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[[Category:Politics (Kylaris)]][[File:Election day map.png|thumb|400px|Election day by weekday
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{{legend|#FF4E00|Tuesday}}
{{legend|#FFFF00|Wednesday}}
{{legend|#047200|Thursday}}
{{legend|#0000FF|Friday}}
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{{legend|#6C006E|Sunday}}
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'''Election day''' or '''polling day''' is the day on which {{wp|general election}}s are held. The countries of the world hold elections on a number of different days; in most countries elections are consistently held on the same day of the week. The exact day used is dependent on local context, culture, politics and history.<ref name="Compendium of Worldwide Elections and Democratic Norms">{{cite book| last1 = Hammond | first1 = Alison |author1-link = Election day (Kylaris)#List of election days | title = Compendium of Worldwide Elections and Democratic Norms | date = 2015}}</ref>

The most common election days are Friday or the weekend days of Saturday and Sunday, though a significant minority of countries hold elections on other weekdays.<ref name="Estmere polling day Friday">{{cite news |date=14 November 2020 | title=Why do we always vote on a Friday? |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[EBS|EBS News]] |access-date=}}</ref> These might be declared a {{wp|public holiday}} in an effort to increase voter turnout.<ref name="Compendium of Worldwide Elections and Democratic Norms"/> In other cases, a weekday may be chosen in a purposeful effort to depress voter turnout in an {{wp|illiberal democracy|illiberal}} or [[Southern democracy]].<ref name="The End of Politics">{{cite book| last1 = Kavagamu | first1 = Albert |author1-link = Southern democracy#Classification | title = The End of Politics | date = 1999}}</ref> In geographically large countries it is common for elections to be held across multiple days; this is most prominently seen in the {{wp|Global South}}, and in the [[Euclean Community]], which holds elections according to the election days of its member states across a week-long period.<ref name="Compendium of Worldwide Elections and Democratic Norms"/> In many countries, absentee ballots can be cast, such as through postal votes, on days other than election day.<ref name="postal votes!">{{cite journal| last1 = Devereux | first1 = Olivia |author1-link = Gaullica | title = The history of the absentee vote | journal = Journal of Political History | volume = | issue = 97 | pages =  | date = 2009 | url=  | access-date = }}</ref>

The popularity of Friday and Saturday as an election day originated both from [[Amendism]], which forbode activities other than church-going on Sundays, and from {{wp|anti-clericalism}} in [[Solarian Catholic Church|Catholic]] countries, which sought to place election day as far as possible away from {{wp|Sunday mass}} and the percieved influence of the clergy.<ref name="Estmere polling day Friday"/><ref name="the anti-clericalist roots of Werania's Friday elections">{{cite journal| last1 = Klein | first1 = Hans |author1-link = Werania | title = Anything but Sunday; the anti-clericalist roots of Werania's Friday elections | journal = Journal of Political History | volume = | issue = 99 | pages =  | date = 2011 | url=  | access-date = }}</ref>

