The following elections occurred in the year 2012.
International
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2012 United Nations Security Council election
Africa
Egypt
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2012 Egyptian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Egypt in 2012, with the first round on 23 and 24 May 2012 and the second on 16 and 17 June. The 2012 Egyptian Presidential election was the first democratic presidential election of Egypt’s history. The Musli ...
Mali
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2012 Malian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Mali on 28 July 2013, with a second round run-off held on 11 August. Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta defeated Soumaïla Cissé in the run-off to become the new President of Mali.
Background
According to the 1992 const ...
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2012 Malian parliamentary election
Senegal
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2012 Senegalese presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Senegal on 26 February 2012, amidst controversy over the constitutional validity of a third term for incumbent president Abdoulaye Wade. In the runoff on 25 March, Macky Sall defeated the incumbent president. T ...
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2012 Senegalese parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Senegal on 1 July 2012. The result was a victory for the United in Hope coalition supporting newly elected President Macky Sall, which won 119 of the 150 seats in the National Assembly.
Sierra Leone
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2012 Sierra Leonean general election
General elections were held in Sierra Leone on 17 November 2012. The result was a sweeping victory for the ruling All People's Congress. Its leader, incumbent president Ernest Bai Koroma, won 58.7% of the vote, enough to win a second term without ...
Somaliland
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2012 Somaliland parliamentary election
Asia
* Abkhazia:
Abkhazian parliamentary election
* People's Republic of China:
12th National People's Congress
The 12th National People's Congress was elected in national congressional conferences from October 2012 to February 2013 and was in session from 2013 to 2018. It succeeded the 11th National People's Congress. It held five plenary sessions in ...
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2012 Hong Kong Chief Executive election
The 2012 Hong Kong Chief Executive election was held on 25 March 2012 to select the Chief Executive of Hong Kong (CE), the highest office in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), by a 1,193-member Election Committee (EC) to replac ...
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2012 Hong Kong legislative election
The 2012 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was held on 9 September 2012 for the 5th Legislative Council (LegCo) since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
The election was for the new total of 70 seats in LegCo ...
* India
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2012 Indian presidential election
The 14th indirect Presidential election, in order to elect the 13th President, was held in India on 19 July 2012. The last date for filing nominations was 30 June, whereas the votes would be counted on 22 July. The two leading candidates for ...
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Legislative Assembly elections in India, 2012
* Indonesian gubernatorial elections, 2012
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Acehnese gubernatorial election
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Jakarta gubernatorial election
* Iran:
Iranian legislative election Iranian legislative elections are held every four years to elect members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly
The Islamic Consultative Assembly ( fa, مجلس شورای اسلامی, Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī), also called the Iranian Parlia ...
* Japan
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Japanese general election
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Kyoto mayoral election
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Tokyo gubernatorial election
* Kuweit
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general election, February
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general election, December
* Malaysia:
Democratic Action Party leadership election
* Mongolia:
legislative election
A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
* Myanmar (Burma):
by-elections
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...
* Philippines:
Negros Occidental's 5th legislative district special election
* Russia
presidential election
A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is President.
Elections by country
Albania
The president of Albania is elected by the Assembly of Albania who are elected by the Albanian public.
Chile
The pre ...
* South Korea
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presidential election
A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is President.
Elections by country
Albania
The president of Albania is elected by the Assembly of Albania who are elected by the Albanian public.
Chile
The pre ...
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legislative election
A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
* Republic of China (Taiwan)
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presidential election
A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is President.
Elections by country
Albania
The president of Albania is elected by the Assembly of Albania who are elected by the Albanian public.
Chile
The pre ...
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legislative election
A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
Europe
* Czech Republic:
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Czech Senate election
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Czech regional elections
* Finland
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presidential election
A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is President.
Elections by country
Albania
The president of Albania is elected by the Assembly of Albania who are elected by the Albanian public.
Chile
The pre ...
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municipal election
In many parts of the world, local elections take place to select office-holders in local government, such as mayors and councillors. Elections to positions within a city or town are often known as "municipal elections". Their form and conduct vary ...
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presidential election
A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is President.
Elections by country
Albania
The president of Albania is elected by the Assembly of Albania who are elected by the Albanian public.
Chile
The pre ...
* Germany
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presidential election
A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is President.
