These are the key dates for the upcoming African elections in 2019.
| Country | Election | Date |
| Algeria | President | 17 April 2019 |
| Botswana | National Assembly & local | October 2019 |
| President (by National Assembly) | 2019 after October elections | |
| Cameroon | National Assembly, Senate & local | October 2019 (postponed from late 2018) |
| Chad | National Assembly & local | May 2019 (postponed from 30 November 2018) |
| DRC | Local | December 2018 Currently being disputed in 2019. |
| Egypt | Local | by July 2019 |
| Ethiopia | Local | 2019 (postponed from 2018) |
| House of the Federation (indirect) | 2019 | |
| Ghana | District & Referendum on Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executive elections | September 2019 |
| Local & Unit | 2019 | |
| Guinea | National Assembly | 3 February 2019 |
| Guinea-Bissau | National People’s Assembly & Senate | Postponed to December 2018 or January 2019 from 18 November 2018 |
| President | 2019 | |
| Libya | Referendum | February 2019 |
| President & Parliament | 2019 (after referendum) | |
| Madagascar | National Assembly | 2019? |
| Provincial, regional & local | 2019? | |
| Malawi | President, National Assembly & local | 21 May 2019 |
| Mali | National Assembly | Apr 2019; |
| Mauritania | President & Senate (1/3) | Mid 2019 |
| Mozambique | President, National Assembly & provincial | 15 October 2019 |
| Namibia | President & National Assembly | October 2019 |
| Niger | Local | 13 January 2019; postponed from 8 January 2017 |
| Nigeria | President, House of Representatives & Senate | 24 February 2019 |
| Governors & State Assemblies | 31 March 2019 | |
| Senegal | President, regional | 24 February 2019 |
| Local | 1 December 2019 | |
| Somaliland (autonomous region) | House of Representatives & Senate | No date, postponed from March 2019 |
| South Africa | National Assembly & Provincial Legislatures | April/May 2019 |
| President by National Assembly | 2019 after May elections | |
| Tunisia | House of Representatives, House of Councillors | October 2019 |
| President | December 2019 |