==List of election days==
===Election days by country===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-top:0;"
!width=150pt|Country
!width=120pt|Continent
!colspan=2 |Election day
!Public holiday
!width=200pt|Notes
|-
|{{flag|Alsland}}
|Euclea
|style="background:#ff0000" |
|Monday<ref name="Alsland polling day">{{cite news |date=17 July 2017 | title=Monday is when Alslanders vote, but why? |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[Alsland#Media|Nauta]] |access-date=}}</ref>
|{{No}}
|
|-
|{{flag|Amathia}}
|Euclea
|style="background:#00006F" |
|Saturday<ref name="Amathia polling day">{{cite news |date=19 September 2019 | title=The SEPR is the reason Amathia votes on Saturdays |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[The Continental]] |access-date=}}</ref>
|{{N/A}}
|
|-
|{{nowrap|{{flagicon image|AFR Flag.png}} [[Asterian Federative Republic]]}}
|Asteria
|style="background:#FFFF00" |
|Wednesday<ref name="AFR voting day">{{cite journal| last1 = Frére | first1 = Jaime |author1-link = Gaullica | last2 = Thorn | first2 = Thomas |author2-link = Estmere |  title = Subtle methods of decreasing turnout in semi-free elections; lessons from the AFR | journal = Politics | volume = | issue = 103 | pages =  | date = 2012 | url=  | access-date = }}</ref>
|{{No}}
|
|-
|{{flag|Aucuria}}
|Asteria
|style="background:#DCDCDC" |
|No set day<ref name="Aucuria polling day">{{cite news |date=1 May 2023 | title=Other counries have election days: Aucuria is unique with an election date - today |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[Aucuria#Media|Stebėtojas]] |access-date=}}</ref>
|{{No}}
|
|-
|{{flag|Azmara}}
|Euclea
|style="background:#6C006E" |
|Sunday<ref name="Azmara polling day Sunday">{{cite news |date=13 October 2022 | title=Azmara votes on a Sunday - but why? |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[Azmara#Media|De Aalmsted Heraald]] |access-date=}}</ref>
|{{N/A}}
|
|-
|{{flagicon image|Flag_Borland.jpg}} [[Borland (Kylaris)|Borland]]
|Euclea
|style="background:#00006F" |
|Saturday<ref name="Borland/Saturday polling day">{{cite news |date=8 August 2018 | title=The strange history of Borland's Saturday elections - and how it influenced other nations |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[The Continental]] |access-date=}}</ref>
|{{N/A}}
|
|-
|{{flag|Carucere}}
|Asteria
|style="background:#00006F" |
|Saturday<ref name="Borland/Saturday polling day"/>
|{{N/A}}
|
|-
|{{flag|Dezevau}}
|Coius
|style="background:#6C006E" |
|Sunday<ref name="Why do so many countries vote on a Sunday?">{{cite news |date=30 June 2022 | title=Why do so many countries vote on a Sunday? |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[The Continental]] |access-date=}}</ref>
|{{N/A}}
|
|-
|{{flag|Estmere}}
|Euclea
|style="background:#0000FF" |
|Friday<ref name="Estmere polling day Friday"/>
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|{{flag|Gaullica}}
|Euclea
|style="background:#6C006E" |
|Sunday<ref name="Why do so many countries vote on a Sunday?">{{cite news |date=30 June 2022 | title=Why do so many countries vote on a Sunday? |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[The Continental]] |access-date=}}</ref>
|{{N/A}}
|
|-
|{{flag|Hennehouwe}}
|Euclea
|style="background:#0000FF" |
|Friday<ref name="Estmerish colonies polling day Friday">{{cite news |date=16 November 2020 | title=Do other countries vote on a Friday? |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[EBS|EBS News]] |access-date=}}</ref>
|{{No}}
|
|-
|{{flag|Île d'Émeraude}}
|Asteria
|style="background:#0000FF" |
|Friday<ref name="Estmerish colonies polling day Friday"/>
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|{{flag|Imagua and the Assimas}}
|Asteria
|style="background:#0000FF" |
|Friday<ref name="Estmerish colonies polling day Friday"/>
|{{No}}
|
|-
|{{flag|Kesselbourg}}
|Euclea
|style="background:#6C006E" |
|Sunday<ref name="Why do so many countries vote on a Sunday?">{{cite news |date=30 June 2022 | title=Why do so many countries vote on a Sunday? |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[The Continental]] |access-date=}}</ref>
|{{N/A}}
|
|-
|{{flag|Montecara}}
|Euclea
|style="background:#EE00F2" |
