Here is Suffragio‘s guide to the top 17 elections to watch in global politics in 2017.

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All United States elections and political events are marked in blue.

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January

January 22: Parti socialiste (France) — presidential primary
(1st round)
January 29: Parti socialiste (France) — presidential primary (2nd round)
January 29: Haiti — parliamentary (2nd round)

February

February 4: Goa (India) — regional parliamentary
February 4: Punjab (India) — regional parliamentary
February 5: Liechtenstein — parliamentary
February 11: Uttar Pradesh (India) — regional parliamentary (1st round begins)
February 12: Turkmenistan — presidential
February 15: Uttarakhand (India) — regional parliamentary
February 15: Aceh (Indonesia) — gubernatorial elections
February 15: Bangka (Indonesia) — gubernatorial elections
February 15: Baten (Indonesia) — gubernatorial elections
February 15: Belitung (Indonesia) — gubernatorial elections
February 15: Gorontalo (Indonesia) — gubernatorial elections
February 15: Jakarta (Indonesia) — gubernatorial elections
February 15: West Sulawesi (Indonesia) — gubernatorial elections
February 15: West Papua (Indonesia) — gubernatorial elections
February 19: Ecuador — presidential (1st round)

March

March 2: Northern Ireland — parliamentary
March 4: Manipur (India) — regional parliamentary (begins)
March 7: Micronesia — parliamentary
March 8: Uttar Pradesh (India) — regional parliamentary (7th and final round begins)
March 8: Manipur (India) — regional parliamentary (ends)
March 11: Western Australia — regional parliamentary
March 12: Abkhazia — regional parliamentary
March 15: The Netherlands — parliamentary
March 18: Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta — leadership election
March 20: Timor Leste — presidential
March 26: Hong Kong (China) — chief executive election
March 26: Bulgaria — parliamentary
March 26: Saarland (Germany) — regional parliamentary
March 28: Somaliland — presidential and parliamentary

April 

April 2: Ecuador — presidential (runoff)
April 2: Armenia — parliamentary
April 2: Serbia — presidential
April 3: Democratic Party (South Korea) — presidential primary
April 6: Gambia — parliamentary
April 9: South Ossetia — presidential
April 16: Turkey — presidential system referendum
April 16: Serbia — presidential (runoff)
April 19: Jakarta (Indonesia) — gubernatorial elections (runoff)
April 23: France — presidential (1st round)
April 30: Partito Democratico (Italy) — leadership election

May

May 4: United Kingdom — local council and mayoral elections
May 4: Algeria — parliamentary
May 7: France — presidential (runoff)
May 7: Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) — regional parliamentary
May 9: South Korea — presidential
May 9: British Columbia (Canada) — regional parliamentary
May 10: Bahamas — parliamentary
May 14: North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) — regional parliamentary
May 19: Iran — presidential
May 21: Turkmenistan — parliamentary
May 21: Partido Socialista Obrero Español (Spain) — leadership election
May 24: Cayman Islands — parliamentary
May 27: Conservative Party of Canada — leadership election

June

June 3: Lesotho — parliamentary
June 3: Malta — parliamentary
June 4: Liberal Party of Alberta (Canada) — leadership election
June 4: Coahuila (Mexico) — gubernatorial election
June 4: Mexico (state) — gubernatorial election
June 4: Nayarit (Mexico) — gubernatorial election
June 8: United Kingdom — parliamentary
June 11: France — parliamentary (1st round)
June 11: Italy — municipal (1st round)
June 11: Puerto Rico (United States) — status referendum
June 18: France — parliamentary (2nd round)
June 24: Papua New Guinea — parliamentary (begins)
June 25: Albania — parliamentary
June 25: Italy — municipal (2nd round)
June 26: Mongolia — presidential
June: Venezuela — gubernatorial elections
June: Lebanon — parliamentary

July

July 2: Senegal — parliamentary
July 3: Vanuatu — presidential (indirect)
July 4: Labor Party (Israel) — leadership primary
July 8: Papua New Guinea — parliamentary (ends)
July 9: South Sudan — presidential, parliamentary and local
July 9: Partido Acción Ciudadana (Costa Rica)– presidential primary
July 16: Congo (Brazzaville) — parliamentary (1st round)
July 17: India — presidential (indirect)
July 19: Partido Liberación Nacional (Costa Rica) — leadership election
July 22: Tokyo (Japan) — regional parliamentary
July 22: Timor-Leste — parliamentary
July 26: Saint Helena — parliamentary
July 27: Kuwait — local elections
July 29: Gabon — parliamentary
July 30: Senegal — parliamentary
July: Nagorno-Karabakh — presidential
July: Sierra Leone — presidential and parliamentary

August

August 4: Rwanda — presidential
August 8: Kenya — presidential and parliamentary
August 9: Argentina — parliamentary primaries
August 15: Jordan — gubernatorial and local elections
August 16: Liberal Democrats (United Kingdom) — leadership contest begins
August 23: Angola — parliamentary and presidential (indirect)

September

September 10: Russia — provincial and local gubernatorial
September 11: Norway — parliamentary
September 13: Liberal Democrats (United Kingdom) — leadership contest winner announced
September 16: Iraq — provincial parliamentary
September 16: (Kurdistan) Iraq — local assembly
September 17: Macao (China) — legislative council
September 23: New Zealand — parliamentary
September 24: Germany — legislative
September 22: Aruba — parliamentary
September 25: Kurdistan (Iraq) — independence referendum
September: Singapore — presidential

October

October 1: Catalonia (Spain) — independence referendum
October 1: Portugal — municipal
October 8: Luxembourg — municipal
October 10: Liberia — presidential and parliamentary
October 15: Estonia — municipal
October 15: Kyrgyzstan — presidential
October 15: Austria — parliamentary
October 20-21: Czech Republic — parliamentary
October 29: Argentina — midterm parliamentary
October 22: New Democratic Party of Canada — leadership election
October 29: Cuba — municipal
October: Anambra (Nigeria) — gubernatorial

November

November 5: Sicily (Italy) — regional parliamentary
November 5: Quebec (Canada) — municipal
November 7: New York City — mayoral 
November 7: Los Angeles — mayoral
November 7: United States — mayoral
November 7: New Jersey — gubernatorial
November 7: Virginia — gubernatorial
November 13: Somaliland — presidential
November 19: Chile — presidential and parliamentary
November 19: Kyrgyzstan — presidential
November 21: Denmark — regional
November 26: Honduras — presidential and parliamentary
November: Gujarat (India) — regional parliamentary
November: Slovenia — presidential

December

December 10: Venezuela — gubernatorial and municipal
December 16-20: African National Congress (South Africa) — leadership election
December 20: South Korea — presidential
December: Bermuda — parliamentary
December: Himachal Pradesh (India) — regional parliamentary

Potentially in / planned for 2017

Afghanistan — parliamentary
Bloc Québécois (Canada) — leadership election
Chad — parliamentary
China — 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (likely autumn)
Hungary — presidential (indirect)
Italy — parliamentary
Thailand — parliamentary (likely November)
Venezuela — presidential recall referendum