Term of office

Terms of office by country

Heads of state

Upper houses

Lower houses

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Numbers in years unless stated otherwise. Note that some countries where fixed-term elections are uncommon, the legislature is almost always dissolved earlier than its expiry date. "Until removed from office" refers to offices that don't have fixed terms; in these cases, the officeholder(s) may serve indefinitely until death, abdication, resignation, retirement, or forcible removal from office (such as impeachment).

In most cases where the head of government is a different person from the head of state, its term of office is identical to the chamber that elected it (the legislature if it is unicameral, or most usually the lower house if it is bicameral), unless it doesn't survive a vote of no confidence.

Country	Head of state	Members of the upper house^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Members of the lower house
Template:Country data AFG	5	3, 4 and 5	5
Template:Country data ALB	5	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data ALG	5	6	5
Template:Country data AND	5 (President of France) Until removed from office (Bishop of Urgel)	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data ANG	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data ATG	Until removed from office	5	5
Argentina	4	6	4
Template:Country data ARM	5	Template:N/A	5
Australia	Until removed from office	6	3
Template:Country data AUT	6	4 to 6	5
Template:Country data AZE	7	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data BAH	Until removed from office	5	5
Template:Country data BHR	Until removed from office	4	4
Template:Country data BAN	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data BAR	Until removed from office	5	5
Template:Country data BLR	5	4	4
Belgium	Until removed from office	5	5
Template:Country data BEN	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data BHU	Until removed from office	5	5
Template:Country data BOL	5	5	5
Template:Country data BIH	4^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4	4
Template:Country data BOT	5	Template:N/A	5
Brazil	4	8	4
Template:Country data BUL	5	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data BUR	5	6	5
Template:Country data BDI	7	5	5
Template:Country data BRU	Until removed from office	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data CAM	Until removed from office	6	5
Cameroon	7	5	5
Canada	Until removed from office	Until removed from office	5
Template:Country data CPV	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data CAF	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data CHA	5	Template:N/A	4
Chile	4	8	4
China	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data ROC	4	Template:N/A	4
Colombia	4	4	4
Template:Country data CGO	5	6	5
Template:Country data COM	5	Template:N/A	5
Ivory Coast	5	5	5
Template:Country data CRI	4	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data CRO	5	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data CUB	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data CYP	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data CZE	5	6	4
Template:Country data DRC	5	5	4
Denmark	Until removed from office	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data DJI	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data DMA	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data DOM	4	4	4
Template:Country data ECU	4	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data EGY	6	5	5
Template:Country data SLV	5	Template:N/A	3
Template:Country data GNQ	7	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data EST	5	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data ETH	6	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data FIJ	Until removed from office	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data FIN	6	Template:N/A	4
France	5	6	5
Template:Country data GAB	7	6	5
Template:Country data GAM	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data GEO	5	Template:N/A	4
Germany	5	4 to 5	4
Template:Country data GHA	4	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data GRE	Until removed from office	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data GRD	Until removed from office	5	5
Template:Country data GUA	4	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data GIN	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data GNB	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data GUY	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data HAI	5	6	4
Template:Country data HON	4	Template:N/A	4
Hungary	5	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data ISL	4	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data IND	5	6	5
Template:Country data INA	5	5	5
Template:Country data IRN	4	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data IRQ	4	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data IRE	7	5	5
Israel	7	Template:N/A	4
Italy^{[lower-alpha 3]}	7	5	5
Template:Country data JAM	Until removed from office	5	5
Japan	Until removed from office	6	4
Template:Country data JOR	Until removed from office	4	4
Template:Country data KAZ	5	6	5
Template:Country data KEN	5	5	5
Template:Country data KIR	4	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data KUW	Until removed from office	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data KGZ	6	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data LAO	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data LAT	4	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data LIB	4	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data LES	Until removed from office	5	5
Template:Country data LBR	6	9	6
Template:Country data LIE	Until removed from office	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data LTU	5	Template:N/A	4
Luxembourg	Until removed from office	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data MKD	5	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data MAD	5	4	4
Template:Country data MWI	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data MAS	Until removed from office	3	5
Template:Country data MDV	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data MLI	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data MLT	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data MHL	4	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data MRT	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data MUS	5	Template:N/A	5
Mexico	6	6	3
Template:Country data FSM	4	4	2
Template:Country data MON	Until removed from office	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data MGL	4	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data MDA	4	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data MNE	5	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data MAR	Until removed from office	6	5
Template:Country data MOZ	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data MYA	5	5	5
Template:Country data NAM	5	6	5
Template:Country data NRU	3	Template:N/A	3
Template:Country data NEP	5	6	5
Netherlands	Until removed from office	4	4
Template:Country data NZL	Until removed from office	Template:N/A	3
Template:Country data NIC	Until removed from office	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data NGR	4	4	4
Template:Country data NIG	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data PRK	5	Template:N/A	5
Norway	Until removed from office	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data OMA	Until removed from office	4	4
Template:Country data PAK	5	6	5
Template:Country data PLW	4	4	4
Template:Country data PLE	4	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data PAN	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data PNG	Until removed from office	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data PAR	5	5*	5
Template:Country data PER	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data PHI	6	6	3
Template:Country data POL	5	4	4
Portugal	5	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data QAT	Until removed from office	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data ROM	5	4	4
Template:Country data RUS	6	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data RWA	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data KNA	Until removed from office	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data LCA	Until removed from office	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data VCT	Until removed from office	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data WSM	Until removed from office	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data SMR	0.5 (6 months)	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data STP	5	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data SAU	Until removed from office	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data SEN	5	5	5
Serbia	5	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data SYC	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data SLE	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data SIN	6	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data SVK	5	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data SLO	5	5	4
Template:Country data SLB	Until removed from office	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data SOM	4	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data ZAF	5	5	5
Template:Country data ROK	5	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data South Sudan	5	Template:N/A	4
Spain	Until removed from office	4	4
Template:Country data LKA	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data SUD	5	5	5
Template:Country data SUR	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data SWZ	Until removed from office	5	5
Sweden	Until removed from office	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data SUI	4^{[lower-alpha 4]}	4	4
Template:Country data SYR	7	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data TJK	7	5	5
Template:Country data TZA	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data THA	Until removed from office	6	4
Template:Country data TLS	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data TGO	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data TGA	Until removed from office	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data TTO	5	5	5
Template:Country data TUN	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data TUR	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data TKM	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data TUV	Until removed from office	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data UGA	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data UKR	5	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data UAE	Until removed from office	Template:N/A	4
United Kingdom	Until removed from office	Until removed from office	5
United States	4	6	2
Template:Country data URU	5	5	5
Template:Country data UZB	5	5	5
Template:Country data VAN	Until removed from office	Template:N/A	4
Template:Country data Vatican City	Until removed from office	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data VEN	6	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data VIE	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data YEM	7	Template:N/A	6
Zambia	5	Template:N/A	5
Template:Country data ZIM	5	5	5

