{legend|#FF4E00|Tuesday}}
{{legend|#FFFF00|Wednesday}}
{{legend|#047200|Thursday}}
{{legend|#0000FF|Friday}}
{{legend|#00006F|Saturday}}
{{legend|#6C006E|Sunday}}
{{legend|#EE00F2|several days}}]]
[[File:SF City Hall Election Day 2018.jpg|thumb|San Francisco City Hall illuminated in special LED lighting with the national colors of red, white, and blue on Election Day in the United States (Tuesday 7 November 2018) to commemorate the occasion]]
'''Election day''' or '''polling day''' is the day on which [[Social:General election|general election]]s are held. In many countries, general elections are always held on a Saturday or Sunday, to enable as many voters as possible to participate; while in other countries elections are always held on a weekday. However, some countries, or regions within a country, which hold elections on a weekday declare election day a public holiday. Countries which permit absentee ballots, early ballots or postal votes to be cast by mail before the election avoid the problem altogether by enabling voters to vote on a day that is more convenient to them.

Sundays are the most common day for elections, but this is less true in the [[Place:Anglosphere|Anglosphere]]; Saturdays are used in New Zealand and Australia, and weekdays for the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. This is partially due to the influence of Protestantism, which historically set restrictions on activities other than church-going during the Sabbath (usually considered as falling on a Sunday).<ref name = "Brett"/>

An election day usually culminates in an '''election night''' when the results of the election are tallied and winners are announced.<ref>{{cite book | first=Graeme | last=Orr | title=Ritual and Rhythm in Electoral Systems: A Comparative Legal Account | year=2016 | chapter=10 }}</ref>

==Election day by country/territory==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-top:0;"
!width=150pt|Country/Territory
!width=80pt|Region
!Election day
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|{{flag|Albania}}
|Europe
|Sunday.<ref>[https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/4c1f93e32.pdf "THE ELECTORAL CODE OF THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA."] Law no. 10 019. December 29, 2008.</ref>

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|{{flag|Argentina}}
|South America
|Fourth Sunday of October immediately before the end of the current mandates.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/verNorma.do?id=19442 |title=National Electoral Code – Article 53 and 148|website=InfoLEG |language=es }}</ref>

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|{{flag|Austria}}
|Europe
|Sunday. Nationalrat elections may be held on another public holiday.<ref name = "Electoral Reform"/>

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|{{flag|Australia}}
|Oceania
|Saturday for federal,<ref name="Australia">{{cite web|title=Elections and voting in Australia|url=http://static.moadoph.gov.au/ophgovau/media/images/apmc/docs/62-Elections.pdf|publisher=Museum of Australian Democracy|access-date=22 November 2017}}</ref> state and most local elections. Postal and early voting permitted. Some local elections are by postal voting only.

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|{{flag|Belgium}}
|Europe
|Sunday (until 1894, Tuesday).<ref name = "Electoral Reform"/>

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|{{flag|Bolivia}}
|South America
|Sunday.<ref>{{cite report |date=20 January 2015 |title=Report of the 2014 National Lawyers Guild Bolivian Election Observation Delegation |url=https://www.nlginternational.org/report/NLG_Bolivia_2014_Election_Delegation_Report_2.pdf |publisher=National Lawyers Guild |page=7 |quote=In most respects, Election Day appeared to be a model of local democracy in action, with notable differences from the US voting process. Elections are held on Sundays that are declared national holidays. All regular business is shut down to encourage voter turnout. Voting is compulsory--with non-excused abstention punishable by a hefty fine--as well as highly participatory. To encourage unbiased reflection, campaigning is prohibited for 72 hours ahead of the election, and the consumption of alcoholic beverages is outlawed for 48 hours. |access-date=30 May 2020 }}</ref>

