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Election Watch

ACLED's Election Watch monitors election violence worldwide.

Recent and upcoming elections

This list includes elections held last month, as well as those planned during this month, and the next two months.

Election-related disorder coverage

Mentions in ACLED’s Regional Overviews of violence and disorder related to local and national elections.

Data on Election Violence

This file contains events featuring election-related or poll-related violence

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Leaders tighten control as repression shapes Iraq’s 2025 elections

While violence in Iraq is at its lowest levels since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, the relative stability ahead of the 11 November vote is the result of repression by political leaders whose legitimacy is eroding.

5 November 2025

A view of the streets of Baghdad decorated with candidates' propaganda posters ahead of the Iraq general elections on 11 November 2025.

The last of the hegemonic liberation parties: Tanzania’s CCM clings to power as elections loom

The systematic repression of opposing forces in Tanzania — through arrests, abductions, and political exclusion — guarantees President Hassan’s victory on 29 October.

14 October 2025

The last of the hegemonic liberation parties: Tanzania’s CCM clings to power as elections loom

Bolivia braces for tense elections as ruling party implodes

The dispute between Evo Morales and current President Luis Arce has triggered deadly violence in defense of Morales’ cause, which signals the power of his supporters to question the legitimacy of an election that excludes the former president.

7 August 2025