List of elections in 1972

The following elections occurred in the year 1972.

Africa

 * 1972 Gambian general election
 * 1972 Guinea-Bissau legislative election
 * 1972 Malagasy presidential election
 * 1972 Swazi parliamentary election

Asia

 * 1972 North Korean parliamentary election
 * 1972 Republic of China legislative election (Taiwan)
 * 1972 Singaporean general election
 * 1972 Taiwan presidential election
 * 1972 Japanese general election

Europe

 * 1972 Dutch general election
 * European Economic Community (EEC) enlargement:
 * Referendum in Denmark (2 October)
 * Referendum in France
 * Referendum in Ireland (10 Mai)
 * Referendum in Norway
 * 1972 Finnish parliamentary election
 * 1972 West German federal election
 * 1972 Gibraltar general election
 * 1972 Italian general election
 * 1972 Polish legislative election
 * United Kingdom
 * 1972 Kingston-upon-Thames by-election
 * 1972 Merthyr Tydfil by-election
 * 1972 Rochdale by-election
 * 1972 Southwark by-election
 * 1972 Sutton and Cheam by-election
 * 1972 Uxbridge by-election

North America

 * 1972 Nicaraguan Constitutional Assembly election
 * 1972 Panamanian parliamentary election
 * 1972 Panamanian presidential election
 * 1972 Salvadoran legislative election
 * 1972 Salvadoran presidential election

Canada

 * 1972 Canadian federal election
 * 1972 Brantford municipal election
 * 1972 British Columbia general election
 * 1972 British Columbia time referendum
 * 1972 Newfoundland general election
 * 1972 Ontario municipal elections
 * 1972 Ottawa municipal election
 * 1972 Toronto municipal election

Caribbean

 * 1972 Jamaican general election

United States

 * 1972 United States presidential election
 * 1972 United States Senate elections
 * 1972 United States House of Representatives elections

California

 * United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1972
 * United States presidential election in California, 1972

Delaware

 * United States Senate election in Delaware, 1972

Illinois

 * United States Senate election in Illinois, 1972

Louisiana

 * 1971–72 Louisiana gubernatorial election

Massachusetts

 * United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1972
 * United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1972

Nebraska

 * United States Senate election in Nebraska, 1972

North Carolina

 * United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1972
 * United States presidential election in North Carolina, 1972

South Carolina

 * United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1972
 * United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1972

United States House of Representatives

 * United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1972
 * United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1972

United States Senate

 * 1972 United States Senate elections
 * United States Senate election in Delaware, 1972
 * United States Senate election in Illinois, 1972
 * United States Senate election in Nebraska, 1972
 * United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1972
 * United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1972

Washington (U.S. state)

 * 1972 Washington gubernatorial election
 * Washington Initiative 276 (1972)

Oceania

 * 1972 Cook Islands general election
 * 1972 Fijian general election
 * 1972 New Zealand general election

Australia

 * 1972 Australian federal election
 * 1972 Tasmanian state election