List of elections in 1981

The following elections occurred in the year 1981.

Africa

• Central African Republic presidential election
• Djiboutian presidential election
• Egyptian presidential confirmation referendum
• Rwandan parliamentary election
• South African general election
• Sudanese parliamentary election
• 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

• 1981 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial

• 1981 United States gubernatorial elections

United States mayoral

• 1981 Pittsburgh mayoral election

Pennsylvania

• 1981 Pittsburgh 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