South Sudan pushes general elections to February 11, 2027, in fresh change to electoral timeline

The wait for South Sudan’s first post-independence general elections will continue after the National Elections Commission (NEC) moved the polling date from December 22, 2026, to February 11, 2027. The Commission also revised the electoral calendar, changing several important stages of the electoral process, including voter registration, candidate nominations, and election campaigns, which reshapes the timeline for the upcoming polls.