Elections by country
Albania
The president of Albania is elected by the Assembly of Albania who are elected by the Albanian public.
Chile
The pre ...
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Saarland state election
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Schleswig-Holstein state election
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North Rhine-Westphalia state election
* Lithuania:
parliamentary election
A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
* Romania
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local election
In many parts of the world, local elections take place to select office-holders in local government, such as mayors and councillors. Elections to positions within a city or town are often known as "municipal elections". Their form and conduct vary ...
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legislative election
A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
* Russia:
presidential election
A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is President.
Elections by country
Albania
The president of Albania is elected by the Assembly of Albania who are elected by the Albanian public.
Chile
The pre ...
* Serbia
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presidential election
A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is President.
Elections by country
Albania
The president of Albania is elected by the Assembly of Albania who are elected by the Albanian public.
Chile
The pre ...
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parliamentary election
A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
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Vojvodina parliamentary election
* Spain
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Andalusian parliamentary election
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Elections to the General Council of the Principality of Asturias
* Ukraine:
parliamentary election
A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
* United Kingdom
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2012 United Kingdom local elections
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2012 Scottish local elections
The 2012 Scottish local elections were held on 3 May 2012 in all 32 local authorities. The Scottish National Party (SNP) overtook Labour to win the highest share of the vote, and retained and strengthened its position as the party with most coun ...
Middle East
Iran
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2012 Iranian legislative election
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North America
Mexico
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2012 Mexican presidential election
General elections were held in Mexico on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Voters went to the polls to elect a new President of the Republic to serve a six-year term, replacing Felipe Calderón, 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies and 128 members of th ...
United States
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2012 United States elections
The 2012 United States elections took place on November 6, 2012. Democratic President Barack Obama won election to a second term, though the Republican Party retained control of the House of Representatives. As of 2020, this is the most rece ...
Presidential
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2012 United States presidential election
The 2012 United States presidential election was the 57th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, incumbent Vice President Joe Biden, were re-el ...
Senate
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2012 United States Senate elections
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United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2012
The 2012 United States Senate election in Connecticut was held on November 6, 2012, in conjunction with the 2012 U.S. presidential election, other elections to the United States Senate in other states, as well as elections to the United States H ...
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United States Senate election in Florida, 2012
The 2012 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 6, 2012, alongside a presidential election, other elections to the House and Senate, as well as various state and local elections. The primary election was held August 14, 2 ...
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United States Senate election in Indiana, 2012
The 2012 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local e ...
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United States Senate election in Maryland, 2012
The 2012 United States Senate election in Maryland took place on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the 2012 U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate, House of Representatives, and various state and lo ...
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United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 2012
The 2012 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held in Massachusetts on November 6, 2012, Democrat Elizabeth Warren defeated incumbent Republican Senator Scott Brown. This election was held concurrently with the U.S. presidential ...
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United States Senate election in Missouri, 2012
The 2012 United States Senate election in Missouri was held on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the 2012 presidential election, other elections to the United States Senate in other states, as well as elections to the United States House of R ...
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United States Senate election in Nebraska, 2012
The 2012 United States Senate election in Nebraska took place on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the 2012 United States presidential election, 2012 U.S. presidential election as well as other United States Senate elections, 2012, elections ...
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United States Senate election in Nevada, 2012
The 2012 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and the 2012 presid ...
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United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2012
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United States Senate election in North Dakota, 2012
The 2012 United States Senate election in North Dakota took place on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the 2012 U.S. presidential election, other United States Senate elections, United States House of Representatives elections, and various sta ...
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United States Senate election in Ohio, 2012
The 2012 United States Senate election in Ohio took place on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the 2012 U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local ...
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United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2012
The 2012 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 6, 2012, alongside a presidential election, other elections to the United States Senate in other states, as well as elections to the United States House of Representativ ...
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United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 2012
The 2012 United States Senate election in Rhode Island was on November 6, 2012, alongside the 2012 United States presidential election in Rhode Island, presidential election, 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island, ...
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United States Senate election in Texas, 2012
The 2012 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 6, 2012, along with other elections to the United States Senate the United States House of Representatives in additional states. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hu ...
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United States Senate election in Utah, 2012
The 2012 United States Senate election in Utah took place on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the 2012 United States presidential election, 2012 U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate and United State ...