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|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|Europe
|Sunday.{{sfn|Schakel|2017|p=42|ps=: "General elections for the state, entity and cantonal parliaments take place on the same date every four years. ... Elections are held on Sundays and election silence kicks in one day prior to the start of voting and lasts until the polling stations close. Bosnia and Herzegovina citizens residing abroad keep their full voting rights but rarely exercise it."}}

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|{{flag|Brazil}}
|South America
|First Sunday of October. Runoffs take place on the last Sunday of the same October.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/leis/L9504.htm |title=Electoral Law – Article 1|website=InfoLEG |language=pt}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Bulgaria}}
|Europe
|Saturday for legislative elections.<ref name="Massicotte">{{cite book |last1=Massicotte |first1=Louis |last2=Blais |first2=André |last3=Yoshinaka |first3=Antoine |title=Establishing the Rules of the Game: Election Laws in Democracies |date=January 2004 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-0802085641 |pages=116–118 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IHA8h0QrAZwC}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Canada}}
|North America
|Third Monday of October every four years, or after Parliament is dissolved by the Governor General.<ref name="ElectionsCanada">{{cite web|title=Elections Canada|url=http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=vot&dir=faq&document=faqelec&lang=e#a10|access-date=21 November 2017}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Chile}}
|South America
|Sunday.<ref>Law No. 18.700, [https://pdba.georgetown.edu/Electoral/Chile/escruti.html ''Aprueba la Ley Orgánica Constitucional sobre Votaciones Populares y Escrutinios'']. Article 169 ("Los plebiscitos comunales se efectuarán en día domingo."); Article 174 ("Las elecciones no periódicas de Diputados se realizarán en la fecha que establezca el Presidente de la República ... que deberá recaer en un día domingo no anterior al nonagésimo ni posterior al centésimo vigésimo siguiente a la publicación de dicho decreto.").</ref>

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|{{flag|Colombia}}
|South America
|Sunday: the second Sunday of March for Congress, and the second Sunday of May for President and Vice President.<ref>[http://consejoderedaccion.org/webs/traslapista2015/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/3.1-C%C3%B3digo-electoral-colombiano.pdf Election Law of Colombia] (in Spanish), February 1993, p. 185. “Las elecciones para Congreso de la República se realizarán el segundo domingo de marzo. Las elecciones de Presidente y Vicepresidente se realizarán el segundo domingo de mayo. En caso que debe celebrarse nueva votación, de conformidad con lo dispuesto por el artículo 190 de la Constitución Política, esta tendrá lugar tres (3) semanas mas tarde."</ref>

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|{{flag|Czech Republic}}
|Europe
|Traditionally elections are held over two days, starting on a Friday afternoon and ending the following Saturday afternoon.<ref name="Czech">{{cite web|title=General elections 2017|url=http://www.radio.cz/en/static/elections-2017/|publisher=Radio Prague|access-date=21 November 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref name = Oireachtas>{{cite report |date=30 June 2015|title=Voting hours for elections in EU Member States
|url=http://www.andrewdoyle.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/AndrewDoyleTD-HoursOfPollingResearch.pdf|publisher=Oireachtas Library & Research Service |pages=1–4 |access-date=30 May 2020 }}</ref>

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|{{flag|Cyprus}}
|Europe
|Saturday.<ref name="Vaalit">{{cite web|title=Holding the Election|url=http://www.vaalit.fi/en/index/onelections/europeanelections/holdingtheelection.html|website=www.vaalit.fi|access-date=23 November 2017}}</ref><ref name = "Brett"/>

