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Elections in 2004


This is a list of national elections (sometimes called General or Presidential Elections) that took place around the world in 2004. See also List of elections for the latest election results in each country.

Country Date Electee (elected party) Change or return* Other information
Algeria 8 Apr Abdelaziz Bouteflika (coalition including the Islamist Movement for the Society of Peace) Return Algerian presidential election, 2004
Australia 9 Oct John Howard (Liberal Party of Australia) Return Australian legislative election, 2004
Canada 28 June Paul Martin (Liberal Party of Canada) Return Canadian federal election, 2004
India 13 May Dr. Manmohan Singh (United Progressive Alliance) Change Indian general elections, 2004
Ireland 22 Oct Mary McAleese (Fianna Fáil) Return Irish presidential election, 2004
Romania 28 Nov & 12 Dec Traian Băsescu (Justice & Truth alliance) Change 12 candidates contested the original elections. None received more than 50% of the vote so a run-off was held between the two leading candidates.
Spain 14 Mar José Zapatero (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) Change Spanish legislative election, 2004

The ruling party, the People's Party, are said to have lost the elections partly due to the effect on the nation of the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks.

Taiwan 20 Mar Chen Shui-bian (Democratic Progressive Party) Return ROC presidential election, 2004
United States 2 Nov George W. Bush (Republican) Return U.S. presidential election, 2004
Ukraine 31 Oct & 26 Dec Viktor Yushchenko (Our Ukraine) Change Ukrainian presidential election, 2004

The second part of the election, the runoff between the two most popular candidates from the first round, was originally run on 21 Nov, but the result was later dismissed by the Ukrainian Supreme Court due to alegations of fraud on behalf of then-Prime Minister and victor of that election, Viktor Yanukovych.

  • 'Change' indicates the election of an opposition party; 'Return' indicates re-election of a ruling party.
Last updated: 10-29-2005 02:13:46