IEEE Annual Election
The IEEE Annual Election balloting starts on 15 August 2025 and ends at 12:00 noon ET (17:00 UTC-04) on 1 October 2025.
2026 IEEE President-Elect Candidates
At this time, the following member is seeking nomination by petition for 2026 IEEE President-Elect:
Manfred "Fred" J. Schindler
Sign petition
Learn about the petitioner
Collection of petition signatures for the office of 2026 IEEE President-Elect on the 2025 IEEE Annual Election ballot will end at 12:00 noon ET/16:00 UTC on 11 April 2025.
Other members who want to become a petition candidate still may do so by submitting their intention to elections@ieee.org by 31 December 2024 12:00 noon ET/16:00 UTC. Learn about the petition process.
2024 IEEE Annual Election Results
7 October - Mary Ellen Randall has been elected as the 2025 IEEE President-Elect. Pending acceptance of the IEEE Tellers’ Committee report by the IEEE Board of Directors on 24-25 November, Randall will begin serving as IEEE President-Elect on 1 January 2025. Randall will succeed 2025 IEEE President Kathleen A. Kramer. The other candidates for IEEE President-Elect were S. K. Ramesh and John P. Verboncoeur.
View the complete list of the 2024 IEEE Annual Election results (PDF, 84 KB).
2025 IEEE Annual Election
The 2025 IEEE Annual Election will begin on 15 August 2025 and end on 1 October 2025 at 12:00 noon ET/17:00 UTC-05. The election offices on the 2025 IEEE Annual Election ballot are:
- IEEE President-Elect
- IEEE Standards Association President-Elect
- IEEE-USA President-Elect
- IEEE Technical Activities Vice President-Elect
- IEEE Division Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect for Divisions II, IV, VI, VIII, and X
- IEEE Region Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect for Regions 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11
- IEEE Standards Association Board of Governors Members-at-Large
- IEEE Women in Engineering Committee Chair-Elect
Contact Society elections support staff at society-election@ieee.org
CI Society - 4 November - 2 December
ITSS - 20 November - 18 December
Update your member contact information and election communication preferences.
To avoid potential delays, members are encouraged to select electronic voting preferences, if possible.
31 December 2024
Last day for individuals to submit their intention to petition for IEEE President-Elect position by 12:00 noon ET/17:00 UTC-05.
15 March 2025
Deadline for OUs to submit their slate of candidates.
31 March 2025
Ballots will be created for eligible voting members on record.
11 April 2025
Last day for receipt of petition signatures for IEEE President-Elect position by 12:00 noon ET/16:00 UTC-04.
15 April 2025
Last day for individuals to submit their intention to petition for all other office positions.
1 May 2025
IEEE Board of Directors announces the slate of candidates for the offices up for election.
9 May 2025
Last day for receipt of petition signatures for all other office positions by 12:00 noon ET/16:00 UTC-04.
15 August 2025
Balloting for the 2025 IEEE Annual Election begins. Eligible voting members on record as of 30 June may access their ballot electronically. Print ballot packages will be provided to voters in accordance with their election communication preferences as of 30 June.
1 October 2025
Balloting ends for the 2025 IEEE Annual Election at 12:00 noon ET USA/16:00 UTC-04.