This local electoral calendar for 2015 lists the subnational elections held in 2015. Referendums, recall and retention elections, and national by-elections (special elections) are also included.
January 4 January: Hong Kong, Rural Committees (1st phase) India, Chhattisgarh, Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils and Town Councils Uzbekistan, Regional Councils, District Councils and City Councils (2nd round) 5 January: Belize, Cayo North, House of Representatives by-election 6 January: Federated States of Micronesia, Kosrae, Governor (2nd round) 11 January: Hong Kong, Rural Committees (2nd phase) Japan, Saga, Governor 13 January: India, Madhya Pradesh, District Councils, Township Councils and Village Councils (1st phase) 16 January: India, Rajasthan, District Councils, Township Councils and Village Councils (1st phase) 18 January: Hong Kong, Rural Committees (3rd phase) 22 January: India, Rajasthan, District Councils, Township Councils and Village Councils (2nd phase) 25 January: Austria, Lower Austria, Comoros Anjouan, Island Council Grande Comore, Island Council Mohéli, Island Council Hong Kong, Rural Committees (4th phase) Japan, Yamanashi, 28 January: India, Chhattisgarh, District Councils, Township Councils and Village Councils (1st phase) 30 January: India, Rajasthan, District Councils, Township Councils and Village Councils (3rd phase) 31 January: Australia, Queensland, Legislative Assembly India, Madhya Pradesh, District Councils, Township Councils, Village Councils (2nd phase) and Mayors
February 1 February: France, Doubs's 4th constituency, India, Chhattisgarh, District Councils, Township Councils and Village Councils (2nd phase) Japan, Aichi, 2 February: Kenya, Homa Bay, Senate by-election 4 February: India, Chhattisgarh, District Councils, Township Councils and Village Councils (3rd phase) 7 February: India Delhi, Legislative Assembly Rajasthan, District Heads and Township Heads Taiwan, , , , and , Legislative Yuan by-elections 8 February: France, Doubs's 4th constituency, India, Rajasthan, District Deputy Heads and Township Deputy Heads Poland, senatorial constituency No. 75, Switzerland, Basel-Landschaft, Executive Council and Landrat 12 February: Australia, Lord Howe Island, Board India, Assam, Municipal Boards and Town Committees 13 February: India, Bangaon, House of the People by-election 15 February: Germany, Hamburg, Parliament 19 February: India, Madhya Pradesh, District Councils, Township Councils and Village Councils (3rd phase) 22 February: Comoros, Communal Councils Hungary, Veszprém 1, India, Punjab, Municipal Corporations 24 February: United States, Chicago, Mayor and City Council (1st round) 25 February: India, Punjab, Municipal Councils and Town Councils
March 1 March: Austria, Carinthia, El Salvador, Lithuania Žirmūnai,
Tajikistan, Regional Legislatures, City Legislatures and District Legislatures 3 March: Federated States of Micronesia, Chuuk, House of Representatives United States Los Angeles, City Council (1st round) Oklahoma City, City Council Tampa, Mayor and City Council (1st round) Wichita, Mayor and City Council (1st round) 4 March: Belize, City Councils and Town Councils 8 March: Switzerland Aargau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Executive Council and Cantonal Council Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Geneva, referendum Grisons, Nidwalden, referendum Schaffhausen, referendums Schwyz, Solothurn, 13 March: Syria, Rojava, Municipal Councils 15 March: Armenia, Mayors, Local Councils and Community Chiefs Austria Carinthia, Vorarlberg, India, Goa, District Councils Liechtenstein, Mayors and Municipal Councils Lithuania Žirmūnai,
Monaco, Communal Council Pakistan, NA-137, National Assembly by-election 16 March: Kenya, Kajiado Central, National Assembly by-election 16 March – 29 May: Canada, Metro Vancouver, TransLink referendum 18 March: Netherlands Dutch Provincial Parliaments