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|{{flag|Costa Rica}}
|North America
|Sunday: first Sunday of February for the President, Vice-President, and Legislative Assembly; second Sunday of February for municipal elections.<ref>{{cite act |date=2 September 2009 |article=150 |article-type=Article |legislature=Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Costa Rica |title=Electoral Act |page=72 |url=https://www.te.gob.mx/vota_elections/page/countrie/225 |language=en}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Croatia}}
|Europe
|Sunday.<ref name="Schakel">{{cite book |last1=Schakel |first1=Arjan H. |title=Regional and National Elections in Eastern Europe: Territoriality of the Vote in Ten Countries |date=2017 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillian |location=London |isbn=978-1-137-51787-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oUUfDgAAQBAJ |access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Denmark}}
|Europe
|Elections for the Folketing usually occur on Tuesday, but this is not a statutory requirement.<ref name="Denmark">{{cite web|author1=Folketing|title=The Parliamentary Electoral System in Denmark|url=http://elections.oim.dk/media/10505/parliamentary-system-dk.pdf|access-date=21 November 2017|page=18|date=January 2011}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Ecuador}}
|South America

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|{{flag|El Salvador}}
|North America

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|{{flag|Estonia}}
|Europe
|Elections for the Riigikogu, which chooses both the president and prime minister, are on the first Sunday of March.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Olechno |first1=Artur |title=Political Systems Of The Central And Eastern European Countries |date=2011 |page=91 |isbn=9788362813155 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FNaPgwyz0vQC |access-date=24 June 2020}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Finland}}
|Europe
|Sunday.<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Aggeborn |first=Linuz |title=Voting System Voter Turnout Policy Outcome |date=2011 |degree=Master's |publisher=Uppsala University |url=https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:433579/FULLTEXT01.pdf}}</ref>

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|{{flag|France}}
|Europe
|Sunday.<ref name = "Electoral Reform"/>

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|{{flag|Germany}}
|Europe
|Sunday. Elections to the Bundestag may be held on another public holiday.<ref>{{cite web |title=§16 Bundeswahlgesetz|work=Bundeswahlgesetz Bundesrepublik Deutschland |publisher=Bundesministerium der Justiz |date=3 June 2008 |url=http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bwahlg/__16.html |language=de |page = 12 |access-date=6 December 2018}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Greece}}
|Europe
|Sunday.<ref name = "Electoral Reform"/>

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|{{flag|Hong Kong}}
|Asia
|Sunday for legislative elections. (The Chief Executive of Hong Kong is not elected by universal suffrage)<ref>{{cite report |date=May 2018 |title= Consultation Report on Review of Electoral Arrangements|url=https://www.cmab.gov.hk/doc/issues/electoral_matters/report.pdf |publisher=Hong Kong Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau|access-date= 25 October 2020}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Hungary}}
|Europe
|Sunday.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Arató |first1=Krisztina |editor1-last=Hloušek |editor1-first=Vít |editor2-last=Kaniok |editor2-first=Petr |title=The European Parliament Election of 2019 in East-Central Europe |date=2020 |page=107 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hTfpDwAAQBAJ |access-date=8 June 2020 |chapter=Hungary|isbn=9783030408589 }}</ref>

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|{{flag|Iceland}}
|Europe
|Saturday.<ref name = "Brett"/>