|Several days<ref name="Montecara elections">{{cite web | url = https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Senate_(Montecara) | title =Elections in the Montecaran Republic | date = | website = www.senat.go.mc/elections | publisher = | access-date = 21 October 2023 }}</ref>
|{{No}}
|
|-
|{{flag|North Kabu}}
|Coius
|style="background:#0000FF" |
|Friday<ref name="Estmerish colonies polling day Friday"/>
|{{No}}
|
|-
|{{flag|Piraea}}
|Euclea
|style="background:#6C006E" |
|Sunday<ref name="Why do so many countries vote on a Sunday?">{{cite news |date=30 June 2022 | title=Why do so many countries vote on a Sunday? |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[The Continental]] |access-date=}}</ref>
|{{N/A}}
|
|-
|{{flag|Rizealand}}
|Asteria
|style="background:#6C006E" |
|Sunday<ref name="Why do so many countries vote on a Sunday?">{{cite news |date=30 June 2022 | title=Why do so many countries vote on a Sunday? |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[The Continental]] |access-date=}}</ref>
|{{N/A}}
|
|-
|{{flag|Rwizikuru}}
|Coius
|style="background:#0000FF" |
|Friday<ref name="Estmerish colonies polling day Friday"/>
|{{No}}
|
|-
|{{flag|Satavia}}
|Asteria
|style="background:#00006F" |
|Saturday<ref name="Borland/Saturday polling day"/>
|{{N/A}}
|
|-
|{{flag|Satucin}}
|Asteria
|style="background:#ff0000" |
|Monday<ref name="Satucin voting day">{{cite journal| last1 = Bélanger | first1 = Gérald |author1-link = Satucin | last2 = Niel | first2 = Émilien |author2-link = Satucin |  title = Monday, Tuesday, whose day? What's in an election day, and why voting on Monday matters in Satucin | journal = Elections | volume = | issue = 77 | pages =  | date = 2017 | url=  | access-date = }}</ref>
|{{No}}
|
|-
|{{flag|Scovern}}
|Euclea
|style="background:#FF4E00" |
|Tuesday<ref name="Scovern polling day?">{{cite news |date=16 June 2016 | title=A 19th century war is responsible for Scovern's odd Tuesday elections |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[The Continental]] |access-date=}}</ref>
|{{No}}
|
|-
|{{flag|Senria}}
|Coius
|style="background:#ff0000" |
|Monday<ref name="Senria polling day Monday">{{cite news |date=12 December 2021 | title=Senria votes on the second Monday of December; but why? |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[Senria#Media and telecommunications|Mainiti Sinbun]] |access-date=}}</ref>
|{{No}}
|
|-
|{{flag|Shangea}}
|Coius
|style="background:#EE00F2" |
|Several days<ref name="Shangea elections">{{cite news |date=2 February 2020 | title=Shangea's elections, and how they (don't) work |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[Coius|Coian Monitor]] |access-date=}}</ref>
|{{No}}
|
|-
|{{flag|Werania}}
|Euclea
|style="background:#0000FF" |
|Friday<ref name="the anti-clericalist roots of Werania's Friday elections"/>
|{{No}}
|
|-
|{{flag|West Miersa}}
|Euclea
|style="background:#6C006E" |
|Sunday<ref name="Why do so many countries vote on a Sunday?">{{cite news |date=30 June 2022 | title=Why do so many countries vote on a Sunday? |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[The Continental]] |access-date=}}</ref>
|{{N/A}}
|
|-
|{{flag|Yemet}}
|Coius
|style="background:#EE00F2" |
|Several days<ref name="Yemet elections">{{cite news |date=21 May 2022 | title=Will a true Yemeti election ever be held again? |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[Coius|Coian Monitor]] |access-date=}}</ref>
|{{No}}
|
|-
|}

===Other election days===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-top:0;"
!width=150pt|Region
!width=120pt|Continent
!colspan=2 |Election day
!Public holiday
!width=200pt|Notes
|-
|{{flag|Euclean Community}}
|Euclea
|style="background:#EE00F2" |
|Several days<ref name="Eucloparl schedule">{{cite web | url = https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Euclean_Parliament#Proceedings | title =Schedule and recesses of the Euclean Parliament | date = | website = www.euclo.parl.ec/about/schedule | publisher = | access-date = 24 June 2023 }}</ref>
|{{No|Varies based on member state}}
|Takes place across a week, with citizens voting on the election day of their member state.
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[Political ideology (Kylaris)|Political ideology]]
*[[2023 electoral calendar (Kylaris)|2023 electoral calendar]]

==References==
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