List of elections in 1978

The following elections occurred in the year 1978.

Africa

• 1978 Cameroonian parliamentary election
• 1978 Comorian legislative election
• 1978 Comorian presidential election
• 1978 Egyptian protection of national unity and social peace referendum
• 1978 Ghanaian governmental referendum
• 1978 Malawian general election
• 1978 Rwandan constitutional referendum
• 1978 Rwandan presidential election
• 1978 Senegalese general election
• 1978 Sierra Leonean constitutional referendum
• 1978 South West African legislative election
• 1978 Sudanese parliamentary election
• 1978 Swazi general election
• 1978 Upper Voltan parliamentary election
• 1978 Upper Voltan presidential election
• 1978 Zambian general election

Asia

• 1978 Malaysian general election
• 1978 Maldivian presidential election
• 1978 Philippine parliamentary election
• 1978 Philippine parliamentary sectoral election
• 1978 Taiwan presidential election

Australia

• 1978 New South Wales state election

Europe

• 1978 Albanian parliamentary election
• 1978 Andorran political reform referendum
• 1978 Austrian nuclear power referendum
• 1978 Belgian general election
• Cardinal electors in Papal conclaves, August and October 1978
• 1978 Danish electoral age referendum
• 1978 Icelandic parliamentary election
• 1978 Italian referendums
• October 1978 Papal conclave
• August 1978 Papal conclave
• 1978 Shetland referendum
• Spanish constitutional referendum
• 1978 Swiss referendums
• Vatican: two Papal conclaves:
  • August 1978 Papal conclave
  • October 1978 Papal conclave

France

• 1978 French legislative election

Germany

• de:Bürgerschaftswahl in Hamburg 1978 (Hamburg)
• de:Landtagswahl in Niedersachsen 1978 (Lower Saxony)
• de:Landtagswahl in Hessen 1978 (Hesse)
• de:Landtagswahl in Bayern 1978 (Bavaria)

North America

• Greenlandic alcohol referendum
• 1978 Guatemalan general election
• 1978 Panamanian parliamentary election
• 1978 Panamanian presidential election
• 1978 Salvadoran legislative election

Canada

• 1978 Brantford municipal election
• 1978 New Brunswick general election
• 1978 Ontario municipal elections
• 1978 Ottawa municipal election
• 1978 Prince Edward Island general election
• 1978 Saskatchewan general election
• 1978 Toronto municipal election
• 1978 Yukon general election

United States

• 1978 United States Senate elections
• 1978 United States House of Representatives elections
• 1978 United States gubernatorial elections

United States mayoral

• 1978 Cleveland mayoral recall election
• 1978 Washington, D.C. mayoral election

United States gubernatorial

• 1978 Arkansas gubernatorial election
• 1978 California gubernatorial election
• 1978 Maine gubernatorial election
• 1978 Minnesota gubernatorial election
• 1978 Oregon gubernatorial election
• 1978 South Carolina gubernatorial election
• 1978 Texas gubernatorial election
• 1978 United States gubernatorial elections

Arkansas

• 1978 Arkansas gubernatorial election

California

• 1978 California gubernatorial election
• United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978
• 1978 California Proposition 7
• 1978 California Proposition 8
• 1978 California Proposition 13

Florida

• 1978 Florida state elections

Illinois

• United States Senate election in Illinois, 1978

Maine

• 1978 Maine gubernatorial election
• United States Senate election in Maine, 1978

Minnesota

• 1978 Minnesota gubernatorial election

Nebraska

• United States Senate election in Nebraska, 1978

Ohio

• 1978 Cleveland recall election

Oregon

• 1978 Oregon gubernatorial election

South Carolina

• 1978 South Carolina gubernatorial election
• 1978 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

Texas

• 1978 Texas gubernatorial election

United States House of Representatives

• 1978 United States House of Representatives elections
  • United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1978
  • United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978

United States Senate

• 1978 United States Senate elections
  • United States Senate election in Georgia, 1978
  • United States Senate election in Illinois, 1978
  • United States Senate election in Maine, 1978
  • United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1978
  • United States Senate election in Mississippi, 1978
  • United States Senate election in Nebraska, 1978
  • United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1978
  • United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1978

Washington, D.C.

• 1978 Washington, D.C. mayoral election

Oceania

• 1978 American Samoan referendum
• 1978 Cook Islands general election
• 1978 New Zealand general election
• 1978 Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands constitutional referendum
• 1978 Rangitikei by-election

Australia

• 1978 New South Wales state election

South America

• 1978 Chilean national consultation
• 1978 Ecuadorian constitutional referendum
• 1978 Guyanese constitutional referendum
• 1978 Peruvian Constituent Assembly election
• 1978 Venezuelan presidential election