Updated December 2012
| Country | Election | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Algeria | People's National Assembly | 10 May 2012 |
| Local | 29 Nov 2012 | |
| Council of Nation (partial) | Dec 2012 | |
| Angola | Presidential & National Assembly | 31 Aug 2012 |
| Burkina Faso | National Assembly | 2 Dec 2012 |
| Cameroon | National Assembly & communes | postponed to Feb 2013 from Jul 2012 |
| Cape Verde | Local | 1 Jul 2012 |
| Chad | Local | 6 Feb 2012 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | Provincial Assemblies | 25 Feb 2012 |
| Senate (indirect) | 13 Jun 2012 | |
| Djibouti | Local (Regional communes) | 20 Jan & 10 Feb 2012 |
| Egypt | People's Assembly | 28 Nov 2011 - 11 Jan 2012 |
| Shura Council | 29 Jan - 11 Mar 2012 | |
| Presidential | May/Jun 2012 | |
| Referendum | 15 Dec 2012 | |
| Gambia | National Assembly & local | 29 Mar 2012 |
| Ghana | Presidential 1st rnd & National Assembly | 7 Dec 2012 |
| Guinea | National Assembly | postponed indefinitely from 2012 and from 29 Dec 2011 |
| Guinea-Bissau | Presidential (ad hoc, death of encumbent) | 1st rnd: 18 March 2012; 2nd rnd: 29 Apr 2012 |
| People's National Assembly | postponed to 2013 from 2012 | |
| Kenya | Presidential, National Assembly & local | postponed to 4 March 2013 by High Court order from 14 Aug 2012 |
| Lesotho | National Assembly | 26 May 2012 |
| Libya | Constituent Assembly | 7 July 2012 |
| Madagascar | National Assembly | postponed to 8 May 2013 from 13 Apr 2011 repeatedly |
| Presidential | postponed to 8 May 2013 from 1 Jul 2011 repeatedly) | |
| Mali | Presidential | Cancelled: 1st rnd: 29 Apr 2012; 2nd rnd: 13 May 2012 |
| National Assembly | Cancelled: 1st rnd: 1 Jul 2012; 2nd rnd: 22 Jul 2012 | |
| Mauritania | Senate (1/3 members) | postponed indefinitely from May 2012 |
| National Assembly, regional & local | postponed indefinitely from May 2012 | |
| Mauritius | Rodrigues Regional Assembly | 5 Feb 2012 |
| Republic of the Congo | National Assembly | 1st Rnd: 15 Jul 2012 2nd rnd: 5 Aug 2012 |
| Senegal | Presidential | 1st rnd: 26 Feb 2012 2nd rnd: 18 Mar 2012 |
| National Assembly | 1 Jul 2012 | |
| Sierra Leone | Presidential, House of Representatives & local | 17 Nov 2012 |
| Swaziland | Urban local | 3 Nov 2012 |
| Togo | National Assembly & local | postponed to early 2013 from Oct 2012 |
| Somalia | Parliamentary (indirect) | 20 Aug 2012 |
| Presidential | 10 Sep 2012 (by new parliament) |
