This is a list of political elections that had their results legally cancelled after they were held.
- Brazilian presidential election, 1930 (won by Júlio Prestes, followed by Brazilian Revolution of 1930)
- Ecuadorian presidential election, 1931 (won by Neptalí Bonifaz Ascásubi)
- Peruvian presidential election, 1936 (won by Luis Antonio Eguiguren)
- Costa Rican general election, 1948 (won by Otilio Ulate Blanco, followed by Costa Rican Civil War)
- Guatemalan presidential election, 1957 (won by Miguel Ortiz Passarelli)
- Cuban presidential election, 1958 (won by Andrés Rivero Agüero, followed by Cuban Revolution)
- Peruvian presidential election, 1962 (won by Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre)
- Sierra Leonean general election, 1967 (Siaka Stevens took the oath of office as Prime Minister but was overthrown the same day)
- Dahomeyan presidential election, May 1968
- Dahomeyan presidential election, 1970
- Lesotho general election, 1970 (won by the Basotho Congress Party)
- Burmese general election, 1990 (won by the National League for Democracy)
- Algerian legislative election, 1991 (won by the Islamic Salvation Front, followed by Algerian Civil War)
- Nigerian presidential election, 1993 (won by Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola)
- Malian parliamentary election, April 1997
- Georgian legislative election, 2003 (followed by Rose Revolution)
- Papua New Guinea vice-regal election, September 2003 (parliamentary vote won by Sir Albert Kipalan)
- Papua New Guinea vice-regal election, December 2003 (parliamentary vote won by Sir Pato Kakaraya)
- the original second round results of the Ukrainian presidential election, 2004 (won by Viktor Yanukovych, followed by Orange Revolution)
- Kyrgyz parliamentary election, 2005 (followed by Tulip Revolution)
- South Ossetian presidential election, 2011
- Guinea-Bissau presidential election, 2012 (second round canceled after a coup d'état)
In addition, there are some elections that remain valid but are effectively overturned by the death of the winning candidate before taking office.
- Brazilian presidential election, 1918 (won by Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves)
- Mexican general election, 1928 (won by Álvaro Obregón, assassinated)
- South African presidential election, 1967 (won by Theophilus Dönges)
- Lebanese presidential election, 1982 (won by Bashir Gemayel, assassinated)
- Brazilian presidential election, 1985 (won by Tancredo Neves)
Famous quotes containing the words list of, list, annulled and/or elections:
“Shea—they call him Scholar Jack—
Went down the list of the dead.
Officers, seamen, gunners, marines,
The crews of the gig and yawl,
The bearded man and the lad in his teens,
Carpenters, coal-passers—all.”
—Joseph I. C. Clarke (1846–1925)
“Shea—they call him Scholar Jack—
Went down the list of the dead.
Officers, seamen, gunners, marines,
The crews of the gig and yawl,
The bearded man and the lad in his teens,
Carpenters, coal-passers—all.”
—Joseph I. C. Clarke (1846–1925)
“There is never finality in the display terminal’s screen, but an irresponsible whimsicality, as words, sentences, and paragraphs are negated at the touch of a key. The significance of the past, as expressed in the manuscript by a deleted word or an inserted correction, is annulled in idle gusts of electronic massacre.”
—Alexander Cockburn (b. 1941)
“In my public statements I have earnestly urged that there rested upon government many responsibilities which affect the moral and spiritual welfare of our people. The participation of women in elections has produced a keener realization of the importance of these questions and has contributed to higher national ideals. Moreover, it is through them that our national ideals are ingrained in our children.”
—Herbert Hoover (1874–1964)