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|{{flag|India}}
|Asia
|Elections are held over multiple days.<ref name="Massicotte"/> The 2019 Indian general election, which began on a Thursday, took place over seven phases with six days between each phase. Constituencies vote only on the day of their respective phase.<ref>{{cite web |title=India Elects 2019: The World's Largest Election, Explained |url=https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/interactive/india-elects-2019 |website=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |access-date=30 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Why do India's elections take so long? |url=https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2019/04/11/why-do-indias-elections-take-so-long |access-date=30 May 2020 |newspaper=The Economist |date=11 April 2019}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Indonesia}}
|Asia
|Election dates are determined by the General Elections Commission (Indonesian: ''Komisi Pemilihan Umum'', KPU), but must occur "on a holiday or a day determined as a national holiday" per the Indonesian electoral law of 2017.<ref>{{cite act |date=15 August 2017 |article=167 |legislature=People's Consultative Assembly of Indonesia |title=LAW OF REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA, NUMBER 7 YEAR 2017, GOVERNING ELECTIONS|page=116 |url=https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/asia/ID/indonesia-electoral-code-law-nr.-7-2017 |language=en}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Iran}}
|Asia
|Friday for presidential elections.<ref>{{cite act |date=2 March 1992 |article=20 |article-type=Chapter |legislature=Islamic Consultative Assembly |title=قانون انتخابات رياست جمهوري ايران |trans-title=Presidential Electoral Law of the Islamic Republic of Iran |page= |url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/presidential_electoral_law.pdf |language=fa}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Ireland}}
|Europe
|Typically on a Friday, but precise date set by Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government.<ref name="Ireland">{{cite news|last1=Ryan|first1=Phillip|last2=Horan|first2=Niamh|last3=O'Connor|first3=Niall|title=Six Nations match at the centre of row over election date - Independent.ie|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/election-2016/six-nations-match-at-the-centre-of-row-over-election-date-34410126.html|access-date=21 November 2017|work=Independent.ie|date=31 January 2016|language=en}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Israel}}
|Asia
|By law on the third Tuesday of Cheshvan, but normally held on a different day.<ref name="Israel">{{cite news |last=Hoffman |first=Gil Stern |date=24 March 2015 |title=With full term possible, Netanyahu may outlast Ben-Gurion (and Obama) |url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-Elections/With-full-term-in-office-possible-Netanyahu-looks-to-outlast-Ben-Gurion-and-Obama-394879 |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=8 April 2019}}</ref> Election day is a holiday in Israel, so people do not have to work.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sharabi |first=Meital |date=4 April 2019 |title=Eclectic election day activities |url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Eclectic-Election-Day-activities-585730 |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=8 April 2019}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Italy}}
|Europe
|Municipal, provincial, and regional elections take place on a Sunday, as do elections for the Chamber of Deputies, the Senate and EU Parliament elections. Occasionally Mondays are added as voting day.<ref name = "Electoral Reform"/>

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|{{flag|Japan}}
|Asia
|Sunday.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hrebenar |first1=Ronald J. |title=Japan's New Party System |year=2000 |url=https://archive.org/details/japansnewpartysy00 |url-access=registration |publisher=Westview Press |isbn=978-0813330570 |page=[https://archive.org/details/japansnewpartysy00/page/57 57] |quote=The decisions regarding which days will be election days and how the voters will indicate their candidate preferences are uniquely Japanese. Election days call on Sundays in Japan. Because Sunday is a holiday, primary and junior high schools can be used as voting sites; moreover, it is assumed that more citizens will be able to vote on a Sunday. But the choice of which Sunday is usually left up to the politicians.}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Latvia}}
|Europe
|Saturday.<ref name = "Brett">{{cite book |last1=Brett |first1=Judith |title=From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage: How Australia Got Compulsory Voting |date=2019 |publisher=Text Publishing |isbn=978-1-925626-81-0 |page=111 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZYdwDwAAQBAJ |access-date=30 May 2020 |language=en |quote=Australia is one of only a handful of countries to hold elections on Saturdays. Cyprus, Malta, Iceland, Latvia, Slovakia, Taiwan, and New Zealand are the others. ... Most countries go to the polls on Sundays, except in the Protestant-dominated Anglosphere, where public activities on the Sabbath other than attending church have historically been severely restricted.}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Lebanon}}
|Asia
|Until 2009, elections were held over several consecutive Sundays.<ref>{{cite report |author=Arda Arsenian Ekmekji |date=July 2012 |title= Confessionalism and Electoral Reform in Lebanon|url=https://assets.aspeninstitute.org/content/uploads/files/content/docs/pubs/Confessionalism%20and%20Electoral%20Reform%20in%20Lebanon_Final.pdf |publisher=Aspen Institute |page=11 |access-date= 5 October 2020}}</ref> The most recent election, the 2018 Lebanese general election, was also held on a Sunday.

