Английская Википедия:Election day
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Election day or polling day is the day on which general elections 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 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).[1]
An election day usually culminates in an election night when the results of the election are tallied and winners are announced.[2]
Election day by country/territory
Country/Territory | Region | Election day |
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Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Sunday.[3] |
Шаблон:Flag | South America | Fourth Sunday of October immediately before the end of the current mandates.[4] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Sunday. Nationalrat elections may be held on another public holiday.[5] |
Шаблон:Flag | Oceania | Saturday for federal,[6] state and most local elections. Postal and early voting permitted. Some local elections are by postal voting only. |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Sunday (until 1894, Tuesday).[5] |
Шаблон:Flag | South America | Sunday.[7] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Sunday.Шаблон:Sfn |
Шаблон:Flag | South America | First Sunday of October. Runoffs take place on the last Sunday of the same October.[8] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Sunday. |
Шаблон:Flag | North America | Third Monday of October every four years, or after Parliament is dissolved by the Governor General.[9] |
Шаблон:Flag | South America | Sunday.[10] |
Шаблон:Flag | South America | Sunday: the second Sunday of March for Congress, and the second Sunday of May for President and Vice President.[11] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Traditionally elections are held over two days, starting on a Friday afternoon and ending the following Saturday afternoon.[12][13] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Saturday.[14][1] |
Шаблон:Flag | North America | Sunday: first Sunday of February for the President, Vice-President, and Legislative Assembly; second Sunday of February for municipal elections.[15] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Sunday.[16] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Elections for the Folketing usually occur on Tuesday, but this is not a statutory requirement.[17] |
Шаблон:Flag | South America | Sunday.Шаблон:Citation needed |
Шаблон:Flag | North America | Sunday.Шаблон:Citation needed |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Elections for the Riigikogu, which chooses both the president and prime minister, are on the first Sunday of March.[18] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Sunday.[19] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Sunday.[5] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Sunday. Elections to the Bundestag may be held on another public holiday.[20] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Sunday.[5] |
Шаблон:Flag | Asia | Sunday for legislative elections. (The Chief Executive of Hong Kong is not elected by universal suffrage)[21] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Sunday.[22] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Saturday.[1] |
Шаблон:Flag | Asia | Elections are held over multiple days.[23] 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.[24][25] |
Шаблон:Flag | 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.[26] |
Шаблон:Flag | Asia | Friday for presidential elections.[27] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Typically on a Friday, but precise date set by Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government.[28] |
Шаблон:Flag | Asia | By law on the third Tuesday of Cheshvan, but normally held on a different day.[29] Election day is a holiday in Israel, so people do not have to work.[30] |
Шаблон:Flag | 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.[5] |
Шаблон:Flag | Asia | Sunday.[31] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Saturday.[1] |
Шаблон:Flag | Asia | Until 2009, elections were held over several consecutive Sundays.[32] The most recent election, the 2018 Lebanese general election, was also held on a Sunday. |
Шаблон:Flag | 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.[33] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Sunday.[5] |
Шаблон:Flag | Asia | Sunday.[34] |
Шаблон:Flag | 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.[35] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Saturday.[1] |
Шаблон:Flag | Asia | Saturday |
Шаблон:Flag | North America | First Sunday of July until 2018. From 2021, the first Sunday of June.[36] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Sunday for Parliamentary elections.[37] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Typically on a Wednesday.[5] For elections to the European Parliament, Thursday.[38][5] |
Шаблон:Flag | Oceania | Saturday.[39] |
Шаблон:Flag | North America | Sunday.Шаблон:Citation needed |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Monday in early September. Exact date set by the King of Norway.[40] |
Шаблон:Flag | North America | Sunday.[41] |
Шаблон:Flag | South America | Sunday.Шаблон:Citation needed |
Шаблон:Flag | South America | Sunday.[42] |
Шаблон:Flag | Asia | Second Monday in May.[43] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Sunday.[44] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Sunday.[5] |
Шаблон:Flag | North America | Day after the first Monday in November.[45] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Sunday.Шаблон:Citation needed |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Sunday.[46] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Sunday.Шаблон:Citation needed |
Шаблон:Flag | 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.[47] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Saturday.[48] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Sunday.[13] |
Шаблон:Flag | Asia | Usually Wednesday. Election day is a national holiday.[49] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | There is no fixed election day for general elections, although since 1986 every general election has been held on Sunday.Шаблон:Refn Municipal and provincial elections take place on the fourth Sunday of May.[5][50] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Second Sunday of September.[51][52] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Saturday and Sunday.[53] |
Шаблон:Flag | Asia | Saturday.[54][1] |
Шаблон:Flag | Asia | Sunday.[55] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Sunday.[56] |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Sunday.Шаблон:Citation needed |
Шаблон:Flag | Europe | Thursday.[53] Шаблон:Xref |
Шаблон:Flag | North America | All federal elections take place the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.[57] Шаблон:Xref |
Шаблон:Flag | South America | Sunday.Шаблон:Citation needed |
Шаблон:Flag | South America | Sunday.[58] |
Шаблон:Flag | Asia | Sunday.[59] |
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
Notes
References
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- ↑ 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."
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