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United States Senate election in Vermont, 2012
The 2012 United States Senate election in Vermont was held on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Independent U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders won re-election to a second term in a landslide, capturing nearly three-quarters of the vote.
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United States Senate election in Virginia, 2012
The 2012 United States Senate election in Virginia took place on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the 2012 United States presidential election, 2012 U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate and United ...
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United States Senate election in Washington, 2012
The 2012 United States Senate election in Washington took place on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the 2012 United States presidential election, 2012 U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate and Unite ...
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United States Senate election in West Virginia, 2012
The 2012 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held on November 6, 2012, to elect one of West Virginia's two members of the U.S. Senate for a six-year term. In a rematch of the 2010 special election, incumbent Democratic U.S. Sena ...
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United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 2012
The 2012 United States Senate election in Wisconsin took place on November 6, 2012, alongside a U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local election ...
House of Representatives
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2012 United States House of Representatives elections
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 6, 2012. It coincided with the reelection of President Barack Obama. Elections were held for all 435 seats representing the 50 U.S. states and also for the delegate ...
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United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, 2012
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United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2012
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United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 2012
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Gubernatorial
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2012 United States gubernatorial elections
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 12 states (including a recall election in Wisconsin on June 5) and two territories. Of the eight Democratic and four Republican seats contested, only that of North Carolina changed party hand ...
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2012 Delaware gubernatorial election
The 2012 Delaware gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2012, to elect the governor of Delaware. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jack Markell won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican challenger Jeff Cragg in a landslide ...
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2012 Indiana gubernatorial election
The 2012 Indiana gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2012. Incumbent governor Mitch Daniels was term-limited and unable to seek a third term. The Republican candidate, Congressman Mike Pence; the Democratic candidate, former Spea ...
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2012 Missouri gubernatorial election
The 2012 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2012, to elect the Governor of Missouri. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jay Nixon won re-election against the Republican nominee, businessman Dave Spence, despite incumbent Preside ...
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2012 Montana gubernatorial election
The 2012 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2012, to elect the Governor of Montana. Incumbent Democratic Governor Brian Schweitzer was term-limited and could not run for re-election to a third term.
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2012 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
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2012 North Carolina gubernatorial election
The 2012 North Carolina gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the 2012 United States presidential election, U.S. House election, statewide judicial election, Council of State election and various local elec ...
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2012 North Dakota gubernatorial election
The 2012 North Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2012 to elect a Governor and Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota, concurrently with the 2012 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate, elec ...
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2012 Utah gubernatorial election
The 2012 Utah gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2012. It was won by Republican incumbent Governor Gary Herbert.
Republican nomination
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2012 Washington gubernatorial election
The 2012 Washington gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2012. Candidates in the election were chosen in an August 7, 2012 primary election, under the state's nonpartisan blanket primary system, which allows voters to vote for any ca ...
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2012 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election
The 2012 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2012, to elect the Governor of Puerto Rico.
The incumbent PNP Governor Luis Fortuño and Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi ran for a second term during this election. Their ...
Central America
Dominican Republic
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2012 Dominican Republic presidential election
Presidential elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 20 May 2012. They were the fifth quadrennial elections for the President of the Dominican Republic, presidency and Vice President of the Dominican Republic, vice-presidency since 1998 ...
Oceania
Australia
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2012 Australian Capital Territory general election
Elections to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly occurred on Saturday, 20 October 2012. The 11-year incumbent Labor Party, led by Chief Minister Katy Gallagher, won a fourth term over the main opposition Liberal Party, led by ...
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2012 Northern Territory general election
The Northern Territory general election was held on Saturday 25 August 2012, which elected all 25 members of the Legislative Assembly in the unicameral Northern Territory Parliament. The 11-year Labor Party government led by Chief Minister Pa ...
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2012 Queensland state election
The 2012 Queensland state election was held on 24 March 2012 to elect all 89 members of the Legislative Assembly, a unicameral parliament.
The Labor Party (ALP), led by Premier Anna Bligh, was defeated by the opposition Liberal National Pa ...
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South America
Brazil
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2012 Brazilian municipal elections
Venezuela
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presidential election
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regional elections
See also
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List of presidential elections in 2012
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