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|{{flag|Lithuania}}
|Europe
|Elections for the Seimas are on the second Sunday of October, and for the president the last Sunday two months before the end of the current president's term.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Olechno |first1=Artur |title=Political Systems Of The Central And Eastern European Countries |date=2011 |pages=105–108 |isbn=9788362813155 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FNaPgwyz0vQC |access-date=24 June 2020}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Luxembourg}}
|Europe
|Sunday.<ref name = "Electoral Reform"/>

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|{{flag|Macau}}
|Asia
|Sunday.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.gov.mo/en/news/113738/ | title=Voters reminded not to reveal voting intention at Sunday's polling | date=14 June 2019 }}</ref>

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|{{flag|Macedonia}}
|Europe
|Sunday, but the 2020 North Macedonian parliamentary election departed from this standard. It was held over three weekdays after being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cvetanoski |first1=Ilcho |title=North Macedonia at the polls today |url=https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/North-Macedonia/North-Macedonia-at-the-polls-today-203610 |publisher=OBC Transeuropa |access-date=25 October 2020 |date=15 July 2020}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Malta}}
|Europe
|Saturday.<ref name = "Brett"/>

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|{{flag|Malaysia}}
|Asia
|Saturday 

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|{{flag|Mexico}}
|North America
|First Sunday of July until 2018. From 2021, the first Sunday of June.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wall |first1=Alan |title=Elections in Mexico and the US: Comparisons and contrasts |url=https://www.mexconnect.com/articles/3898-elections-in-mexico-and-the-us-comparisons-and-contrasts |website=Mexconnect |access-date=25 June 2020 |date=14 June 2012}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Montenegro}}
|Europe
|Sunday for Parliamentary elections.<ref>{{cite web| title=Law on Election of Councillors and Members of Parliament |website=Council of Europe, Venice Commission|date=18 February 1998|url=https://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/default.aspx?pdffile=CDL-REF(2020)031-e}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Netherlands}}
|Europe
|Typically on a Wednesday.<ref name="Electoral Reform">{{cite report |date=June 2017 |title=European Democracies |url=https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/European-Democracies.pdf |publisher=Electoral Reform Society |access-date=29 May 2020 }}</ref> For elections to the European Parliament, Thursday.<ref>{{cite web |title=Elections |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/at-your-service/en/be-heard/elections |publisher=European Parliament |access-date=29 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref name = "Electoral Reform"/>

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|{{flag|New Zealand}}
|Oceania
|Saturday.<ref name="nzhistory_election_days">{{cite web |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/election-day/general-elections |title=Election Days – General Elections 1853-2011 |date=24 November 2016 |website=nzhistory.govt.nz |publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand |access-date=16 August 2019}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Nicaragua}}
|North America

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|{{flag|Norway}}
|Europe
|Monday in early September. Exact date set by the King of Norway.<ref name="NorwayElectionDay">{{cite web|title=The main features of the Norwegian electoral system|url=https://www.regjeringen.no/en/topics/elections-and-democracy/den-norske-valgordningen/the-norwegian-electoral-system/id456636/|website=Government.no| date=6 July 2017 |access-date=21 November 2017}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Panama}}
|North America
|Sunday.<ref>{{cite news |last1=González |first1=Elizabeth |title=Tribunal Electoral de Panamá convoca a elecciones generales de 2024 |url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2022/06/01/panama-elecciones-generales-2024-orix/ |access-date=5 July 2022 |work=CNN |date=1 June 2022 |language=es}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Paraguay}}
|South America

