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    NDI Elections Calendar 2008


    ELECTION DATE

    COUNTRY

    TYPE OF ELECTION

    NDI ACTIVITY

    January 5

    Georgia

    Presidential

    NDI international pre-election and election day observer delegation and assistance to domestic nonpartisan monitors

    January 20

    Serbia

    Presidential

    NDI assistance to domestic nonpartisan monitors

    February 3

    Serbia

    Presidential (Second Round)

    NDI assistance to domestic nonpartisan monitors

    February 18

    Pakistan

    Parliamentary

    NDI international pre-election  delegation and party pollwatcher training

    February 19

    Armenia

    Presidential

    NDI assistance to domestic nonpartisan monitors

    March 2

    Russia

    Presidential

    NDI assistance to domestic nonpartisan monitors

    March 8

    Malaysia

    Parliamentary

    No NDI election-related activity

    March 14

    Iran

    Parliamentary

    No NDI election-related activity

    March 24

    Bhutan

    Parliamentary

    No NDI election-related activity

    March 29

    Zimbabwe

    Presidential/Parliamentary

    NDI assistance to domestic nonpartisan monitors and political party pollwatcher training

    April 6

    Montenegro

    Presidential

    NDI assistance to domestic nonpartisan election monitors

    April 9

    Egypt

    Local

    NDI assistance to domestic nonpartisan election monitors

    April 10

    Nepal

    Constitutional Assembly

    NDI assistance to domestic nonpartisan election monitors and party pollwatcher training

    April 20

    Paraguay

    Presidential/Legislative

    No NDI election-related activity

    May 11

    Serbia

    Parliamentary/Municipal

    NDI assistance to domestic nonpartisan election monitors

    May 16

    Dominican Republic

    Presidential

    NDI activity to be determined

    May 17

    Kuwait

    Parliamentary

    NDI activity to be determined

    May 21

    Georgia

    Parliamentary

    NDI International pre-election assessment mission, assistance to domestic nonpartisan election monitors and political pollwatcher training

    June 1

    Romania

    Local (1st Round)

    NDI activity to be determined

    June 1

    Macedonia

    Parliamentary (snap)

    NDI activity to be determined

    June 15

    Romania

    Local (2nd round)

    NDI activity to be determined

    June 27

    Zimbabwe

    Presidential (2nd round)

    NDI activity to be determined

    July 5

    Sierra Leone

    Municipal

    NDI assistance to domestic nonpartisan election monitors

    July 27

    Cambodia

    Parliamentary

    NDI international pre-election assessment delegation and assistance to domestic nonpartisan election monitors

    September 5 and 6

    Angola

    Parliamentary

    NDI assistance to domestic nonpartisan election monitors

    October 1

    Iraq

    Local

    NDI assistance to domestic nonpartisan election monitors

    October 12

    Belarus

    Parliamentary

    NDI activity to be determined

    October 15

    Azerbaijan

    Presidential

    NDI assistance to domestic nonpartisan election monitors and political party pollwatcher training

    October

    Swaziland

    Legislative

    NDI activity to be determined

    November

    Guinea Bissau

    Legislative

    NDI political party pollwatcher training

    November 2

    Nicaragua

    Municipal

    NDI assistance to domestic nonpartisan election monitors

    November 23

    Venezuela

    Local

    NDI activity to be determined

    November 28

    Romania

    Parliamentary

    NDI activity to be determined

    November 30

    Cote d'Ivoire

    Presidential/Parliamentary

    NDI party pollwatcher training

    December

    Guinea

    Presidential

    NDI activity to be determined

    December

    Venezuela

    Regional

    NDI activity to be determined

    December

    Ghana

    Presidential/Legislative

    NDI activity to be determined

    December

    Bangladesh

    Parliamentary

    NDI international pre-election delegation and pollwatcher training

    2008

    Guinea

    Parliamentary

    NDI activity to be determined

    2008

    Bolivia

    Constitutional Assembly

    NDI activity to be determined

    2008

    Congo-Brazzaville

    Legislative

    NDI activity to be determined

    2008

    Sudan

    General

    NDI activity to be determined

    2008 Rwanda Legislative NDI activity to be determined

    NDI Elections Calendar 2009


    ELECTION DATE

    COUNTRY

    TYPE OF ELECTION

    NDI ACTIVITY

    January 2009

    Gabon

    Legislative

    NDI activity to be determined

    January 2009

    El Salvador

    Legislative/Municipal

    NDI activity to be determined

    March 2009

    El Salvador

    Presidential

    NDI activity to be determined

    Spring 2009

    Moldova

    Parliamentary

    NDI activity to be determined

    April 2009

    Equitorial Guinea

    Legislative

    NDI activity to be determined

    May 2009

    Malawi

    Presidential/Legislative

    NDI activity to be determined

    May 2009

    Mali

    Municipal

    NDI activity to be determined

    November 2009

    Namibia

    Presidential/Legislative

    NDI activity to be determined

    December 2009

    Equitorial Guinea

    Presidential

    NDI activity to be determined

    2009

    Botswana

    General

    NDI activity to be determined

    2009

    Cameroon

    Presidential

    NDI activity to be determined

    2009

    Comoros

    Legislative

    NDI activity to be determined

    2009

    Congo-Brazzaville

    Presidential

    NDI activity to be determined

    2009

    Mozambique

    Presidential/Legislative

    NDI activity to be determined

    2009

    Niger

    Presidential/Legislative

    NDI activity to be determined

    2009

    South Africa

    Presidential/Legislative

    NDI activity to be determined

    2009 Tunisia Legislative NDI activity to be determined


    * Tentative date
    Note: General elections refer to a presidential, legislative and local vote.

    Primary Sources: NDI staff, newspaper reports and IFES’s Election Guide calendar

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    Julia Brothers, Program Officer
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    Updated March 2008

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