Bonaire, Island Council Saba, Island Council Sint Eustatius, Island Council 20 March: American Samoa, District 6, House of Representatives by-election 22 March: Austria, Styria, France, Departemental Councils (1st round) Guadeloupe, Mayotte, Réunion, Moldova, Gagauzia, Governor Spain, Andalusia, Parliament 24 March: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbuda, Council United States Jacksonville, Mayor and City Council (1st round) Tampa, City Council (2nd round) 27 March: Zimbabwe, Chirumanzu–Zibagwe and Mount Darwin West, House of Assembly by-elections 28 March: Australia, New South Wales, Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council New Zealand, Northland, House of Representatives by-election 29 March: Austria Carinthia, Vorarlberg, Bolivia, Governors, Departamental Legislative Assemblies, Mayors, Municipal Councils, Beni Provincial Subgovernors, Gran Chaco Regional Assembly and Tarija Sectional Executives France, Departemental Councils (2nd round) Guadeloupe, Mayotte, Réunion, Kazakhstan, Regional Councils and City Councils Portugal, Madeira, Legislative Assembly Switzerland, Lucerne, Executive Council (1st round) and Cantonal Council 31 March: Cook Islands, Vaipae-Tautu, Parliament by-election
April 7 April: United States Anchorage, Mayor (1st round) Chicago, Mayor and City Council (2nd round) Colorado Springs, Mayor (1st round) and City Council Ferguson, City Council Kansas City, MO, Mayor and City Council (1st round) Las Vegas, Mayor and City Council St. Louis, Board of Aldermen Wichita, Mayor and City Council (2nd round) Wisconsin, Supreme Court and Court of Appeals 8 April: India, Assam, Bodoland, Territorial Council 11 April: Malta, Local Councils Nigeria Abia, Governor and House of Assembly Adamawa, Governor and House of Assembly Akwa Ibom, Governor and House of Assembly Anambra, House of Assembly Bauchi, Governor and House of Assembly Bayelsa, House of Assembly Benue, Governor and House of Assembly Borno, Governor and House of Assembly Cross River, Governor and House of Assembly Delta, Governor and House of Assembly Ebonyi, Governor and House of Assembly Edo, House of Assembly Ekiti, House of Assembly Enugu, Governor and House of Assembly Gombe, Governor and House of Assembly Imo, Governor and House of Assembly Jigawa, Governor and House of Assembly Kaduna, Governor and House of Assembly Kano, Governor and House of Assembly Katsina, Governor and House of Assembly Kebbi, Governor and House of Assembly Kogi, House of Assembly Kwara, Governor and House of Assembly Lagos, Governor and House of Assembly Nasarawa, Governor and House of Assembly Niger, Governor and House of Assembly Ogun, Governor and House of Assembly Ondo, House of Assembly Osun, House of Assembly Oyo, Governor and House of Assembly Plateau, Governor and House of Assembly Rivers, Governor and House of Assembly Sokoto, Governor and House of Assembly Taraba, Governor and House of Assembly Yobe, Governor and House of Assembly Zamfara, Governor and House of Assembly 12 April: Hungary, Veszprém 3, Japan, Unified Local elections (1st phase) Aichi, Akita, Prefectural Assembly Aomori, Prefectural Assembly Chiba, Ehime, Prefectural Assembly Fukui, Governor and Prefectural Assembly Fukuoka, Governor and Prefectural Assembly Gifu, Prefectural Assembly Gunma, Prefectural Assembly Hiroshima, Prefectural Assembly Hiroshima City, and City Council Hokkaido, Governor and Sapporo, and City Council Hyōgo, Prefectural Assembly Ishikawa, Prefectural Assembly Kagawa, Prefectural Assembly Kagoshima, Prefectural Assembly Kanagawa, Governor and Yokohama, City Council Kōchi, Prefectural Assembly Kumamoto, Prefectural Assembly Kyoto, Prefectural Assembly Mie, Governor Prefectural Assembly Miyazaki, Prefectural Assembly Nagano, Prefectural Assembly Nagasaki, Prefectural Assembly Nara, and Niigata, Prefectural Assembly Oita, and Okayama, Prefectural Assembly Osaka, Prefectural Assembly Saga, Prefectural Assembly Saitama, Shiga, Prefectural Assembly Shimane, Governor and Prefectural Assembly Shizuoka, Prefectural Assembly Tochigi, Tokushima, Governor and Prefectural Assembly