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|{{flag|Peru}}
|South America
|Sunday.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carter |first1=Jimmy |title=Peru Can Give U.S. Lessons in How to Hold Elections |url=https://www.cartercenter.org/news/documents/doc140.html |website=www.cartercenter.org |access-date=23 June 2020}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Philippines}}
|Asia
|Second Monday in May.<ref name="Lazo">{{cite book|last1=Lazo|first1=Ricardo S.|title=Philippine governance and the 1987 constitution|date=2009|publisher=Published & distributed by Rex Book Store|location=Manila, Philippines|isbn=9789712345463|page=161|edition= 2009 2nd}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Poland}}
|Europe
|Sunday.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Grabowska |first1=Miroslava |editor1-last=Ramet |editor1-first=Sabrina P. |editor2-last=Borowik |editor2-first=Irena |title=Religion, Politics, and Values in Poland: Continuity and Change Since 1989 |date=2016 |publisher=Palgrave MacMillan |isbn=9781137437518 |page=268 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hopjDQAAQBAJ |access-date=24 June 2020 |chapter=Religiosity, the Catholic Church, and Politics in Poland}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Portugal}}
|Europe
|Sunday.<ref name = "Electoral Reform"/>

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|{{flag|Puerto Rico}}
|North America
|Day after the first Monday in November.<ref>[http://www.bvirtual.ogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/leyesreferencia/PDF/C%C3%B3digos/78-2011/78-2011.pdf ''“Código Electoral de Puerto Rico para el Siglo XXI”: Ley Núm. 78 de 1 de Junio de 2011, según enmendada.'' CAPÍTULO IX. – PROCEDIMIENTOS ANTERIORES A LA ELECCIÓN; VOTACIÓN: Artículo 9.001. – Fecha de las Elecciones. – (16 L.P.R.A. § 4141)] Gobierno de Puerto Rico. San Juan, Puerto Rico. p. 66 of 104. Accessed 8 November 2019.</ref>

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|{{flag|Romania}}
|Europe

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|{{flag|Russia}}
|Europe
|Sunday.<ref name=cikrf>{{cite web|url=http://cikrf.ru/law/federal_law/comment/st10.php|title=Статья 10. Назначение выборов|website=Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation|access-date=2018-12-28|quote=Голосование на выборах может быть назначено только на воскресенье.|trans-title=Article 10. Election scheduling|language=ru}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Serbia}}
|Europe

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|{{flag|Singapore}}
|Asia
|Saturday, but can be any day of the week, such as when a Saturday conflicts with a holiday. By law, polling day is a public holiday if it falls on a weekday.<ref>{{cite news |title=GE2015: First time Polling Day falls on a Friday, but not first time polls held on a weekday |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/ge2015-first-time-polling-day-falls-on-a-friday-but-not-first-time-polls-held-on-a-weekday |work=The Straits Times |date=25 August 2015 |language=en}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Slovakia}}
|Europe
|Saturday.<ref>{{cite web |title=180/2014 Z.z. - Zákon o podmienkach výkonu volebnéh... |url=https://www.slov-lex.sk/pravne-predpisy/SK/ZZ/2014/180/20220531.html#paragraf-20.odsek-3 |website=Slov-lex |language=sk-SK}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Slovenia}}
|Europe
|Sunday.<ref name = Oireachtas/>

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|{{flag|South Korea}}
|Asia
|Usually Wednesday. Election day is a national holiday.<ref name="SKorea">{{cite web|last1=Butcher|first1=Luke|url=http://www.electoralmanagement.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Luke-Butcher-The-Effectiveness-of-Early-Voting-A-Case-Study-of-the-Republic-of-Korea-ECPR-Conference.pdf|title=The Effectiveness of Early Voting – A Case Study of the Republic of Korea|access-date=21 November 2017}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Spain}}
|Europe
|There is no fixed election day for general elections, although since 1986 every general election has been held on Sunday.{{refn|group=n.|22 June 1986, 29 October 1989, 6 June 1993, 3 March 1996, 12 March 2000, 14 March 2004, 9 March 2008, 20 November 2011, 20 December 2015, 26 June 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Elecciones Generales|publisher=Junta Electoral Central|url=http://www.juntaelectoralcentral.es/cs/jec/elecciones/generales}}</ref>}} Municipal and provincial elections take place on the fourth Sunday of May.<ref name = "Electoral Reform"/><ref>{{Cite journal|title=Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-11672}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Sweden}}
|Europe
|Second Sunday of September.<ref>{{cite web |title=Elections in Sweden |url=https://www.v-dem.net/en/news/elections-sweden-9th-september/ |website=V-Dem |access-date=24 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.riksdagen.se/en/how-the-riksdag-works/democracy/elections-to-the-riksdag/|title=Elections to the Riksdag|last=Riksdagsförvaltningen|website=www.riksdagen.se|language=en|access-date=2019-12-12}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Switzerland}}
|Europe
|Saturday and Sunday.<ref name = "MoJ">{{cite report |date=September 2008|title=Election Day: Weekend Voting |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/238758/7334.pdf
|publisher=Ministry of Justice of Great Britain |page = 10|access-date=29 May 2020 }}</ref>