↑ Excludes senators for life.
↑ The Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina is composed of three members as a collective head of state, all elected at the same time via popular vote, by different constituencies each, every four years.
↑ In Italy the ‘‘prorogatio’’, unlike the real extension of the term, does not affect the duration of the electoral mandate, but only concerns the exercise of the powers in the interval between the deadline, natural or anticipated, of this mandate, and the entry into office of the new elected body.^[1]
↑ The Federal Council of Switzerland is composed of seven members as a collective head of state, all elected at the same time by the Federal Assembly of Switzerland every four years.

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↑ Buonomo, Giampiero (2003). "Norme regionali annullate, ma sulla "prorogatio" del Consiglio passa il federalismo". Diritto&Giustizia edizione online. Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2020-07-09. Template:Subscription required

[1] Excludes senators for life.

[2] The Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina is composed of three members as a collective head of state, all elected at the same time via popular vote, by different constituencies each, every four years.

[4] In Italy the ‘‘prorogatio’’, unlike the real extension of the term, does not affect the duration of the electoral mandate, but only concerns the exercise of the powers in the interval between the deadline, natural or anticipated, of this mandate, and the entry into office of the new elected body.^[1]

[5] The Federal Council of Switzerland is composed of seven members as a collective head of state, all elected at the same time by the Federal Assembly of Switzerland every four years.

[3] Buonomo, Giampiero (2003). "Norme regionali annullate, ma sulla "prorogatio" del Consiglio passa il federalismo". Diritto&Giustizia edizione online. Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2020-07-09. Template:Subscription required

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