2016 Elections Monitoring
Presidential and parliamentary elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2015.
Parliamentary elections in Cote d’Ivoire were held on 18 December 2016.
Presidential elections were held in the Gambia on 1 December 2016.
The Comoros or, as formally known, the Union of Comoros, held the first and second round of the presidential elections on 21 February 2016 and 10 April 2016.
Elections in the Central African Republic were held on the 14th of February to elect a President and members of the National Assembly.According to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Central African Republic is a semi-presidential republic, where the President serves as the Head of State and the Prime Minister as Head of Government.
The Parliamentary elections in Seychelles were held on 8-10 September 2016.
Parliamentary elections in Morocco took place on the 7th of October, 2016.
General elections were held in Zambia on 11 August 2016 to elect the President and National Assembly.
Presidential elections in Gabon were held on the 27th of August, 2016.
São Tomé and Príncipe’s democracy is recent, having gained independence from Portugal only in 1975.
Presidential Elections in Equatorial Guinea were held on the 24th of April, 2016.
Presidential elections in Djibouti were held on the 8th of April, 2016.
The 2016 Presidential Elections in Chad were held on the 10th April.
Presidential elections in Congo-Brazzaville took place on the 20th March 2016.
Elections were held on February 21st 2016.
Ugandan Presidential Elections were held on the 18th February 2016.
Parliamentary elections in Cape Verde were held on the 20th of March this year.
Presidential elections were held in Benin on 6 March 2016.