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|{{flag|Taiwan}}
|Asia
|Saturday.<ref name="Taiwan">{{cite web|title=Election Day in Taiwan|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/104907/Election-Day-in-Taiwan|access-date=23 November 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref name = "Brett"/>

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|{{flag|Thailand}}
|Asia
|Sunday.<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Campbell|first=Michael |date=16 December 2016 |title=Election Reform Effects on Policy Targeting: Voter Responses to Rice Subsidies in Thailand |publisher=University of Colorada–Denver |url=https://www.academia.edu/35597190 |access-date=26 June 2020}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Turkey}}
|Europe
|Sunday.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CUMHURBAŞKANI SEÇİMİ KANUNU |trans-title=LAW ON THE ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT (tr) |url=https://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/anasayfa/MevzuatFihristDetayIframe?MevzuatTur=1&MevzuatNo=6271&MevzuatTertip=5 |access-date=2022-12-20}}</ref>

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|Europe

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|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|Europe
|Thursday.<ref name = "MoJ"/> {{xref|See also: Election Day (United Kingdom)}}

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|{{flag|United States}}
|North America
|All federal elections take place the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.<ref name="US">{{cite news|last1=Montanaro|first1=Domenico|title=Why Do We Vote on Tuesdays?|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/11/01/500208500/why-do-we-vote-on-tuesdays|access-date=21 November 2017|work=NPR.org|date=1 November 2016|language=en}}</ref> {{xref|See also: Election Day (United States)}}

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|{{flag|Uruguay}}
|South America

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|{{flag|Venezuela}}
|South America
|Sunday.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Alexander |first1=Robin |title=Elections in Venezuela and Pennsylvania: Lessons in Democracy? |url=https://nacla.org/article/elections-venezuela-and-pennsylvania-lessons-democracy |publisher=North American Congress on Latin America |access-date=31 May 2020 |language=en |date=17 January 2013}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Vietnam}}
|Asia
|Sunday.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nguyen |first1=Mai Thuyen |title=An overall look at Vietnam's election law |url=https://vietnamlawmagazine.vn/an-overall-look-at-vietnams-election-law-37694.html |publisher=Vietnam Law & Legal Forum |access-date=2 December 2021|quote="Accordingly, all Vietnamese citizens satisfying the law-specified conditions are entitled to exercise the rights to vote and to stand for election; the Vietnamese State has the obligation to legally guarantee and create favorable conditions for citizens to exercise their rights. The current election law makes it clearer by stipulating that elections will be held on Sundays so that voters may arrange their schedules to go to the polls while polling places must be located at areas convenient for voters and those who cannot go to polling booths may cast their votes with mobile ballot boxes."}}</ref>
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==Other bodies==
Elections to the European Parliament take place over a period of four days (i.e., Thursday through to Sunday), according to the election days of the EU members states (as listed above). There are some exceptions; as Wednesday was not covered by the available dates, the Netherlands holds elections on Thursday, while Denmark holds elections on Sunday. Countries that hold the ballot before Sunday are not permitted to announce results until all other countries have finished voting.

==See also==
* [[Social:Early voting|Early voting]]

== Notes ==
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==References==
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