List of elections in 1961

The following elections occurred in 1961.

Africa

 * 1961 French referendum on Algerian self-determination
 * 1961 British Cameroons referendum
 * 1961 Burundian legislative election
 * 1961 Ethiopian general election
 * 1961 Gabonese general election
 * 1961 Guinean presidential election
 * 1961 Kenyan legislative election
 * 1961 Mauritanian presidential election
 * 1961 Nyasaland general election
 * 1961 Republic of the Congo presidential election
 * 1961 Rwandan parliamentary election
 * 1961 South African general election
 * 1961 Southern Rhodesian constitution referendum
 * 1961 Togolese general election
 * 1961 Ugandan general election
 * January 1961 Zanzibari general election
 * June 1961 Zanzibari general election

Asia

 * 1961 Iranian legislative election
 * 1961 Israeli legislative election
 * 1961 Kuwaiti Constitutional Convention election
 * Philippines
 * 1961 Philippine House of Representatives elections
 * 1961 Philippine Senate election
 * 1961 Philippine general election
 * 1961 Philippine presidential election
 * 1961 Syrian parliamentary election

Australia

 * 1961 Australian federal election
 * 1961 Victorian state election

Europe

 * 1961 Belgian general election
 * 1961 Danish electoral age referendum
 * France:
 * 1961 French cantonal elections
 * French referendum on Algerian self-determination, 1961
 * 1961 West German federal election
 * 1961 Greek legislative election
 * 1961 Irish general election
 * Italy: 1961 Sardinian regional election
 * 1961 Norwegian parliamentary election
 * 1961 Polish legislative election
 * 1961 Portuguese legislative election
 * 1961 Romanian legislative election
 * Turkey:
 * 1961 Turkish constitutional referendum
 * 1961 Turkish general election
 * 1961 Turkish Senate election
 * United Kingdom:
 * 1961 Birmingham Small Heath by-election
 * 1961 Bristol South East by-election
 * 1961 Cambridgeshire by-election
 * 1961 East Fife by-election
 * 1961 Glasgow Bridgeton by-election
 * High Peak by-election
 * 1961 Labour Party leadership election
 * 1961 Labour Party deputy leadership election
 * 1961 London County Council election
 * 1961 Manchester Moss Side by-election
 * 1961 Oswestry by-election
 * 1961 Paisley by-election
 * 1961 Warrington by-election
 * 1961 Worcester by-election

Americas

 * Canada:
 * 1961 Edmonton municipal election
 * 1961 New Democratic Party leadership election
 * 1961 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election
 * 1961 Yukon general election

Caribbean

 * 1961 Salvadoran Constitutional Assembly election
 * 1961 Guatemalan parliamentary election
 * 1961 Haitian presidential referendum
 * 1961 British Honduras legislative election
 * 1961 Trinidad and Tobago general election

South America

 * 1961 British Guiana general election
 * 1961 Chilean parliamentary election
 * 1961 Mexican legislative election

Australia

 * 1961 Australian federal election
 * 1961 New South Wales referendum
 * 1961 Paddington-Waverley state by-election
 * 1961 Victorian state election