List of elections in 1981

The following elections occurred in the year 1981.

List of elections in 1981

Africa

• 1981 Central African Republic presidential election
• 1981 Djiboutian presidential election
• 1981 Egyptian presidential confirmation referendum
• 1981 Rwandan parliamentary election
• 1981 South African general election
• 1981–82 Sudanese parliamentary election
• 1981 Tunisian parliamentary election

Asia

• 1981 Burmese general election
• July 1981 Iranian presidential election
• October 1981 Iranian presidential election
• Israeli legislative election
• 1981 Kuwaiti general election
• Nepalese Rastriya Panchayat election
• South Korean presidential election

Europe

• 1981 Belgian general election
• 1981 Danish parliamentary election
• 1981 Dutch general election
• 1981 Greek legislative election
• 1981 Irish general election
• 1981 Maltese general election
• 1981 Norwegian parliamentary election

European Parliament

• European Parliament election, 1981 (Greece)

France

• 1981 French legislative election
• 1981 French presidential election

North America

• 1981 Honduran general election

Canada

• 1981 Edmonton municipal plebiscite
• 1981 Manitoba general election
• 1981 Nova Scotia general election
• 1981 Ontario general election
• 1981 Quebec general election

Caribbean

• 1981 Barbadian general election
• 1981 Trinidad and Tobago general election

United States

United States lieutenant gubernatorial

• 1981 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election

United States gubernatorial

• 1981 New Jersey gubernatorial election
• 1981 United States gubernatorial elections
• 1981 Virginia gubernatorial election

United States House of Representatives

• 1981 United States House of Representatives elections
• 1981 Maryland's 5th congressional district special election
• 1981 Michigan's 4th congressional district special election
• 1981 Ohio's 4th congressional district special election
• 1981 Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district special election

United States mayoral elections

• 1981 Allentown mayoral election
• 1981 Anchorage mayoral election
• 1981 Atlanta mayoral election
• 1981 Buffalo mayoral election
• 1981 Burlington, Vermont mayoral election
• 1981 Cleveland mayoral election
• 1981 Durham mayoral election
• 1981 Hartford mayoral election
• 1981 Los Angeles mayoral election
• 1981 Manchester, New Hampshire, mayoral election
• 1981 New York City mayoral election
• 1981 Pittsburgh mayoral election
• 1981 Springfield, Massachusetts mayoral election
• 1981 St. Louis mayoral election

Oceania

• 1981 New Zealand general election

Australia

• Boothby by-election
• New South Wales state election
• Tasmanian power referendum
• Wentworth by-election

South America

Falkland Islands

• 1981 Falkland Islands general election