Tottori, Governor and Prefectural Assembly Toyama, Prefectural Assembly Wakayama, Prefectural Assembly Yamagata, Prefectural Assembly Yamaguchi, Prefectural Assembly Yamanashi, Prefectural Assembly Switzerland Schaffhausen, referendum Zürich, Executive Council and Cantonal Council 17 April: Samoa, Sagaga-le-Usoga, Legislative Assembly by-election 18 April: Nigeria, Rivers, House of Assembly (revote in 6 constituencies) 19 April: Cuba, Switzerland, Ticino, Council of State and Grand Council 21 April: Liberia, Rivercess-2, House of Representatives by-election United States, Navajo Nation, President 22 April: India, Karnataka, Greater Bangalore, Municipal Corporation 23 April: Pakistan, NA-246, National Assembly by-election 25 April: India, West Bengal, Municipal Corporations and Municipal Councils Kolkata, Municipal Corporation Nigeria Abia, Governor and House of Assembly (revote in 9 LGAs) Cross River, Biase and Yakurr 2, House of Assembly (revote) Imo, Governor and House of Assembly (revote in 250 precincts) Taraba, Governor and House of Assembly (revote in 8 LGAs) 26 April: Argentina, Neuquén, Cuba, Japan, Unified Local elections (2nd phase), City, Ward, Town and Village Mayors and Councils Switzerland, Appenzell Innerrhoden
Landsgemeinde 28 April: Bangladesh Chittagong, Mayor and City Corporation Dhaka North, Mayor and City Corporation Dhaka South, Mayor and City Corporation 29 April: South Korea, Ganghwa, Gwanak, Gwangju and Jungwon-gu, 30 April: India, Mizoram, Village Councils and Local Councils
May 2 May: Australia, Tasmania, (Derwent, Mersey and Windermere) Legislative Council 3 May: Bolivia, Beni and Tarija, Governors (2nd round) Switzerland Appenzell Innerrhoden, Glarus, 4 May: Canada, Prince Edward Island, Legislative Assembly India, Tripura, Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District, Council Kenya, Kabete, National Assembly by-election 5 May: Canada, Alberta, Legislative Assembly Malaysia, Rompin, House of Representatives by-election United States New York's 11th congressional district, U.S. House of Representatives special election Anchorage, Mayor (2nd round) Denver, Mayor and City Council (1st round) 7 May: Malaysia, Permatang Pauh, House of Representatives by-election United Kingdom, England, Metropolitan Borough Councils, Unitary Authorities, District Councils, Mayors and Bedfordshire referendum Birmingham, City Council Leeds, City Council Liverpool, City Council Manchester, City Council 8 May: Philippines, Puerto Princesa, Mayor recall election 9 May: United States Arlington, Mayor and City Council Dallas, Mayor and City Council (1st round) Fort Worth, Mayor and City Council San Antonio, Mayor and City Council (1st round) 9–22 May: Papua New Guinea, Pomio, National Parliament by-election 10 May: Germany, Bremen, Parliament and City Councils Italy, Aosta Valley and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Mayors and Municipal Councils (1st round) Switzerland, Lucerne, Executive Council (2nd round) Uruguay, Departmental Mayors, Departmental Councils, Municipal Mayors and Municipal Councils 11 May: Guyana, Regional Democratic Councils 11–25 May: Papua New Guinea, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, President and House of Representatives 12 May: United States, Mississippi's 1st congressional district, U.S. House of Representatives special election (1st round) 13 May: Qatar, Central Municipal Council 17 May: Argentina, Salta, Japan, Osaka City, Metropolis Plan referendum 19 May: United States Colorado Springs, Mayor (2nd round) Jacksonville, Mayor and City Council (2nd round) Kentucky, Supreme Court special election Los Angeles, City Council (2nd round) 21 May: Isle of Man, Douglas North and Douglas South, House of Keys by-elections 22 May: Ireland, Carlow–Kilkenny, Dáil by-election 23 May: Nigeria, Rivers, Local Government Councils and Chairmen 24 May: Ethiopia, Regional Councils Italy, Aosta Valley and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Mayors and Municipal Councils (2nd round)